A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.

Paul de Bruycker joined Indaver at its start in 1986 as Sales and Marketing Director. He took up his current position as CEO in 2011. With a career of over 30 years in waste management, Paul is a respected senior expert in waste management and waste legislation. Paul graduated with a Masters in Bio-Engineering at the UGent and has an education in Business Engineering and Marketing. He is President of CEWEP, member of the Board of Directors of Flanders' federation of the chemical industry ("Essenscia"), President of the Council for Strategic Advice at the Faculty of Bio Engineering (Ghent University) and Member of the Royal Academy for Science and the Arts.

Adrian Judge is a Director at Tolvik, an independent provider of commercial due diligence and market analysis services to the European waste and bioenergy sectors, which he created in 2009. Adrian has worked in the waste sector for the last 18 years.

Ralf Schopwinkel is Director and shareholder of resource company, Geminor. Since 2005 he has focused on developing the company on the various European markets for RDF, SRF, recycled waste wood and hazardous waste. Geminor handles approximately 1.5 million tonnes and have offices in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Germany, France and the UK.

Stuart is currently responsible for a range of development activities in SUEZ UK, delivering commercial projects, business tools, techniques and information to meet the business and customer needs. Main activity themes include harnessing waste as a resource, energy and bio-fuels manufacture, sorting, extraction and value enhancement for waste mix resources, customer solutions, research and development under the increasing influence of carbon and resource scarcity. Stuart has over 25 years’ experience in the industry and has wide technical and commercial skills and experience in the field of waste and resource management, markets, strategy, technologies and the environment.

Headed two joint government programmes in Wales over the last ten years for the development and delivery of biowaste and energy recovery facilities procured through public private partnerships. Currently focused on the collaborative development of projects involving innovative reprocessing technologies to deliver increased resource efficiency towards circular economy goals.

Angus Hamilton is the Managing Director of Levenseat, a resource management company in central Scotland offering wide range of Resource management services. Angus has over 15 years’ experience in the resource management industry, and has been a key player in the Levenseat Renewable Energy (LREL) team who in March 2015, secured financing for a 12.5MWe EfW plant (fluidised bed gasification) and fuel preparation and materials recycling facility with capacity to process 215,000 tonnes pa of residual MSW and C&I waste.

Ian is a serial entrepreneur and has been the driving force behind a number of UK companies over the past 20 years. Spanning several sectors, his business interests have included property and construction development, business and executive advisory services and craft beer and cider production. Ian has been involved in the renewable energy sector since 2003, and in 2014 he co-founded renewable energy developer CoGen Limited. He currently serves as its CEO, taking the lead on developing its project portfolio. An avid fan of rugby, Ian has been the Chairman of the Kingsbridge Rugby Football Club in Devon for the past five years and is a prominent member of his local community.

Phillip Piddington was appointed Managing Director of Viridor in September 2016. He first joined the company as Chief Operating Officer of the newly established energy division in 2014. Prior to this he was Global Director of Biomass for RWE Innogy GmbH, the renewables firm within the RWE Group, and a member of the Board of RWE Innogy UK. Phil has gained more than 30 years of management experience in the energy business, among others as MD of BP Energy Ltd and Head of Cogen Asset Management for RWE Npower in the UK. In addition to his Viridor responsibilities he is Chairman of the Environmental Services Association, a member of the UK Resources Council, the UK Plastics Pact, PRASEG, and the Institute of Directors.

As Managing Director for the U.K., Julia Watsford is responsible for providing the strategic vision for Wheelabrator U.K. as well as the management and growth of its fleet of six waste-to-energy facilities (two under development) and business development pipeline, representing more than $1.3 billion in assets and 130 employees in U.K. Prior to this role, Julia was the vice president of corporate strategy and market planning for Wheelabrator Technologies in the United States and was responsible for internal and external strategy execution, with a key focus on driving the growth agenda and productivity focus of the organization. Prior to joining Wheelebrator, Ms. Watsford was a director of strategy in the management consulting practice at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Australia. She played a key leadership role within the strategic accounts portfolio, leading business transformation, operational improvement, pre-deal synergy evaluation, separation / carve out advice and pricing strategies with a range of ASX 200 clients in the transportation and industrial services sectors. Prior to joining PwC, Ms. Watsford was an associate vice president of Client Advisory Service, Institutional division of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Ms. Watsford joined Commonwealth Bank of Australia after 5 years in the Institutional and International division of Australian New Zealand Bank, during which time she obtained a Master’s of Applied Finance from the University of Melbourne. Ms. Watsford started her career in consulting for Partners in Performance after graduating with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Australia.

Mr. Thomas Obermeier, born in 1957, holds a Master of Engineering in Technical Environmental Protection and is Head of Business Development at EEW Energy from Waste GmbH, the leader in the German waste-to-energy business. He is also Honorary President of the German Waste Association DGAW, a publicly certified and sworn expert for waste management of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Berlin, and a committee member of the chamber of commerce in Berlin and the IFAT and terratec fairs. Mr. Obermeier's expertise draws on more than 30 years of work in the waste management and energy sector. Prior to EEW and his independent consultancy, he held posts as a managing director in different consulting and operating companies and worked in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and Africa.

