Monday 3^rd September

Tour of local businesses – hosted by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Departing from Keele Hall at 2.00pm and visiting;

• Jubilee 2
• Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CoRE), Longton
• Blue Planet
• Keele - Sustainability hub

Evening Reception and Dinner – hosted by the Worshipful the Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme – Cllr David Becket

Meeting at 7.30pm in the Old Library at Keele Hall, Keele for dinner at 8.00pm

Tuesday 4^th September

Conference at the Sustainability Hub, Keele University

9.00 – 9.30                Registration and Coffee

9.30 – 9.45                Opening Welcome: The Worshipful the Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme - Cllr David Becket

9.45 – 10.15              Keynote presentation: Sustainability – not my problem? Professor Pat Bailey, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Environment and Sustainability), Keele University

10.15-10.45               Sustainability and economic growth, the challenge for local government - Speaker from the Local Government Association’s Environment and Housing Board

10.45 – 11.00            Question Time

11.00 – 11.20            Comfort break and Coffee

11.20 – 11.40            Transforming liabilities into assets:  from grass cuttings to gold : Jane Forshaw, Assistant Director – Green Enterprises, Stoke-on-Trent City Council

11.40 – 12.00            Green technology and economic growth: John Hill – GE Power Conversion UK Ltd

12.00 – 12.45            Panel discussion – Chaired by Joan Walley MP

12.45 – 13.45            Networking lunch and market place exhibition

13.45 – 15.00            Workshops (2 choices per delegate);

• Workshop A : Maximising the local economic benefits of Green Deal
• Workshop B : Utilising Green energy to drive regeneration
• Workshop C : Greening Business: how to make sustainability pay
• Workshops D : Integrating sustainability in property services

15.00 – 15.30            Closing remarks: Jonathan Porritt, CBE, Chancellor Keele University