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DAY ONE

PROGRAMME

09.00 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING

SESSION ONE: THE BIG PICTURE

09.45 WELCOME
Cathy Cook, Chair, LARAC

09.50 LARAC OPENING ADDRESS
Cathy Cook, Chair, LARAC

10.00 DEFRA ADDRESS
Dozie Chukudebelu, Deputy Director, Programme Delivery, DEFRA

10.20 EXTERNAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS

10.40 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

11.10 TEA, COFFEE & NETWORKING

SESSION TWO: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS WITHIN LOCAL AUTHORITY

11.40 WHAT SHOULD LOCAL AUTHORITIES EXPECT FROM THE OEP?
Richard Greenhous, Chief of Staff, The Office for Environmental Protection

11.55 CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Amy Elliott Peace, Innovation Lead, Innovate UK

12.10 MODELS FOR CARBON BASED WASTE ACCOUNTING
Donald Chapman, Environmental Analyst, Zero Waste Scotland - SWEFT

12.25 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

12.45 LUNCH & NETWORKING

12.45 AGM FOR LARAC MEMBERS

SESSION THREE: PANEL DEBATE

14.00 WHAT IF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSULTATIONS HAPPENED TOMORROW?
Chair: Charlotte Paine, Head of Service at South Holland District Council and Environment and Waste Policy
Officer at District Councils Network
Naomi Fitzgibbons, Head of Household Waste and Recycling,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Chris Mills, Special Advisor, Collections and Recycling, WRAP
Sam Horne, Vice-Chair, NAWDO
Neil Kavanagh, Commercial Director, Contenur
Alice Harlock, Membership & Services Manager, OPRL

15.00 TEA, COFFEE & NETWORKING

SESSION FOUR: LOCAL AUTHORITY CASE STUDIES

15.30 CASE STUDY: SUPS COMMS CAMPAIGN
Speaker TBC, Norfolk Waste Partnership

15.45 CASE STUDY: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Stuart Gregory, Commercial Director, Faun Zoller
Trevor Nicoll, Assistant Director of Environment & Operations, St Helens Council

16.00 CASE STUDY: APPS AT HOME
Speaker TBC, Hubbub

16.15 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

16.25 CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS