L2: 6GW OF ONSHORE WIND - COUNTDOWN TO 2010

Tuesday 9 October, 11.30 - 12.45, Lomond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Chris Tomlinson
  
• Malcolm Wicks - Part 1
  
• Malcolm Wicks - Part 2
  
• Jim Mather MSP
  
• Q & A - Matthew Partridge and Marcus Trinick Part 1
  
• Q & A - Matthew Partridge and Marcus Trinick Part 2
  
• Q & A - Matthew Partridge and Marcus Trinick Part 3
  

A2: NEW TURBINES & TECHNOLOGY

Tuesday 9 October, 11.30 - 12.45, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• René Surma, Optimisation of Foundational Structures for Offshore Wind Power Stations
  
• Peter Jones, Meeting the Grid Code with STATCOM Technology
  
• Dr Stuart Calverley, Novel Magnetic Gearing and Direct-Drive Technologies for Wind Turbines
  
• Christian Draheim, REpower 3.3M - The Next Evolutionary Step for Onshore Turbine Technology
  

L3:THE IMPACT OF RO BANDING - PANEL DEBATE

Tuesday 9 October, 14.00 - 15.30, Lomond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Alan Mortime
  
• Sue Wheeler
  
• Chris Veal
  
• William Heller
  
• Tom Murley
  
• Panel Debate: The Impact of RO Bonding - Part 1
  
• Panel Debate: The Impact of RO Bonding - Part 2
  

A3: ONSHORE PLANNING: A CLOSER LOOK

Tuesday 9 October, 14.00 - 15.30, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Edward Romaine, Appeal Decisions: An Analysis
  
• John Ainslie, Moving Forward the Planning Debate
  
• Cheryl Hiles, Planning at a Local Level: Making Local Authorities Accountable
  

B3: OFFSHORE TRANSMISSION

Tuesday 9 October, 14.00 - 15.30, Boisdale Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Robert Hull, Offshore Transmission - Policy Proposals
  
• John Overton, The Government's Approach to Offshore Transmission
  
• Matthew Knight
  
• Lewis Dale
  

L4: INCREMENTAL OR FUNDAMENTAL? - CHANGING GRID ACCESS

Tuesday 9 October, 16.00 - 17.30, Lomond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Duarte Figueira, Improving Grid Access for Renewable Generation - the Government's Approach
  
• Robert Hull, Connecting Renewable Generation - Policy Developments Part 1
  
• Robert Hull, Connecting Renewable Generation - Policy Developments Part 2
  
• Stuart Easterbrook, Managing Access to the GB Transmission System
  
• Goran Strbac, Part 1
  
• Goran Strbac, Part 2
  
• Malcolm Taylor
  
• Q & A
  

A4: ECONOMICS & FINANCING

Tuesday 9 October, 16.00 - 17.30, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Ben Lundie, Developing Small Scale Wind Projects
  
• Bill Hull - Development of Bankable Models for Local Community Wind Farm Ownership - The Next Stage
  

B4: DELIVERING OFFSHORE PROJECTS

Tuesday 9 October, 16.00 - 17.30, Boisdale Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Søren Vestergaard, Burbo Offshore Wind Farm
  
• David Wallis, Rhyl Flats, Past, Present and Future
  
• Hugh Yendole, Teeside - A Unique Opportunity
  

L5: FUTURE OFFSHORE

Wednesday 10 October, 09.00 - 10.30, Lomond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Tony Dorazio
  
• Bruce Valpy - Offshore Wind: Right Turn at the Crossroads
  
• Katherine MacNeill, Future Offshore Wind Deployment - Part 1
  
• Katherine MacNeill, Future Offshore Wind Deployment - Part 2
  
• Ian Pritchard, Offshore Wind 2020 Agenda
  
• David Crowther
  

A5: SMALL SYSTEMS

Wednesday 10 October, 09.00 - 10.30, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Johnnie Andringa, How Small Wind Turbines Can Make a Big Contribution to the Renewable Obligation
  
• David Sharman, The UK MCS and Small Wind Technical Standards
  
• Chris Wickins, The Challenges of Urban Wind Energy Generation
  

C5: MOD - MOVING AHEAD

Wednesday 10 October, 09.00 - 10.30, Carron, First Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Brian George
  
• Julian Chafer, The MOD and Wind Energy Safeguarding
  
• Group Captain Maurice Dixon, Qinetiq Infill Radar Feasibility Study: Awash with Solutions?
  
• David Payne
  

L6: TURBINE SUPPLY & TECHNOLOGY FORUM

Wednesday 10 October, 11.00 - 12.30, Lamond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Dr Gordon Edge
  
• Matthias Schubert
  
• Mike O'Neill
  
• Torben Bjerre Madsen
  
• Dr Chris Newton
  
• Mike O'Brien
  
• Q & A - Part 1
  
• Q & A - Part 2
  
• Q & A - Part 3
  

A6: WORKING AT HEIGHT

Wednesday 10 October, 11.00 - 12.30, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• David Farrier, Introduction & BWEA Health and Safety Steering Group, Session Chair
  

B6: OFFSHORE LICENSING AND DECOMMISSIONING

Wednesday 10 October, 11.00 - 12.30, Boisdale Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Michael Hay, The Consenting Process: Great Certainty Through Change?
  