Allan joined the investment industry in 2000 and Aviva Investors in 2012. His main responsibilities include managing a range of transactions and supporting the management of Aviva Investors infrastructure fund management business more generally. He is responsible for Aviva’s equity infrastructure thermal power strategy which has a particular focus on the Energy from Waste sector. Experience and qualifications Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Allan was a vice president at a Macquarie infrastructure fund where he was part of the fund’s internal M&A group as well as an asset manager, focusing on transportation and renewable energy. Before this, Allan was a research analyst and portfolio manager covering energy and infrastructure income trusts for TD Waterhouse Investment Advice, the brokerage arm of TD Bank. Allan holds an MBA from the Säid School of Business at Oxford University and is also a CFA® charterholder.

James joined Greencoat in January 2019 to co-head the bioenergy division, having joined from Foresight, where he spent 9 leading their bioenergy investments with Minal Patel. Foresight became a significant bioenergy investor, raising and investing institutional capital in a large number of market-leading transactions such as Evermore, Levenseat, Ince Park and Energy Works Hull. Since joining Greencoat, the bioenergy team has acquired the Templeborough biomass plant and invested in ground-breaking greenhouse projects with renewable heat. James has an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from London Business School.

David has been with ABN AMRO since 2017, joining as a Director to establish a UK Project Finance team, following six years with the UK Green Investment Bank working exclusively in the waste and bioenergy sectors. Whilst at ABN AMRO David has secured a number of mandates for lead arranger roles in the waste sector and successfully reached financial close on the Earlsgate EfW project in December 2018 as well as the acquisition of loans to the Kemsley and Ferrybridge facillities.

Jeff is a Director in Ernst & Young’s Environmental Finance group and provides advisory services to clients in both the renewable energy and waste sectors. Jeff is a qualified Chartered Accountant and joined Ernst & Young in 2004 having spent a number of years working in industry.

Dr Kai Liebal has worked for 16 years with vonRoll – HZI. During this time he has had various functions in engineering, tendering and sales. Currently he is responsible for risk management and operational optimisation.

Anita Lloyd is a director in the Environmental, Safety & Health Group at the global law firm Squire Patton Boggs. Anita specialises in advising on environmental and sustainability matters, including chemical and product regulation, producer responsibility, waste, product compliance and labelling, environmental permits, asbestos, contaminated land, and climate change law. Anita has been recognised by The Legal 500 UK and Chambers UK. She is a member of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association and speaks at many events on environmental and chemical regulatory topics, including the impact of Brexit. Anita regularly advises clients based in the UK, EU and outside the EU, on environmental regulation and its application to their business, products, facilities and supply chains.

Operations & Technical Manager , Element Materials Technology and Graduate from the University of Northumbria with a degree in Applied Chemistry, Mark is Operations Manager at Element’s Newcastle laboratory and Technical Manager for Element Emissions. With over 26 years’ service in various roles within the Air Quality department of NWG Environmental Solutions (previously Northumbrian Water Scientific Services and AES) and on a wide range of industrial sites, carrying out a wide range of emissions tests he is one of the most experienced persons in the UK on stack emissions and regulatory compliance. Chairman – Source Testing Association http://s-t-a.org/ The Source Testing Association (STA) is a non-profit making technical trade association which was established in 1995 and has a corporate membership of over 200 companies from process operators, regulators, equipment suppliers and test laboratories. The STA is committed to the advancement of the science and practice of emission monitoring and to develop and maintain a high quality of service to customers.

Keith Riley studied Nuclear Engineering at Queen Mary College, University of London. This led to a successful career in the design and construction of major power projects around the world. He moved to the waste industry and held senior posts within it for 25 years. Keith is currently owner of Vismundi Ltd, and a Partner in BH EnergyGap LLP, being previously Group Managing Director, Technology of Veolia Environmental Services UK. Keith also holds non-executive directorships with Waste 2 Tricity and Distributed Renewable Energy Networks Ltd.

As an engineer from “Mines Paris Tech” in France, Christophe CORD'HOMME began his career at the National Agency for Nuclear Waste Disposal (ANDRA). From 1988 to 1993, he served as project manager for ENTROPIE S.A. building thermal desalination plants and absorption chillers. Since 1993, he has been working for CNIM group, initially as commercial manager for waste and flue gas treatment. He worked at LAB between 2001 and 2007, first as sales director and then as project director, overseeing contracting. From 2009 to 2012, he held the position of Deputy General Manager of LAB S.A. As a member of the board of LAB, he became Development Director for the Environment and Renewable Energies sector of CNIM Group in 2011. He has been elected in 2019 as the vice-chair of the ISWA Working Group Energy Recovery and member of the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC).

