E5xpo 2008 is less than 3 weeks away - Have you booked your place yet?

The inaugural East of England Energy & Environment Expo' (E5xpo) is a conference and exhibition that will showcase innovative businesses and organisations in the Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) sector, and provide guidance to businesses on how to become more resource efficient, sustainable, and ultimately more profitable.

Click here to view the conference schedule.

Reasons to attend the E5xpo :

• Listen to business leaders from across the region who will be speaking in the E5xpo opening conference.
• Learn about upcoming environmental technologies and legislation, sustainable construction and resource efficiency with our programme of seminars.
• Meet and network with over 50 exhibitors from the environment sector.
• Watch the launch of EEDA and EnviroTech's new DVD on the environmental goods and services sector, featuring companies from the East of England and Peterborough's EnviroCluster.
• Enjoy a locally-sourced sustainable buffet lunch whilst viewing technology demonstrations from exhibiting companies.

• A free biofuel shuttle bus will even whisk you from Peterborough railway station to the E5xpo and back again at the end of the day. The bus will leave Peterborough railway station at 9:15 and will leave the E5xpo at 16:45. The bus has been timed to ensure that people travelling on trains from London, Norwich, Ipswich, Cambridge, Colchester and York can get to the start of the E5xpo in time.
• Please email us to reserve a seat.

• International trade advisors from Australia, Bulgaria, the Philippines and the USA will be coming to the E5xpo to meet with businesses looking to export into these markets. If you wish to meet any of them at EEI's International café, please book a free one-to-one meeting in advance. The advisors are:

• Australia – Frances Phillips
• Bulgaria – Milko Milnev
• Phillipines – Fidel Ventura
• USA – Joanne Howard

For more information and to book your place, visit the E5xpo website.

Thinking of exhibiting? We still have a few Exhibition Stands available.

Gareth Jones
EnviroCluster Manager

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Wednesday 24th September 2008, KingsGate Centre, Peterborough | www.e5xpo.co.uk

The seminar schedule can be found below and is subject to change. 

07:30    Venue open for exhibitors to set up

09:00    REGISTRATION & COFFEE

09:15    Free Biofuel Shuttle Bus departs from Peterborough Station to E5xpo.

09:45    WELCOME

Jonathan Selwyn, CEO, UK CEED (Conference Chair)

10:00    CONFERENCE

• James Beal, MD, Renewables East
• Marco Cereste, EEDA
• Steve Compton, CEO, Opportunity Peterborough
• Andrew Mosedale, Renewable Energy Products Development Manager, Applied Energy Products
• Peter Rolton, MD, Rolton Group
• Mike Belson, Environment Manager, Caterpillar & Perkins Engines

11:30   DVD LAUNCH

Viewing of EEDA / EnviroTech's DVD on environmental goods and services in the East of England.

12:00    SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS (SESSION ONE)

Session A: Visions for Renewable Energy Technologies in the East of England

• James Beal, Managing Director, Renewables East
• Chris Porter, Sales Director, Wind-Direct Ltd
• Ian Waller, Fivebargate Consultants

Session B: Business Resource Efficiency

• Ben Coulter, Independent Environmental Consultant will be speaking on behalf of Renewables East and Resource Efficiency East

Session C: The Future of Low Carbon Technologies

• Andrew Newman, Finance Director, Low Carbon Investors
• Mike Langan, Commercial Director, Centre for Sustainable Engineering

13:00    LOCALLY-SOURCED BUFFET LUNCH & OUTSIDE DEMONSTRATIONS

14:00    SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS (SESSION TWO)

Session D: Sustainable construction and the run up to 2016.

• Gary Haigh, Advisory Group Director, Royal Haskoning 
• Kevin Scobell, Commercial Director, BRE
• Brian Murphy, National Green Specification

Session E: Environmental Law and Compliance

• Mark Shayler, Managing Director, eco3
• Olivia Quaid, Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna

Session F: Exporting Environmental Business

• John Tingle, Senior International Trade Advisor, UKTI / EEI, TBC
• Margueriete Meyer, Team Manager, UKTI / EEI, TBC
• Frances Phillips (Australia)
• Milko Milnev (Bulgaria)
• Fidel Ventura (Phillipines)
• Joanne Howard (USA)

15:00 RENEWABLES EAST AGM

Renewables East AGM (open to all delegates)

16:30   CLOSE

16:45   Exhibitor pack down

17:00   Free Biofuel Shuttle Bus departs E5xpo to Peterborough Station.

18:00   Venue close

These are some of the exhibitors who will be at the E5xpo.

Thinking of exhibiting? We still have a few Exhibition Stands available.

EnviroCluster seeks to support and develop Greater Peterborough's environmental goods and services sector by identifying and exploiting business opportunities and by encouraging start-ups. EnviroCluster also attracts inward investment through networking activities and demonstration projects. EnviroCluster is privately-funded and is led by UK CEED. The initiative is also helping Peterborough to become the UK's Environment Capital.