Energy for the Future | |
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Date: | Tuesday 20th October |
Location: | Locarno Rooms, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1 |
| 13.00 | Registration, light lunch |
| 14.00 | Welcome remarks |
Prof. William Paterson, Chairman, German-British Forum | |
H.E. Georg Boomgaarden, German Ambassador to the UK | |
Rt. Hon. Lord Hurd of Westwell, Chairman, German-British Forum | |
| 14.15 | Opening remarks on “Government and industry co-operation on energy security and containing climate change – The wider picture” |
Prof. Frieder Meyer-Krahmer, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany | |
Prof. John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government; Head of the Government Office for Science, UK | |
| 14.35 | Session I: Accomplishing structural change - How can governments, industry and cities drive forward the energy and environmental agenda? |
Prof. Frieder Meyer-Krahmer, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany | |
Prof. John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government; Head of the Government Office for Science, UK | |
Matthias von Randow, Director, Air Berlin | |
Christian Maaß, State Secretary, Ministry for Urban Development and Environment, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | |
Isabel Dedring, The Mayor of London's Chief Adviser on Environmental Policy | |
Jürgen Krönig, Commentator and Author, Die Zeit | |
Andrew Ladds, Chief Executive, Society of Chemical Industry | |
Mark Lewis, Managing Director, Commodities Research, Global Carbon Markets, Deutsche Bank AG | |
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| 15.45 | Coffee break |
| 16.15 | Session II: Technologies for the energy for the future – The role of entrepreneurs |
Mike Rolls, Director, Business Development, Sustainability and Government Affairs, Siemens UK Energy Sector | |
Dr. Jeremy Leggett, Executive Chairman, Solarcentury Holdings Ltd. | |
Dr. John Williams, Polymers & Materials Manager, National Non-Food Crops Centre | |
Jochen Weilepp, Managing Director, Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies | |
Prof. Bob Cywinski, Vice-Chairman of the ThorEA Association, University of Huddersfield | |
Graham Rice, External Relations & Development Manager, Ineos Bio | |
Bernard Molloy, Managing Director, HOPPECKE Industrial Batteries Ltd. | |
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| 17.30 | Closing remarks |
Simon Tilford, Chief Economist, Centre for European Reform (CER) | |
Location: | The Atrium, Four Millbank, London SW1 |
| 18.30 | Reception |
| 19.30 | Dinner |
James Close, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP (Welcome) | |
Bianca Jagger, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation | |
| 20.00 | GBF 2009 Awards |
Patricia Godfrey, President, GBF Jury; Partner, Nabarro LLP (Presenter) | |
Peter Eigen, Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Council, Transparency International (Award winner) | |
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, Creators of THE GRUFFALO (Award winners) | |
| 20.20 | Rt. Hon. Lord Hurd of Westwell - Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 21.10 | Dinner speech and presentation of British-German Community Medal |
Prof. Horst Teltschik, Former Foreign Policy and Security Adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl | |
| 22.00 | Closing remarks |
Rt. Hon. Lord Hurd of Westwell, Chairman, German-British Forum | |
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