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Conference Programme

Tuesday 10th June

Opening Session
1000 - 1215hrs

Welcome by The Chairman of Torbay Council

Investiture of the President of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, Mr Hugh Hoather, followed by the Presidential Address.

Keynote Speeches:
Barbara Young, Chief Executive, Environment Agency
Daniel Instone, Head of Waste Strategy, Defra
Mark Shayler, Managing Director, eco3

The conference opening session not only sets the scene but also the pace for the whole programme.  This year will set off at a brisk pace with opinion and comment from major industry players both from within the waste sector and users of its services.  The combination of the worldwide demand for resources and the drive for greater efficiencies in resource and energy use has once again placed the waste sector in the spotlight.  We can provide part of the sustainability solution, increase public awareness and participation and that will come as a result of political, practical and operational cooperation.

Conference Session 1
Introduction to Waste and Resources Management
1400 - 1630hrs

An overview of the waste and resources industry and the environmental context of the roles and responsibilities of those involved in waste production to ultimate disposal.  Aimed at those new to the industry or those who have recently acquired responsibility for waste in their organisations.

Chairman: Terry March, T March Consultants

Keynote Speaker: Sir Simon Day, Vice-Chairman of the UK Delegation to the Committee of the Regions and Deputy Chairman of the South West Regional Assembly

Mark Gibson, Training Consultant, MG Associates
Professor Stephen Willetts, Principal Partner, The Willetts Partnership
Paul Scotford, Pollution Prevention Control Officer, Environment Agency
Terry March, T March Consultants
Bruce Kent, South Gloucestershire County Council
Judith Turner, Director, Veolia Environmental Services

Conference Session 2
Getting Real About Strategy
1400 - 1630hrs

We are in the waste-to-resources revolution.  Here we will explore what strategies we need and how we can turn them into action.  Love them or hate them, strategies are the framework of our industry's future.

Chair: Bob Lisney OBE, Director, LRL Consultancy Services Ltd

Waste Strategies: Realistic, practical and speedy
Kate Stansfield, Principal Consultant, Turner & Townsend

Dirk Hazell, Chief Executive, Environmental Services Association

Scottish Perspective
Joanna Muse, NWS Programme Co-ordinator, SEPA

Dr Andy Rees, Head of Waste Strategy, Welsh Assembly Government

John Quinn, ARC 21

John Wante, OVAM

Conference Session 3
Construction and Demolition
1400 - 1630hrs

The UK recycles more construction and demolition waste than any other waste stream.  What lessons can be learned from the success story and what has been the role of markets, standards and procurement.

Chair: Nigel Mattravers, Associate Director, Grant Thornton UK LLP and Chairman, Waste and Resources Management Board, Institution of Civil Engineers

Sustainability of Waste Infrastructure Projects
Lisa Eve, Senior Project Manager, Woolf Ltd

Katherine Adams, Principal Consultant, BRE

The Demolition Protocol
Brian Menzies, Enviro Centre

Waste Symposium Session 1
The Sustainable Urban Environment: Waste Consortium Reports
1400 - 1700hrs

This major programme, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, has recently concluded four years investigating the technologies and socio-economic issues underpinning municipal waste management.  This session presents the conclusions of the multi-disciplinary team study in a few concise presentations that will be nicely combined with open discussion periods.  The topics will be of particular interest to Government Agency staff, consultants, industry, environmental engineers and relevant local authority staff.  We look forward to communicating the key findings of the work and interactive audience participation.

The papers address the following topics:
Overview of the SUE Waste Consortium Facilities
Waste mapping
Bulky waste and furniture
Bio-recovery of Energy from wastes
Thermal Energy recovery from wastes
Conclusions

These oral presentations will be complemented by a number of posters that focus on key features studied by members of the large team.

Chair: William Powrie, University of Southampton

Speakers include:
Charles Banks, University of Southampton
Tom Cherrett, University of Southampton
Jim Swithenbank, Sheffield University
Keith Riley, Veolia Environmental Services
Angela Druckman, University of Surrey

Wednesday 11th June 

Waste Symposium Session 2
Waste Thermal Treatment Technologies
1000 - 1300hrs

Large scale incineration is a mature, clean, well proven and widely used thermal technology.  Here we highlight some important new developments in this field and show how several technologies are needed in parallel to provide a balanced and holistic waste management strategy.

