GREEN LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CONFERENCE BRIEFING
Sunday 16 September
2000 CentreForum and RSPB - What is land for?. The Grand, Alexandra Room
2000 Shelter. Building hope - more homes now. The Grand, Consort Room
2000 Green Liberal Democrats. Green briefing and AGM. Holiday Inn, Lancing 1 and 2
Monday 17 September
1230 British Chamber of Commerce & LGA. Green taxes - effective or not?
Hilton Brighton Metropole, Ambassador Room
1300 Sajjad Karim MEP. Trade and climate change. Old Ship Hotel, Regency Suite
1300 Association of British Insurers Adapting to our changing climate. Quality Hotel, Walnut Suite
1745 Core Cities Cities and climate change Hilton Brighton Metropole, Clarence Room
1800 Energy Saving Trust Environment question time The Grand, Alexandra Room
1815 Places for People/TCPA From green belts to eco towns Quality Hotel, Walnut Suite
1815 CentreForum and Nuclear Industry Association. Nuclear waste: yes please
Hilton Brighton Metropole, Norfolk Room
2000 General Motors/East of England Development Agency Sustainability and
Manufacturing The Grand, Victoria Terrace
2000 LGA, New Economics Foundation and the NHS Confederation Taking the temperature. Can public services save the planet? Quality Hotel, Beech Room
2000 Nine leading UK environment groups The green verdict on the Liberal
Democrats Quality Hotel, Ash Room
Tuesday 18 September
0715 AXA Small business: saving the planet Thistle Hotel, Noblesse Room
0800 Social Market Foundation/ CABE Designing communities for the future: sustainability and place Thistle Hotel, Keats and Shelley Rooms
0800 Social Market Foundation/ Coca-Cola Great Britain Corporate social responsibility:
boardroom blessing or window dressing? Thistle Hotel, Tennyson Room
1300 PTEG Tackling traffic congestion - the debate The Grand, Pavilion Room
1300 Institute for Public Policy Research Connecting cities: transport and growth
Holiday Inn, Ashdown Suite
1300 Flood Prevention APG Flooding: planning and environmental challenges
Holiday Inn, Lancing 3
1300 Institute of Directors/Sunday Times Climate change: business opportunity or business threat? Old Ship Hotel, Regency Suite
1800 LDEG The great energy debate The Grand, Alexandra Room
1800 The Independent and Climate Clinic Communicating climate change: the media role Quality Hotel, Beech Room
1800 Social Market Foundation/ Carbon Trust Technology to the rescue: can technology save us from climate change? Thistle Hotel, Keats and Shelley Rooms
1800 Social Market Foundation/ Go-Ahead Group and Transit Ditch the car, save the planet? Promoting public transport Thistle Hotel, Tennyson Room
1930 Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership Biofuels: more good than harm?
Quality Hotel, Ash Room
1945 Friends of the Earth Making the UK a global hub for a low carbon economy Quality Hotel, Beech Room
2000 Jo Swinson MP and Green Liberal Democrats Tackling the packaging problem
The Grand, Regent Room
2000 ALDE Group Climate change: the good news Old Ship Hotel, Regency Suite
Wednesday 19 September
1300 Environmental Services Association A new waste strategy The Grand, Charlotte Room
1300 GCT, CPRE and CLA Managing the land, conserving the countryside Holiday Inn, Lancing 2 and 3
1800 Nuclear Industry Association Nuclear - part of the solution? The Grand, King's East
1800 MET Office The impacts of climate change Quality Hotel, Beech Room
1800 RIBA Eco-buildings - from drawing boards to reality Quality Hotel, Ash Room
1815 ALDC/ESA Chips, bins and populism Holiday Inn, Lancing 1
There is also a programme of interesting events at the Climate Change Clinic at the
Friends Meeting House Our selected list from the Conference Fringe Green Liberal Democrats Conference briefing & AGM Lancing Room, Holiday Inn, at
8pm on Sunday 16 September The Green Liberal Democrats invite everyone to their
regular Green Briefing on the environmental issues that will be covered at the Conference. This is your chance to have an early insight into some of the key
issues and for you to give your views
The Green Liberal Democrats AGM will also be held
during this event, so you can also find out what the
GLD has been doing and is planning
The AGM Agenda is:
1. To agree the minutes of the 2006 AGM
2. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts
3. Election of Executive Committee members and honorary officers
4. Any other business
Refreshments will be served