Energy Innovation Emporium 2021: Local Energy Systems Delivering Net Zero & Just Energy Transition

About the webinar
This workshop will bring together Local Authorities’, industry, communities and academia to explore opportunities for collaboration and innovation. Hear about public sector Local Energy Systems initiatives and innovators with some solutions.

0:00 Welcome & Scottish Government’s LES challenges Natasha Madeira, (ETP/ESC – Scotland)

06:53 Keynotes: Scene-setting and wider context Chair: Tim German (ESC)
Economic development – priorities, initiatives & challenges

09:29 Veronica Noone, Senior Manager - Renewable Energy, Energy Systems and Foresighting, (Scottish Enterprise)
Overview of Public Sector Net Zero objectives, current progress & challenges.

20:11 George Tarvit, Director (Sustainable Scotland Network - SSN)

33:08 Hugh Muschamp, Programme Manager - Climate Change & Zero Waste (Fife Council)

45:50 Paul Tuohy, (ESRU, University of Strathclyde, Representing East Ayrshire Council)

53:25 Michael Figures, Business Development Projects Officer, Perth & Kinross Council

58:40 Jane Masters, Head of Heritage and Development (New Lanark Trust)

1:06:11 Solutions Distillation Plenary Facilitators: Tim, Natasha & Patrick O’Reilly (ESC – Scotland)

1:09:12 Plenary Discussion on Forward Agenda Chair: Tim German, Facilitator: Natasha Madeira

About the Energy Innovation Emporium 2021
The Energy Innovation Emporium 2021 is a webinar series from ETP and Research Innovation Scotland that seeks to inform the global energy community how Scottish R&I can help deliver carbon emission reduction targets, especially around the Paris Agreement's Nationally Determined Contributors, to encourage collaborative activity between Scottish academia and wider parties.