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Welcome to our 5th Annual Conference at the Guildhall, Winchester

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE GROWTH OF FUTURE SOUTHFriday 4 November 2016Registration at 08:00 Start at 09:15End at 16:00

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A very warm welcome to our 5th annual conference. We are pleased to welcome back Sir Vince Cable here in the beautiful City of Winchester. We are also delighted to be making the first David Green Award.

Before we start though this conference would not be possible without the support of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, Southern Water, Crossprint, Bouygues UK and the team at the Hampshire Chamber of Commerce. In addition we are grateful to see so many exhibitors - please ensure you visit them all. They are in the main conference hall and two other rooms in the Guildhall, and they all have something of value for you.

I am also grateful for the many experienced quality speakers and panellists who have given up their time today to impart their knowledge and advice.

This year has been one of change for the UK and Future South. The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that we changed our name in April from Future Solent to Future South. This reflects the demand for our services from a wider geographical area here in the South. You will hear much more on this today.

We have important news today from all of our initiatives:

• Our Greentech South Innovation Cluster• Energise Solent• Hampshire Community Bank • Low Carbon Funds for SMEs

Our aim is to engage with you today and to hear of your issues and comments. Please ask questions from the floor, or via our twitter wall, use #FSC5th to get our attention. We will do our best to answer everybody.

Stewart DunnChair of Future South

CEO Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

Future South supports low carbon innovations creating economic growth and improving quality of life. We are an internationally recognised not for profit public-private partnership that offers:

• Finance

• Business relevant experience and expertise

• Innovation support

• Access to National and international networks

• Opportunities to influence the right people

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PROGRAMME

0730 Carbon trust Workshop on Energy SavingFinishes at 09:00 (Prior booking required)

0800 Arrival Refreshments, Expo and networking

0915 Welcome to the 2016 Conference Stewart Dunn - Chair of Future South and Chief Executive of Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

0930 David Green Award The finalists introduced by:David Hutchinson - University of PortsmouthAndy Stanford-Clark - IBM

0945 Live Energy projects for the South Alan Lovell - Energise Solent Ambassador

1000 Energy Panel SessionShowcasing a number of active projects that have moved off the drawing board on energy usage and production since our launch at last year’s conference.

Chair - Ben Earl Energise Solent and Southern WaterAnthony Woolhouse - Chair of West Solent Solar CooperativeDavid Robinson - RM Electrical Bruce Collinson - District Heat Network Alex Howison - SSEN

1100 Refreshment Break Visit the Expo

1130 Blue Economy Panel The UK has a large natural energy resource comprising offshore wind, wave, tidal stream and tidal range. Action by Energise Solent to focus and market the Solent regions ORE supply chain capability will help create jobs, increase GVA and support the reduction of carbon emissions

Chair - Simon Cheeseman - Offshore Renew-able Energy CatapultChris Bramall - Solent Offshore Renewable Energy ConsortiaEllen Rodger - SC Innovation Djamila Ouelhadj - University of PortsmouthSimon Powell - Marine South East

1230 Lunch and Expo Visit all three rooms to see the variety of exhibitors plus an opportunity to see the latest hybrid car

1345 Key Note Speaker Sir Vince Cable Followed by the presentation to the Winner of the David Green Award

1415 Financing your Low Carbon Project Chair - Kathy Slack - CEO of the Enterprise M3 LEPVicki Dunn-Mussert - GetSet for GrowthProfessor Richard Werner - Hampshire Community Bank Melanie Redding - Growth Champion for the EM3 LEP Area Lindsay-Marie Armstrong - Clean Carbon USRG, University of Southampton

1510 Greentech South Growth opportunities from Internationalisation

Chair Anna Parry - Greentech South Programme ManagerDavid Hutchinson - University of PortsmouthSandra Sassow - SEaB James Cretney - Marwell ZooDavid Bream - Set Squared

1555 Closing address Stewart Dunn - Chair of the Future South Partnership

1600 Close of 2016 conference


SPEAKER PROFILES

SIR VINCE CABLE - KEY NOTE SPEAKERThe Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable former Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade (2010-2015) was the Key Note Speaker at our 2013 conference. We are delighted to welcome him back. He is a frequent speaker at business conferences with several (pro-bono) directorships. He is chair of one of the UK’s leading social enterprises, HCT Group, the bus company providing low cost minibuses for local community groups, and is also chair (designate) of the Hampshire Community Bank (currently seeking regulatory clearance). Additionally he is Director of RemindMeCare, a start-up company developing software for dementia care, and has visiting professorships at the London School of Economics, and the Universities of Nottingham, Sheffield and St Mary’s.

ALAN LOVELL - ENERGISE SOLENT AMBASSADORAlan Lovell was Chief Executive of six companies, including Costain and two waste-to-energy businesses, Infinis and Tamar; he was trained up by Al Gore as one of his ambassadors for ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. He is now Chairman of Sepura plc and The Consumer Council for Water. Locally, he chairs the University of Winchester, the Hampshire Cultural Trust and the Mary Rose.

