Here’s a sneak preview of the conference programme and seminar highlights at next year’s Ecobuild

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Ecobuild, the world’s biggest sustainable construction show, takes place on 5-7 March at the ExCel centre in London

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MAKING SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION HAPPEN

TUESDAY 5 MARCH 2013

Ecobuild Arena
11.00 - 12.00
The Green Deal and ECO - how will it deliver?

Host: Emily Maitlis

  • Minister from Department of Energy and Climate Change
  • Paul King, chief executive, UK Green Building Council
  • Howard Kerr, chief executive, BSI
  • Richard McCarthy, executive director for central government, Capita Symonds

Ecobuild Arena
12.45 - 13.45
Is this the end of the road for zero carbon?

Host: Emily Maitlis

  • Dr Brenda Boardman, emeritus fellow at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, and author of ECI’s Achieving Zero: Delivering Future-Friendly Buildings
  • Mark Clare, chief executive, Barratt

Mezzanine

14.30 - 15.30
Rating systems - time to review and rationalise?

  • James Parker, senior research engineer, BSRIA
  • Louise Ellison, head of sustainability, Quintain
  • Robin Nicholson, senior partner, Cullinan Studio

Platinum Suite 2
16.00 - 17.00
Sustainable communities - top down or bottom up?

  • Professor Anne Power, professor of social policy and CASE Association, London School of Economics (LSE)
  • Chris Tinker, executive board director and regeneration chairman, Crest Nicholson
  • Rob Hopkins, co-founder, Transition Network

WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2013

10.45 - 11.45
Green for growth - reality check

  • Minister from Department of Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Mike Putnam, chief executive, Skanska UK; and co-chair Green Construction Board
  • Professor Chris Gorse, professor of construction and project management and director of the Centre for Knowledge Exchange, Leeds Metropolitan University
  • Rhian Kelly, director of energy and climate change, CBI

Ecobuild Arena
12.15 - 13.15
Beating the performance gap - regulate or educate?

Host: Jonathan Dimbleby

  • Jack Pringle, chair, Construction Industry Council
  • John Tebbit, deputy chief executive, Construction Products Association
  • Pete Halsall, chair, Good Homes Alliance

Platinum Suite 2
13.45 - 14.45
A future for microgeneration?

  • Minister from DECC (name tbc)
  • David Richards, director of sustainability, Arup
  • Jeremy Leggett, author, The Carbon War and Half Gone; founder and chairman, Solarcentury and SolarAid; and chairman, CarbonTracker
  • Dave Sowden, chief executive, Micropower Council, and secretary general, Micropower Europe
  • Ant Wilson, director, sustainability, building engineering, AECOM

Platinum Suite 2
15.15 - 16.15
Embodied energy - time for regulation?

  • Professor Brian Norton, president, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin Energy Lab
  • Jeff Maxted, technical director, BLP Insurance

THURSDAY 7 MARCH 2013

Ecobuild Arena
10.45 - 12.00
Is the NPPF delivering on its promise of ‘sustainable development?’

Host: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

  • Dr Hugh Ellis, chief planner, Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA)
  • Brian Waters, chairman, National Planning Forum and vice chair NPF (professions)

Ecobuild Arena
12.30 - 13.30
Joined up infrastructure - linking green with grey

Host: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

  • Neil Bennett, partner, Farrells
  • Peter Madden, chief executive, Forum for the Future
  • Martin Powell, global head of urban development, Siemens

Platinum Suite 2
14.15 - 15.15
Dehydrating while we drown

  • Trevor Bishop, Head of Water Resources, Environment Agency
  • Professor Chris Spray, chair, Water Science and Policy at UNESCO Centre, University of Dundee (tbc)
  • Mark Pendlington, director, Anglian Water Regional Group; and chairman, New Anglia’s Green Economy Pathfinder Board
  • David Weight, sustainability consultant, Aecom

BEYOND CONSTRUCTION

TUESDAY 5 MARCH 2013

Platinum Suite 2
10.45 - 11.45
The Biophilic City

Lecture: Professor Tim Beatley, University of West Virginia

Platinum Suite 2
13.00 - 14.00
Does the UK have any hope of achieving its 2050 carbon reduction target?

  • David Reiner, senior lecturer in technology policy, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
  • David Strong, consultant, David Strong Consulting
  • Paul King, chief executive, UKGBC

Platinum Suite 2
14.15 - 15.15
New economic realities

Lecture: Andrew Simms, policy director, New Economics Foundation

Ecobuild Arena
16.00 - 17.00
Is fracking the future?

Host: Emily Maitlis

  • Dr Victoria Johnson, senior researcher and head of climate change and energy, New Economics Foundation
  • Dr Richard Miller, independent peak oil consultant
  • John Broderick, knowledge transfer fellow, Tyndall Climate Change Institute

WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2013

Platinum Suite 2
11.00 - 12.00
Can green drive the next wave of growth?

