EXPO 2007 Construction Conference

"Finding Low Carbon Solutions"

East Midlands EXPO2007 Tuesday, 16^th October Location: Apollo Suite, Rockingham Speedway, Corby, Northampton, NN17 5AF Draft Construction Conference Agenda
Time	Topic	Speaker
08:00 – 08:30	Registration and Refreshments

08:30 – 08:55	Welcome and Introduction to Construction Session	Chairman Andrew Carpenter Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment
08:55 – 09:15	Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory (BERR) Sustainable Construction Strategy The Government are taking this subject very seriously what is your view? · Overview of the Consultation Paper · Brief Description on Consultation process and how to feed into Government · East Midlands and National Events · What are the key issues for industry to be aware of? · How this will affect them – o Policy changes o legislation changes · How to create competitive advantage through sustainable construction	Jeremy Sumeray Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
09:15 – 09:35	East Midlands Development Agency A Sustainable Vision for the Region · The Regional Economic Strategy supporting sustainable construction · The Regional Spatial Strategy · Specifically what emda is doing across the organisation to provide solutions · emda’s capital programme encouraging sustainable solutions · Support offered to business o EMCBE o · Examples in the region · Aspirations for achieving low carbon solutions	Chris Ward-Brown East Midlands Development Agency (emda)
09:35 – 09:55	Case Study · A presentation about a school design they have recently completed at Northampton School for Boys. It’s a very successful scheme and Mark has plenty to share about the environmental approaches to the design. I hope you will agree this will be very fitting given the current emphasis on design of school environments.	Mark Pennington Peter Haddon and Partners
09:55 – 10:15	· Tea/coffee break
10:15 – 10:30	Housing Forum The Housing Forum’s approach to Sustainability · The Challenges for the Housing Sector · What the housing forum are doing to support industry · Expectations of the industry to deliver Zero Carbon Homes linked to sustainable communities and the wider agenda · Low Carbon Solutions does not necessarily have to be Green – what are the current management issues the industry should be addressing (Inspirational Leadership, Lean Management, Offsite Manufacture, Client Driven Strategies) · Does the industry have the capabilities at trade level (skills) and through its products (innovation) · Can Shelagh identify ¾ key sectors of the housing industry and challenge them to do something different?	Shelagh Grant CEO Housing Forum
10:30 – 10:50	Carbon Footprinting ·	Ian R Nicholson Responsible Solutions Limited
10:50 – 11:10	Putting Policy into practice · The vision for West Northampton · The strategic overview · Spatial Planning · What will be achieved · Community benefits · The barriers and successes encountered (skills, products, knowledge, capability, delivery)	Paul Quinn, West Northamptonshire Development Corporation
11:10 – 11:30	Developer Response – Delivering the solutions · How can Developers capture the Government’s sustainable aspirations and turn into a practical business strategy? · The challenges for redeveloping a community · Making ethical but financial business solutions which will drive long term prosperity for the community and the businesses which operate in it. · Bee Bee’s business case behind delivering a demonstrable sustainable built environment · Provide a final thought for any developer	George Bowman Bee Bee Developments
11:30 – 11:50	Sustainability: the IT contribution · How IT – and construction collaboration technologies in particular – can contribute · Reducing the amount of paper printed, copied, distributed and stored · Reducing the need for face-to-face meetings and the impact of traveling · Greater use of webcams, video and audio-conferencing · Providing a platform for the management of some key processes · Concentrating IT functions in a single provider’s multi-customer environment · The long-term view	Paul Wilkinson BIW Technologies Limited
11:50 – 12:00	· Questions and Close	Andrew Carpenter Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment

May be subject to change

Re: Government’s ‘Draft Strategy for Sustainable Construction’

Invitation to a Consultation

The EMCBE, in support of emda’s Lead Role for Construction across all RDAs, invites you to comment on the Government’s proposed Strategy.

As part of the national consultation exercise, a workshop will take place during the afternoon of EXPO2007 at Rockingham Speedway, Corby, Northampton on Tuesday, 16 October. The EMCBE, with the assistance of an expert facilitator, will be seeking your comments on questions arising from the proposed Strategy.

A synopsis of the ‘Draft Strategy for Sustainable Construction’ can be downloaded here, (A full copy can be downloaded here)

Jeremy Sumeray is on secondment to the Construction Sector Unit at the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI), and will be speaking at the Construction Conference during the morning at Expo 2007, and will provide an authoritative view on the proposed Strategy, which will be followed by the consultation workshop.

Your views are particularly sought on the actions necessary to achieve the challenging milestone targets, and to make the Strategy effective and meaningful.

How to respond

Here is an opportunity for you to participate in a regional workshop of huge importance, and to debate key issues of national importance with colleagues from within our construction community.

Please come, we need to hear your views and to confirm your attendance please complete the registration form below.

We will see you there.