Jan Nilsson is Sales Manager with Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S (BWSC). Before joining BWSC, Jan worked for FLSmidth for 14 years in the cement industry around the world and 2.5 years with Siemens Turbo Machinery. Since 2011, when he joined BWSC, he has been involved in closing the Speyside O&M, Snetterton EPC and O&M, Tilbury EPC and O&M, Cramlington EPC and O&M, Kent EPC and O&M, as well as the Hooton EPC and O&M contracts. Jan's educational background is Electrician, Power Engineer, Graduate Certificate in Business Administration and an Executive MBA with CBS in 2008.

Phillip Piddington was appointed Managing Director of Viridor in September 2016. He first joined the company as Chief Operating Officer of the newly established energy division in 2014. Prior to this he was Global Director of Biomass for RWE Innogy GmbH, the renewables firm within the RWE Group, and a member of the Board of RWE Innogy UK. Phil has gained more than 30 years of management experience in the energy business, among others as MD of BP Energy Ltd and Head of Cogen Asset Management for RWE Npower in the UK. In addition to his Viridor responsibilities he is Chairman of the Environmental Services Association, a member of the UK Resources Council, the UK Plastics Pact, PRASEG, and the Institute of Directors.

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.

Edmund Fleck was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1952. He has a Diploma in Physics from the RWTH Aachen in Germany and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA. From 1986 he carried out research on electrostatic precipitators for BBC Corporate Research in Dattwil, Switzerland. He has worked in the field of Waste-to-Energy since 1990, first for the ABB/ALSTOM Group in different roles (Technical Director, Sales Director) and locations (Zurich, Winterthur, Butzbach, Paris). In August 2002 he joined Martin GmbH in Munich. He is Managing Director of Martin GmbH fur Umwelt-und Energietechnik. He is also Director of Martin Biopower Pty Ltd in Perth (Australia) and Managing Director of Kuttner Martin Technology GmbH in Munich. Edmund Fleck is President of ESWET, the European Suppliers of Waste to Energy Technology and a member of the ISWA Working Group on Energy Recovery.

Edward Thomas is Head of Performance Management for Viridor’s Energy business since 2015. Edward has 27 years’ experience in the process & power industries, including the circular economy, fine chemicals and power generation, covering all stages of the business cycle from devising and winning long-term PFI contracts, through construction of ERFs, power plants and smaller plants, and through to operations and maintenance. Edward has a passion for adding value to the business through continuous improvement, spotting business opportunities and seeing them through to fruition. He has established a technical graduate programme in Viridor to develop the next generation of experts.

Keith Riley studied Nuclear Engineering at Queen Mary College, University of London. This led to a successful career in the design and construction of major power projects around the world. He moved to the waste industry and held senior posts within it for 25 years. Keith is currently owner of Vismundi Ltd, and a Partner in BH EnergyGap LLP, being previously Group Managing Director, Technology of Veolia Environmental Services UK. Keith also holds non-executive directorships with Waste 2 Tricity and Distributed Renewable Energy Networks Ltd.

John has worked across energy, climate change and sustainability for the last 12 years with a recent focus on accelerating the growth of the heat networks market in the UK as Investment Director within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In this role, John is responsible for all market development activities, mobilising key influencers across developer, supply chain and investor organisations, lead the development of a pipeline of over 200 projects, ensure the success of the Government’s Heat Networks Investment Project and set the conditions for continued growth in the 2020s to secure this market transformation.

Oliver is a Policy Manager in the Sustainability team at Policy Connect. He manages the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group, focusing on a circular economy, waste infrastructure, plastics, and food waste. Policy Connect is currently undertaking a cross-party inquiry into the future role of Energy from Waste, with a particular focus on realising the EfW heat ambitions in the Resources and Waste Strategy.

Ian joined the ADE as Director January 2020, having previously been Head of Biomass UK at RWE Supply and Trading and formerly a Director at RWE Innogy UK. His last job was as Commercial Director for a waste wood fired combined heat and power plant, which involved executing a new build heat network.

Tim joined Viridor in 2019 to drive innovative circular economy projects taking end of life wastes and finding new ways to turn them into usable products. Tim also works with the national and devolved governments and regulators to help ensure the regulatory environment drives increased local investment into the circular economy. Prior to joining Viridor Tim was the CEO of the Association for Decentralised Energy, where he worked with Government, regulators, devolved administrations and EU institutions to enable more energy users to directly benefit from in the transition to a low carbon economy). As part of this role, Tim oversaw two mergers with other trade associations and repositioned the organisation away from a technology focus to an outcome based approach to energy. Tim has a BSc and PhD in Ecology, and his study of fungi decomposing wood as a central part of the global carbon cycle spiked his interest and career in climate change and the environment. In his free time Tim enjoys cycling and generally getting in the great outdoors!

Gillian has over 15 years of waste industry experience. She has worked for FCC since 2011 starting as a Bid Director leading local authority bids. Gillian successfully closed the Mercia (Herefordshire and Worcestershire Councils) 200,000 tpa EfW contract variation, in partnership with Urbaser, in 2015. She subsequently became the Project Director for the construction phase of the 300,000tpa Greatmoor EfW followed by taking on the General Manager role for 3 years. Today Gillian is responsible for the delivery of FCC’s merchant EfWs. The first of which, Lostock Sustianable Energy Plant, was closed in partnership with CIP in March 2019.

