Timed Agenda

9.15am Opening remarks from the chairman

Technology Routes

• Unearth the most up to date science behind these technologies and better understand how they can be put to commercial use
• Find out about recent improvements in the processes, which make these technologies viable and profitable now
• Investigate the ROI for each of these technologies to assess capital requirements and see where your future profits will come from

9.30am Case Study: MBT

Environmental studies have found that MBT processes that extract both the metals and plastics prior to landfilling represent the some of the best options for dealing with our residual waste. New Earth solutions are making this happen commercially – find out how.

Peter Mills, Operations Director, New Earth Solutions

10.05am Case Study: Waste to Energy

The amount of energy produced from waste can be huge. An energy from waste plant consuming 1500 tonnes per day of municipal solid waste, generates more than 50,000 KW of electrical energy. Find out how to build effective partnerships to guarantee you meet your targets!

Stuart Hayward Highman, Technincal Director, SITA UK

10.40am Case Study: Gas Plasma

This new process results in waste being converted into a clean hydrogen-rich syngas - clean enough to drive a gas engine directly and at a competitive cost. Engage with this technology to drive down your long term waste management costs!

Rolf Stein, CEO, Advanced Plasma Power

11.15am - REFRESHMENT BREAK

11.45am Case Study: Anaerobic Digestion

This technology is becoming ever more popular In European Waste Management strategy and this is your chance to find out why this technology is emerging as a viable alternative to landfill and incineration.

James Lloyd, Managing Director, Hot Rot Solutions

12.20pm Case Study: Mechanical Heat treatment

EVRS began 9 years ago in 2002, since when its “Thermally Induced Chemical Transformation” (TICT) process was recognized as a unique form of Mechanical Heat Treatment (MHT) in the 2007 Defra “ New Waste Technologies Catalogue”. Find out how this technology can work, both scientifically and commercially.

Martin Osment, Chief technology officer, EVRS

12.55pm Case study: Waste Polymers

Nextek has special expertise in the processing of polymeric materials and recycling of Post Consumer plastics waste into food grade PET bottles and HDPE milk bottles that can be used in new packaging applications.

Ed Kosior, Managing Director, Nextek Ltd

1.30pm - LUNCH

2.35pm Case Study: Waste to Chemicals

Kris will show you how to create the infrastructure necessary to provide premium, high cost chemicals from waste and realize the huge profits that you could be making.

Kris Wadrop, CEO, Solvert Ltd

3.10pm Case Study: Pyrolysis

Production of high calorific value fuel, hydrogen and use in a CHP system gives this process a massive potential

to be a highly efficient, clean and profitable revenue solution. Discover how to steal a march on competition by implementing this technology

4.00pm - Conference closes for the day

4.15pm - DRINKS RECPETION

DAY 2

Knowledge Sharing in Project Development

9.00am Use expert analysis to make the correct technology selection at the procurement stage

• Effectively evaluate the scope and capability of existing and emerging technology
• Use experts in environmental planning and testing to strengthen your analysis
• Make the right choice for your locality using robust testing methods

Prem Mahi, Divisional Director, Energy, Energy-from-waste and biomass, Mott Macdonald

9.35am Discover how technology risk can be shared amongst investors and providers

• Learn about the progress made through the WIDP to make waste infrastructure an attractive investment
• Discover a clear road map to sharing risk in waste infrastructure

John Burns, Director, DEFRA

10.10am Proving Technology on a commercial scale

• Your blueprint for moving from small scale facility to commercially viable public utility
• Find out how to avoid the common pitfalls from the professionals that have completed this transition
• Use innovative methods to accelerate the incorporation of sustainable technology into an existing waste stream

Kevin Whiting, Senior Technical Director, WSP

10.45pm - REFRESHMENT BREAK

Access to Finance

11.15am Understand project finance requirements from the leading experts

• Gain expert insights into the levels of working capital required to support project development and how to maintain these levels throughout the lifecycle.
• Experts tips on how to gain access to project funding in these tough economic times

James Snape, Partner, Nabarro

11.50am Learn how to take advantage of more effective financing structures for waste infrastructure

• Find out about the Tax Increment Financing scheme to allow local authorities to invest in new waste infrastructure
• Find out which technologies and projects are attracting investor attention and find out why you should be on board
• Look into the crucial issues surrounding tax and get a deeper understanding of how future PFI projects will be affected by it

Nigel Mattravers, Director and Waste specialist, Grant Thornton

12.30pm - Lunch

Delivering Waste Infrastructure

1.15pm Incineration Bottom Ash

• Regulation on and certification of Incineration Bottom Ash, the use of bottom ash in road construction and concrete:  Situation in the Netherlands (and the UK)
• Treatment of Incineration Bottom ash: dry and wet treatment process
• Treatment of incineration fly ash and flue gas cleaning residue towards non-hazardous waste

Peter Bleeker, Director, Rock Solid B.V.

1.50pm Gasification

Waste2Tricity is a new British venture established to make waste-to-energy viable, efficient and economical - by implementing a unique combination of new generation alkaline fuel cells with plasma gasification and other existing proven technologies. The system will therefore have significant environmental and cost benefits over other methods of electricity generation from MSW

John Hall, Managing Director, Waste2tricity

Waste Minimisation

2.25pm Minimise waste from your locality through new technology adoption

• Discover how to effectively implement the three R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in your locality to contribute to a greener outcomes
• Take advantage of process synergies to allow recycling, recovery and disposal to dovetail effectively to drive down costs

Adam Read, Global Director, AEA

3.05pm Q&A Session: How do you get public support for your waste infrastructure development and waste management strategy from day 1

• Find out about the cause for public opposition to incineration
• Discover the environmental arguments against incineration and examine the backlash against the Norfolk incinerator
• Find out some of the things the public would like to see.....

Richard Burton, Environmental Consultant, Burton Environmental

3.40pm Conference Closes