Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Challenges and Solutions

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26
Feb
  • Date: , 08:00 - 18:00
  • Venue: Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland
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Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Challenges and Solutions

Heriot-Watt's Annual Industry Day will take place on the 26th February 2013. Keynote speaker Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel prize winner Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on whose behalf he accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, has been announced as keynote speaker for the Heriot-Watt University Industry Day 2013.

He has also been the director general of TERI (The Energy Resources Institute), a research and policy organization in India, and chancellor of TERI University as well as being the chairman of the governing council of the National Agro Foundation (NAF) and is the chairman of the board of Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Dr Pachauri has been outspoken about climate change. He is now serving as the head of Yale's Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).Event Sessions

This day-long event will focus on sustainability and the issues surrounding Sustainable Development. Speakers from a range of prominent industrial and governmental authorities as well speakers from Heriot-Watt University, giving an academic perspective.

Programme of events

The day will consist of four parallel sessions, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Delegates will be asked to pick which two they would like to attend.The parallel plenary sessions are as follows -

Introduction, Overview and Keynote Speaker
8:15 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome 
Prof Steve Chapman, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University
9:10 – 9:50 Meeting the challenge of climate change : The role of industry
Dr Rajendra K Pachauri
Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Parallel Session 1: Meeting the Hydro-nation Challenge
10:00 – 10:30 Title of presentation tbc
John Morgan
Technical Manager Water Solutions, Barr and Wray
10:30 – 10:50 Title of presentation tbc
Jim Conlin
Acting General Manager, Asset Strategy, Scottish Water
10:50 – 11:10 Refreshment Break
11:10 – 11:30 Water conservation: Practices and practicalities
Prof. Lynne Jack
Director of Research, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
11:30 – 11:50 Title of presentation tbc
Dr David Campbell
School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
11:50 – 12:10 Enhancing the effectiveness of heuristic rule curves for water supply reservoir operation
Dr Adebayo Adeloye
School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
12:10 – 12:30 Q&A Session
Parallel Session 2 – Materials and Design Technology
10:00 – 10:30 Title of presentation tbc
Alex MacLeod
Operations Director, Skanska Scotland
10:30 – 10:50 Speaker and presentation tbc
10:50 – 11:10 Refreshment Break
11:10 – 11:30 Modern construction materials & technology
Speaker tbc
11:30 – 11:50 Building Information Management/Dimension control in the age of BIM
Dr. Frιdιric Boschι
School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
11:50 – 12:10 Digital tools for design
Prof Jim Ritchie
School of Engineering and Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University
12:10 – 12:30 Q&A Session
Lunch and posters
12:30 – 14:00 Break for lunch and poster session
Parallel Session 3: Energy conservation and usage in homes of the future
14:00 - 14:30 Speaker and presentation tbc
14:30 – 14:50 Latest dispatches from the front lines of the solar revolution
 Jeremy Leggett
Executive Chairman, Solarcentury
14:50 – 15:10 Integration of renewable technologies
Prof Hari Upadhyaya
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
15.10 – 15.30 Refreshment Break
15:30 – 15:50 The role of domestic energy choices in building social resilience
Prof Susan Roaf
School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
15:50 – 16:10 Title of presentation tbc
Prof Phil Banfill
School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
16:10 – 16:30 Q&A Session
Parallel Session 4 – Networks and Infrastructure
14:00 – 14:30 Title of presentation tbc
Prof. Dorte Rich Jψrgensen
Sustainability Manager, Atkins Infrastructure for London 2012; Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Innovation at Heriot Watt University
14:30 – 14:50 Title of presentation tbc
Barry Colford
Bridge Master and Chief Civil Engineer, Forth Road Bridge
14:50 – 15:10 The geometric challenges & solution of next generation ultra-speed trains
Prof Peter Woodward
School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
15:10 – 15:30 Refreshment Break
15:30 – 15:50 Roadworks ahead: how human factors are being used to design faster, safer traffic management
Dr Guy Walker
School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
15:50 – 16:10 Logistics
Dr Maja Piecyk
School of Management and Languages, Heriot-Watt University
16:10 – 16:30 Q&A Session
Conclusion
16:30 – 16:45 Conclusion
Prof Alan Miller
Deputy Principal - Research and Knowledge Transfer, Heriot-Watt University
16:45 – 18:30 Drinks Reception

Further speakers from academia and industry will be announced in due course.

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