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TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE - Building a Greener Scotland
Venue: GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL, 16th February 2009
The Government has set ambitious targets for a greener country in which transport has a critical role to play. This conference will examine the implications of climate change for transport, including emerging technologies, procurement and behavioural change.
This critical event will include keynote addresses from leading experts, a series of facilitated workshops, a panel discussion and an exhibition.
In addition, the conference will launch the Scottish Government's planned consultation on the use of cleaner vehicles and alternative fuels to reduce emissions from road transport.
Key Speakers include:
Stewart Stevenson MSP Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Dr. Chris Spray
Director of Environmental Science, Scottish Environment Protection Agency Stuart Deed Head of Business Partnering, Scottish and Southern Energy plc Dr. David Quarmby
Chairman, Independent Transport Commission and the Transport Research Institute Ian Pearson
Director, Futurizon and former BT Futurologist
Steven Stewart Director of Corporate Communications, Stagecoach Group Dr Jillian Anable University of Aberdeen
This critical event will include keynote addresses from leading experts, a series of facilitated workshops, a panel discussion and an exhibition.
In addition, the conference will launch the Scottish Government's planned consultation on the use of cleaner vehicles and alternative fuels to reduce emissions from road transport.
Key Speakers include:
| Stewart Stevenson MSP | Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change |
| Dr. Chris Spray | Director of Environmental Science, Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| Stuart Deed | Head of Business Partnering, Scottish and Southern Energy plc |
| Dr. David Quarmby | Chairman, Independent Transport Commission and the Transport Research Institute |
| Ian Pearson | Director, Futurizon and former BT Futurologist |
| Steven Stewart | Director of Corporate Communications, Stagecoach Group |
| Dr Jillian Anable | University of Aberdeen |
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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.