Agenda Agenda (subject to change)
08:45 Registration and refreshments
09:35 Welcome and introduction by the Chair
Keith Aitken, Journalist and Broadcaster
Session One: The impetus for change
Reducing carbon emissions across the public sector will be key to Scotland's future, both for economic reasons and to meet Climate Change and Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) targets. This session will examine how the public sector can innovatively ‘green' its services and technologies and why it is so important to do so.
09:40 The need for public sector leadership
Robin Harper MSP, Former Co-convenor, Scottish Green Party and Convenor, Cross Party Group on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, The Scottish Parliament
10:00 Creating a sustainable organisation
Michael Thorpe, Sustainability & Health Lead, BT Global Services
10:20 Greening the Workplace for a Sustainable Public Sector
Fiona Montgomery, Information Development Officer, UNISON Scotland
10:30 Questions, discussion and polling
10:50 Refreshments
Session Two: Achieving sustainability - Work streams (Choose 1)
Reducing the carbon emissions of government and the public sector will require myriad services coming together from the public and private sectors to provide both proven and innovative methods to achieve this goal. This session will look at how sustainability within services can be achieved in reality, the cost involved as well as looking at how a carbon footprinting standard could be established.
Work stream 1: Sustainable procurement
11:10 Making sustainable procurement happen
Belinda Miller, Head of Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Aberdeen City Council
and
Larissa Hastie, Sustainable Development Lead Consultant, Capgemini
Work stream 2: How to achieve a sustainable public sector estate
11:10 Achieving sustainability across further and higher education institutions
Colin Brown, Chief Executive, Sustainability Insight
11:35 Sustainable water management
Tony McHardy, Head of Sales and Marketing, Business Stream
Work stream 3: Technology, transport and people: priorities for sustainability
11:10 Achieving Sustainability Across the NHS - a Web Based Approach
Sasha Trifkovic, Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development Commission Scotland
11:35 Running a clean, environmentally friendly fleet
Ian Murdoch, Manager, Scottish Transport, Energy Saving Trust
12:00 Questions and discussion
12:20 Lunch
Session Three: Achieving sustainability - Work streams repeated (Choose 1)
Work stream 1: Sustainable procurement
13:05 Making sustainable procurement happen
Belinda Miller, Head of Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Aberdeen City Council
and
Larissa Hastie, Sustainable Development Lead Consultant, Capgemini
Work stream 2: How to achieve a sustainable public sector estate
13:05 Achieving sustainability across further and higher education institutions
Colin Brown, Chief Executive, Sustainability Insight
13:30 Sustainable water management
Tony McHardy, Head of Sales and Marketing, Business Stream
Work stream 3: Technology, transport and people: priorities for sustainability
13:05 Achieving Sustainability Across the NHS - a Web Based Approach
Sasha Trifkovic, Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development Commission Scotland
13:30 Running a clean, environmentally friendly fleet
Ian Murdoch, Manager, Scottish Transport, Energy Saving Trust
13:55 Questions and discussion
14:15 Refreshments
Session Four: Sustainability and affordability
In hard economic times the initial outlay required for sustainable measures may get pushed down the order of priorities. This session will look at how sustainable procurement can work and how green improvements can be funded at a time when budgets are being reduced.
14:35 The economics of sustainability
Evan Williams, Managing Director, Environmental and Resource Economics and Chair of The Scottish Sustainable Development Forum
14:55 The funding of green improvements with reduced budgets: sustainability vs. affordability
Sara Parkin OBE, Founding Director, Forum for the Future
15:15 Questions, discussion and polling
15:35 Summary and conclusions by the conference Chair
15:40 Close of conference
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