EAST MIDLANDS
East Midlands Energy Summit has green focus
A sustainable and low-carbon economy will be top of the agenda at the 2020 East Midlands Energy Summit this month. The free online event on
Thursday 19 November will explore how Government, businesses, academia and civil society can come together to ensure clean growth can underpin the local economy in the post-Covid era. Hosted by the Chamber and the
University of Nottingham’s energy innovation and collaboration team, it will look at the potential of the region to play a central plank in the Government’s “Build Back Better” plans. The Summit, sponsored by
Connect 4 Group, will include a range of keynote presentations, panel discussions and Q&A sessions. They will explore national policy driving and supporting change; regional opportunities and self-sufficiency; how business costs
can be reduced; creating new business opportunities; and innovation in energy products and services. The event is aimed at senior management, business owners and decision-makers from all sectors, as well as policymakers, local authorities and those working in any field in, or aligned to, the energy sector.
Speakers include:
• Andy Nolan, development and sustainability director at the University of Nottingham
• Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
• Sir John Peace, chairman of the Midlands Engine
• David Johnson, plant manager and site redevelopment manager
Kwasi Kwarteng is one of the speakers
for Uniper at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
• Elizabeth Fagan, chairwoman of the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership
• Prof Seamus Garvey, director of dynamics at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Gas Turbine and Transmission
Systems at the University of Nottingham.
It will be delivered via the online platform GoToWebinar on Thursday 19 November from 9.30am to 11.45am, and is free to both members and non-members of the Chamber. To book a place, visit
bit.ly/3jufpFI.
SUSTAINABLE
business network November 2020 45
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80
