CHAIRMAN:• John Twitchen, Chief Executive, Copper Consulting

KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:• Andrew Hartley, Director, Waste and Bioenergy,

Green Investment Bank• Christopher Maltin, Chairman, Organic Power• Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services

Association • Guillaume Perron-Piché, Policy Officer, European Suppliers

of Waste to Energy Technology• Dr Yassir Makkawi, Senior Lecturer, European Bioenergy

Research Institute, Aston University• Dr Artem Rodin, Partner, CMS Russia• Peter North, Senior Manager, Program Delivery

(Sustainable Energy), Greater London Authority• Johnny Stuen, Technical Director, Waste-to-Energy

Agency, City of Oslo• Peter Maclaren, Director, Levenseat Ltd

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:• Receive regulatory guidance and understand the impact

of the circular economy on energy from waste• Understand how merchant projects can be funded and

what projects are bankable • Discuss how Heating Distribution networks can become a

reality • Get ahead of the game and learn about the latest cutting

edge technological breakthroughs

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PLUS TWO INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPSWednesday 9th December 2015, Holiday Inn Regents Park, London, UK

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A: Energy from Waste MarketsWorkshop Leader: Alban Forster, Director, SLR Consulting

8.30am - 12.30pm

B: Practical Policy Implications for Energy from WasteWorkshop Leader: Jacob Hayler, Executive Director,

Environmental Services Association1.30pm - 5.30pm

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Energy from Waste Day One | Monday 7th December 2015

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks John Twitchen, Executive Director, Copper Consulting

THE FUTURE FOR ENERGY FROM WASTE

KEYNOTE ADDRESS9.10 The outlook for the energy from waste industry • How can energy from waste continue to play a role in the

circular economy? • Changing our thinking: waste as an energy source • Are combustion plants the best option available? • Interaction with recycling and reuse initiatives Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services

Association

9.50 The future of the industry from the operator’s perspective • What do we think the future looks like? • What will the role of local councils and communities be

moving forward? • Appreciating the difficulties of securing long term waste

contracts • How can these difficulties be overcome? Kristian Dales, Sales and Marketing Director, FCC Environment

10.30 Morning Coffee

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

10.50 Waste to everything, the competition for feedstock • Examples and options for Waste to products • EFW, gasification, pyrolysis, fermentation etc • Practical examples used to illustrate the future market

thinking (SUEZ and other) • Looking towards the future: looking at the competitive

landscape for the use of waste in energy and productionenvironments

Stuart Hayward-Higham, Technical Development Director, SITA

11.30 Research priorities for biomass gasification • Our research into biomass gasification processes • What is our research showing? • Thoughts on potential application of waste processing • The future gasification technology: What can we look

forward to? Dr Yassir Makkawi, Senior Lecturer, European Bioenergy

Research Institute, Aston University

12.10 Networking Lunch

MAKING USE OF HEAT IN THE UK

1.30 Encouraging Combined Heat and power • The importance of forward planning:

developing plants near the end user • What the Greater London Authority are doing to

encourage these plants • Overcoming the infrastructural issues • An update on what is being done in London Peter North, Senior Manager, Program Delivery

(Sustainable Energy), Greater London Authority

2.10 Understand the heat project in Southwark • The importance of forward planning: developing plants

near the end user • The specific details of this project • Getting the project off the ground: a case study • Looking to the future: What are the possibilities? Councillor Darren Merrill, Cabinet Member for Environment

and Public Realm, Southwark Council

KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH MERCHANT FUNDING

2.50 Developments in funding procedures for energy from wasteplants

• The end of PPP/PFI projects and the reality of fundingmerchant projects

• Understanding the new market • Understanding what makes an energy from waste project

bankable • Changing to the funding structures for waste infrastructure

projects Andrew Hartley, Director, Waste and Bioenergy, Green

Investment Bank

3.30 Afternoon Tea

3.50 The case study of a merchant funded project • An overview of the project • Looking at the funding application process • What were the biggest setbacks and how were these

solved? • Top tips for future applications Peter Maclaren, Director, Levenseat Ltd

4.30 The importance of community liaison • Understanding why community liaison is so important • Innovative ways of communicating the benefits to the local

community • Looking to Europe for best practice Lois Prior, External Relations, Communications, North London

