This document provides information about an upcoming conference on energy from waste. The two-day conference will be held on December 7-8, 2015 in London and will feature presentations from industry experts on topics such as technological developments, funding, and international markets related to energy from waste. There will also be two half-day post-conference workshops held on December 9th focusing on energy from waste markets and practical policy implications. The conference aims to provide regulatory guidance to attendees, discuss how energy from waste projects can be funded, and explore the latest technological breakthroughs in the industry. Attendees will benefit from learning about emerging issues and opportunities in energy from waste. The document lists the chair, speakers, workshop

1. CHAIRMAN:
• John Twitchen, Chief Executive, Copper Consulting
KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
• Andrew Hartley, Director, Waste and Bioenergy,
Green Investment Bank
• Christopher Maltin, Chairman, Organic Power
• Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services
Association
• Guillaume Perron-Piché, Policy Officer, European Suppliers
of Waste to Energy Technology
• Dr Yassir Makkawi, Senior Lecturer, European Bioenergy
Research Institute, Aston University
• Dr Artem Rodin, Council, Advocate, Infrastructure,
Project Finance and Construction Practice, CMS Russia
• Peter North, Senior Manager, Program Delivery
(Sustainable Energy), Greater London Authority
• Johnny Stuen, Technical Director, Waste-to-Energy
Agency, City of Oslo
• Peter Maclaren, Director, Levenseat Ltd
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Receive regulatory guidance and understand the impact
of the circular economy on energy from waste
• Understand how merchant projects can be funded and
what projects are bankable
• Discuss how Heating Distribution networks can become a
reality
• Get ahead of the game and learn about the latest cutting
edge technological breakthroughs
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PLUS TWO INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Wednesday 9th December 2015, Holiday Inn Regents Park, London, UK
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A: Energy from Waste Markets
Workshop Leader: Alban Forster, Director, SLR Consulting
8.30am - 12.30pm
B: Practical Policy Implications for Energy from Waste
Workshop Leader: Jacob Hayler, Executive Director,
Environmental Services Association
1.30pm - 5.30pm
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2. Energy from Waste
Day One | Monday 7th December 2015
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8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
John Twitchen, Executive Director, Copper Consulting
THE FUTURE FOR ENERGY FROM WASTE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9.10 The outlook for the energy from waste industry
• How can energy from waste continue to play a role in the
circular economy?
• Changing our thinking: waste as an energy source
• Are combustion plants the best option available?
• Interaction with recycling and reuse initiatives
Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services
Association
9.50 The future of the industry from the operator’s perspective
• What do we think the future looks like?
• What will the role of local councils and communities be
moving forward?
• Appreciating the difficulties of securing long term waste
contracts
• How can these difficulties be overcome?
Kristian Dales, Sales and Marketing Director, FCC Environment
10.30 Morning Coffee
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
10.50 Waste to everything, the competition for feedstock
• Examples and options for Waste to products
• EFW, gasification, pyrolysis, fermentation etc
• Practical examples used to illustrate the future market
thinking (SUEZ and other)
• Looking towards the future: looking at the competitive
landscape for the use of waste in energy and production
environments
Stuart Hayward-Higham, Technical Development Director, SITA
11.30 Research priorities for biomass gasification
• Our research into biomass gasification processes
• What is our research showing?
• Thoughts on potential application of waste processing
• The future gasification technology: What can we look
forward to?
Dr Yassir Makkawi, Senior Lecturer, European Bioenergy
Research Institute, Aston University
12.10 Networking Lunch
MAKING USE OF HEAT IN THE UK
1.30 Encouraging Combined Heat and power
• The importance of forward planning:
developing plants near the end user
• What the Greater London Authority are doing to
encourage these plants
• Overcoming the infrastructural issues
• An update on what is being done in London
Peter North, Senior Manager, Program Delivery
(Sustainable Energy), Greater London Authority
2.10 Understand the heat project in Southwark
• The importance of forward planning: developing plants
near the end user
• The specific details of this project
• Getting the project off the ground: a case study
• Looking to the future: What are the possibilities?
Councillor Darren Merrill, Cabinet Member for Environment
and Public Realm, Southwark Council
KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH MERCHANT FUNDING
2.50 Developments in funding procedures for energy from waste
plants
• The end of PPP/PFI projects and the reality of funding
merchant projects
• Understanding the new market
• Understanding what makes an energy from waste project
bankable
• Changing to the funding structures for waste infrastructure
projects
Andrew Hartley, Director, Waste and Bioenergy, Green
Investment Bank
3.30 Afternoon Tea
3.50 The case study of a merchant funded project
• An overview of the project
• Looking at the funding application process
• What were the biggest setbacks and how were these
solved?
