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Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Keynote Seminar


Nuclear energy

with

Mark Higson

Chief Executive

Office for Nuclear Development

Department of Energy and Climate Change

and

Paul Spence

Director of Strategy and Regulation

EDF Energy



Full list of speakers below


This event is CPD certified


Wednesday, 27th October 2010

Central London

Dear Joss

I am writing to invite you to the above seminar. Please note there is a charge for most delegates, although no one is excluded on the basis of ability to pay (see below).


Seminar

This seminar will assess the continuing debate over the position of nuclear power in the UK 's future energy mix.

Planned sessions focus on the economic, environmental and political challenges that UK policy makers, and energy and utility companies, face in the mobilisation of a sustainable nuclear power strategy for the 21st century.

Including a keynote presentation from the Department of Energy and Climate Change and EDF, planned sessions focus on:

· The UK nuclear power context;

· Continuing concerns: safety, sustainability and waste disposal;

· The challenges for nuclear new build: investment and the planning system; and

· Industry strategy and progress for 21st century nuclear power;

The draft agenda is copied below my signature, and a regularly updated version is available to view online here. The seminar is organised on the basis of strict impartiality by the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum.

Speakers and Attendees






We are delighted that Mark Higson, Chief Executive, Office for Nuclear Development, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Paul Spence, Director of Strategy and Regulation, EDF Energy have both kindly agreed to deliver keynote addresses at this seminar.



Other confirmed speakers include: Murray Birt, Senior Policy Advisor, Energy, Confederation of British Industry; Munir Hassan, Partner, Energy & Utilities, CMS Cameron McKenna and Steve Hornsby, Partner, Nuclear Industry Leader, IBM Global Business Services UK.







Further senior participants are being approached. If you or a colleague would like to be considered as a speaker at this seminar, please contact us at speakeroffers@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. If you are offering to speak yourself please don’t fill in the booking form, as this will be taken as an order and you will be charged for a place subject to our T&Cs.







Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum seminars present an opportunity to engage with key policymakers and other interested parties, and are CPD certified. Typically attendees at our seminars are a senior and informed group numbering around 140, including Members of both Houses of Parliament, senior officials from the Department of Energy and Climate Change and other relevant Departments, as well as energy and environment professionals, representatives of energy organisations, academics, local government, interested and affected citizens’ and interest groups, and representatives of the trade and national press.







Output and About Us







A key output of the seminar will be a transcript of the proceedings, sent out within a week of the event to Ministers and officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change and other departments affected by the issues, Parliamentarians with a special interest in these areas, and policy makers in other institutions, departments and agencies. It will also be made available more widely. It will include transcripts of all speeches and questions and answers sessions from the day, along with access to PowerPoint presentations, speaker biographies, attendee list, an agenda and sponsor information. It is made available subject to strict restrictions on public use, similar to those for Select Committee Uncorrected Evidence, and is intended to provide timely information for interested parties who are unable to attend on the day.







All delegates will receive free PDF copies and are invited to contribute to the content.







The Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum is strictly impartial and cross-party, and draws on the considerable support it receives from within Parliament and Government, and amongst the wider stakeholder community. The Forum has no policy agenda of its own. Forum events are frequently the platform for major policy statements from senior Ministers, regulators and other officials, opposition speakers and senior opinion formers in industry and interest groups. Events regularly receive prominent coverage in the national and trade press.







Booking arrangements







To book places, please use our online booking form.







Once submitted, this will be taken as a confirmed booking and will be subject to our terms and conditions below.







Please pay in advance by credit card on 01344 864796. If advance credit card payment is not possible, please let me know and we may be able to make other arrangements.







Options and charges are as follows:



Places at Nuclear energy (including refreshments and PDF copy of the transcripts) are £190 plus VAT (£223.25);

Concessionary rate places for small charities, unfunded individuals and those in similar circumstances are £80 plus VAT (£94). Please be sure to apply for this at the time of booking.





For those who cannot attend:



Copies of the briefing document, including full transcripts of all speeches and the questions and comments sessions and further articles from interested parties, will be available approximately 7 days after the event for £95 plus VAT (£111.63);

Concessionary rate: £50 plus VAT (£58.75).





If you find the charge for tickets a barrier to attending, please let me know and we will do our best to see you are not excluded. Please note terms and conditions below (including cancellation charges).