BEN EARL - ENERGISE SOLENT AND SOUTHERN WATERBen is the Water Efficiency Manager for Southern Water where he is developing future strategy, implementing new business models and delivering ambitious water efficiency targets as part of its new Business Plan. Ben is the Future South Board Sponsor for the Solent Energy Strategy.

ANTHONY WOOLHOUSE - WEST SOLENT SOLAR COOPERATIVEChairman and Founder of West Solent Solar Cooperative, a 2.4MW community owned solar farm near Lymington. He is keen to develop further community owned renewable energy projects. He lives in an eco house in Hordle and has two electric cars - one for local journeys in the New Forest and one for longer range travel - including a trip to Denmark earlier this year. He is a Quaker and this underpins his commitment to moving to a sustainable lifestyle.

DAVID ROBINSON - R AND M ELECTRICAL LED LIGHTINGDavid Robinson represents R&M Electrical Group, from its Head office in Southampton R&M service a global customer base with a wide range of electrical products and services. Formed in 1987 R&M have achieved substantial organic growth over their 29 years, with divisions across the southern region. In 2012 R&M added its Lighting Division to the group, with a focus on LED technology R&M’s team of design engineers offer free consultancy and design services for companies wishing to pursue energy saving LED lighting.

BRUCE COLLINSON - EAST HANTS DCWorking as part of the RegenCo Team at East Hampshire District Council for the last six years facilitating the delivery of the Whitehill & Bordon Regeneration Project, promoting decentralised energy strategies and higher environmental standards in new and existing communities. Twelve years experience in supporting large scale development projects to plan and deliver a co-ordinated approach to sustainability with a focus on energy and green infrastructure solutions. Supporting wider Solent Energy Strategy through Energise Solent by bringing previous expertise on district heat networks from his time at the Homes and Communities Agency and Communities and Local Government to initiate a Solent wide approach to district heating projects in liaison with Government and the private sector.

ALEX HOWISON - SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ELECTRICITY NETWORKSAlex is the Innovation Programme Team Manager for SSEN, responsible for the LCNF Solent Achieving Value through Efficiency (SAVE) Project and management of the team delivering over £45m of research projects in the south.

SIMON CHEESEMAN - OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULTSimon joined the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, the UK’s flagship technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, in February 2014. Working within the Strategy & Commercialisation division Simon is responsible for managing the Catapult’s Marine strategy and identifying the wave & tidal technology innovation priorities for the Catapult and managing the Catapult’s regional engagement programme.

DR CHRIS BRAMMALL - SOREC Chris has worked on the Isle of Wight in the field of Economic Development for over 20 years. He currently co-ordinates SOREC (Solent Offshore Renewable Energy Consortium) – an ERDF supported project which has set up a network of companies in the Offshore renewable Energy field and has delivered a series of business support programmes to these companies. The current programme, due to start in the New Year, is in the area of tech transfer and innovation.

DR DJAMILA OUELHADJ - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTHDjamila is a Reader in Operational Research (OR) and the Head of the Logistics and Operational Research Group (LORG) in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Portsmouth. She is the Director of Enterprise and Innovation of the cross-faculty Centre for Operational Research and Logistics (CORL). She is the Director of Events for the South Coast Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications.

SIMON POWELL - MARINE SOUTH EAST (MSE) MSE attracts SMEs into the supply chain for major projects like Rampion, through a procurement portal and meet-the-buyer events. They have done some analysis of value chain opportunities, highlighting capabilities such as seabed anchoring and autonomous systems, and have run several projects that invested in SMEs to advance these capabilities.


ELLEN RODGER - SC INNOVATION Ellen Rodger is Sector Lead for Energy at SC Innovation. SC Innovation are innovative design engineers, specialising in developing bespoke equipment, vehicles and machinery across several sectors including marine energy. Ellen has worked in the renewable energy industry for over 9 years. In 2013 she won the IOD South West Young Director of the Year Award.

KATHY SLACK - CEO OF THE ENTERPRISE M3 LEPKathy has been the director of Enterprise M3 LEP for the last four years and has a passion for working in collaboration with all. She has drawn in nearly £200m in Growth funds into the Enterprise M3 area for innovation, infrastructure and skills projects and promoted the area as a thriving Sci : tech corridor balanced with an excellent environment and quality of life. Prior to joining Enterprise M3 Kathy worked at the South East England Development Agency on strategies around local places, skills activity and communications. She is working with government on shaping the Industrial Strategy as part of a LEP Network group of LEPs. Kathy is an active member of the Greater Thames Valley LEP group who are working together on joint strategic strategies such as transport, supporting key sector activity and promoting the area.

PROFESSOR RICHARD WERNER - HAMPSHIRE COMMUNITY BANKProfessor of International Banking at the University of Southampton. An expert in banking, central banking, banking systems, economic growth. FCA Approved Person with over 20 years financial sector experience. Leading the project to establish the Hampshire Community Bank.

