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Autumn 2009
This season sees us running events at the SNP and Greens conference. Details for the former are posted below and don't forget that they are FREE to attend.
‘Dragons’ Den on Transport Solutions for Scotland: Getting Scotland to Work
In the style of the popular television programme, Dragons Den, our ‘Dragons’ and audience will comment and vote on what they believe to be the best solution to help get Scotland to work. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to convince the ‘dragons’ and audience that theirs is the best solution to Scotland’s transport challenges. Host, Ross Martin, will then seek comments and nominations from the ‘dragons’ and audience and the winner will be announced!
When: 1230 – 1330 hours on Friday, 16th October 2009.
Where: Inverness Suite, Ramada Inverness Hotel, Church Street, Inverness. See here.
Event partners: BT, Siemens, SPT, Sustrans, tie ltd and Transform Scotland
Host: Ross Martin, Policy Director, Centre for Scottish Public Policy (CSPP)
Project Presenters:
Steve Gillies, Management Consultant, BT Public Sector Scotland: A Home-working Revolution that Tackles Climate Change without Leaving the House!
Graham Bell, Press & Policy Consultant, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce: High Speed Rail Line
Peter Weightman, Major Projects, Siemens plc Mobility Division: CAT 2014 - A Commonwealth Games Legacy
Councillor Alistair Watson, Chair, SPT: Subway Modernisation
Paul Tetlaw, Chair, Transform Scotland: The Business Case for Cycling
Dragons:
Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure & Climate Change
Mike Connelly, Media & Public Affairs Manager, tie ltd
Scott McIntosh, Technical Director, Light Rail & Trams, Mott MacDonald
Councillor Grant Thoms, Glasgow City Council
Keeping Juice in Yir Hoose: the Tipping Point for Scotland’s Fuel Poor
Bringing the climate change and fuel poverty agendas together, we examine what impact the Climate Change Bill and future initiatives, such as the Renewable Heat Incentive, will have on the fuel poor.
A briefing for this event can be downloaded here - Fuel Poverty Briefing SNP Oct 09.doc
When: 1230 – 1330 hours on Saturday, 17th October 2009
Where: Inverness Suite, Ramada Inverness Hotel, Church Street, Inverness. See here.
Event Partners: Calor and eaga plc
Chair: Councillor Grant Thoms, Glasgow City Council
Speakers:
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Alex Neil MSP, Minister for Housing & Communities - Government commentary
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Norman Kerr, Director, Energy Action Scotland - the fuel poverty issue in Scotland and how it will be affected by the climate change agenda
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Paul Blacklock, Head of Strategy & Corporate Affairs, Calor – view of one of the groups charged with collecting the funding and then dispersing it again through programmes
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Simon Kemp, Business Development Manager - Scotland, eaga plc – the difficulties in targeting the fuel poor and the actions eaga take in their programmes to reach people effectively
The Centre greatly appreciates the help and assistance from the sponsors.
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