2016 Programme
This was the programme for the 2016 National Wood Fuel Conference.
| 9am - 5pm, Thursday 15 October 2016, Sandown Park Racecourse, Portsmouth Rd, Esher KT10 9AJ | |
| 09:00 | Registration, Refreshments, Networking & Trade Exhibition |
| 10:00 | Welcome by the Conference Chairman Dougal Driver, CEO, Grown in Britain |
| 10:10 | Water Catchment Management & Wood Fuel Opportunities James Maclean, Managing Director, Land & Water |
| 10:30 | Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass Supply Chains Professor Richard Murphy, Director of the Centre for Environmental Strategy |
| 10:50 | Woodland Creation for Biomass Mark Broadmeadow, Forestry Commission Update on Timber Supply & Economics of Supplying Wood Fuel Ben Ditchburn, Forestry Commission |
| 11:20 | Hampton Estate, Seale, Surrey - Practical Biomass Heating in Commercial & Residential Properties Bill Biddell, Hampton Estate |
| 11.40 | Comfort Break |
| 12.10 | Government Heat Strategy & The RHI Julian Morgan-Jones, CEO, WHA |
| 12.30 | The Use of Biomass for District Heating at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Paul Woods, ENGIE |
| 12.50 | An EU Perspective on Policy Development and the Biomass Market Natalie Hemeleers, AEBIOM |
| 13.10 | The UK Ecomony & Legal Implications Post BREXIT Jonathan Thompson, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP |
| 13.30 | Lunch, Networking & Exhibition |
| 14.30 | Plenary Session & Introduction to Q&A Panel Alison Field, Forestry Commission Dougal Driver, CEO, Grown in Britain |
| 15:30 | Optional Workshops:- |
| Pellet Quality James Little, Verdo |
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| Tree Health Forestry Commission |
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| Funding packages Alison Field, Area Director for London & the South East, The Forestry Commission |
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| Biomass Suppliers List Helen Bentley-Fox, Accreditation Manager, Woodsure |
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| 17.00 | Close |
