AVIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE - CAN WE HAVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND MEET CLIMATE TARGETS?

6TH MAY 2009

AGENDA

08:30-09:00 Registration and breakfast
09:00-09:05 Chair: Lucy Alexander, Broadcaster
Welcome and introduction
09:05-09:20 Paul Steele, Executive Director, Air Transport Action Group
Global aviation: Where are we now?
09:20-09:30 Ben Combes, Economic Adviser, Aviation and Shipping, The Committee on Climate Change
Science, technology and climate change
09:30-09:50 Robert Nuttall, V-P of Strategic Marketing, Rolls Royce
New engine technology - what's next?
09:50-10:05 Christian Dumas, VP Sustainable Development and Eco-Efficiency, Airbus
The role of aircraft design and build innovation
10:05-10:20 Sir Roger Bone, President UK, Boeing
Biofuels and beating climate change
10:20-11:00 Panel Discussion: Professor King, Robert Nuttall, Christian Dumas & Sir Roger Bone
11:00-11:15 Refreshment Break
11:15-11:30 Roger Gardner, Chief Executive, Omega
Can new technology deliver sustainable aviation? Understanding the role of
research - the possibilities and the limitations
11:30-11:45 Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform
European and global policy: the role of emissions trading
11:45-12:00 Ian Hall, Director of Investment and Development, NATS
Airspace management and efficiency in the skies
12:00-12:15 Tim Johnson, Director, Aviation Environment Federation
Global climate change: the challenge for aviation
12:15-12:30 Jill Brady, Chair of Sustainable Aviation & General Counsel, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Sustainable Aviation: progress and future plans
12:30-12:50 Plenary Discussion
12:50-13:00 Chair's summation and close