Transport minister Norman Baker to give keynote speech at the LowCVP Conference - 14-15 July, Twickenham Stadium
Mon 05 July 2010
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Transport minister Norman Baker will give his - and the new coalition government's - first major speech on environmental and low carbon transport at the LowCVP Conference at Twickenham Stadium on Wednesday 14 July. The LibDem minister will be the opening speaker at the Conference which will be the LowCVP's biggest and most wide-ranging yet with over 40 leading speakers, exhibitions, launches and competition announcements. Delegates at the Conference can also enjoy reduced price attendance at the LowCVP's first Awards Dinner - in association with the WhatCar? Green Awards - on 14 July.
The LowCVP Conference (click here for the 2010 brochure) has become a leading event on the environmental transport calendar, regularly attracting leading speakers and 200 or more high level delegates. This year's expanded event offers even more opportunities for delegates, exhibitors and sponsors.
The speakers include:
- Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
- Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice President, CO2, Shell
- David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change
- Lew Fulton, Senior Transport Energy Specialist, International Energy Agency
- Joe Greenwell, Managing Director, Ford Motor Company
- Kulveer Ranger, Mayor’s Transport Adviser, Greater London Authority
- Drew Kodjak, Executive Director, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
- Edmund King, President, The Automobile Association (AA)
- Darren Johnson, Green member of the London Assembly
- Graham Smith, Managing Director, Toyota Motor Europe
- Michael Hurwitz, Director, Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV)
- Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace
Announcements and launches to be made at the Conference/Dinner include:
- LowCVP Low Carbon Champions Awards & WhatCar? Green Awards
- The RFA’s second year report on biofuels’ sustainability performance
- The launch of the LowCVP Technology Challenge 2
- Winners of the LowCVP Low Carbon Community Challenge
- Best practice principles for 'green marketing'
- London hybrid bus trial results
- Low carbon road-map for HGV sector
The LowCVP's 2010 extended conference format will allow for more detailed discusson of key issues during break-out sessions on day two of the event. The first day will focus on international best practice, bringing leading speakers to communicate how closely technology advances are being matched with consumer acceptance in other countries in the vanguard of the low carbon transport shift.
The break-out sessions on Day Two will focus on: Commercial Vehicles; Electric Vehicles; Biofuels; Local Action (including buses); Consumer Information and Innovation.
The WhatCar? Green Awards this year will take place over dinner at Twickenham Stadium alongside the LowCVP Low Carbon Champions Awards, preceded by a welcome reception in the England team changing room. The dinner will also, for the first time, feature LowCVP awards for individuals and organisations who have played a leading role in accelerating the move to low carbon vehicles and fuels.
The 2010 LowCVP Annual Conference is sponsored by Michelin.
The media partner is edie.
Bookings for the conference can now be made by following the associated link.
There are also plans for a greener vehicle display outside Twickenham Stadium and the event also features more opportunities for exhibitors and sponsors. Please contact the LowCVP secretariat (secretariat@lowcvp.org.uk) for more details about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, or about the greener vehicle display.
Full speakers list (alphabetical order):
Ian Allen, Manager Environmental Strategy & Ampera Launch Manager,Vauxhall Motors Limited
Dr Jillian Anable, Senior Lecturer – Transport, Aberdeen University
Greg Archer, Managing Director, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, DfT
Chas Ball, Adviser, Carplus
John Butt, Chief Executive, Conduit Ventures
Richard Cornwell, Ricardo UK Ltd
Pascal Couasnon, Vice President, Technical Communication, Michelin
Ed Crooks, Energy Editor, The Financial Times (tbc)
Robert Evans, Chief Executive, Cenex
Andrew Everett, Lead Technologist – low carbon vehicles, Technology Strategy Board
Steve Fowler, Group Editor, WhatCar?
Lew Fulton, Senior Transport Energy Specialist, International Energy Agency
Nick Goodall, Chief Executive, Renewable Fuels Agency
Joe Greenwell, Managing Director, Ford Motor Company
Victoria Hodkinson-Gibbs, Deputy Director Cleaner Vehicles and Fuels Division, DfT
Michael Hurwitz, Director, Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV)
Prof Neville Jackson, Group Technology Director, Ricardo UK Ltd
Darren Johnson, Green member of the London Assembly
Cllr Shona Johnstone, Cambridgeshire County Council
Stephen Joseph, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport
David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change
Edmund King, President, The Automobile Association (AA)
Drew Kodjak, Executive Director, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Ben Lane, Managing Director, Ecolane
Jonathan Murray, Deputy Director, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
Andrew Owens, Chief Executive, Greenergy International Ltd
Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace
Graham Pendlebury, Director – Environment and International, DfT
Helen Pritchard, Head of Bus Subsidy Team, DfT
Kulveer Ranger, Mayor’s Transport Adviser, Greater London Authority
Brian Robinson, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Nikki Rooke, Head of Communications, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)
Lois Shafik-Hooper, Specialist Consultant – Fleet, AEA Technology
Graham Smith, Managing Director, Toyota Motor Europe
Richard Stark, Head of Development, British Sugar
Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice President, CO2, Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd
David Tonery, Managing Director, Oxy-Gen Combustion Ltd
Ian Twinn, Director of Public Affairs, ISBA
Mike Weston, Surface Transport Operations Director, Transport for London
Fraser Winterbottom, Chief Operating Officer, Energy Saving Trust
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