Driving Change: Energy and Transportation in the 21st Century

2010 Cambridge University Energy Network Annual Conference

Date: 9am - 6pm, Tuesday 22nd June 2010

Location: Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

Attendees: Industry leaders, Policymakers and Academics.

Transport accounts for a quarter of the carbon emissions in the UK. Reducing emissions from transport is therefore essential to achieve significant reductions in the UK's carbon emissions. However, changing the established carbon-intense transport systems will require major shifts in technology, infrastructure, policy and behavioural patterns.

In bringing together professionals, academics and students, all with a common interest in sustainable transport, this conference aims to inform, inspire and facilitate interaction between the people whose diverse skills will play a role in this important area. The conference will be a one-day event on Tuesday 22 June 2010, including speaker sessions and discussion panels so that delegates can ask the questions that matter to them. There will be opportunities for attendees to network at the buffet lunch, coffee breaks and wine reception, which are all included as part of the conference.

The conference is sure to be highly rewarding for industry leaders hoping to gain insight into a rapidly developing market, and for members of the research community who will encounter the latest thinking in their field.

The aims of the 2010 Annual CUEN Symposium are to:

• Explore the technological, political and behavioural aspects of sustainable transport, and underline how they might combine to form a future sustainable transportation system;
• Highlight the groundbreaking research being carried out in Cambridge and other academic institutions, creating lasting partnerships between academia and the world of industry, policy-makers and financial institution;
• Encourage cross-communication by providing  a networking platform between the brightest and most enthusiastic students and businesses and industries urgently looking for the required skills to enable and provide a sustainable future.
• Identify areas of potential cooperation between industrial and academic insititutions. 

Confirmed speakers:

• Brian Collins - Chief Scientific Adviser to Department for Transport
• Nick Collings - Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
• Rupert Furness - Head Environment Policy and Delivery Division, Department for Transport
• John Hammersley - Head of Systems Reseach, ULTra PRT
• Alan James - Chief Executive, UK Ultraspeed
• Jeff Jupp - Director, Cranfield Aerospace Ltd
• Martin Lambert - Commercial Manager Europe, Alternative Energies, Shell
• Greg Marsden - Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
• Andrew Haslett - Director of Strategy Development, Energy Technologies Institute
• Andreas Schafer - Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
• Stuart Scott - Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
• Graham Smith - Managing Director, London Office, Toyota Motor Europe

Conference outline:

09:00 - 09:30 Registration and Coffee

09:30 - 10:50 Introduction, Transport trends and Policy

10:50 - 11:10 Coffee and networking

11:10 - 12:30 Fuel Cells and Hybrid/Electric Vehicles

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:20 Biofuels and Aviation

15:20 - 15:40 Coffee and networking

15:40 - 17:00 Future Transport Systems

Closing remarks

Wine reception