PROGRAMME

The meeting aims to identify what Geoscience needs to do now to meet the net zero targets in a fair and sustainable way - to support policy, business and innovation, and in parallel develop new scientific and engineering knowledge and solutions. It will connect and engage the Geoscience community with key stakeholders in society, government and beyond, and through multi-way discussion, the event will both tease out and integrate geoscience, policy, sustainable development and the Energy Transition. In doing so, it will identify new opportunities for Geoscience research, development and impact, and critically ask what the Geosciences need to do now for a sustainable transition. This is a hybrid meeting (in person and online) and will consist of invited speaker sessions and panel discussions.

 

We encourage audience participation via questions both on the day and in advance; details will appear in due course.

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Tuesday 26th

08:30 - ONLINE EVENT OPENS

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09.30 Welcome & CHAIR of session – Nick Gardiner St Andrews University

09.45 GSL’s role − Megan O’Donnell, Communications & Policy Officer Geological Society of London

10.00 “The Need for Geological Net Zero” - Myles Allen Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford 

10.30 Keynote – Froydis Cameron-Johansson* Group Head Intl Govt & Sustainability Relations, Anglo American

 

11.00-11.30 coffee

 

11.30-13.00 Mining & metals for the low-C economy

CHAIR: Dan Smith Leicester University

Simon Gardner-Bond CTO TechMet

Georgie Hallett Chief Sustainability Officer LME

Julian Kettle Vice Chair Metals & Mining Wood McKenzie

Mike Armitage Honorary Chair, Critical Minerals Association

 

13.00-14.15 Lunch

 

14.15-15.20 Responsible Resource Stewardship

CHAIR: Dan Smith Leicester University

Richard Herrington Natural History Museum

Cathryn MacCallum Sazani

Karen Hanghøj Executive Director BGS

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15.30-16.00 coffee

 

16.00-16.40 Discussion: What does Geoscience need to do to enable a just transition?

CHAIR: Megan O’Donnell

Kathryn Moore Senior Lecturer in Green and Technology Metals Camborne School of Mines

Tavis Potts* Personal Chair in Sustainable Development Aberdeen University

Benjamin Sovacool* Professor of Energy Policy University of Sussex

 

17.15 Networking event, Burlington House Library

then 19.30 at the Kings Head, Mayfair

 

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Wednesday 27th

08:30 - ONLINE EVENT OPENS

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09.15-10.45 Energy Systems: Decarbonisation & Waste

CHAIR: Gareth Johnson Strathclyde University

Anita Parbhakar-Fox* Sustainable Minerals Institute University of Queensland 

Roy Payne Executive Director GDF Watch

Nem Vaughan* Professor in Climate Change UEA

 

10.45-11.15 coffee

 

11.15-12.20 Energy Systems: Powering the Transition

CHAIR: Stuart Haszeldine Edinburgh University

Charlotte Adams* Principal Manager Mine Water Heat Coal Authority

Philip Ringrose Adjunct Professor in CO2 storage NUST

Gemma Sherwood* Senior Geologist EDF Energy

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12.20-13.30 Lunch

 

13.30-14.00 Keynote: Natasha Dowey* Sheffield Hallam University 

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14.00-14.45 Discussion: What sort of Geoscience Skills are needed to enable net zero? 

CHAIR: Ruth Allington 

Jo Alexander BP 

Natasha Dowey*

Ben Lepley SRK Consulting

 

14.45-15.15 coffee

 

15.15 Panel Discussion: What does Geoscience need to do now for a sustainable transition to net zero?

CHAIR: Nick Gardiner

Paul Monks* Chief Scientific Adviser BEIS

Jo Alexander BP

Michelle Bentham Chief Scientist Decarbonisation BGS

Rose Clarke Satarla

Karen Hanghøj Executive Director BGS

 

16.00 Closing Remarks: Nick Gardiner & Ruth Allington

16.30 - finish