A Conference Expo on Sustainable High-Innovation Fuels and Transport

This year, SEEDA sponsors and launches a new one-day Conference Expo organised by High Value Manufacturing Series manager and technology consultancy, CIR Ltd, on Wednesday 19 September 2007, at the Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford, from 10:00 - 18:00.

This events seeks to look into the state of the leading technologies that would drive renewably-powered vehicles, how the automotive industry is meeting the challenge of demand for lighter, quieter, more aerodynamic, greener transportation, and how economic activity can be increased, and lifestyles improved, while resource use can go down markedly.

The first SHIFT conference-expo now has over 125 confirmed delegates. The SHIFT event complements the REA's Bioenergy event taking place at the same venue (also supported by SEEDA) on the days following the SHIFT Conference Expo. All REA and Grove Fuel Cell Symposium (London) attendees are welcome to attend the SHIFT event free of charge but we ask them please to register.

Professor Pete Dobson, of the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University and Academic Director of the Begbroke Science Park will chair the SHIFT Conference. One important deliverable of the event is to write a letter to the new head of government and responsible for fuels and transport summarising the knowledge derived and shared at the event. The event is by invitation. Limited exhibition stand space remains available to book. Organisers and Chairman are delighted with the speaker lineup and early delegate participants and invite further expo stand takers wishing a marketing base at the venue. The recommended SHIFT Conference Hotel, very close to the venue, is the Royal Oxford.

Among the participants are Morgan, Electromotive, Adelan Ltd, Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells, Sasol-Chevron, the RAC, Transport for London, John Lewis Partnership, Asda Walmart, Waitrose, the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, the Open, Birmingham, Bath, Cranfield, Sheffield, Leeds, Salford, Glamorgan, Swansea, Manchester Metropolitan, Reading, Portsmouth and Southampton, Imperial College, Judge Business School, Institute for Manufacturing, IPPR, Institute for Engineering and Technology, LowCVP, Millbrook, the Porter Alliance, O2C Arc, SEEDA, NWDA, Energy Institute, Energy Saving Trust, Petroleum Review, CO2 Balance, Fleet Audits, Geopostal, First Ventures, Investec plc, Amadeus Capital, H2O Venture Partners, P3Capital, Idext Ltd, Hydrogen Solar, Voller Energy plc, CEL, CEH, Eden Project, Carbon Planet, TV Energy, Blooming Futures, Element Energy, Farm Energy, CEF, Cenex, Elsevier, Comsol, Ricardo plc, Briton EMS, Modec, Zytek, Battery Vehicle Society, Scott Wilson plc, IP Group plc, Revolve Global, autoPOLIS, Oscar Automotive, Organic Power, Green Motorsport, Lightning Car Company, Omega Silicon Innovations Ltd, Oxford Catalysts plc, Ice Energy, Intelligent Energy, E.ON UK plc, and BMW.

Please contact Dr Justin Hayward, SHIFT Event and CIR Ltd Managing Director, on 01223 303500 for more information.

Programme and Proceedings

Opening Session - Chairman's Introduction (Prof Pete Dobson, Oxford University Engineering Science & Begbroke Science Park);
SEEDA (Graham Tubb, Head of Sustainable Development);
Fuels for Transport: runners, timing and takeup (Dr John Wormald, autoPOLIS);
Climate Change for Various Mitigation Strategies (Daithi Stone, Oxford University Atmosphere Group);
Shifts in transport and production (Hugo Spowers, OSCar Automotive);
Sustainability & Fuel Cells (Martin Green, Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells);
Panel
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Survey of new fuels & mechanisms for transport: Special Focus
Gas-to-liquid (Malcolm Wells, Sasol-Chevron);
2nd Generation Biofuels (Professor Nilay Shah, Imperial College & Porter Alliance);
Hydrogen & Fuel Cells and Battery Power (Dr Ben Madden, Element Energy);
Final Session
Example Sustainable Vehicles
BMW & Sustainable Hydrogen Transport (John Hollis, BMW);
Morgan electric Life Car (Prof Malcolm McCullough, Morgan);
The ENV H-Motorcycle (Dr Phil Mitchell, Intelligent Energy);
Policy & Demand
Transport Policy and the Sustainable Transport Mix (Professor David Banister, Oxford University);
Public Perceptions of and Demand for Sustainable Energy in Transport (Professor Paul Bellaby, Salford U)
Panel
Close and Drinks

Past HVM Conferences - Programme Talks and Video Podcasts

Forthcoming Conferences - Programme Outline