Ralf Schopwinkel is Director and shareholder of resource company, Geminor. Since 2005 he has focused on developing the company on the various European markets for RDF, SRF, recycled waste wood and hazardous waste. Geminor handles approximately 1.5 million tonnes and have offices in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Germany, France and the UK.

Dan Smyth has been engaged with resource and waste planning and permitting for two decades. Dan has spent much of his time steering projects through the consenting processes, which has become more straightforward in recent years. He coordinates multidisciplinary environmental and technical teams, including architectural, visual, acoustic and transport and is an expert on air quality, working alongside experts including health, climate, permitting, fire safety, M&E. In 2019 he led SUEZ’s Darwen, Britaniacrest’s Wealden, & PMAC’s Redcar projects.

Martin has been with the Green Investment Group for over six years (previously the UK Green Investment Bank) leading the development and equity investments into waste & bioenergy projects in the UK and globally. Recently closed development projects include the Earls Gate Energy from Waste project, Newhurst Energy from Waste project and Kwinana Energy from Waste project in Australia.

Jeff is a Director in Ernst & Young’s Environmental Finance group and provides advisory services to clients in both the renewable energy and waste sectors. Jeff is a qualified Chartered Accountant and joined Ernst & Young in 2004 having spent a number of years working in industry.

Reto Strobel received his diploma in Chemistry from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2002 and finished his Ph.D. thesis at the Institute of Process Engineering (ETH Zurich) in 2006. He joined Hitachi Zosen Inova 2011 as an R&D project manager focusing on the development of energy efficient waste combustion processes as well as highly automated combustion control systems. Today, he is a Senior Process Engineer at HZI being responsible for the combustion and boiler design in energy from waste plants.

Nicolas Maertens has a history with Keppel Seghers since 2006. His first role as process engineer helped to acquire in-depth technical WtE know-how. While heading the Keppel Seghers operations in China from 2012 to 2015 brought profound insight in the Chinese market. As from 2015, back in Belgium he is taking care of business development and bid management at Keppel Seghers.

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.

Morten is the Business Development Manager at DBDH (Danish Board of District Heating) in charge of all activities in Western Europe. DBDH is a Danish member organization with members from the entire Danish district heating sector. Our mission is “Promoting District Energy for a Sustainable City Transformation”. In this capacity Morten works with governments, cities and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen the development of district energy across Europe. Inspired by the long and successful development and implementation of district heating in Denmark, Morten’s job is to provide value and insights that can further develop both the understanding of what district heating is and the value it can bring to the European society, communities and end users. “District Heating is the long term and green solution for the future! Modern, well planned and well-structured district heating will play an important part in the future heat profile of any European city with a long term green profile. At the same time district heating functions as an important integrator to the electricity markets” Morten was Head of Secretariat at District Energy Partnership (DEP) a Danish district energy lobby organization. DEP worked to improve framework conditions for district heating and thereby enhance the roll out in Europe. At DEP, his focus was on both Scotland and England and he therefore understands the district heating developments in both countries in details. His career began in the district heating industry in Eastern Europe and Russia more than 20 years ago with knowledge building and knowledge transfer. This was followed by 13 years as business development director in a large inward investment organization.

Ben is the Director of Energy Systems at Anthesis Group, a global energy and sustainability consultancy. He leads a team of 20 chartered engineers and analysts, focussed mainly on decentralised energy and LZC generation. Ben has worked through the lifecycle of a number of flagship district heating projects and is currently engaged on a number of significant schemes in London, working with both local authorities and ESCos.

Nick has 30 years’ experience in the energy generation and energy management industries and is a specialist in technical and commercial development of energy solutions and ESCo schemes. His role within Vital Energi spans corporate and project strategy and sales across the Group’s activities in design, modelling, engineering, service development, energy procurement, operations and maintenance. Nick has been involved on a number of major heat network projects including the developments on the former Battersea Power Station site, Royal Albert Dock, Barking Riverside and the Leeds PIPES project.

Tim joined Viridor in 2019 to drive innovative circular economy projects taking end of life wastes and finding new ways to turn them into usable products. Tim also works with the national and devolved governments and regulators to help ensure the regulatory environment drives increased local investment into the circular economy. Prior to joining Viridor Tim was the CEO of the Association for Decentralised Energy, where he worked with Government, regulators, devolved administrations and EU institutions to enable more energy users to directly benefit from in the transition to a low carbon economy). As part of this role, Tim oversaw two mergers with other trade associations and repositioned the organisation away from a technology focus to an outcome based approach to energy. Tim has a BSc and PhD in Ecology, and his study of fungi decomposing wood as a central part of the global carbon cycle spiked his interest and career in climate change and the environment. In his free time Tim enjoys cycling and generally getting in the great outdoors!