• Top tips for future applications
Peter Maclaren, Director, Levenseat Ltd
4.30 The importance of community liaison
• Understanding why community liaison is so important
• Innovative ways of communicating the benefits to the local
community
• Looking to Europe for best practice
Lois Prior, External Relations, Communications, North London
Waste Authority
5.10 Insight into the Beddington Plant
• Understand the particular case of this plant
• The planning process: was it all smooth sailing?
• The importance of Viridor’s community contribution plan
• The plan for a Sutton decentralised energy network
Jayne McCoy, Councillor, Chair Housing, Economy & Business
Committee, Sutton Council
5.50 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
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8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
John Twitchen, Executive Director, Copper Consulting
AN INTERNATIONAL MARKET
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9.10 An update on changing regulation
• An update on the regulation surrounding a circular
economy
• What are the most important targets and other things
to be aware of?
• What will be the impact on energy from waste?
• National and cross border implications
Paul Sheridan, Partner, Environment, CMS Cameron
McKenna LLP
9.50 Energy from waste and British policy
• Previous UK government policies on energy production and
waste management
• Present Conservative policies on energy from waste: will
they be good enough?
• Are gasification and incineration plants the way forward for
energy from waste in the UK?
• Should we be encouraging smaller, more sustainable
energy and waste management plants?
• What needs to be changed to allow acceptable and
sustainable energy from waste plants to flourish?
Christopher Maltin, Chairman, Organic Power
10.30 Morning Coffee
10.50 Developing energy from waste in Wales
• Update on developments in Wales
• Understanding the importance of the Environment (Wales)
Bill for energy from waste
• Why these ideas are important for Wales
• Ways in which the industry can evolve with these changes
Taliesin Maynard, Head of Waste Infrastructure Programmes,
Department for the Environment, Welsh Government
11.30 Understanding the refuse derived fuel market
• How does the RDF market benefit the UK
• Should the RDF export system be looked at favourably by
the UK?
• The potential for European waste to increase to plant
capacity
• Should we focus on building more energy from waste plants?
Alban Forster, Director, Advisory Services, SLR Consulting Limited
12.10 Networking Lunch
1.30 Energy from waste: hear from a project dealing with recycling
and energy from waste
• Understanding the project’s unique situation
• A look at how we were funded: our experiences
• Looking at the reaction of the local community
Ian Fielding, Assistant Director, Waste and Countryside
Services, North Yorkshire County Council
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
2.10 The future of energy from waste technology
• Brief legislative overview and insight: technology
characteristics to fulfil BREF, circular economy and energy
union demands
• What are the most interesting technologies coming to the
energy from waste sector?
• What could the UK learn from other European countries
regarding technology?
• The future for the energy from waste technology sector
Guillaume Perron-Piché, Policy Officer, European Suppliers of
Waste to Energy Technology
2.50 Retrofitting efficiency improving technology
• Improving efficiency by retrofitting technology
• A case study of how this worked
• Carbon capture from a waste to energy plant
Johnny Stuen, Technical Director, Waste-to-Energy Agency,
City of Oslo
3.30 Afternoon Tea
EUROPEAN TRADE
3.50 Recent developments in waste management in Russia:
new possibilities for energy from waste
• Previous experience in the Russian market
• Recent amendments to Russian waste management
legislation
• Possibilities for PFI/PPP projects in Russia, including energy
from waste projects
• General market conditions (financial, commercial and
legal environment)
Artem Rodin, Council, Advocate, CMS Russia
4.30 The EU and its initiatives surrounding the circular economy
• Understanding the EU’s aims relating to waste
management
• Regulation from the EU about the circular economy: what
can you expect?
• How may the circular economy relate to Energy from Waste
• How energy from waste can adapt to changes
Mike Tregent, Environment & Business Advisor, Waste &
Illegals, Waste Stream Assessment, Environment Agency
5.10 Refuse derived Fuel
• Understanding the current export market
• What are the benefits of exporting?
• Should we be aiming to limit exports and increase retention?
• How sustainable is RDF?
• The impact on European Waste Markets
Paco Hevia, Heads of Projects, Centre of Excellence -
Environment, Ferrovial Services /Amey
5.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Energy from Waste
Day Two | Tuesday 8th December 2015
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4. Overview:
The workshop will provide delegates with insight into
the emerging issues associated with Energy from
Waste markets and the financing of energy from
waste infrastructure
The workshop will focus on the evolving situation in
the UK including opportunities for maximising
profitability of waste to energy schemes as well as
the potential of the international EfW market
Why you should attend:
• Gain a deep understanding of the energy from
waste markets in order to understand the
opportunities available in the industry
• Hear how energy from waste plants are now be
funded in order to understand what plants are
bankable
• Understand how you can increase revenue from
EfW projects and enter the growing international
market
• Appreciate the challenges posed by different
technologies and feedstocks
Programme:
