Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum

Towards net-zero in local government - policy, practices, support, and services

Morning, Tuesday, 7^th December 2021
Online

From the Westminster Social Policy Forum

Keynote Speakers: Simon Sturgis, Founder, Targeting Zero; former Chair, RIBA Sustainable Futures Group; and Chair, Whole Life Carbon Network; Steve Read, Chair, ADEPT Environment Board; and Director of Environment and Public Protection, West Sussex County Council and Keith Davis, Director, Defra Value for Money, National Audit Office

Priorities for gas network development and supply security in the UK - next steps for decarbonising gas assets, implementing the RIIO-2 price control framework, and protecting gas users

Morning, Tuesday, 14^th December 2021
Online

Keynote Speakers: Dr Alexandra Howe, Head of Gas Security, Networks and Markets, Energy Security, BEIS and Michael Wagner, Deputy Director, Gas Networks Price Controls, Ofgem

David Capper

Next steps for decarbonising UK heat and heat networks - expansion, building decarbonisation, consumer protection, and policy and regulatory priorities

Morning, Thursday, 13^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speaker: David Capper, Director, Clean Heat Directorate, BEIS

The future for environmental standards and next steps for the Office for Environmental Protection

Morning, Tuesday, 18^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency; Alan Law, Deputy Chief Executive, Natural England and Dame Glenys Stacey, Chair, Office for Environmental Protection

Next steps for food security in the UK

Morning, Thursday, 20^th January 2022
Online

From the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum

Keynote Speakers: Katrina Walsh, Policy Director, International Meat Trade Association; Professor Julia Aglionby, University of Cumbria; Executive Director, Foundation for Common Land; and Chair, Uplands Alliance; Chris Tyas, Director of Food Supplies, Defra; and Chair, GS1 UK; Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Rights and Food Policy, Which?; Professor Sandy Thomas, Director, Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition and Chair, Science Council, UK Food Standards Agency; David Baldock, Senior Fellow, Agriculture and Land Management Programme, The Institute for European Environmental Policy; Dustin Benton, Policy Director, Green Alliance; and formerly Chief Analytical Adviser, National Food Strategy; Emma Piercy, Head of Climate Change and Energy Policy, Food and Drink Federation and Dan Crossley, Executive Director, Food Ethics Council

The UK renewable energy supply chain - next steps for sector development, international competitiveness, and CfD and Supply Chain Plans

Morning, Tuesday, 25^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Stuart R Broadley, Chief Executive, EIC; and Co-Chair, UKESC Taskforce; Dr Nicola Higgins, Deputy Director, Offshore Wind, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Dr Nina Skorupska, Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association and Lloyd James, Partner, Burges Salmon

Next steps for reform of the UK rail system and priorities for developing services and infrastructure

Morning, Tuesday, 25^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Susan Evans, Rail, Bridges and Structures Business Director, AECOM and Dan Brown, Director, Strategy and Policy, Office of Rail and Road

Next steps for UK fisheries

Morning, Wednesday, 26^th January 2022

From the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum

Keynote Speakers: Andrew Kuyk, Director General, UK Seafood Industry Alliance; Duncan Vaughan, Senior Specialist - Marine Fisheries, Natural England and Mike Rowe, Director, Marine & Fisheries, Defra

Tackling food waste in households, industry, and agriculture - next steps for policy coordination, targets, implementation, and innovation in packaging

Morning, Tuesday, 8^th February 2022
Online

From the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum

Keynote Speakers: Dr David Moon, Interim Director of Collaboration and Change, WRAP and Lord Deben, Chairman, Climate Change Committee

Ben Rimmington

The UK Emissions Trading Scheme - progress and next steps, international positioning, competition, and supporting decarbonisation in key sectors

Morning, Thursday, 10^th February 2022
Online

Keynote Speaker: Ben Rimmington, Director General, Net Zero Buildings and Industry, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Tony Juniper

Natural capital protection and restoration in England - next steps for policy, regulation, land management, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions

Morning, Thursday, 24^th February 2022
Online

Keynote Speaker: Tony Juniper, Chair, Natural England

Electricity markets in the UK - next steps for the Capacity Market, the Contracts for Difference regime, and supporting low-carbon electricity generation

Morning, Monday, 28^th February 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Sarah Keay-Bright, Senior Advisor Markets, Policy and Regulation, Energy Systems Catapult; Professor Keith Bell, Co-Director, UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC); Member, Climate Change Committee; and Power Sector Champion, University of Strathclyde and Dr Kathryn Bird, Head of Capacity Market Policy, Electricity Security and Market Evolution Team, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Next steps for energy storage in the UK - market development and expanding capacity, innovation and commercialisation, competition, and regulation

Morning, Tuesday, 29^th March 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Nick Winser, Chairman, Energy Systems Catapult and Kyle Martin, Market Change Delivery Senior Manager, National Grid ESO

Next steps for freeports in the UK - priorities for implementation, extending the benefits across the nations, and wider UK port operations

Morning, Tuesday, 5^th April 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Justin Atkin, Representative UK & Ireland, Port of Antwerp; Managing Director, Ragged Edge Consulting and Non-Executive Director, Portico Shipping and Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive, British Ports Association

Next steps for CCUS policy and commercialisation

Morning, Tuesday, 26^th April 2022
Online

Core Sponsors

The core sponsors of the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum are AECOM, Burges Salmon and Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

In Production

The Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum are:

Peter Aldous MP

Jack Brereton MP

Lord Berkeley

Lord Bradshaw

Lord Brennan

Alan Brown MP

Dawn Butler MP

Ruth Cadbury MP

Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP

Sir Christopher Chope MP

Ronnie Cowan MP

Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP

Lord Curry of Kirkharle

Geraint Davies MP

Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP

Lord Dubs

Clive Efford MP

Barry Gardiner MP

Andrew Gwynne MP

Stephen Hammond MP

Viscount Hanworth

Drew Hendry MP

Wera Hobhouse MP

Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford

Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

Rt Hon the Baroness Kramer

Rt Hon Dame Eleanor Laing MP

Ian Liddell-Grainger MP

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

John McNally MP

Rt Hon the Lord McNally

Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP

Lord Oates

Lord Oxburgh

Mark Pawsey MP

Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP

Lord Ravensdale

Lord Redesdale

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

Baroness Sheehan

Alex Sobel MP

Alexander Stafford MP

Rt Hon the Lord Steel of Aikwood

Rt Hon the Lord Taylor of Holbeach

Lord Teverson

Derek Thomas MP

Lord Truscott

Baroness Verma

Dr Alan Whitehead MP

Rt Hon the Lord Whitty

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.