Chair: Professor Jim Swithenbank, Chairman, SUWIC

Keynote Address: Professor Nickolas J Themelis, Director, Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University

Dr Kevin Whiting, Technical Director, Juniper Consultancy Services Ltd

Design, Engineering, Construction, Start-up, Commissioning and Practical Experience with the Dual Dry Flue Gas Cleaning System at a Clinical Waste Incineration
Bart Adams, Technology Manager Thermal Treatment, Keppel Seghers Belgium NV

Scales & Technologies for Energy-from-Waste Processes
Dr Paola Lettieri, Reader in Chemical Engineering, University College London

"A Square Peg in a Round Hole":
Implications of Waste Disposal Processes for the Defence Sector
Dr Julieanna Powell-Turner, Head of Environmental Science, Cranfield University and
Tracey Temple, Lecturer, Cranfield University

 

Conference Session 4
Biological Treatment
1000 - 1230hrs

What are the drivers and barriers to composting waste derived materials?  How is the community composting sector making an important contribution to innovation and development in this area?  Understand the attitudes to spreading such materials to land and the suitability of this medium for growing.  Composting could be the solution to treating wastes that would otherwise present a management problem.

Chairman: Alistair Lamont MBE, Managing Director, WamCal Ltd

Can it be Composted?
Dr Alan Heyworth, Research Director, TEG Environmental PLC

Managing Biowaste and Promoting Sustainability - the Role of Community Composting
Dr Rachel Slater MCIWM, Research Fellow, Integrated Waste Systems, The Open University

Attitudes to the Use of Organic Waste Resources on Land
Dr Christine Thomas, Research Fellow, Integrated Waste Systems Research Group, The Open University

Use of IV Compost Grow Trials
Adrian Parker, KTP Associate, WamCal Ltd

Conference Session 5
Maintaining Public Confidence with Clear Communication
1000 - 1230hrs

The growing need to achieve targets presents an enormous requirement for waste management infrastructure.  Without full public consultation and engagement at all stages of the process, plans and their implementation may meet with opposition, delay or even failure.  Practical and successful case studies of community engagement will be discussed with special attention paid to those hard-to-reach sectors and to maintaining public confidence.

Chair: Judith Harper, Chairman of the CIWM Communications Committee

Public Engagement and the New Planning System
David J Nicholson, Senior Partner, Jennings Nicholson Associates

Community Outreach; Creating Change in the Community
Alys Dunn, Programme Manager, Waste Watch

Doorstep Promotions - helping the public take responsibility for their recyclables at scheme design, during service reviews and when launching a new service!
Professor Adam Read, Technical Director & Head of Waste Management, Hyder Consulting

Public Confidence in Energy from Waste: Strategies for positive stakeholder engagement
Fiona MacIntosh, Director, PPS Group

Modelling the expert-public interface in municipal waste management decision making
Kenisha Garnett, PhD Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Consumption, Sheffield Hallam University

Engaging Residents in the Delivery of New Waste Infrastructure - learning lessons from Wales where the 3 regional plans have been publicly debated?
Victoria Bond, Waste Management Consultant, Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd

Conference Session 6
Finance and Procurement
1000 - 1230hrs

This will be an important session for public and private sector delegates alike.  The infrastructure required to fulfil the waste and resource management needs must be paid for and procured.  There are still major tasks to complete over the next few years.

Chair: Peter Calliafas, Chairman, Envirobusiness

Prudent Enough?
Nick Farrington, Assistant Director, Deloitte

Demonstration Plant to Full Scale - the Introduction of New Waste Treatment Technologies and the Risks to Project Financiers
Ian Burdon, Head of Sustainable Energy Developments, Power PB

Bid Evaluation Criteria in Waste Services Procurement
Dr Surabhin Chackiath, Senior Consultant, SLR Consulting Ltd
Bob Couth, Technical Director, SLR Consulting Ltd

Financial Incentives
Phillip Ward, Director for Local Government Services, WRAP

Financial Alternatives
James Snape, Partner & Head of Waste, Nabarro

Conference Session 7
Managing Household Hazardous Waste
1400 - 1630hrs

The latest producer responsibility legislation to impact upon local authorities comes onto the books in 2008 through the implementation of the Batteries Directive.  This session will look at the implications for local authorities relating to batteries along with other challenging household hazardous waste streams arising from households and small businesses.

