Sustainabilitylive! 2012 Seminar Programme
For a full description of each session, please click the session title.
Seminar Theatre - Water Theatre
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| Tuesday 22 May 2012 | |||||
| Catchment Area Management - Chaired by Professor Sue White, Cranfield University | |||||
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Application of sustainable technologies to catchment management Speaker(s) Professor Lucian Gill, Director, Oceans ESU | ||||
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| 10:45 - 11:00 | Holistic Catchment Management Speaker(s) Roger Middleton, Black & Veatch | ||||
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | 'Upstream Thinking' - the story so far Speaker(s) Lewis Jones, Future Quality Obligations and R&D Manager, Operations Asset Manager, South West Water | ||||
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| 11:15 - 11:30 | Q & A | ||||
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| SUDS / Flood Management - Chaired by Alastair Moseley, Executive Director, EIC | |||||
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Accelerating SuDS implementation - barriers and solutions Speaker(s) Martin Fairley, Research Director, ACO Technologies plc | ||||
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| 12:00 - 12:15 | A methodology to assist Local Authorities and developers in the evaluation of potential groundwater flooding risk resulting from development. Speaker(s) Julian Hatherall, Principal Consultant, Earth Systems | ||||
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| 12:15 - 12:30 | ... five years and counting ... Speaker(s) Terry Nash, Director, UK Sustainable Dev Assoc. | ||||
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| 12:30 - 12:45 | Q & A | ||||
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| Sustainable Water Management - Chaired by Natasha Wiseman, Editor, WWT | |||||
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Evolution or Revolution? Integrating ecosystem services into water industry cost-benefit analysis Speaker(s) Dr Bruce Horton, Director, Environmental Policy Consulting | ||||
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| 13:15 - 13:30 | A risk-based approach to augmenting resilience to climate change in the UK water sector Speaker(s) Christopher Harris, Doctoral Researcher, University of Birmingham | ||||
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| 13:30 - 13:45 | Assuring Business Continuity through effective Pollution and Firewater Containment Speaker(s) Brian Back BEng(Hons) CEng FIET MIoD, Chairman, Environmental Innovations | ||||
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| 13:45 - 14:00 | Water Zero: a water use minimisation tool for new developments Speaker(s) Carl Pelling, Principal Hydrologist, URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Ltd | ||||
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Q & A | ||||
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| Upgrading Existing Assets - Chaired by Maureen Gaines, Editor, WET News | |||||
| 14:30 - 14:45 | MBR wastewater treatment plant in remote desert climate - success and lessons learned Speaker(s) Ahmad F. Al-Tawabini, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Saudi Aramco | ||||
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| 14:45 - 15:00 | Turbulent Dissolved Air Flotation Speaker(s) John Martin, Business Development Manager, Processus Limited | ||||
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| 15:00 - 15:15 | Q & A | ||||
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| Sensors - Chaired by Justin Dunning, Sales Manager, Chelsea Technologies | |||||
| 15:30 - 15:45 | On-Line Low level Trace Metal analysis for process and enivironmental control Speaker(s) Anna Whittaker, European Sales Manager, Modern Water Cogent Environmental | ||||
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| 15:45 - 16:00 | Optical Dissolved Oxygen Technology - A Brief History, Development and the Future of a New Generation of Smart Sensors. Speaker(s) David Wilson, Sales Manager UK & Ireland, Waterra-In-Situ | ||||
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| 16:00 - 16:15 | Q & A | ||||
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| Wednesday 23 May 2012 | |||||
| Water Treatment | |||||
| 10:30 - 10:45 | A novel approach to Electrocoagulation - method and benefits Speaker(s) David Jones, Research Scientist, Aguacure Ltd | ||||
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| 10:45 - 11:00 | Improving the effectiveness of coagulation control processes Speaker(s) Julian Edwards, UK Water Analytics Sales Engineer, ABB Limited | ||||
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | Q & A | ||||
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| Effluent Treatment | |||||
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Full scale treatment of landfill leachates with complete nitrification and denitrification. Speaker(s) Howard Robinson, Technical Director, SKM Enviros | ||||
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| 11:45 - 12:00 | MicrocycleTM Technology and the treatment of waste metalworking fluids Speaker(s) Dr Duane Ager, Chief Scientific Officer, Microbial Solutions Limited | ||||
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| 12:00 - 12:15 | WETOX - Turning Waste into Water and Recovered Resources Speaker(s) Kevin McKay, CEO, Wetox Ltd | ||||