8.30 Registration
9.00 Opening remarks and introductions
9.10 Financing Energy from Waste Schemes
• As the EfW market matures what options
are available to fund new schemes
• What can be done to make schemes
more bankable
9.50 Global Energy from Waste Opportunities
• What opportunities exist in other
geographical areas around the World
• What type of infrastructure is being sought
• How are projects being procured
10.30 Coffee
11.00 IBA & APCR recycling opportunities
• What options exist for diverting EfW
residues from landfill
• Are technologies affordable
11.40 Delivering AD – where next?
• Where will the next AD opportunities
come from
• What feedstocks can be targeted
• What added value features can be
included
12.20 Closing Remarks
About the workshop host:
Alban Forster MSc (DIC) is a Director for SLR leading
the company’s advisory teams across Europe. He has
20 years professional experience in the field of
commercial, technical and environmental due
diligence across principally the waste and energy
sectors. Alban’s specialist areas include business
planning and market analysis, strategy development
and policy review, strategic plan development, PPP
tender support and operational service reviews.
Alban has worked on a number of transactional due
diligence studies for banks assessing the feasibility of
numerous biomass and waste to energy schemes,
their business viability including the impact from
renewable incentives.
About SLR Consulting:
SLR is an independent and employee-controlled
international environmental consultancy that has an
unrivalled reputation for providing high quality
tailored services.
HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE AM WORKSHOP
Wednesday 9th December 2015
Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel, London, UK
8.30am - 12.30pm
Energy from Waste Markets
Workshop Leader:
Alban Forster, Director, SLR Consulting

5. Overview:
This half day session looks at the developing legislation and
regulatory landscape, both domestically and at European
level and the implications for energy from waste operators.
Looking at inputs, operations, and outputs in turn,
participants are invited to explore the practical challenges
associated with the changing regulatory framework and
what steps operators can take to mitigate emerging risks.
Why you should attend this workshop:
• Hear from ESA and other industry experts on the
emerging post-2020 legislative framework
• Learn about latest developments in policy and
regulation at EU level and the implications of these for
the operation of energy from waste facilities.
• Find out how energy from waste operators are
preparing for the introduction of Contracts for
Difference.
• Discover more about the industry-led protocol agreed
with the Environment Agency for the regulation of
Incinerator Bottom Ash.
Programme:
1.30 Registration
2.00 Opening remarks and introductions
2.10 Inputs - feedstock implications of EU policy and
domestic drivers
• What are the implications of latest EU policy
proposals for the quantity and composition of
efw feedstocks?
• Are there potential feedstock challenges arising
from domestic policy?
• How does waste policy affecting residual waste
feedstock vary between the Devolved
Administrations?
2.50 Process - what’s coming out of the WI BREF?
• How are discussions relating to the revisions to
the Waste Incineration BRIEF progressing?
• What are the main challenges identified by the
energy from waste industry?
• How might this affect the operation of efw
plants once the new BREF comes into effect?
3.30 Afternoon Tea
4.00 Outputs (i) - CfDs and energy policy)
• How do energy from waste operators view the
forthcoming CfD regime?
• What might we expect to see from future
bidding rounds?
4.40 Outputs (ii) - ESA’s Bottom Ash Protocol
• What is the protocol agreed between the
industry and the Environment Agency for the
regulation of Incinerator Bottom Ash?
• How has the protocol evolved over time?
5.20 Closing remarks
About the Workshop host:
Jacob Hayler is the Executive Director at the Environmental
Services Association. Jacob joined ESA from the City in 2005
as an Economist and has spent most of the past 10 years
focused on helping to develop market-focused policies
that combine environmental and economic sustainability.
At various points during his time at ESA, Jacob has retained
responsibility for policy relating to finance, tax, carbon
management, contracts and energy from waste.
In January 2015 Jacob was appointed ESA’s Executive
Director and he now retains responsibility for the day to day
running of the Association.
About ESA:
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) is the trade
body representing the UK’s waste and secondary resource
industry, which is leading the transformation of how the UK’s
waste is managed. An industry with an annual turnover of
£11 billion, our members have helped England’s recycling
rate quintuple in the last decade and provide over a fifth of
the UK’s renewable electricity.
HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE PM WORKSHOP
Wednesday 9th December 2015
Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel, London, UK
1.30pm - 5.30pm
Practical Policy Implications for
Energy from Waste
Workshop Leader:
Jacob Hayler, Executive Director,
Environmental Services Association

6. ENERGY FROM WASTE
Conference: 7th - 8th December 2015 | Holiday Inn Regents Park, London, UK Workshops: 9th December 2015, London
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