Waste Authority

5.10 Insight into the Beddington Plant • Understand the particular case of this plant • The planning process: was it all smooth sailing? • The importance of Viridor’s community contribution plan • The plan for a Sutton decentralised energy network Jayne McCoy, Councillor, Chair Housing, Economy & Business

Committee, Sutton Council

5.50 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks John Twitchen, Executive Director, Copper Consulting

AN INTERNATIONAL MARKET

KEYNOTE ADDRESS9.10 An update on changing regulation • An update on the regulation surrounding a circular

economy • What are the most important targets and other things

to be aware of? • What will be the impact on energy from waste? • National and cross border implications Paul Sheridan, Partner, Environment, CMS Cameron

McKenna LLP

9.50 Energy from waste and British policy • Previous UK government policies on energy production and

waste management • Present Conservative policies on energy from waste: will

they be good enough? • Are gasification and incineration plants the way forward for

energy from waste in the UK? • Should we be encouraging smaller, more sustainable

energy and waste management plants? • What needs to be changed to allow acceptable and

sustainable energy from waste plants to flourish? Christopher Maltin, Chairman, Organic Power

10.30 Morning Coffee

10.50 Developing energy from waste in Wales • Update on developments in Wales • Understanding the importance of the Environment (Wales)

Bill for energy from waste • Why these ideas are important for Wales • Ways in which the industry can evolve with these changes Taliesin Maynard, Head of Waste Infrastructure Programmes,

Department for the Environment, Welsh Government

11.30 Understanding the refuse derived fuel market • How does the RDF market benefit the UK • Should the RDF export system be looked at favourably by

the UK? • The potential for European waste to increase to plant

capacity • Should we focus on building more energy from waste plants? Alban Forster, Director, Advisory Services, SLR Consulting Limited

12.10 Networking Lunch

1.30 Energy from waste: hear from a project dealing with recyclingand energy from waste

• Understanding the project’s unique situation • A look at how we were funded: our experiences • Looking at the reaction of the local community Ian Fielding, Assistant Director, Waste and Countryside

Services, North Yorkshire County Council

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

2.10 The future of energy from waste technology • Brief legislative overview and insight: technology

characteristics to fulfil BREF, circular economy and energyunion demands

• What are the most interesting technologies coming to theenergy from waste sector?

• What could the UK learn from other European countriesregarding technology?

• The future for the energy from waste technology sector Guillaume Perron-Piché, Policy Officer, European Suppliers of

Waste to Energy Technology

2.50 Retrofitting efficiency improving technology • Improving efficiency by retrofitting technology • A case study of how this worked • Carbon capture from a waste to energy plant Johnny Stuen, Technical Director, Waste-to-Energy Agency,

City of Oslo

3.30 Afternoon Tea

EUROPEAN TRADE

3.50 Recent developments in waste management in Russia: new possibilities for energy from waste

• Previous experience in the Russian market • Recent amendments to Russian waste management

legislation • Possibilities for PFI/PPP projects in Russia, including energy

from waste projects • General market conditions (financial, commercial and

legal environment) Artem Rodin, Partner, CMS Russia

4.30 The EU and its initiatives surrounding the circular economy • Understanding the EU’s aims relating to waste

management • Regulation from the EU about the circular economy: what

can you expect? • How may the circular economy relate to Energy from Waste • How energy from waste can adapt to changes Mike Tregent, Environment & Business Advisor, Waste &

Illegals, Waste Stream Assessment, Environment Agency

5.10 Refuse derived Fuel • Understanding the current export market • What are the benefits of exporting? • Should we be aiming to limit exports and increase retention? • How sustainable is RDF? • The impact on European Waste Markets Paco Hevia, Heads of Projects, Centre of Excellence -

Environment, Ferrovial Services /Amey

5.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

Energy from Waste Day Two | Tuesday 8th December 2015

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Overview:

The workshop will provide delegates with insight intothe emerging issues associated with Energy fromWaste markets and the financing of energy fromwaste infrastructure

The workshop will focus on the evolving situation inthe UK including opportunities for maximisingprofitability of waste to energy schemes as well asthe potential of the international EfW market

Why you should attend:

• Gain a deep understanding of the energy fromwaste markets in order to understand theopportunities available in the industry

• Hear how energy from waste plants are now befunded in order to understand what plants arebankable

• Understand how you can increase revenue fromEfW projects and enter the growing internationalmarket

• Appreciate the challenges posed by differenttechnologies and feedstocks

Programme:

