WORKSHOPS
Throughout the morning, there will be a number of streams of workshops that will be timetabled to enable cleantech developers, advisers and adopters to attend the topics that are most relevant to them. The streams have yet to be finalised, but the latest version of the agenda includes the following:
PLEASE NOTE THIS PROGRAMME MAY CHANGE BEFORE 28 JANUARY 2010
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Topic |
Title |
Presenter |
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STREAM A |
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| 9.00am |
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council |
EPSRC research funding |
Andrew Wright, EPSRC Neil Davidson, Aquamarine Power |
| 9.45am |
Technology Strategy Board |
Technology Strategy Board - role and funding opportunities |
Derek Allen, Technology Strategy Board |
| 10.30am |
Carbon Trust |
Incubator programme, applied research funding, CT Investment Partners and the deployment funds - presentation |
Dave Raval, Carbon Trust |
| 11.15am | Grants |
Grant funding - sources and process - presentation |
Olaf Swanzy, PNO Consultants |
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STREAM B |
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| 9.00am |
Intellectual property |
IP management : to register or not |
Andy Thompson, Withers & Rogers |
| 9.45am |
Business growth |
Fit for Growth : Are you equipped to grow your business? |
Noel Botha, Orion Innovations |
| 10.30am |
Business overseas |
Exporting and accessing overseas customers - presentation |
Craig Sillars, UKTI |
| 11.15am |
Winning new business |
How to win contracts in the public sector |
Jillian Lilico, Supply London/ PERA |
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STREAM C |
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| 9.00am |
Cash subsidy for R&D |
R&D tax credits optimisation |
Diarmuid MacDougall, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| 9.45am |
Communications |
Financial PR for cleantech companies |
Justin Heath, Abchurch Communications |
| 10.30am |
Business location |
Business advantages and investor benefits of the Isle of Man - presentation and presentation |
Dr Ken Milne, Isle of Man DTI |
| 11.15am |
Energy Technologies Institute |
Energy Technologies Institute - role, strategy and programme |
Richard Knight, Energy Technologies Institute |
| 12 noon | Planning for investors |
Investor readiness assessment - presentation |
Francis Wright, Turquoise Associates |
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STREAM D |
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| 9.00am | Meet customers | Customers Centre | ALL |
| 10.30am | Meet active equity investors | Equity Investor Centre | ALL |
| 12 noon | Meet the grants & other non-equity support providers | Non-stakeholder Funding Centre | ALL |
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STREAM E |
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| 1.45pm |
Waste |
New waste technologies for a low resource future - presentation |
Adam Read & Euston Ling - AEA |
| 2.45pm |
Energy |
New energy technologies for reducing demand - a CRC solution - presentation |
Robert Gevargiz - Adian Consulting |
| 3.30pm | Energy | Renewable energy technologies for reducing your carbon footprint | Duncan Brewer - IT Power |
| 4.15pm |
Energy |
Renewable energy solutions: the process and challenges of deployment - presentation |
Peter Webster - Utilyx Development Services |