Charlie is a Director in Foresight’s Infrastructure team and leads investments in the waste and biomass sectors. His previous experience includes developing, and investing in, Bioenergy Infrastructure Group, and delivery of a pipeline of project-financed greenfield waste wood CHP facilities. Foresight invests in construction stage and operational waste processing and bioenergy infrastructure assets in the UK, Europe, Australia and North America.

Dr. Gerry Riley has over 36 years’ experience in the power sector, focusing on engineering, design, construction and commissioning of fossil-fuel and biomass-fired large industrial and utility boilers, burners and ancillaries. He is currently leading on RJM’s work in delivering RJM’s unique emissions reduction solutions and combustion efficiency improvements to the biomass and Energy from Waste sector. Gerry is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and Executive Member and Division chair for the combustion division of the Fuel and Energy Research Forum.

Martin Hopkins is a chemical engineer and a waste, process and energy expert. He has worked in engineering, project management, operations, development and funding around the world. He now runs a consultancy supporting business and projects in the sector. He has developed, funded and delivered many large projects through to financial close. He has delivered billions of pounds of projects including Energy from Waste and Mechanical, Biological Treatment projects and Anaerobic Digestion around world He was previously a director of several EPC contractors, director of one of largest waste companies in the UK, CEO of a 700Kt/year waste processing business and COO of a waste gasification technology company. Additionally, he was project director and owner’s director of refinery, coal gasification and waste projects. Martin holds BSc, MBA and CEng qualifications and is a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Deborah Sacks is the Waste and Resources Specialist for the UK’s Department of International Trade. She has over fifteen years’ experience in waste management and the processes of developing new waste facilities. Deborah has specialised in advising on foreign direct investment in the waste and resource management sectors, carrying out an analysis of the UK market in waste and materials management and identified opportunities for new and increased investment in the sector. She has also developed an assessment of the UK capability in this sector and identified the priority markets for those companies to take forward for export.

Tim is based at the British Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria and runs the Dept. for International Trade’s CEE energy campaign, which aims to engage UK companies with the wealth of opportunities across the region, including in waste management/EfW. He has lived and worked in Bulgaria for twenty years, is well aware of the challenges and opportunities of doing business here and ready to help UK companies to succeed in market.

Stuart is currently responsible for a range of development activities in SUEZ UK, delivering commercial projects, business tools, techniques and information to meet the business and customer needs. Main activity themes include harnessing waste as a resource, energy and bio-fuels manufacture, sorting, extraction and value enhancement for waste mix resources, customer solutions, research and development under the increasing influence of carbon and resource scarcity. Stuart has over 25 years’ experience in the industry and has wide technical and commercial skills and experience in the field of waste and resource management, markets, strategy, technologies and the environment.

James Beal is a retained specialist with the Department of International Trade supporting government’s trade and investment endeavours on renewable energy focusing on offshore wind, heat networks, hydro, sustainable cooling and energy efficiency. He previously led the cross-Government Offshore Wind Investment Organisation that was created in 2012 to steer the UK towards an industrialised and economically valuable offshore wind industry in the UK. James has been involved in renewables and heat networks since 2000, working across industry and government.

Tom Bainbridge is one of he founders of Lux Nova Partners, the award-winning , boutique law firm focussed exclusively on clean energy. Tom has advised on regulatory and commercial matters in the clean energy and environmental space for over 20 years, leading on pioneering low carbon projects and innovating in new commercial models for energy delivery. He has a particular focus on district heating and advises government, sponsors, developers and suppliers on district heating schemes. Tom is also leading legal input into the Triple Point consortium's management of the Government's £320m Heat Networks Investment Programme, catalysing investment n district heating infrastructure.

Tim joined Viridor in 2019 to drive innovative circular economy projects taking end of life wastes and finding new ways to turn them into usable products. Tim also works with the national and devolved governments and regulators to help ensure the regulatory environment drives increased local investment into the circular economy. Prior to joining Viridor Tim was the CEO of the Association for Decentralised Energy, where he worked with Government, regulators, devolved administrations and EU institutions to enable more energy users to directly benefit from in the transition to a low carbon economy). As part of this role, Tim oversaw two mergers with other trade associations and repositioned the organisation away from a technology focus to an outcome based approach to energy. Tim has a BSc and PhD in Ecology, and his study of fungi decomposing wood as a central part of the global carbon cycle spiked his interest and career in climate change and the environment. In his free time Tim enjoys cycling and generally getting in the great outdoors!

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.

Matt Hindle works with ENA’s members on issues affecting the gas transmission and distribution networks, including the future role for gas in heat and transport and energy policy more widely. Prior to joining ENA, he spent six years working on green gas, energy policy and recycling issues for the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association, ultimately as Head of Policy.

Rachel Solomon Williams is Head of Low Carbon Fuels at the UK Department for Transport, a role she has held since the beginning of 2018. Rachel’s career to date has focussed on energy and environment policy development. Most of her work has been within the UK civil service, but it has also included a posting in the corporate affairs team at Tesco and a year as interim Managing Director at Sandbag, a UK climate thinktank. Highlights of Rachel’s career have included piloting the UK Climate Change Bill (now Act) through Parliament and overseeing a major review of the Feed-in Tariffs Scheme.

