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The IEA & Marketforce's 9th Annual Conference

Water 2008

Reconciling regulation and the climate change challenge: creating a sustainable industry

22nd & 23rd October 2008, Radisson SAS Portman, London

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Water 2008 - Programme - 22nd October

09:00 -

Introduction to Marketforce and the IEA by David Saunders, Managing Director, Marketforce, and John Blundell, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs

09:10 -

Chairman’s opening remarks
Steve Hobson
Editor, Utility Week

KEYNOTE OPENING ADDRESS

09:15 -
Ensuring sustainable use of natural resources: how will regulation encourage sustainability?
David King
Director of Water Management, Environment Agency
09:35 -
Questions

SESSION ONE - PR09 AND LONG-TERM STRATEGY IN THE WATER INDUSTRY

09:40 -
PR09 - Examining the key issues of the Draft Business Plans
Regina Finn
Chief Executive Officer, Ofwat
10:00 -
Questions

STRATEGY FORUM

10:05 -
Formulating effective long-term strategy to meet future challenges
Philip Green
Chief Executive Officer, United Utilities
10:25 -
Prioritising consumer interests in the development of business plans
Allison Bainbridge
Director of Finance, Yorkshire Water
10:45 -
Developing a sustainable strategy: encouraging water efficiency and minimising carbon emissions
David Walton
Managing Director, Folkestone and Dover Water Services
11:05 -
PANEL DISCUSSION: Evaluating the PR09 process
11:35 -
Refreshments
12:05 -
Managing resources in the 21st century: monitoring, analysing and improving network capabilities
Andrew Longyear
Vertical Solutions Architect, Utilities Industry, Cisco
12:25 -
Questions

SESSION TWO - EXAMINING THE CHANGING ECONOMICS OF THE WATER SECTOR

12:30 -
What impact will the state of financial markets have on the water sector?
Peter Kernan
Managing Director, Head of European Utilities, Standard & Poor’s
12:50 -
Questions
12:55 -
Lunch

SESSION THREE – DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE WATER INDUSTRY: MITIGATING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE

14:20 -
Forecasting the future: how will changing weather patterns affect water companies?
Dr. Martin Juckes
Manager, IPCC DDC
14:40 -
Achieving sustainability in the supply chain
John Humphreys
Head of Development, DHL Exel Supply Chain
Larry Beard
Director of Purchasing and Supply Chain, Severn Trent Water
15:00 -
Ensuring services remain resilient in the face of changing weather patterns
David Elliott
Director of Planning and Asset Management, Wessex Water
15:20 -
Questions
15:35 -
Refreshments
16:05 -
Strategies for sustainability: how can companies implement truly sustainable practices?
Peter Simpson
Chief Operating Officer, Anglian Water
16:25 -
Questions