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| 12:15 - 12:30 | Q & A | ||||
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| Sewers / FOG - Chaired by Maureen Gaines, Editor, WET News | |||||
| 12:45 - 13:00 | High-pressure water-jetting: the maths behind the motion, the physics behind the flush. Speaker(s) Professor Charlie Fairfield, Professor of Civil Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University | ||||
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| 13:00 - 13:15 | Can sewers be cleaned with ice? Speaker(s) Matthew Stephenson, Director of Operations, Agbar Environment Limited | ||||
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| 13:15 - 13:30 | People power blasts FOG - how to achieve success with innovative behavioural change campaigns. Speaker(s) Rachel Dyson, Programme Manager, Anglian Water | ||||
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| 13:30 - 13:45 | Q & A | ||||
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| Smart Water Networks - Chaired by Guy Horowitz, Chairman of the Smart Water Network Forum, TaKaDu | |||||
| 13:55 - 15:20 | Smart Water Networks Panel Discussion Speaker(s) Ashley Baxter, Director, Hydrostat Oliver Grievson, LinkedIn Group Manager, Water Industry Process Automation & Control Ori Reshef, Senior Account Manager, TaKaDu Tony Hoyle, General Sales Manager UK & Ireland, ABB Limited | ||||
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| Customer Information | |||||
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Best Customer Service - Delivering on SIM Challenges Speaker(s) Benjamin Bax, National Customer & Client Services Manager, May Gurney | ||||
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| 15:45 - 16:00 | Water & waste: unlocking financial savings and environmental benefit Speaker(s) Tony McHardy, General Manager- Sales and Marketing, Business Stream | ||||
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| 16:00 - 16:15 | Q & A | ||||
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| Thursday 24 May 2012 | |||||
| Innovation - Chaired by Dr David Smoker, SBWWI | |||||
| 10:30 - 11:30 | SBWWI Water Dragon Speaker(s) Ian Tindell, Business Development Manager - Water EBO, 3M United Kingdom plc Simon Langton, Business Development & Commercial Director, Kobus Services Ltd Tony Hanks, Innovation Manager, Morrison Utility Services | ||||
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| Innovation in Treatment Technologies - Chaired by Natasha Wiseman, Editor, WWT | |||||
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Humans, horses, heavy industry and beer - Using natural wetland treatment systems for a range of effluents Speaker(s) Dr Ian Griffin, Senior Consultant, WWT Consulting | ||||
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| 12:00 - 12:15 | Chemical Free Treatment:water, Indusrtail wastewater, Gery water & vegetable wash water for reuse, ships & boats wash water Speaker(s) Dr Ramsey Haddad, Owner, Free Radicals Technology | ||||
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| 12:15 - 12:30 | MEMTHANE®: An Innovative Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Speaker(s) Jon McAteer, Technical Manager, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies | ||||
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| 12:30 - 12:45 | Q & A | ||||
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| Carbon Reduction | |||||
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Designing to reduce carbon reduces costs (Approach, examples and results of implementing carbon targets and "Sustainability in Design" early in AMP5 to drive design to reduce carbon and cost) Speaker(s) Peter Caldwell, Principal Process Design Engineer, @one Alliance | ||||
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| 13:15 - 13:30 | Leading the way in waste water treatment aeration: how to implement state-of-the-art technology to become more cost efficient and reduce your carbon footprint Speaker(s) Dave Hawley, Regional Manager, Deritend Industries | ||||
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| 13:30 - 13:45 | Q & A | ||||
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| Anaerobic Digestion - Chaired by Paul Mullord, UK Director, British Water | |||||
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Advanced Anaerobic Digestion and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Speaker(s) Duncan Wildgoose, Business Development Manager, Imtech Process Ltd | ||||
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| 14:15 - 14:30 | Enhancing Co-Digestion with Sustainable Sludge Destruction Speaker(s) John O'Regan, CEO, SCFI Group | ||||
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| 14:30 - 14:45 | Q & A | ||||
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| Energy Savings in Water and Wastewater | |||||
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Advanced Microbial monitoring and management for reduced energy usage and carbon emissions in Wastewater processing Speaker(s) Prof. Annie Brooking, CEO, Bactest Limited | ||||
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | Optimisation of aeration systems and controls at industrial and municipal waste water treatment plants Speaker(s) Mark Pollard, Managing Director, Air Technology Ltd Rob Coulson, Health & Safety Manager, Air Technology Ltd | ||||
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| 15:30 - 15:45 | Q & A | ||||
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