Chair: Professor David C Wilson MBE, Independant Waste Management Consultant, Visiting Professor in Waste Management at Imperial College London

Legislative Background to Battery Recycling
Jeff Cooper, Policy Manager, Environment Agency

Managing Household and SME Hazardous Waste
Emma Kerrigan, National Household Hazardous Waste Forum
Phil Russell, West Sussex County Council

Practical Aspects of Battery Collection and Recycling
Chris Davey, WRAP

Clinical Waste Collection from a Local Authority Perspective
Stephen Didsbury, Bexley Council

Where are we with WEEE?
Bill Griffiths, Viridor

Conference Session 8
Secondary Materials Market
1400 - 1630hrs

Tough recycling targets demand reliable markets for secondary materials.  Where are they?  What materials do they want?  How do we give it to them?  Get it wrong and we are going nowhere fast.

Chair: Mal Williams, Chief Executive, CYLCH-Wales CRN

From Collection to Market: quality recycling
Mike Falconer Hall, Materials Recycling

The Waste Protocols
Martin Brocklehurst, Head of EP External Programmes, Environment Agency

Ian Wakelin, CEO, Greenstar

Daniel Silverstone, London Remade

Waste Symposium Session 3
Advanced Thermal Technologies: Gasification, Pyrolysis and CHP Systems
1400 - 1700hrs

Pyrolysis and gasification are often advocated for political rather than technical reasons.  Nevertheless, their future role must be assessed critically.  Increased efficiency of power generation is potentially possible with gasification but this capability has not yet been demonstrated in practice.  It is also important that the final disposal of all treatment residues is assured.

Chair: Dr Kevin Whiting, Technical Director, Juniper Consultancy Services Ltd

Keynote Address: Professor Jim Swithenbank, Chairman, SUWIC, Sheffield University

Gasification Comes of Age on Isle Of Wight
Tony Grimshaw, Technical Director, ENERGOS

Recycling Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) by Pyrolysis
Professor Paul T Williams, Director, Energy & Resources Research Institute, The University of Leeds

Anaerobic Digestion for the Production of Renewable Heat and Power via Local Supply Schemes in the UK
Dr Hugh Bulson, Managing Director, Organic Resource Agency Ltd

Advanced Technology for Energy from Waste
Peter E Verboven, Scientist, www.SHadvanced.com

Gerald Tetchner, Enertech Engineering Consultants

Conference Session 9
Regulation: Enabling the Resource Agenda?
1400 - 1630hrs

Forthcoming changes to the Waste Framework Directive and the drive from Government for better regulation will change the way in which wastes and resources and waste management facilities are controlled.  Initiatives such as the Environmental Permitting Regulations will see streamlining of the permitting system while waste protocols and court rulings determining the point at which a waste ceases to be a waste are also helping in developing a regulatory regime where wastes can be seen as resources.

Chair: Rob Morris, Better Regulation Manager, SEPA

When does Waste Cease to be Waste?
Richard Dyton, Partner, Projects, Simmons & Simmons

Environmental Compliance in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Chris Wilson, Environmental Leadership Ltd and Southampton University and
Dr Ian Williams, Deputy Head and Senior Lecturer of the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton

Turning Waste into Secondary Product and Profit: The transformation of the Law
Vincent Brown, Partner, EU Waste & Pollution Law, Semple Fraser LLP

Liz Parkes, Head of Waste, Environment Agency

Stuart Fraser, William Tracy Ltd

Thursday 12th June

Waste Symposium Session 4
Carbon Footprint and Waste Treatment Strategy
1000 - 1300hrs

It is a well-known fact that non-renewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas will not last forever.  Moreover, we need to address the needs of global warming.  Energy from waste can make an important contribution to securing sustainable and diverse energy supplies and is an essential element of a cost-effective climate change programme.  There is an international need to limit the emission of greenhouse gases by exploiting the energy contained in waste by extending state-of-the-art technologies.  This session will look at various waste strategies and the associated carbon footprints.

