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First International Summit on Policy, Technology and Investment:

Entrepreneurship for a Zero Carbon Society

22–24 September 2008, Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge, UK

Law Faculty, University of Cambridge  Kings College, University of Cambridge  St Johns College, University of Cambridge  Bridge of Sighs, University of Cambridge

 

Agenda

Please see below for an outline of the timetable and topics of discussion. Click on the links to download detailed copies of the agenda, which list the speakers, discussion titles and topics, and represented organisations. Alternatively, you may browse the list of speaker events online at talks.cam.

Day 1 (pdf)

Day 2 (pdf)

Day 3 (pdf)

Complete Program: Days 1-3 (pdf)


"Quick" Agenda Outline:

Monday, 22 September
Problems & Emerging Solutions

Tuesday, 23 September
Scaling Up Carbon Free Solutions

Wednesday, 24 September
Investing in Solutions, a Way Forward

0830 Registration 0830 Day 2 Welcome 0845 Day 3 Welcome
0915 Day 1 Welcome 0900 Policies for an Environmentally Sustainable Economy 0900 Behaviour Change & the Role of NGOs
0930 Global Context of Energy Crisis 0945 Venture Capital & Business of Global Climate Change 0945 Education of Climate Change at Cambridge & Beyond
1015 Networking Tea Break 1030 Networking Tea Break and Exhibition 1030 Public Policy
1045 Economics of a Zero Carbon Society 1100 Energy Efficient Cities 1115 Networking Tea Break and Exhibition
1130 Sustainable Energy 1145 Panel Discussion:
Policy and Incentive Schemes Facilitating Innovation
1145 Possibilities of Changing Approaches to and through Design
1215 Lunch Break and Exhibition 1230 Lunch Break and Exhibition 1230 Future of Electric Vehicles and Fuel Cells
1315 Alternative Technology Expansion & Its Funding 1330 Energy Company View on Sustainable Energy Solutions 1315 Lunch Break and Exhibition
1400 Business Role in Climate Change Response 1415 Large Scale Deployment of Solar Technology 1415 Options for the CO2 We Can't Eliminate
1445 Networking Tea Break and Exhibition 1500 Panel Discussion:
Incentives for Scaling Up Solar Power
1500 Closing Remarks
1515 Nuclear Power 1545 Refreshments and Exhibition 1515 Refreshments and Exhibition
1600 Panel Discussion:
Transition Economy Challenges to Investment in Sustainable Energy
1900 Banquet Dinner - Trinity College

 

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