Dr Ausilio Bauen is a Director of E4tech, a strategy consulting firm specialising in sustainable energy. He has 20 years’ experience in sustainable energy technologies and supply chains. Ausilio works with private and public sector clients to understand opportunities and risks in sustainable energy and develop related business and policy strategies. His work covers techno-economic, environmental, market, business and policy aspects. In particular, Ausilio advises energy and automotive companies, technology developers, industry associations and governments on growth and sustainability aspects of biofuels. He is part of advisory panels for a range of organisations, including the IEA's Bioenergy Roadmap Advisory Group, the Climate Bonds Initiative's Technical Working Group on bioenergy, and the selection panel for UK Department for Transport Fuels for Freight and Flight Competition. Since 2006 he has been advising the UK Department for Transport on the development of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation.

Managing director at Amey Waste Treatment since October of 2018, MEng in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He started his career in the waste sector 20 years ago, working for Ferrovial where he held several managerial positions in charge of waste treatment assets mainly around Madrid. He has worked for Amey in the UK since 2008 in business development, bidding and operations. He has participated in the design, building and commissioning of recycling plants and EfW facilities including Amey’s Allerton Waste Recovery Park and the gasification plant in Milton Keynes. He currently oversees waste recycling and recovery operations in the UK, managing in excess of 1 million tonnes of household waste for Amey customers in North Yorskshire, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, the Isle of Wight and Cambridgeshire where Amey has established a localised closed loop solution for plastic packaging with local manufacturers Charpak and the RECAP partnership.

Alex Miles has been developing projects in the renewable energy from waste sector for the past 14 years across a range of disciplines. He is currently focused on the delivery of Enerkem's first EU project in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of a leading consortium of companies including Air Liquide, Nouryon, the Port of Rotterdam and Shell. He has worked alongside Enerkem in various capacities since 2006 and has followed closely the development of the company's proprietary waste to liquid biofuels technology from pilot stage through to full scale, commercial development.

Nicholas has worked for over ten years as a senior Local Authority waste professional and previously was a senior consultant in waste management for five years. He is currently the Head of Environment & Waste at Milton Keynes Council and is the lead for waste disposal & infrastructure, waste collection, street cleaning, landscaping, flood & water management and enforcement. He is the client lead for the delivery of the ambitious Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Plant including an Advanced Thermal Treatment facility and was previously client for Lakeside Energy from Waste facility at Slough Borough Council.

Martin Hopkins is a chemical engineer and a waste, process and energy expert. He has worked in engineering, project management, operations, development and funding around the world. He now runs a consultancy supporting business and projects in the sector. He has developed, funded and delivered many large projects through to financial close. He has delivered billions of pounds of projects including Energy from Waste and Mechanical, Biological Treatment projects and Anaerobic Digestion around world He was previously a director of several EPC contractors, director of one of largest waste companies in the UK, CEO of a 700Kt/year waste processing business and COO of a waste gasification technology company. Additionally, he was project director and owner’s director of refinery, coal gasification and waste projects. Martin holds BSc, MBA and CEng qualifications and is a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.

As the CEO of SIMEC Atlantis Energy, Tim is credited with growing the company from start-up in 2005 to one of the world’s most entrepreneurial developers of renewable and sustainable power generation projects. In 2018 Atlantis completed the acquisition of SIMEC Uskmouth Power Ltd and began an ambitious plan to convert the 220MW Uskmouth coal-fired plant located in Newport, Wales, to operate using 100% pelletised non-recyclable plastic waste as fuel, by 2021. Uskmouth is not only onc of the largest fuel conversion projects in Europe, it is the pilot plant for the world’s ageing fleet of coal fired power plants and a solution for governments world-wide faced with the unavoidable problem of non-recyclable waste and landfill. Tim’s previous roles have included underwater research, sub-sea engineering in the oil and gas sector, market origination and technology development in the marine power sector as well as business development and corporate accountability through various director and executive roles globally.

Myles Kitcher is Managing Director of Peel L&P Environmental Ltd, a developer of infrastructure in the energy, waste and mineral sectors. With over 20 years' experience in the energy and waste industries, Myles has a career spanning local government, public sector and private enterprise . As Managing Director of Peel L&P Environmental, he's the leading force behind Protos - Peel's flagship destination for energy, innovation and industry near Ellesmere Port, north west England. The ambition at this strategic site is to establish an epicentre for energy innovation which will be replicated across the UK. Clustering proven and emerging energy sources alongside energy-intensive industries and their supply chains will drive national productivity. Myles is working with sector leaders to explore how indigenous energy sources can underpin industrial activity in the North, and how to set an innovative blueprint for the rest of the UK.

John Ferguson runs an industrial ecology company EcoideaM Ltd based in Scotland. As Head of Strategy at the Binn Eco Park his current work includes eco innovation park development, embedded renewable energy systems, new concept technology development for plastics recycling and a number of clean technology research and development projects. He is a graduate of St Andrews University and worked for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency for 13 years where he was head of the National Waste Strategy team and Clean Technology development. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management. He believes that applied sustainability practice is fundamentally about the welfare of people through the effective management of our interaction with resources, energy, food, water and shelter.

