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Carbon Capture and Storage
Thursday, 9th September 2010
VENUE:Congress Hall, Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
This event is CPD Certified
Nick Horler
Adam Dawson
Guests of Honour: Adam Dawson, Chief Executive and Director, Office of Carbon Capture & Storage, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Nick Horler, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Power
This seminar is supported by Shell
This seminar will give latest views on the prospects for the wide-scale commercial development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), including the key challenge of building greater public acceptance in the UK and internationally. With a senior contribution from the Department of Energy and Climate Change on the long term strategy for CCS, planned sessions explore the questions that remain over the viability of the technology itself, the progress that has been made on design, and the practicalities and cost of roll-out.
We are delighted that Adam Dawson, Chief Executive and Director, Office of Carbon Capture & Storage, Department of Energy and Climate Change; Nick Horler, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Power and Dr Jim Watson, Director, Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex have kindly agreed to deliver keynote addresses at this seminar.
Other confirmed speakers include: Dr Jeff Chapman, Chief Executive, Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA); Kirsty Clough, Climate Change Policy Officer, WWF-UK; Neil Crumpton, UK Representative, Bellona Foundation; Dr Jim Fitzgerald, Assistant Director, Ernst & Young; Dr Tim Fox, Head of Energy and Environment, Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Professor Jon Gibbins, Professor of Power Plant Engineering and Carbon Capture, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh; James Lyall, Senior Consultant, Knowledge Management, Accenture; Ian Phillips, Director, CO2 DeepStore and Chair, CCSA Regulatory Workgroup; Bill Spence, Strategic Issues Manager, Upstream International, Shell and William Wilson, Barrister, Energy and Utilities, Burges Salmon.
Tom Greatrex MP, Member, Energy and Climate Change Select Committee and Lord Oxburgh, Honorary President, Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA) have kindly agreed to chair this seminar.
