Edinburgh Napier University - Beyond COP26

Name: Edinburgh Napier University - Beyond COP26
Start: 2021-10-06 08:30:00 +0100
End: 2021-10-07 17:40:00 +0100

Oct 6, 7:30AM to Oct 7, 4:40PM UTC

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Speakers

Alastair Davis

Chief Executive, Social Investment Scotland

Amanda Bryan

Director, Scottish Forestry Trust; Chair, The Crown Estate; Board Member, Highlands & Islands Ent.

Daisy Narayanan

Senior Manager for Mobility & Placemaking, City of Edinburgh Council

Eddie Balfour

Joint Managing Director, James Jones & Sons

Professor Gary Hutchison

Dean of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University

Dr Hock Tan

Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier Business School

Jane Stewart

Non-Executive Director, Topolytics; Chair, Circular Economy Investment Fund & Jackson Distillers.

Karyn Watt

Partner & Head of Infrastructure, Anderson Strathern

Kerry Sharp

Director Growth Investments, Scottish Enterprise

Liz McAreavey

Chief Executive, Edinburgh Chambers of Commerce

Professor Luca Mora

Professor of Urban Innovation, Edinburgh Napier University & Tallinn University of Technology

Professor Mark Huxham

Trustee, Association for Coastal Ecosystems Services (Scottish Charity SC043978)

Martin Whiteford

Partner, Anderson Strathern

Dr Mila Duncheva

Interim Director, Centre for Offsite Construction & Innovative Structures

Professor Peter Andras

Dean of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University

Professor Robert Hairstans

Founding Director, Centre for Advanced Timber Technology, NMITE

Dr Sam Gardner

Head of Climate Change & Sustainability, ScottishPower; Chair, Edinburgh Climate Commission

Tom Butterworth

Deputy Head of Ecology, WSP

Dan Grandage

Head of ESG, Private Markets & Real Estate, abrdn plc.

Dr Jane Ali-knight

Professor of Festival and Event Management, Edinburgh Napier University.

Stewart Gordon

Senior Associate, Anderson Strathern

Katherine Bright

Director Transportation Planning, WSP, BSc MSc Eng CEng FICE MCIHT

Dr Wendy Wu

Impact Investment Symposium Lead, Edinburgh Napier University

Will Whitehorn

Chancellor, Edinburgh Napier University; President, UK Space

Dr Louise Macdonald

Director, Institute of Directors Scotland

Emily Saunoi-Sandgren

Director of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), at Trimble Inc.

Dr Miles Weaver

Associate Professor, Edinburgh Napier Business School

Professor Nick Antonopolous

Vice Principal of Research & Innovation, Edinburgh Napier University

Gail Boag

Dean of the Business School, Edinburgh Napier University

Iain Sinclair

Director of Renewables & Energy Transition, Global Energy Group

Ian Marchant

Chairman, Thames Water & Logan Energy; Former Chairman Wood Group & CEO SSE plc

Professor Pat Langdon

Head of the Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University

Ian Lloyd

Head of Microgrid Solutions, Siemens plc

Bob Hair

Head of Region – Scotland, Cazenove Capital

Brian Davison

Lecturer in Computing, Edinburgh Napier University

Bob Keiller

Founder, AB15; Chair, Impact Investment Symposium

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Booths

Anderson Strathern

Anderson Strathern – guiding you through the legal aspects towards reaching net zero

WSP

Going net zero: together we can act positively now, for the future.

Forestry Options for Enterprise

Join Ron Aitkens from Edinburgh Napier University as he explores the question: How can existing forestry grants help social enterprises of all sizes offset their own operational emissions or work with sponsors to provide long-term income?

AI Tools & Climate Change

Professor Emma Hart explores AI as a disruptive paradigm, and highlights its potential to assess, predict, and mitigate the risk of climate change.

Introducing EUAcceL

Hear from Dr Chris Cramphorn and Nick Fannin as we find out more about the EIT funded accelerator programme, which address sustainability challenges for enterprise.

Reconciling the three P’s – planet, people and profit

Join Dr Xavier Pierron and Dr Chris Cramphorn as they look at how business strategy needs to adapt to the circular economy, using the example of construction industry leader workshops in conjunction with Zero Waste Scotland.

Cameron Live

Technical Support