Chris has been co-lead investment adviser to JLEN since January 2018. He joined Foresight in 2019 as a Partner in the London office. He has over 22 years’ experience in infrastructure investment and financing in PFI/PPP and renewable energy projects, including 4 years at the UK Government’s Green Investment Bank where he headed up the Waste and Bioenergy team.

Alex Miles has been developing projects in the renewable energy from waste sector for the past 14 years across a range of disciplines. He is currently focused on the delivery of Enerkem's first EU project in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of a leading consortium of companies including Air Liquide, Nouryon, the Port of Rotterdam and Shell. He has worked alongside Enerkem in various capacities since 2006 and has followed closely the development of the company's proprietary waste to liquid biofuels technology from pilot stage through to full scale, commercial development.

• Passionate about the energy & resources transition. In my dreams, a cluster as big as the current Rotterdam Industrial area that only uses sustainable raw materials for the production of fuels and chemicals has been built in 50years from now. • Over the past decade I have been working for Port of Rotterdam on realization of that dream, in various roles including strategy, innovation and business development. • In current position as New Business Development Manager I am responsible for managing and realizing a commercial portfolio of opportunities in the renewable fuels & chemicals domain.

Kirsty Salmon is a Senior Advisor on New Energy Frontier Technologies, Biosciences and the Circular Economy. Kirsty graduated with her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada and completed her postdoctoral work at UCLA. Following an academic research position at UC Irvine, she joined a young start-up company, CODA Genomics, as its Director of Scientific Projects which transitioned to Verdezyne, Inc. where she became its Director for Renewable Fuels. Kirsty joined BP in late 2011 as Head of Research for its 2nd generation lignocellulosic biofuels program. Her group was responsible for developing the microorganisms and enzyme cocktail for the process. In early 2015, Kirsty became the director of the newly formed Biosciences Centre (BSC) in San Diego, as part of BP Group Technology. The remit of the BSC is to enable biology and biotechnology for various businesses across BP. The platform for the group covers a wide range of areas from biosouring and microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) to renewable fuels and chemicals. In her new role, Kirsty is responsible for looking at new energy technologies and processes in the areas of low carbon energy and the circular economy.

Keith Riley studied Nuclear Engineering at Queen Mary College, University of London. This led to a successful career in the design and construction of major power projects around the world. He moved to the waste industry and held senior posts within it for 25 years. Keith is currently owner of Vismundi Ltd, and a Partner in BH EnergyGap LLP, being previously Group Managing Director, Technology of Veolia Environmental Services UK. Keith also holds non-executive directorships with Waste 2 Tricity and Distributed Renewable Energy Networks Ltd.

Ronald de Vries has worked at Twence since 1 June 2018 as Department Manager of Strategic Projects within the department Innovation and Projects (I&P) of Twence B.V. Twence has ambitious objectives to invest into new projects aiming to recover raw materials from waste and to produce sustainable energy. Ronald de Vries' focus is on managing strategic projects at Twence B.V., such as CO2 capture, bioconversion (bio-LNG) etc. Ronald has extensive (inter)national experience in developing and managing complex projects in the field of (sustainable ) energy production and the recovery of raw materials. His industry experience and knowledge of the entire innovation process ensure that, together with the current Twence team, he plays a pioneering role in achieving the ambitious growth objectives of Twence B.V. Career: 2018 - present, Manager Projects Twence B.V. 2014 - 2018 Head of HSE Advisory Group and Project Manager, Royal Haskoning DHV 2011- 2014 Senior Industry Analyst, Rabobank International 2002-2011 Head of Waste & Energy Advisory Group, Royal Haskoning 1990 - 2002 Consultant and Project Manager at DNVGL (former KEMA Power Generation B.V.)

Oscar Graff holds a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He joined Aker in 1980 and has been involved in concept and technology development, major offshore and onshore projects, and in different management positions. Graff has been responsible for the development of CO2 capture technologies since 1999, including Europe’s largest R&D program from 2008 till 2016. He was responsible for the delivery of the first closed flare system in the Middle-East and the first carbon capture in the UK. Graff has been engaged in several advisory committees and boards, such as the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP). ZEP is the technical adviser to the EU Commission on the deployment of CCS and CCU. He assumed the position as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) in Aker Clean Carbon in 2008 and is presently VP, Head of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) in Aker Solutions.

With a strong basis in process engineering and business administration, Rene de Schutter has gained his knowledge of the chemical industry and the power sector in a diverse career. Currently he combines all his experience and interest in building gout the Industrial Energy Transition in his Business Development position at Bilfinger Tebodin and in his role as Chairman of FedEC. Energy Efficiency, Electrification, CCU&S, Blue & Green Hydrogen...challenging times...challenging transition.

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.