8.30 Registration

9.00 Opening remarks and introductions

9.10 Financing Energy from Waste Schemes • As the EfW market matures what options

are available to fund new schemes • What can be done to make schemes

more bankable

9.50 Global Energy from Waste Opportunities • What opportunities exist in other

geographical areas around the World • What type of infrastructure is being sought • How are projects being procured

10.30 Coffee

11.00 IBA & APCR recycling opportunities • What options exist for diverting EfW

residues from landfill • Are technologies affordable

11.40 Delivering AD - where next? • Where will the next AD opportunities

come from • What feedstocks can be targeted • What added value features can be

included

12.20 Closing Remarks

About the workshop host:

Alban Forster MSc (DIC) is a Director for SLR leadingthe company’s advisory teams across Europe. He has20 years professional experience in the field ofcommercial, technical and environmental duediligence across principally the waste and energysectors. Alban’s specialist areas include businessplanning and market analysis, strategy developmentand policy review, strategic plan development, PPPtender support and operational service reviews.Alban has worked on a number of transactional duediligence studies for banks assessing the feasibility ofnumerous biomass and waste to energy schemes,their business viability including the impact fromrenewable incentives.

About SLR Consulting:

SLR is an independent and employee-controlledinternational environmental consultancy that has anunrivalled reputation for providing high qualitytailored services.

HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE AM WORKSHOPWednesday 9th December 2015

Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel, London, UK8.30am - 12.30pm

Energy from Waste Markets

Workshop Leader: Alban Forster, Director, SLR Consulting

Overview:

This half day session looks at the developing legislation andregulatory landscape, both domestically and at Europeanlevel and the implications for energy from waste operators.Looking at inputs, operations, and outputs in turn,participants are invited to explore the practical challengesassociated with the changing regulatory framework andwhat steps operators can take to mitigate emerging risks.

Why you should attend this workshop:

• Hear from ESA and other industry experts on theemerging post-2020 legislative framework

• Learn about latest developments in policy andregulation at EU level and the implications of these forthe operation of energy from waste facilities.

• Find out how energy from waste operators arepreparing for the introduction of Contracts forDifference.

• Discover more about the industry-led protocol agreedwith the Environment Agency for the regulation ofIncinerator Bottom Ash.

Programme:

1.30 Registration

2.00 Opening remarks and introductions

2.10 Inputs - feedstock implications of EU policy anddomestic drivers

• What are the implications of latest EU policyproposals for the quantity and composition ofefw feedstocks?

• Are there potential feedstock challenges arisingfrom domestic policy?

• How does waste policy affecting residual wastefeedstock vary between the DevolvedAdministrations?

2.50 Process - what’s coming out of the WI BREF? • How are discussions relating to the revisions to

the Waste Incineration BRIEF progressing? • What are the main challenges identified by the

energy from waste industry? • How might this affect the operation of efw

plants once the new BREF comes into effect?

3.30 Afternoon Tea

4.00 Outputs (i) - CfDs and energy policy) • How do energy from waste operators view the

forthcoming CfD regime? • What might we expect to see from future

bidding rounds?

4.40 Outputs (ii) - ESA’s Bottom Ash Protocol • What is the protocol agreed between the

industry and the Environment Agency for theregulation of Incinerator Bottom Ash?

• How has the protocol evolved over time?

5.20 Closing remarks

About the Workshop host:

Jacob Hayler is the Executive Director at the EnvironmentalServices Association. Jacob joined ESA from the City in 2005as an Economist and has spent most of the past 10 yearsfocused on helping to develop market-focused policiesthat combine environmental and economic sustainability.At various points during his time at ESA, Jacob has retainedresponsibility for policy relating to finance, tax, carbonmanagement, contracts and energy from waste.

In January 2015 Jacob was appointed ESA’s ExecutiveDirector and he now retains responsibility for the day to dayrunning of the Association.

About ESA:The Environmental Services Association (ESA) is the tradebody representing the UK’s waste and secondary resourceindustry, which is leading the transformation of how the UK’swaste is managed. An industry with an annual turnover of£11 billion, our members have helped England’s recyclingrate quintuple in the last decade and provide over a fifth ofthe UK’s renewable electricity.

HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE PM WORKSHOPWednesday 9th December 2015

Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel, London, UK1.30pm - 5.30pm

Practical Policy Implications forEnergy from Waste

Workshop Leader:Jacob Hayler, Executive Director,

Environmental Services Association