Lecture: Leo Johnson, partner, PwC, and co-founder, Sustainable Finance

Platinum Suite 2
12.30 - 13.30
Carrot or stick? Achieving behaviour change

  • Dr Cameron Hepburn, senior research fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
  • Duncan Young, sustainability manager - new business and workplace change manager, Lend Lease
  • Rebekah Phillips, associate, Green Alliance
  • David Symons, director, WSP Environment & Energy

Ecobuild Arena
14.30 - 15.30
Joanna Lumley in conversation with Jonathan Dimbleby

Ecobuild Arena
16.15 - 17.15
Making our cities better

Host: Jonathan Dimbleby

  • Chris Brown, chief executive, Igloo
  • Professor Peter Guthrie, professor, University of Cambridge

THURSDAY 7 MARCH 2013

Platinum Suite 2
11.00 - 12.00
The self-sufficient city - integrating food production into buildings

  • Michele Brunello, partner, Stefano Boeri Architetti
  • Jason Prior, chief executive, buildings + places, AECOM
  • Kath Dalmeny, policy director, Sustain

Platinum Suite 2
12.45 - 13.45
Is there a future for nuclear?

  • Professor Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser, Department of Energy and Climate Change
  • Oliver Tickell, journalist, author and campaigner on health and environment issues, and author of the Kyoto2 climate initiative

Platinum Suite 2
14.30 - 15.30
Climate change - why we are here?

  • Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London
  • Peter Head CBE, executive chairman, The Ecological Sequestration Trust

DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE & SUSTAINABILITY

TUESDAY 5 MARCH 2013

Mezzanine
11.15 - 12.15
Sustainable design should be irresistible design

Host: Angela Brady, president, Royal Institute of British Architects

  • Louis Becker, international director and partner, Henning Larsen
  • Annie Chu, founding principal, Chu + Gooding Architects

Mezzanine
13.00 - 14.00
Lessons from the past

Host: Professor Herbert Girardet, co-founder of the World Future Council and author

  • Gerard Evenden, Foster + Partners
  • Bill Dunster, principal, ZEDFactory
  • Justin Bere, director, Bere Architects

Ecobuild Arena
14.45 - 15.45
Reinventing the high street

Host: Emily Maitlis

  • Chris Brown, chief executive, Igloo
  • David Kohn, director, David Kohn Architects
  • Munish Datta, head of property Plan A, Marks and Spencer
  • Dan Thompson, artist, and founder, the Empty Shops Network

Mezzanine
16.00 - 17.00
Is BIM the saviour of sustainable design?

Host: Thomas Lane, group technical editor, Building and Ecobuild

  • Michael Beaven, BIM leader, Arup
  • Sunand Prasad, senior partner, Penoyre & Prasad
  • Ken Shuttleworth, founding partner, Make Architects

WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2013

Mezzanine
11.15 - 12.15
How can design help to create sustainable communities

Host: Gary Young, partner, Farrells

  • Wendy Shillam, director, Urbaneye
  • Pooran Desai, co-founder, BioRegional, and international director, One Planet Communities
  • Liane Hartley, director, Mend

Mezzanine
13.00 - 14.00
Lecture: tbc

Host: Ike Ijeh, architecture correspondent, Building Magazine

  • Speaker tbc

Mezzanine
14.45 - 15.45
Water Sensitive Urban Design

Host: Celeste Morgan, director, sustainability, Aecom

  • Professor Tony Wong, chief executive officer, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
  • Sue Illman, president elect, Landscape Institute

Thursday 7 March 2013

Mezzanine
11.15 - 12.15
What about the over 70s?

Host: Lord Richard Best, chair, HAPPI Panel, and president, Local Government Association

  • David Birkbeck, chief executive, Design for Homes (tbc)
  • Barbara Douglas, strategic director, the Quality of Life Partnership
  • Rita Newton, environmental gerontologist, SURFACE Inclusive Design Research Centre, University of Salford

Mezzanine
13.00 - 14.00
How far can wood replace concrete and steel?

Host: Kieran Long, architecture critic, Evening Standard

  • Mike Taylor, partner, Hopkins
  • Professor Richard Harris, professor of timber engineering, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath

Ecobuild Arena
14.45 - 15.45
Encouraging sustainability through art

Host: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

  • APE - Artists Project Earth (details to follow)
  • Oliver James, psychologist, writer and broadcaster
  • Tom Hodgkinson, writer, editor, The Idler

SUSTAINABLE PROPERTY, IN ASSOCIATION WITH PROPERTY WEEK

TUESDAY 5 MARCH 2013

Platinum Suite 1
10.45 - 11.45
Financing green property

Host: Bill Hughes, managing director, Legal and General

  • Nigel Roberts, Hermes
  • Ashley Blake, Land Securities
  • Nigel Webb, British Land

13.00 - 14.00
What’s sustainable property worth?