• Julian Boswall, The Future of Offshore Planning
  
• Peter Carter, Managing the Overlap with Oil and Gas Activities
  
• David Bean, Decommissioning Offshore Projects
  

C6: AVIATION MITIGATION

Wednesday 10 October, 11.00 - 12.30, Carron Room, First Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair and Introduction by Zoe Keeton
  
• Brian George, Wind Farms & Air Traffic Control Radar Mitigation: A Controller's Perspective
  
• Sean Mayers
  
• Jason Strong, NATS Consultation Progress and Raytheon's Proposals for En-Route Radar
  
• David A. Lysack, Advanced Radar Design Techniques for Wind Turbine Interference Rejection
  
• Marcus Trinick, Oil and Water? Wind Energy and Aviation
  

L7: INTERNATIONAL POLICY

Wednesday 10 October, 14.00 - 15.30, Lomond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Paul Dowling, US and China Perspective
  
• Isabel Blanco, Offshore Perspective
  
• Chris Barton, UK 2020 Negotiations
  
• Q & A - Part 1
  
• Q & A - Part 2
  
• Q & A - Part 3
  
• Q & A - Part 4
  

A7: FUTURE POLITCAL CHALLENGES

Wednesday 10 October, 14.00 - 15.30, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Charles Anglin - Making the Case for Wind, Communications Challenges for the Wind Industry
  

B7: ONSHORE WIND, WILDLIFE, CONSERVATION & TOURISM

Wednesday 10 October, 14.00 - 15.30, Boisdale Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• William Wheeler, Potential Effects of Wind Farms on Cultural Heritage
  
• Martin Mathers, Wind Farms and Tourism: Experience to Date
  
• John Fernley, Bird Collisions at Operating Wind Farms
  
• David Hodkinson
  
• Anne McCall, Scotland's Renewable Future
  

C7: OFFSHORE STAKEHOLDERS

Wednesday 10 October, 14.00 - 15.30, Carron Room, First Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Andy Greaves, DEFRE
  
• Victoria Copley
  
• Doug Beveridge
  

L8: PANEL DEBATE - 2020 VISION

Wednesday 10 October, 16.00 - 17.30, Lomond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Stephen Sackur
  
• Andrew Jamieson
  
• James Wilde
  
• Maria McCaffrey
  
• Paul Hunt
  
• Nicol Stephen MSP
  
• Robert Hull
  
• Adrian Abbott
  
• Q & A - Part 2
  
• Q & A - Part 3
  

A8: DOWNVIND SESSION

Wednesday 10 October, 16.00 - 17.30, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Christine May
  
• Allan MacAskill, The DOWNVinD Programme
  
• John Robertson, Substructure Construction: Description of the Construction of the Substructure Jackets for the Beatrice Demonstrator Programme
  
• John Robertson & Professor Umit Butici
  
• Dietmer Gosch, Turbine and Onshore Assembly: Manufacture of the Turbine and its Key Components and Onshore Assembly
  
• Danny Finch, Installation: The Two Phase Installation of the Jacket and Turbine Using the Heavy Lift Vessel Rambiz
  

L9: WAVE & TIDAL

Thursday 11 October, 10.00 - 11.30, Lomond Auditorium, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Alan Moore
  
• Peter Hodgetts, Getting Into the Water
  
• Bill Langley, Siadar Wave Energy Project
  
• David Langston, Siadar Wave Energy Project
  
• Amaan Lafayette, Project Update from E.ON
  
• Hugh Raven, SDC Tidal Report - the Role of Tidal Stream - Part 1
  
• Hugh Raven, SDC Tidal Report - the Role of Tidal Stream - Part 2
  
• Q & A
  

A9: WIND RESOURCE

Thursday 11 October, 10.00 - 11.30, Alsh Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Oisin Brady, Addressing Siting and Performance Issues in Complex Sites Using 3D Flow Models and Remote Sensing
  
• Rob Harrison, Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Wind and Wave Energy
  
• Carmen Solorzano - Long-term Wind Speed Trends in the UK and the Effect of Climate Change
  
• Dr Jeremy Bass, Large Scale Wind resource Mapping Using a State-of-the-Art 3D Scanning Lidar
  

B9: COWRIE

Thursday 11 October, 10.00 - 11.30, Boisdale Room, Ground Floor, Loch Suite

• Chair: Dr Carolyn Heeps
  
• Dr Matt Mellor, HD Video Survey Technique for Seabird Census at Wind Farm Sites
  
• David Still, Round 3 Offshore - New Sites and Data Collection
  
• Duncan Ayling, Offshore Wind Farms and Commercial Fisheries
  
• David Mohamad, The Evopod: Marine Current Turbines in Waves
  
• Chris Hill, Offshore Renewables Data and Information Management Update
  

GALA DINNER SPEECHES

• Part 1 - BWEA Chief Executive Maria McCaffrey introduces Dave Farrier of sponsors E.ON, who discusses the conference.
  
• Part 2 - BWEA Chief Executive Maria McCaffrey introduces Paul Cowling of npower renewables, who delivers the speech.
  
• Part 3 - Hugh Powell of EMU Ltd discusses winning the BWEA Sailing Regatta 2007.
  
• Part 4 - BWEA Chief Executive Maria McCaffrey discusses the BWEA Developer's Developer of the Year 2007 award, and presents it to Mike Hay on behalf of Peter Crone of Farm Energy.
  
• Part 5 - BWEA Chief Executive Maria McCaffrey discusses the BWEA Outstanding Contribution 2007 award, and presents it to Chris Veal of Airtricity.
  
• Part 6 - BWEA Chief Executive Maria McCaffrey introduces Peter Hodgetts of the Koru Foundation to discuss the BWEA conference and the industry.
  
• Part 7 - BWEA Chairman Adam Bruce delivers a wind and wave industry influence Lord's Prayer.