With a Bachelor degree in Business Intelligence, Lars has been working for the N+P Group since 2010. As one of the family owners and board member of N+P, Lars has been responsible for the development of Subcoal for almost a decade. Large scale industrial applications have been successfully realized, including cement kilns, steel blast furnaces, waste to chemicals, co-firing at coal fired power stations and usage in vertical lime kilns. Most recently Lars and his team developed a new pellet for the Uskmouth power plant, which will be the first ever coal fired power plant which is converted to use 100% Subcoal pellets. Lars is also proud to head up the production development team within N+P, which is setting up new production facilities with a joint capacity of over 1.5 million tons in the coming 3 years.

Keith Riley studied Nuclear Engineering at Queen Mary College, University of London. This led to a successful career in the design and construction of major power projects around the world. He moved to the waste industry and held senior posts within it for 25 years. Keith is currently owner of Vismundi Ltd, and a Partner in BH EnergyGap LLP, being previously Group Managing Director, Technology of Veolia Environmental Services UK. Keith also holds non-executive directorships with Waste 2 Tricity and Distributed Renewable Energy Networks Ltd.

Tom is a Managing Consultant in Cornwall Insight with over 14 years within the energy sector, working in electricity, gas and oil. of Public Private Partnership experience. He has worked at EDF, OFGEM, Origami Storage, Consulting (AEA, Palantir, URS). Tom has been responsible for leading a projects on CCUS, corporate PPA, Demand Side Response tendering, trading and hedging strategies, Power Purchase Agreements, Battery Storage and gas peaker due diligence These in-depth analysis and modelling skills have been extensively applied in energy storage (co-location, behind the meter and grid scale), distributed generation, large-scale thermal plant and demand side response projects whilst at Cornwall and his previous roles.

Charles Ward has been involved in energy markets since 1997. From 2002 he worked as an investment manager with an emphasis on renewable projects and global energy commodity markets. Charlie joined as a director of Renewables and PPAs at New Stream in 2011, managing a team of market specialists responsible for sourcing and structuring PPA's; this team has been responsible for over 3.5GW of renewable PPA across all technologies, structures and tenors. Charlie delivers the "New Stream best value" process for route to market power to ensure maximum value is achieved for generator clients, project developers and funders and has recently been involved in assessing subsidy free renewable projects and looking at ways to enhance income through shared connections and battery storage.

Sarah Arnold is Business Manager for Project Esk at ICL Boulby. Sarah is a qualified Business Consultant and has supported the delivery of several major programmes of work. Sarah has worked with ICL for a number of years, her current role is focused on developing the business model for this exciting new project.

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.

Head of Communication at Amager Ressourcecenter since 2014. Previously Head of Campaigns at the Danish Road Safety council. Born and raised in Aalborg, educated in History from University of Copenhagen, Morten lives in Copenhagen with his wife and three daughters.

Ursula Taylor is Head of Legal and Governance at North London Waste Authority, where she has worked on project delivery for over ten years. Part of her role at the authority is to oversee all external relations teams including the waste prevention programme, recycling communications and corporate communications. She has worked extensively over the consultation and pre-application process for the development consent order to replace the existing energy from waste plant in Edmonton. Now she continues in the role of Legal and Governance Lead over the North London Heat and Power Project as it is delivered.

Dr Adam Read has been with SUEZ for 18 months Dr Adam Read has been External Affairs Director at SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK for just over 2 years after a successful career in academia, local government and consultancy. For the last 18 months he has been directly involved with UK Government through the development of the new Resources & Waste Strategy and associated consultations, and acting as lead author on the SUEZ evidence submissions. He has worked on energy recovery projects for more than 20 years, as a consultant, client, contractor and community engagement specialist, and developing planning guidance for Welsh Government. Adam sits on numerous industry technical working groups, is a regular speaker and facilitator, a technical report and article author, and a frequent blogger and social media enthusiast. He has been in the sector for almost 25 years specialising in municipal waste management strategy, recycling services, residual waste treatment contracts and consultation, and continues to support UK service innovation. He is a Fellow of the CIWM, the RSA and the Royal Geographical Society and is the CIWM ‘s incoming President, taking up the reigns in November 2020.

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.

Dr Adam Read has been with SUEZ for 18 months Dr Adam Read has been External Affairs Director at SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK for just over 2 years after a successful career in academia, local government and consultancy. For the last 18 months he has been directly involved with UK Government through the development of the new Resources & Waste Strategy and associated consultations, and acting as lead author on the SUEZ evidence submissions. He has worked on energy recovery projects for more than 20 years, as a consultant, client, contractor and community engagement specialist, and developing planning guidance for Welsh Government. Adam sits on numerous industry technical working groups, is a regular speaker and facilitator, a technical report and article author, and a frequent blogger and social media enthusiast. He has been in the sector for almost 25 years specialising in municipal waste management strategy, recycling services, residual waste treatment contracts and consultation, and continues to support UK service innovation. He is a Fellow of the CIWM, the RSA and the Royal Geographical Society and is the CIWM ‘s incoming President, taking up the reigns in November 2020.