  • Andrew Gulliford, chief operating officer, Segro
  • Chris Perkins, Prudential
  • Andrew Renshaw, Jones Lang LaSalle
  • John Symes-Thompson, CBRE

14.30 - 15.30
Making green leases work

  • Kevin Chapman, Lend Lease
  • John Burton, Westfield
  • Jenny Pidgeon, Henderson
  • Michael Creamer, CoreNet

15.30 - 16.30
The office of the future

  • David Pringle, Co-op
  • Mark Thompson, Director, Sustainability & Climate Change, PWC
  • Dave Dunbar, BT

16.30 - 17.30
The shop of the future

  • Geoff Harris, director of property and development, Henderson
  • Naomi Wells, Waitrose
  • Munish Datta, Marks & Spencer
  • Neil Sachdev, Sainsburys
  • Neil Pennell, Land Securities

INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY

WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2013

Platinum Suite 1

10.45-11.45
Understanding the sustainability drivers in overseas markets

What is driving the sustainability agenda in global markets?

  • John Alker, director of policy and communications UK Green Building Council
  • James Rowlands, Global Research and Policy Project Manager, RICS)
  • Aleksandra Krstanovic, director AECOM
  • Phil Buttery, CEO, International Sustainability Alliance
  • Simon Cox, Vice President Project Management and UK Sustainability Officer, Prologis

13.00-14.00
What and where are the market opportunities for sustainability expertise in BRIC nations?

Which countries present a good market opportunity for sustainability expertise and what are the opportunities within those markets?

  • Julian Sutherland, design director Atkins
  • Simon Rawlinson, head of strategic research, EC Harris
  • Jon Lovell, head of sustainability, Drivers Jonas Deloitte
  • Speaker from the Shenzhen Government, China

14.45-15.45
What sustainability strategies are needed for different climatic zones?

How do you design a building in different extreme climates and what are the technical considerations which designers need to consider?

  • Alan Shingler, head of sustainability, Sheppard Robson
  • Robert Buckley, sustainable design director, AECOM
  • Frank Mills, founder McGrath Mills Consulting

16.00-17.00
Successfully delivering sustainable buildings in emerging markets

What are the challenges in delivering sustainable buildings in emerging markets and what strategies are needed for success?

  • Helen Pineo, BREEAM Communities manager, BRE
  • Speaker from Premier Inn

SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTS

TUESDAY 5 MARCH 2013

Refurbishing Britain

14.15 - 15.30
The Green Deal - from debate to delivery

Chair: Richard McCarthy, executive director for central government, Capita Symonds

  • Philip Morris, head of household energy (acting), Centre for Sustainable Energy
  • Birmingham City Council (speaker tbc)
  • Carillion (speaker tbc)

Delivering sustainability in the city

15.45 - 17.00
Regenerative cities - from urban regeneration to ‘eco-regeneration’

Chair: Professor Herbert Girardet

  • Nick Grayson, climate change and sustainability, Birmingham City Council
  • Paul Toyne, group head of sustainability, WSP

WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2013

Delivering sustainability in the city

10.30 - 12.00
Smart Cities - making the technology work

Chair: Charles Secrett, Robertsbridge Group

  • Ian Short, chief executive, Institute for Sustainability
  • Dr Rick Robinson, smarter cities executive architect, IBM
  • Martin Powell, global head of urban development, Siemens

Waste, water and materials

14.30 - 16.00
Materials - responsible sourcing of construction products: drivers and principles

Chair: Sarah Cary, British Land

  • Derek Hughes, responsible sourcing scheme manager, BRE Global
  • Nigel McKay, head of procurement, Lend Lease
  • James Goodfellow, Make Architects

THURSDAY 7 MARCH 2013

Delivering sustainability in the city

10.30 - 12.00
Water Sensitive Urban Design - putting the business case into practice

Chair: Paul Lincoln, Landscape Institute

  • Professor Tony Wong, chief executive, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
  • Celeste Morgan, sustainability director, AECOM
  • Peter Wilder, Wilder Associates

Designing and building with Passivhaus principles

10.45 - 11.15
Delivering Passivhaus around the globe - the six climatic zones

  • David Gale, director, Gale & Sowden
  • Bill Gething, sustainability consultant, Max Fordham
  • Kym Mead, head of Passivhaus, BRE

Whole life carbon and other impacts

10.30 - 12.00
Carbon profiling - practical whole life carbon measurement

Chair: Thomas Lane, group technical editor, Building and Ecobuild

  • Simon Sturgis, managing director, Sturgis Carbon Profiling

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