Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum

Rob McIntosh

UK rail infrastructure - finance, delivering CP6 and the impact of the Williams Rail Review

Morning, Friday, 15^th November 2019
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Rob McIntosh, Regional Managing Director, Eastern, Network Rail

Dr Tony Grayling

Climate adaptation in the UK: latest on developing resilient infrastructure, channeling investment and environmental protection

Morning, Tuesday, 19^th November 2019
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Dr Tony Grayling, Director, Sustainable Business and Development, Environment Agency

Tony Juniper

Biodiversity and species protection - net gain, governance and local approaches

Morning, Thursday, 21^st November 2019
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Tony Juniper, Chair, Natural England

Charles Phillips

Electricity Market Reform - the Capacity Market, Contracts for Difference and the Energy White Paper

Morning, Tuesday, 26^th November 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Cathryn Scott, Director, Wholesale Markets and Commercial, Ofgem; Mike Thompson, Head of Carbon Budgets, Committee on Climate Change ; Neil McDermott, Chief Executive, Low Carbon Contracts Company; Charles Phillips, Head, Capacity Market, BEIS and Senior speaker confirmed from National Grid,

Dr Marcus Gover

Reducing avoidable plastic waste - incentives, targets, and policy priorities

Morning, Tuesday, 3^rd December 2019
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Dr Marcus Gover , Chief Executive Officer, WRAP

Emma Floyd

Heat networks in the UK: regulation and market frameworks, innovation and investment, and decarbonisation and the relationship with customers

Morning, Tuesday, 3^rd December 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: James Hemphill, Head of Heat Regulation, The Scottish Government; Rt Hon the Lord Deben, Chairman, Committee on Climate Change; Andrew Cripps, Regional Director, Sustainability, AECOM; Charles Robson, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson and Emma Floyd, Deputy Director, Heat Strategy and Heat Networks, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ben Eyre-White

Developing smart electricity networks - decarbonisation, flexibility and integration

Morning, Thursday, 5^th December 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Ben Eyre-White, Head of Networks, Systems and Interconnection, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Colm Murphy, Head of Electricity Market Change Delivery, National Grid

Completing Crossrail and priorities for moving forward Crossrail 2

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th December 2019
Central London

From the Policy Forum for London

Keynote Speakers: Daniel Thomas, Interim Deputy Director, Major Rail Project Development, Crossrail 2, Department for Transport; Chris Curtis, Head of Crossrail 2, Network Rail and Dr Michele Dix, Managing Director, Crossrail 2, Transport for London

Matthew Taylor

Renewable energy in the UK - market positioning, supporting growth, and priorities for policy and regulation

Morning, Tuesday, 14^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Matthew Taylor, Head of CFD Design & Low-Carbon Technologies, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Matthew Vickerstaff

The future for UK infrastructure finance - public and private investment, alternative support models and new institutional structures

Morning, Tuesday, 21^st January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: David Carter, Director, Infrastructure, West of England Combined Authority; Katy Dowding, Executive Vice President, Skanska; Matthew Vickerstaff, Acting Chief Executive, Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Co-Chair, Expert Panel, The Infrastructure Finance Review and Harriet Hepburn, Director, Corporate Finance, Network Rail

David Black

England’s water market - infrastructure, regulation and taking forward PR19

Morning, Wednesday, 22^nd January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: David Black, Senior Director, Water 2020, Ofwat and Sophie Broadfield, Deputy Director, Water Services, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Steve Elliott

The UK chemicals industry - priorities for the new strategy and the evolving regulatory landscape

Morning, Tuesday, 28^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Senior speaker confirmed from Defra, and Steve Elliott, Chief Executive, Chemical Industries Association

Catherine Lovell

Developing intelligent and autonomous transport - innovation, infrastructure and regulation

Morning, Tuesday, 28^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Mark Westwood, Chief Technology Officer, Connected Places Catapult and Catherine Lovell, Deputy Head, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Department for Transport

Fiona Carleton

Next steps for UK aviation and airports - sustainability, developing new infrastructure and priorities for a new strategy

Morning, Thursday, 30^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Fiona Carleton, Director, Expansion Strategy and Future Operations, Heathrow Airport and Senior speaker confirmed from the Department for Transport,

Emma Howard Boyd

The future for environmental standards in the UK and implementing the Office for Environmental Protection

Morning, Thursday, 6^th February 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Emma Howard Boyd, Chair, Environment Agency and Joel Kenrick, Head of Policy, Environmental Principles and Oversight, Defra

Priorities for research and innovation in UK energy - incubation, funding, and commercialisation

Morning, Thursday, 5^th March 2020
Central London

Next steps for high speed rail in the UK following the independent review

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th March 2020
Central London

The future for UK ports: infrastructure, digitalisation and free ports

Morning, Tuesday, 31^st March 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive, British Ports Association

Natural capital in England - protection and enhancement, assessing value, and policy development

Morning, Thursday, 2^nd April 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Professor David Hill, Chairman, The Environment Bank; Andy Croxford, Deputy Director, Environment Agency and Edward Barker, Director, Natural Environment, Defra

Domestic energy efficiency in England

Morning, Thursday, 23^rd April 2020
Central London

Steve Quartermain

Planning policy in England - accelerating the planning process, and supporting the delivery of new housing and major infrastructure projects

Morning, Thursday, 30^th April 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner, MHCLG

Julie Foley

Next steps for flood and coastal erosion risk management in England - infrastructure resilience, land use and insurance

Morning, Thursday, 14^th May 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Julie Foley, Director, Flood Risk Strategy & National Adaptation, Environment Agency

Core Sponsors

The core sponsors of the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum are AECOM, Burges Salmon and Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

In Production

The Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

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Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum are:

Peter Aldous MP

Rt Hon Richard Benyon MP

Jack Brereton MP

Luciana Berger MP

Lord Berkeley

Lord Bradshaw

Alan Brown MP

Richard Burden MP

Dawn Butler MP

Ruth Cadbury MP

Christopher Chope MP

Ronnie Cowan MP

Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP

Geraint Davies MP

Glyn Davies MP

Nadine Dorries MP

Lord Dubs

Clive Efford MP

Paul Farrelly MP

Barry Gardiner MP

Andrew Gwynne MP

Stephen Hammond MP

Viscount Hanworth

Sue Hayman MP

Drew Hendry MP

Wera Hobhouse MP

Kelvin Hopkins MP

Baroness Howe of Idlicote

Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford

Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

Rt Hon the Baroness Kramer

Eleanor Laing MP

Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP

Jeremy Lefroy MP

Ian Liddell-Grainger MP

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

John McNally MP

Rt Hon the Lord McNally

Caroline Nokes MP

Baroness O’Cathain

Lord O’Neill of Clackmannan

Lord Oxburgh

Mark Pawsey MP

Christopher Pincher MP

Lord Redesdale

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

Gavin Shuker MP

Angela Smith MP

Alex Sobel MP

Rt Hon the Lord Steel of Aikwood

Paul Sweeney MP

Rt Hon the Lord Taylor of Holbeach

Lord Teverson

Derek Thomas MP

Lord Truscott of St James’s in the City of Westminster

Baroness Verma

Dr Alan Whitehead MP

Rt Hon the Lord Whitty

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.