Events

TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE - Building a Greener Scotland

The TRI organised Transport & Climate Change Conference took place on Monday 29th June 2009 at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The conference was set against the background of the Scottish Government's ambitious targets for a greener Scotland in which transport has a critical role to play. This conference examined the implications of climate change for transport, including emerging low carbon technologies, procurement of greener vehicles and behavioural change.

This conference was organised by TRI, in co-operation with Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government.

For full details of the event, please visit:

http://www.conference.tri-napier.org/

PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT IN SHIPPING AND PORTS

Held 22nd October 2008, Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh

The focus of this kick-off event was “Private Equity Investment in Shipping and Ports”. The forum highlighted how recent trends and developments in private equity investments impacted on shipping and ports in Scotland.

Potential impacts of developments in financing maritime infrastructure were discussed and the potential conflict in utilising private equity finance between shipping and ports as profit generators, and the role of shipping services and ports in the wider socioeconomic context, was critically reviewed. The TRI Maritime Forum reviewed these new phenomena in financing maritime infrastructure and discussed the challenges for governments and institutions in dealing with private sector interests in strategic infrastructure assets.