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08:30 – 09:00 AM
REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
Plenary: Environmental policy
09:00 – 11:00 AM
Chair: Brian Carroll, Assistant Secretary — Environment and Climate Action, Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN IRELAND: 2019 AND BEYOND
Richard Bruton, TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
(Presentation unavailable)EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT PRIORITIES
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director, DG Environment, European Commission
IRELAND'S ENVIRONMENT: KEY CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
Laura Burke, Director General, Environmental Protection Agency
(Presentation unavailable)MOVING NORTHERN IRELAND'S ENVIRONMENT FORWARD
Dave Foster, Director of Regulatory and Natural Resources Policy, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
THE STATE AND OUTLOOK FOR THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS
Cathy Maguire, Environmental Sustainability Assessments and Learning Expert, European Environment Agency
Questions and answers / panel discussion
11:00 – 11:30 AM
MORNING COFFEE / NETWORKING BREAK AND EXHIBITION VIEWING
Climate change
11:30 AM – 01:00 PM
Chair: J Owen Lewis, Chair, IIEA Climate Group
A STRATEGY FOR MEETING IRELAND'S CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE
John FitzGerald, Chair, Climate Change Advisory Council
DECARBONISATION IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR
Laura Behan, Principal Officer, Climate Change Unit, Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL COST RULES
Deborah Spence, Partner, Head of Environment and Planning, Arthur Cox
How to engage the public: Lessons from the Citizens’ Assembly
Dr Diarmuid Torney, Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University
Questions and answers / panel discussion
Water
11:30 AM – 01:00 PM
Chair: Dr Matt Crowe, Director of the Office of Evidence and Assessment (OEA), Environmental Protection Agency
CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING EUROPEAN WATER POLICY
Andrew Farmer, Head of Natural Resources and Circular Economy Programme, Institute for European Environmental Policy
SAFEGUARDING IRELAND'S WATER RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE
Niall Gleeson, Managing Director, Irish Water
PROTECTING AND IMPROVING WATER QUALITY IN IRELAND
Sean Keating, Director of Services, Local Authority Waters Programme
INNOVATIONS IN HOW WE MONITOR OUR WATER ENVIRONMENT
Fiona Regan, Director, DCU Water Institute
AN OVERVIEW OF WATER IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Paul Harper, Director of Asset Delivery, Northern Ireland Water
Questions and answers / panel discussion
Public health and air quality
11:30 AM – 01:00 PM
Chair: Ciara McMahon, Programme Manager, Environmental Protection Agency
VIDEO ADDRESS: HEALTH IN EUROPE: TACKLING NOISE POLLUTION AND WIDER CHALLENGES
Francesca Racioppi, Head, European Centre for Environment and Health, World Health Organisation
THE IMPACT OF AIR QUALITY ON HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN IRELAND
Greg Straton, Assistant Principal, Department of Health
CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Prof Pat Goodman, Member, European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
RESEARCHING THE LINK BETWEEN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Anne Nolan, Associate Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute
Questions and answers / panel discussion
01:00 – 02:00 PM
LUNCH: NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY AND EXHIBITION VIEWING
Resource efficiency and the circular economy
02:00 – 04:00 PM
Chair: Claire Downey, National Coordinator, Community Reuse Network Ireland
IRELAND'S WASTE POLICY AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
Kevin O’Donoghue, Principal Officer, Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
TOWARDS A WELSH CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Carl Nichols, Head of WRAP Cymru, Wales
CONNECTING PEOPLE AND RESOURCES FOR GREENER LIVING
Sarah Miller, Chief Executive, The Rediscovery Centre
PLASTICS AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Aoife O'Donovan, Environmental Policy Executive, Ibec
Questions and answers / panel discussion
Planning and the environment
02:00 – 04:00 PM
Chair: Henk van der Kamp, Planning consultant
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
Niall Cussen, Chief Executive and Planning Regulator, Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR)
ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY MAPPING
Ainhoa González, Assistant Professor School of Geography, University College Dublin
PLANNING: DELIVERING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Dave Walsh, Chair, An Bord Pleanála
INVOLVING COMMUNITIES IN THE PLANNING PROCESS
Michael Ewing, Development Officer, Environmental Pillar
Questions and answers / panel discussion
04:00 PM
CONFERENCE CLOSE
SPEAKERS
Experience and knowledge from expert speakers

