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Business Day Programme - Friday 20-June-2025

 Find out what works - and what doesn’t - when aiming to reach net zero

  • Hear from Wiltshire Council and other organisations about their carbon reduction successes

  • Learn how decarbonising supply chains is changing procurement relationships

  • Protect and grow your organisation while adapting to climate change

  • Meet solution providers and access support for your organisation

  • Discover new sources of finance and funding models

  • Share your organisation’s carbon journey, successes and challenges, while networking with others in the county.​​

9:00  Arrival and registration

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9:30  Welcome - video slides

  • Cllr Helen Belcher - Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Regeneration and Assets, Wiltshire Council

  • Cllr Emma Bushell - Deputy Leader, Swindon Borough Council

  • Bill Jarvis - Co-Founder, Wiltshire Climate Alliance

  • Mati, Aggy, Inara - Early Earth Protectors

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9:40 Keynote: Juliet Davenport, Founder of Good Energy, Presenter of “Great Green Questions” podcast, Author of “The Green Start-Up”:  “Can we make green business good business?”video slides 

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10:00 Purpose and Process Panel - Reducing emissions in what we do and make - video slides

  • Small World Consulting - Matt Bond

  • Apetito outlines how they are decarbonising their business: Lee Sheppard Director of Corporate Affairs, Policy & Sustainability

  • Wiltshire Council on supply chain decarbonisation - Lynn Trigwell, Head of Climate and Environment, Wiltshire Council; Victoria Burvill, Climate Manager, Wiltshire Council

  • Plastic Engineering Solutions on recycling plastic and bio-alternatives - Rob Stringer Commercial Director, Plastic Engineering Solutions

 

10:50 Break

 

11:10 Offices, Buildings & Infrastructure Panel - video slides

 

12:00  Workshops: Journey to Net Zeroslides

Choose from three workshops designed for different stages along the journey to net zero:

  • Embark For those setting out and in early stages, understanding and quantifying your carbon emissions, low hanging fruit, creating a plan - William Lambert, Wiltshire Climate Alliance and Neil Towler, Severn Wye - video slides

  • Embed Building decarbonisation into core company thinking, setting and planning to achieve targets, and obtaining accreditation

  • Extend Grappling with the remaining carbon, once energy, own transport and  easier external emissions have been addressed​

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13:45  Transport & Logistics Panel - video slides

  • Wiltshire Council - Cllr Dr Nick Murry, Chair, Environment Select Committee

  • Wincanton on what can be done to reduce emissions now plus EV HGV trials and charging infrastructure -Chloe Barnicoat,  Head of Sustainability

  • Wilshire Council EV charging initiatives - Dr Alex Rowbotham, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Manager; Adrian Hampton, Head of Highways Operations

  • Arval BNP Paribas - support for move to EV - James Askham, Corporate Sales Manager

  • Apetito chiller van fleet

  • Cereal Partners EV HGV operation in Wiltshire: Tim Salkeld, Sustainability, Health and Environment Advisor, and Chris Lowe, Senior Project Engineer

  • Inceni Cycles - cargo bikes - Richard Grigsby, Mentor and Investor

 

14:30  Future Energy Systems - video slides

Have your say in the future energy systems of Wiltshire – the launch of a consultation process for the development of a flexible grid and energy supply network to support the energy needs of Wiltshire in the post fossil fuel era - 

Neil Best, CSE Regen, Wiltshire Local Area Energy Plan

 

14:50  Solution Provider Fair - Conference Room: Workshops, Exhibition and Carbon Literacy games

Meet the experts in parallel workshop sessions:

14:55

  • Future Energy Systems – builds on plenary to gain insight from attendees - slides

  • Solar PV – Commercial Solar PV solutions - Richard Fuell, Head of Business Development Commercial Solar, Good Energy - slides

15:30

  • Building Intelligent & Resilient Energy Systems  - integrating renewable and other power systems for optimal performance and reliability - James Hancock, Swanbartonvideo slides

  • Heating & Cooling – the use of heat pumps and other electrical heating to heat and cool you buildings and process

  • UK Shared Prosperity Fund Supported Services – the providers of Fit for Net Zero and Fit for Growth funded business support services on how they can help grow and decarbonise your business - Neil Towler, Senior Energy Specialist, Severn Wye Energy and John Taylerson, BIC Innovation - slides

 

16:10 Roundup - video slides

 

16:30 Close

Exhibition stands

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In the Conference Room we will have a range of organisations running exhibitor stands to provide expertise and support on key technologies, including:

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