date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:50:21 -0000
from: "Hardman-uk" <richard@hardman-uk.com>
subject: FW: Energy - Kick off meeting to plan a conference 26 February
to: <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>

   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


          <<GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - proposal.doc>>


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