date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:50:21 -0000 from: "Hardman-uk" subject: FW: Energy - Kick off meeting to plan a conference 26 February to: Dear Mike, We would be delighted if you and the Tyndall Centre could be associated with this. We want if possible to get all the relevant people in the room at the same time. It is a question that crosses so many disciplines. I look forward to hearing from you and please call me if anything is unclear. We are very much at the planning stage but we want to have a programme which gives due weight to the problems of supply as well as environmental protection. I know from my very rewarding visit to the centre that you could bring a lot to the party. Every good wish Richard Hardman 14 Usborne Mews, LONDON SW8 1LR Tel Home +44 (0)20 7582 7053 Mob +44 (0)7785 328 535 -----Original Message----- From: Hardman-uk [mailto:richard@hardman-uk.com] Sent: 21 January 2004 11:34 To: 'Edmund Nickless'; 'jenkins@chartwood.com'; 'lovell@esc.cam.ac.uk'; 'Tajinder.Panesor@iop.org'; Hamish. Wilson (hamish.wilson@paras-consulting.com); 'lkingham@energyinst.org.uk'; 'Nick Riley (E-mail)' Cc: 'fti@nerc.ac.uk'; Markmoodystuart@cs.com Subject: RE: Energy - Kick off meeting to plan a conference 26 February 1100 hours at the Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly You are invited to a planning meeting for a high level conference to link the problems of sufficient economic energy supply to world and UK demand, energy efficiency and environmental protection, the conference to be held at the Geological Society in Autumn 2005. We have had preliminary thoughts about this and they are enclosed as attachments. It should be noted that we are in fact starting afresh and the plan for the first meeting is to attempt to work out what the conference programme should look like and who should be invited to speak if we are to succeed in our aim of influencing politicians and opinion formers on this most critical of subjects. It is our hope that this will not merely be a hand-wringing session nor will we play the ostrich but that hard facts will be faced and possible solutions proposed. It would be appreciated therefore if you could give what has been done some thought and come with suggestions for improvement in the conference programme. For instance, there is an argument for putting all the problems as a single session to be followed by a detailed set of possible answers or we could have a coupled problem versus solution session. What should the conference be called? -Energy - supply, use and the environment - Solutions for the 21^st century. Other suggestions welcome. The committee so far RH(Chair), Edmund Nickless or Ted Nield, Julia King or Tajinder Panesor, Energy Institute rep, Hamish Wilson, Bryan Lovell, Nick Riley, David Jenkins and somebody from NERC (Chris Franklin attended the initial meeting). Does anyone know Keith O'Nions e-mail address? Should we at least attempt to obtain his backing? Could we invite Mark Moody-Stuart to be involved, on the letter head if he has no time to participate? We already have Ron Oxburgh's backing. Richard Hardman 14 Usborne Mews, LONDON SW8 1LR Tel Home +44 (0)20 7582 7053 Mob +44 (0)7785 328 535 -----Original Message----- From: Edmund Nickless [mailto:edmund.nickless@geolsoc.org.uk] Sent: 21 January 2004 08:20 To: Richard Hardman (E-mail) Subject: FW: Energy matters Richard How do you wish to proceed. A meeting of interested parties here at BH? Edmund -----Original Message----- From: Tajinder Panesor [mailto:] Sent: 20 January 2004 10:07 To: edmund.nickless@geolsoc.org.uk Cc: Julia King Subject: FW: Energy matters Dear Dr Nickless Dr King has forwarded your e-mail onto me, and I can confirm that this is something that the Institute would be happy to be involved in. We have worked with the Energy Institute before, and would be happy to do so again. Please let me know what the next step is and how the Institute can become involved. Best regards Taj. Tajinder Panesor MInstP GIBiol Policy Officer The Institute of Physics 76 Portland Place London W1B 1NT Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4800 Fax: +44 (0)20 7470 4848 -----Original Message----- From: Edmund Nickless [mailto:edmund.nickless@geolsoc.org.uk] Sent: 15 January 2004 16:41 To: Julia King Subject: Energy matters Dear Julia Happy New (or newish) Year. We have been thinking how this Society might follow up on the Energy White Paper. Brian Wilson came and spoke at a meeting of the Society and challenged the Earth science community to respond to the White Paper on technical matters. Later we had a half-day meeting chaired by Howard Dalton which addressed some of the geoscience issues and at a subsequent meeting on managing climate change there was a debate chaired by Mark Moody-stuart and involving senior representatives from Exxon Mobil and BP which sought to identify areas of consensus between energy producers both in terms of the contribution that the burning of hydrocarbons might have in climate change and the role of energy producers in mitigation strategies. So where do we go from here? A small group has been considering how we might look at the energy resource issues, security of supply and the role of technological change in moving towards a more sustainable future. Their thinking is outlined on the attached file. You will see that a three-day meeting is proposed. Although the subject matters begins with consideration of energy resources it moves into areas beyond the expertise of this Society. Would the Institute of Physics be interested in working with us and possibly the Energy Institute (who I have yet to approach)? Edmund <> ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ Edmund Nickless Executive Secretary Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 9944 Fax: +44 (0)20 7439 8975 email: edmund.nickless@geolsoc.org.uk Visit the ultimate geological site at www.geolsoc.org.uk The Geological Society Burlington House Piccadilly London W1J 0BG This email is confidential and is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you have received it in error, please do not reproduce or disseminate the contents of this message; please contact us by return email, or by telephone on +44 (0)20 7434 9944, and delete this message and any copies of it from your computer systems. 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