Chairman: Professor Paul T Williams, Director, Energy & Resources Research Institute, The University of Leeds

Keynote Address: Profesor Lasse Rosendahl, Institute of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark

Opportunities and Responsibilities; the role of the waste industry in creating and delivering sustainable low carbon developments
James Snape, Partner & Head of Waste and Tom Bainbridge, Partner & Head of Climate Change, Nabarro

Carbon Footprint as a Driver for Resource Recovery and Waste Treatment Strategy
Nic Tudge, Technical Specialist-Waste/Wastewater, Enpure Ltd

Professor Chris Coggins, Independent Waste Management Consultant, trading as WAMTECH

Mayor of London: Waste Strategy and Climate Change
Douglas Simpson, Senior Policy Officer, Waste, Greater London Authority

Bertrand Schutz, Vice-President, CITRON S.A.

Conference Session 10
Waste Crime
1000 - 1230hrs

From littering to fly-tipping, and rogue traders to unpermitted sites, and illegal exports, fighting waste crime is more important than ever.  We shall be looking at where we are currently, what we are doing and what we should be doing differently - including zero tolerance, flexible approaches to penalties, protocols, skills and more.

Chair: Joy Blizzard, Communications Officer, LARAC

Assets under Attack - Lead and Copper Theft and the Dark Side of the Global Recycling Market
Luke Bennett, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University

Professionalising Environmental Crime Enforcement
PC Andrew Small, Rural and Environmental Crime Co-ordinator, Partnerships and Crime Reduction, Kent Police Headquarters

Local Environmental Management and Quality of Life - Who is Responsible and What are the Options?
Dr Heidi Shaw, Principal Engineer, Gifford

Tamzin Philips, National Trust

Conference Session 11
Alternative Treatment Technologies
1000 - 1230hrs

Learn about novel and integrated approaches to waste treatment as well as lessons learned when things go awry.  Proven alternatives to landfill are in need of serious development if the UK is to achieve diversion targets and landfill bans.  You will hear case studies from those engaged in developing alternative treatment technologies in the UK and overseas.

Chair: Professor Sue Grimes, SITA/Royal Academy of Engineering Professor in Waste Management

Port Clarence Waste Recovery Park; delivering a centre of excellence to meet the demands of the modern hazardous waste market
Dr Gene Wilson, Group Technical Director, Augean PLC

Biofuels - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Mr Tony Lewis, Business Development Manager, Earth Tech UK

Demonstrating the Performance of MBT Processes for the Diversion of BMW and Practical use of Resulting Data
Dr Hugh Bulson, Managing Director, Organic Resource Agency Ltd

Sustainable Energy Parks: Maximising Recovery from Mechanical Biological Treatment
Simon Burton, Senior Scientific Advisor, Waterman Sustainable Energy, Waterman Group

MBT and Thermal Treatment of MSW Residues: A comparative study of energy balance and long-term pollution potential of leachates
Howard Robinson, Technical Director, Enviros Consulting Ltd and
Keith Knox, Principal, Know Associates (UK) Ltd

Conference Session 12
Waste Prevention - Governance and Good Practice
1000 - 1230hrs

Focusing on the first level of the waste hierarchy waste prevention is rising up the national agenda.  Waste Aware Scotland, Waste Strategy for England 2007 and the Climate Change Bill all emphasise prevention.  Waste prevention provides us with new challenges as reaching higher recycling targets will cost ever more.

