Ecobuild - UK-GBC 'big tent' programme...wednesday 21 march

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UK-GBC 'big tent' programme...wednesday 21 march

10.45 - 11.30 Back to the Classroom: Who should deliver low carbon schools?

Policy - buildings - pupils - staff... Who holds the key to reducing energy use in schools? Is it enough to rely on behavioural change in schools? Or should school buildings be seen as a practical link between decarbonisation efforts and the next generation?

Chair: Liz Warren, Director, SE²
Speakers: Jenni Wiggle, Head of Communities and Schools, Global Action Plan
Chris Whitehead, New Work Director, Balfour Beatty Construction
Ed Horgan, Director, Briar Associates

Wednesday 21 March
10.45 – 11.30
Room: UK-GBC big tent, stand N545

11.40 - 12.25 Dragons Den Innovation Zone

Selected from the UK-GBC / TSB Innovation Zone finalists, a selection of brave contestants pitch their innovations to the Dragons. But which ones stand up to scrutiny, and which of them will escape the Den without getting their wings clipped?

Host: John Alker, Director of Policy and Communications, UK-GBC
Dragons: Rob Pearce, Head of Architecture, Engineering and Specifications, Marks & Spencer
Ian Meikle, Innovation Platform Leader, Technology Strategy Board

Wednesday 21 March
11.40 – 12.25
Room: UK-GBC big tent, stand N545

13.00 - 13.45 Olympic Delivery: Implementation on the ground

The successes, challenges and problems; what worked well, what could have been done differently and what can we learn from it all? Part of UK-GBC’s London 2012 Sustainability Lessons Learned series, in partnership with Atkins and sponsored by Saint-Gobain.

Speakers: Holly Knight, Principal Sustainability Manager, Olympic Delivery Authority
                    David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability, The London 2012 Organising Committee
                    Julian Sutherland, Principal Consultant, Atkins
                    Sue Riddlestone, Executive Director, BioRegional

Wednesday 21 March
13.00 – 13.45
Room: UK-GBC big tent, stand N545

13.55 - 14.40 Long range vision versus short term policy

Are progressive companies restricted in the delivery of long-term goals by the short-termism that goes with political election cycles?

Chair: Paul King, CEO, UK-GBC
Speakers: Lindsey Parnell, CEO, InterfaceFLOR
                   Neil Sachdev, Property Director, Sainsbury’s
                   Dan Labbad, Chief Executive EMEA, Lend Lease and co-Chair of the Green Construction Board
                    Mike Peasland, CEO Construction Services UK, Balfour Beatty

Wednesday 21 March
13.55 – 14.40
Room: UK-GBC big tent, stand N545

14.50 - 15.35 Planning reform - kill or cure?

What impact will the NPPF's focus on a 'presumption in favour of sustainable development' have on our green and pleasant land?

Speakers: Dieter Gockmann, Director, EPR Architects
Sir John Harman, Chair of the Local Housing Delivery Steering Group
Skanska representative, (TBC)

Wednesday 21 March
14.50 – 15.35
Room: UK-GBC big tent, stand N545