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 |