Chair: Hugh Hoather, President CIWM (08/09)

SEPA Waste Prevention Plan
Alan Dundas, SEPA

Measuring & Evaluating Waste Reduction and Reuse Activities in Dorset
Marten Gregory, Waste Reduction Officer & Project Manager, Dorset County Council

National Industrial Symbiosis Programme, NISP, Speaker tbc

Mike Read, Mike Read Associates

Practical Approaches to Engaging with the Public on Waste Minimisation
Zoe Kimber, Principal Research Officer, Hampshire County Council

Adrian Murphy, NISP

Waste Symposium Session 5
Flue Gas Emission Control Technologies
1400 - 1700hrs

This session focuses on the control of emissions from waste treatment facilities.  This field represents a triumph of modern engineering that is not widely appreciated.  Thanks to scientific studies and implementation of the lessons learned by sophisticated emissions control technology, dioxins from incinerators are now only about 1% of the UK total.  Chair: Professor Vida Nasserzadeh Sharifi, Director, SUWIC Sheffield University

Improved Thermal Efficiency from Waste Incinerator Flue Gas using Sodium Bicarbonate
David Petitjean, Product Applications Scientist, Brunner Mond

Up to Date Flue Gas Treatment Processes in Europe
Ruedi FREY, Senior Process Engineer FGT (Flue Gas Treatment), Von Roll Environmental Technology Ltd

NOx and SOx Removal from Waste Incinerator Flue Gas using Sodium Bicarbonate
Dr Paul Kilgallon, Researcher, Energy Technology Centre, Cranfield University

Experimental Study on the Sewage Sludge Dewatering Technology by the Fry-Drying using Waste Oil
Professor Tae-in, OHM, Hanbat National University, S Korea

Conference Session 13
Over-Packaging or Product Essential?
1400 - 1630hrs

One man's over-packaging is another man's convenient, efficient and marketing essential.  What does the customer really want and how far can light-weighing and biodegradable packaging go?

Chairman: Jeff Cooper, Past President CIWM

Why the Waste Industry should count on plastic as the best environment option
James Lee, Managing Director, Cromwell Polythene Ltd

Designing Practical Solutions to Packaging Waste
Dr Vicky Lofthouse, Lecturer in Industrial Design, Loughborough University

Jane Bickerstaffe, Director, INCPEN - Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment

Duncan Simpson, Director of Marketing, VALPAK

Dr Richard Swannell, WRAP

Conference Session 14
Waste, Carbon and Climate Change
1400 - 1630hrs

Our industry must show that its decisions - infrastructure, transport and services have been chosen to minimise the whole environmental cost, especially carbon.  The focus here will be on ways in which this can be undertaken.

Chair: John Twitchen, Consultant, Sauce Consultancy

Greenhouse Gas Performance of Waste Technology Waste Scenarios
Adam Baddeley, Senior Consultant, Eunomia Reseach & Consulting

Recycling and Carbon Implications
Euston Ling, Principal Waste & Sustainability, Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd

The Three Pillars of Climate Protection
Peter Hoffmeyer, Chairman, Nehlsen AG

Composting and Climate Change - Realising a Huge Opportunity
Dr David A Hill, President and founder of the US company GOC Technologies Inc

The Impacts of Climate Change on Waste Management
Laurie Newton, Project Manager (Local Authorities), UK Climate Impacts Programme

Conference Session 15
Local Environmental Cleansing and Quality
1400 - 1630hrs

Here you will hear about the roles, responsibilities, methods and best practice by which local environmental quality can be improved and maintained.  Does public perception reflect reality?  How does the streetscape affect the cleansing strategy?

Chair: Steve Robinson, Principal, Essellar Waste Management 

Local Environmental Quality, Perception and Reality - Closing the Gap
Jo Butcher, Group Director - Market Research and Local Campaigning, ENCAMS

Street Litter - How to Reduce (Specific Case Studies regarding Cigarette Litter)
Charles Hamshaw-Thomas, Director, CSR Solutions

The Environmental Cleansing Handbook
Mike Tobin, Director and Senior Consultant, Mike Tobin Consultancy Ltd

Stuart Pryde, Principal Amenity Officer, East Lothian Council

Case Study on Brimingham's Clean City Award
Jeremy Shields, Operational & Business Support Manager, Birmingham City Council, Fleet and Waste Management

Friday 13th June

Conference Session 16 - Palace Hotel, Torquay
Membership Benefits
1000 - 1200hrs

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