MELANIE REDDING - GROWTH CHAMPION FOR THE EM3 GROWTH HUBMel¹s company (JuMelia Ltd) provides strategic sales and business development assistance to blue chip organizations and coaching/ mentoring/account management support to small/ medium-size businesses. She currently advises three FTSE250 organisations on business growth strategy and several medium sized businesses in the defence, facilities management and space sectors. As ‘Growth Champion’ within the M3 area of Hampshire and Surrey, Mel is actively engaging at Board Level with businesses seeking growth.

VICKI DUNN-MUSSERT - GET SET FOR GROWTHVicki worked in the City for many years, in project management, business strategy, and stream lining within HR & Organisational Effectiveness. After 15 years she left London, and replicated the business model in the New Forest, targeting the SME market. Vicki’s speciality lies in assisting SMEs in strategic growth, from designing financial systems and procedures to full business strategy, highlighting cost saving initiatives, whist managing efficient day to day operations. Her style involves deep diving into the current management systems, re-structuring and assisting where necessary, and coaching the Senior Leadership team in areas of improvement. Vicki has frequently assisted businesses in investment readiness in the forms of business planning, tactical alignments/partnerships, network opportunities, internal finance & restructuring as well as educating & raising standard finance solutions.

DR LINDSAY-MARIE ARMSTRONG - CLEAN CARBON GROUP UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTONA community of chemists, engineers, ocean and earth scientists, sociologists, biologists, social policy-makers and mathematicians; along with industry partners. Coupling this expertise with computational and experimental facilities in sustained ocean observing, mapping and survey; and the data management, and scientific advice provided by the National Oceanography Centre.

ANNA PARRY - GREENTECH SOUTH MANAGERAnna has experience of working in both the public and private sector, as well as running her own company. Anna has a degree in Economics and Geography and a M.Sc. in Environmental Resource Management, both from the University of Portsmouth.

DR DAVID HUTCHINSON - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTHDavid is Innovation and Impact Development Manager for the faculty of Technology at the University of Portsmouth. He is Future south Board sponsor for Greentech South and a Director of the Island Innovation Trust, a partnership of the organisations working to improve education on the Isle of Wight.

SANDRA SASSOW - SEaB ENERGYSandra Sassow is the CEO and co-founder of SEaB Energy, which develops and commercialises disruptive, decentralised, small-scale waste-to-energy plants. An award-winning entrepreneur, Sandra is also Director of the Solent LEP, member of WeConnect and the Chartered Institute of Waste Managers, active mentor for the Southampton Science Park Catalyst Program and active participant in the Mayor’s GoToGrow programme. She combines her professional activities with an active family life as a mother of four children and enjoys horseback riding in her spare time.

JAMES CRETNEY - MARWELL ZOOJames Cretney is the Chief Executive of Marwell Wildlife, a charitable organisation committed to the conservation of the Earth’s biodiversity and natural resources. In addition to running a much loved regional attraction, Marwell also undertakes a portfolio of overseas work, primarily in Africa, in furtherance of its scientific and conservation objectives.

DAVID BREAM - SETSQUAREDDavid was a founder of SETsquared which has gone on to be recognised as the No. 1 University Business incubation programme worldwide. SETsquared is a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. David is Chairman of Governance at the UK Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg). IPReg is the legal regulator responsible for regulating the patent and trademark professions in the UK.

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THE DAVID GREEN AWARD 2016David Green (1961-2013) was an entrepreneur, charity fundraiser and all round mover-and-shaker, who believed absolutely in a vision to create a better future – an Eco-Island. At the heart of his vision was the plan to power Isle of Wight homes and businesses on 100% renewable energy as a model for the world. David wanted to prove it was possible to deliver energy independence and a low carbon economy by 2020, through a combination of solar, small wind, geothermal, tidal and waste-to-energy sources.

David was a man of phenomenal energy, charm and ability. Of course he stepped on toes and had detractors, as anyone who isn’t content with the status quo will inevitably find. But he was a unique individual who lived by his principles and ideals. As a founding member of Future Solent (which has become Future South), we often remember him at board meetings, and continue to strive to achieve some of what he envisioned.

Why are we making this annual award?

• To honour the memory of David Green. A founder member of Future Solent (now Future South) and committed champion and inspirational leader for a low carbon economy.

• To recognise activity that contributes to the advancement of David’s vision and reflects his passions and principles.

• To reward those businesses/individuals or community groups that continue to innovate toward a low carbon economy.

Judging Panel: Future South Board

Our five finalists are:

• ENIMS• ETC• HPW• KCC • SEaB


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OUR EXHIBITORS TODAYIn the main Conference Hall:

Verdo, GetSet for Growth, Solent Growth Hub, Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, GEP Environmental, Crossprint, Sustrans and My Journey, Duo Drive, ENIMS, Blue Lamp Trust, SNOWS (who will have their latest hybrid in the yard outside), Minus 7, Department for International Trade, The Recycled Assets Company (TRAC), R and M Electrical Group, Environmental Treatment Concepts, Solar Advanced Systems

In the Wintonian Room:

Carbon Trust - who will run a workshop at 07:30, University of Southampton, University of Portsmouth

In the King Charles Hall:

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks and Southern Water

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