Programme

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Keynote speeches

Time Topic Speaker
9.30 - 9.45 KEYNOTE Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, ADBA
9.45 - 10.05 KEYNOTE Dan Rogerson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management
10.05 - 10.10 Sponsors Address Ian Farr, Head of Sales,Biogas, Edina 

Panel Session: The importance of on-farm AD to farmers and the UK 

Time Topic Speaker
10.15 - 11.00 The importance of on-farm AD to farmers and the UK CHAIR - Charlotte Smith, Presenter BBC Radio 4's Farming Today and BBC 1's Countryfile
    Iain Watt, Principal Sustainability Advisor, Forum for the Future
    Andrew Hipwell, Regional Agricultural Director, HSBC Bank PLC 
    Michael Chesshire, Director, Evergreen Gas Ltd
    Nick Tapp, Head of Client Advisory, Craigmore Farming
    Chris Huhne, Strategic Advisor, ADBA
Coffee break - 11.00 - 11.30

Keynote speech

Time Topic Speaker
11.30 - 11.45 KEYNOTE Chris Huhne, Strategic Advisor, ADBA

Panel Session: How will food waste policy affect AD in the next 5 years?

Time Topic Speaker
11.45 - 12.35

How will food waste policy affect AD in the next 5 years?

 CHAIR - Robin Latchem, Editor, Materials Recycling World Magazine
    Dr Dominic Hogg, Chairman, Eunomia Research & Consulting
    Julian O'Neill, Chief Executive Officer, Biogen
    Ashish Anand, Director Investment Banking Division, Barclays
    Adam Baisley, Commercial Director, Olleco
Lunch break - 12.35 - 13.30

Breakout Session 1: What is the future of biomethane?

Time Topic Speaker
13.30 - 15.00 What is the future of biomethane? CHAIR - Stephen McCulloch, Managing Director, Greenlane Biogas Europe and Chesterfield BioGas 
    Stuart Easterbrook, Stakeholder Delivery Manager, National Grid
    Matt Hindle, Policy Manager, ADBA
    Rob Wood, Chief Executive, GasRec
    Dr David Joffe, Head of Modelling, The Committee on Climate Change
    Mark Fletcher, Sustainability Manager - Logistics, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd

Breakout Session 2: The digestate market

Time Topic Speaker
13.30 - 15.00 How will the digestate market develop? CHAIR - Dr David Tompkins, Sector Specialist, WRAP
    Dr Nick Cheffins, Managing Director, Peakhill Associates Ltd
    Anna Becvar, Director, Earthcare Technical Ltd

 

  

Dr Paul Gibbs, Director of Consultancy, 4R Group Ltd
    Matt Taylor, Senior Environmental Scientist, ADAS UK Ltd
Coffee break - 15.00 - 15.30

Keynote speech

Time Topic Speaker
15.30 - 15.55 KEYNOTE Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Commons Energy
& Climate Change Committee member

Breakout Session 3: Operational performance

Time Topic Speaker
16.00 - 17.30

The importance of operational performance over the next 5 years

 CHAIR - Alexander Maddan, Chief Executive, Agrivert Ltd
    Kyrone Dodd, Head of Operations,  Tamar Energy
    Neil Hunter, Operations Director, Local Generation Ltd
    Ray Nattrass, Head of Process Design and Engineering, Shanks Waste Management
    Professor Charles Banks, University of Southampton
    Stephen Ivanec, Lead Biological Process  & Commissioning Engineer, Viridor

Breakout Session 4: The changing landscape of financing AD

Time Topic Speaker
16.00 - 17.30 The changing landscape of financing AD CHAIR - Bruce Nelson, Director, Compass Business Finance Ltd
   

Richard Nuttall, Business Development Manager, Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank
    Chris Holmes, Managing Director Waste & Bioenergy, Green Investment Bank
    Alon Laniado, Investment Director, Eternity Capital
    Michael Hughes, Partner, Downing LLP
    Anne Laleman, Director, Alpha Financials Environmental
Conference close - 17.30
Drinks reception - 17.30 - 19.00

 

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