Agenda :: Water NI 2012

21st March 2012,

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

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08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:30 Welcome and introduction from conference chair

Clive Elphick, Board Member, Utility Regulator; Board member, Environment Agency; Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal

09:40 Opening address

John Mills, Director - Water Policy Division, Department for Regional Development

SESSION ONE
PRESSURES FOR THE WATER INDUSTRY IN THE UK AND NORTHERN IRELAND

10:00 UK and EU Policy Compliance

EU Water Directives
CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD)

Representative, Water UK and Eureau

10:00 Northern Ireland Perspective

George Butler, Director of Asset Management, Northern Ireland Water and President, The Institute of Water (IoW) Northern Ireland Area
Shane Lynch, Chief Executive Officer, Utility Regulator
Dave Foster, Director of Environmental Protection, Northern Ireland Environment Agency

11.05 Panel Session with questions and answers

11:25 Refreshments, networking and exhibition

SESSION TWO
ECONOMIC REGULATION AND THE CONSUMER

11:55 Economic regulation

Regulatory price control
Making community based solutions a reality

Jo Aston, Director of Water Regulation, Utility Regulator

12.15 Consumer engagement and expectations

How plans fit around consumers' expectations

Antoinette McKeown, Chief Executive, Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

12:35 Questions and Answers

12.45 Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition

SESSION THREE
NEW ERA, NEW APPROACHES

13:45 Delivering an innovative catchment solution

David Elliott, Director of Regulation and Assets, Wessex Water

14:05 The sustainable catchment management programme (SCaMP)

Bryan Homan, Regional Support Manager, Water Asset Performance, United Utilities

14:25 Questions and answers

14:35 Innovative Catchment Management and how to overcome the barriers?

Dr John Gilliland OBE, Chairman, Rural Generation Ltd
A Member of the Glantek, Clean Technology Alliance

14:55 Catchment management in practice – a NI view:

Enabling stakeholders to work together on catchment wide solutions, supported by a culture were risks are identified and managed, but not necessarily eliminated
What NI Water is doing regarding SCAMP NI, and where we are heading for PC15

Gabriel Nelson, River Basin Planning Manager, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Dymphna Gallagher, Head of Quality & Compliance, Northern Ireland Water

15.20 Questions and Answers

15:30 Refreshments, networking and exhibition

SESSION FOUR
MAKING IT HAPPEN

16:00 How Northern Ireland Water is making it happen