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Skills for the green economy

Thursday, 21st October 2010
VENUE:Central London
This event is CPD Certified

Tim Balcon

Tim Balcon

Keith Marshall

Keith Marshall

Guests of Honour: Tim Balcon, Chief Executive, Energy & Utility Skills and Keith Marshall, Chief Executive, SummitSkills

As the Government designs strategy for developing low carbon skills to meet the demands of a greener economy, this seminar will assess the challenges that doing so poses for all market sectors. Planned sessions centre around what a greener economy means for skills demand and supply, and the overall direction of strategy to green the UK's workforce.

We are delighted that Tim Balcon, Chief Executive, Energy & Utility Skills; Betsy Bassis, Managing Director, British Gas Community Energy; Peter Lacy, Head of Sustainability Practice for Europe, Africa and Latin America, Accenture; Iain Macdonald, Head of Education and Training, ECA (Electrical Contractors' Association); Jonathan Mackey, Assistant Director, Sector Skills, Skills Directorate, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Keith Marshall, Chief Executive, SummitSkills; James Medhurst, Director, GHK; Sara Pearce, Coordinator, Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes; Reg Platt, Researcher, Climate Change, Institute for Public Policy Research; Andrew Raingold, Deputy Director, Aldersgate Group and Professor Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton have all kindly agreed to deliver keynote addresses at this seminar.