Laura Behan
HEAD, CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND SPORT

Richard Bruton, TD
MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS, CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENT

Laura Burke
DIRECTOR GENERAL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea
DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brian Carroll
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL, CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENT

Matthew Crowe
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF EVIDENCE AND ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Niall Cussen
CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND PLANNING REGULATOR, OFFICE OF THE PLANNING REGULATOR

Claire Downey
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE, COMMUNITY REUSE NETWORK IRELAND

Michael Ewing
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, ENVIRONMENTAL PILLAR

Andrew Farmer
HEAD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROGRAMME, IEEP

John FitzGerald
CHAIR, CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISORY COUNCIL

Dave Foster
DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Niall Gleeson
MANAGING DIRECTOR, IRISH WATER

Ainhoa González
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

Pat Goodman
MEMBER, EUROPEAN ACADEMIES' SCIENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL (EASAC)

Paul Harper
DIRECTOR OF ASSET DELIVERY, NORTHERN IRELAND WATER

Sean Keating
DIRECTOR OF SERVICES, LOCAL AUTHORITY WATERS PROGRAMME

J Owen Lewis
CHAIR, IIEA WORKING GROUP ON CLIMATE

Cathy Maguire
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMME, EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Ciara McMahon
PROGRAMME MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Carl Nichols
HEAD, WRAP CYMRU

Anne Nolan
ECONOMIST, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Aoife O'Donovan
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY EXECUTIVE, IBEC

Kevin O’Donoghue
PRINCIPAL OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, CLIMATE ACTION & ENVIRONMENT

Francesca Racioppi
HEAD, EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
Between May 2012 and September 2018, she was a Senior Policy and Programme Adviser on European Environment and Health Governance and Multisectoral Partnerships at the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, in Copenhagen. In this capacity, she was responsible for supporting the WHO engagement in international environment and health governance. Her focus is on the integration of health consideration in decisions, policies, planning and investments affecting natural and built environments. In this capacity, she has been one of the main organizers of the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in June 2017.
Areas of specific interest and expertise include the promotion of “health in all policies” approaches, health impact assessment, violence and injury prevention, urban health and active mobility policies and interventions. In this context, she promoted and coordinated the development of the Health Economic Assessment Tools (HEAT) for walking and cycling, to estimate the economic value of reductions in mortality as a consequence of regular cycling and/or walking. She is also providing, together with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the secretariat to the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP), a multilateral and multisectoral policy platform established in 2002 to promote healthy and sustainable transport policies.
Francesca has 30 years of international experience in environment and health policies and science, consumer safety and has authored several papers and publications. In May 2018 she was awarded a Honorary Doctorate by the Swedish School of Sport and Health Science in Stockholm, Sweden, for her leading engagement in environmental health and active transport.

Fiona Regan
DIRECTOR, DCU WATER INSTITUTE
Fiona’s research focuses on environmental monitoring and she has special interest in priority and emerging contaminants as well as the establishment of decision support tools for environmental monitoring using novel sensor technologies and data management tools. Her work includes the areas of separations and sensors (including microfluidics), materials for sensing and antifouling applications on aquatic deployed systems. Fiona has supervised > 25 students to PhD and MSc level, has an h-index of 30 (google scholar) publishing over 100 peer reviewed papers, book chapters, books and reviews. Fiona is an associate editor with the RSC journal, Analytical Methods and is a member of the Royal Irish Academy committee on Environment and Climate Change.

Greg Straton
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OFFICER, HEALTH AND WELLBEING UNIT, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Deborah Spence
HEAD, PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT GROUP, ARTHUR COX

Dr Diarmuid Torney
Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University

Hendrik W van der Kamp
PLANNING CONSULTANT

Dave Walsh
CHAIR, AN BORD PLEANÁLA
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