Ireland's major environment conference
18–19 January 2022 ∙ Online
(new date)
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DAY ONE
18 JANUARY
Environmental policy
09:00 – 10:45 AM
Chair: Kevin O’Sullivan, Environment and Science Editor, Irish Times
MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
Ireland’s environment: Policy priorities and future outlook
Ossian Smyth, TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for communications and the circular economy (Presentation unavailable)
The European environment post Covid-19
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission
Priorities for the Northern Ireland environment
Anthony Harbinson, Permanent Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Key challenges and opportunities for the Irish environment
Laura Burke, Director General, Environmental Protection Agency
Questions and answers / panel discussion
DAY TWO
19 JANUARY
Climate Ireland
09:00 – 11:00 AM
Chair: J Owen Lewis, Chair, IIEA Working Group on Climate
Climate Action Plan 2021
Noel Regan, Principal Officer, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Climate action in Europe and beyond
Faustine Bas-Defossez, External Impact Director, IEEP — Institute for European Environmental Policy
The legal implications of climate
Danielle Conaghan, Partner and Head of the Environmental Planning Group, Arthur Cox
The implications of COP26 for climate in Ireland and future outlook
Oisín Coghlan, Director, Friends of the Earth Ireland (Presentation unavailable)
ISO 14064: International Standard for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Liam Regan, Consultant, Antaris Consulting
Questions and answers / panel discussion
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Comfort break
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Comfort break
Ireland’s sustainable future
11:15 AM – 01:00 PM
Implementing the UN sustainable development goals: An Irish business perspective
Neil Walker, Head of Infrastructure, Energy and the Environment, Ibec
Sustainability, financial services and the regulatory agenda
Laura Wadding, Partner, Risk Advisory — Sustainability Leader, Deloitte
Digital Transformation Supporting a Sustainable Future
Dr Venkatesh Kannan, Technical Manager, Irish Centre for High-End Computing
Questions and answers / panel discussion
Planning and the environment
11:30 AM – 01:00 PM
Strategic environmental assessment
Paul Scott, Environmental Planning Manager, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
The benefits of planning for green buildings
Pat Barry, Chief Executive Officer, Irish Green Building Council
Green and blue infrastructure in Belfast
Dermot O’Kane, Town Planner, Belfast City Council
Questions and answers / panel discussion
01:00 – 02:00 PM
Lunch break
01:00 – 02:00 PM
Lunch break
Circular economy and resource management
02:00 – 03:15 PM
EU Circular Economy Action Plan
Maria Rincon, Team Leader for Circular Economy, Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption, EU Commission
Climate ambition and the role of the circular economy transition
Philip Nugent, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
The Circular Economy — Embracing the Challenge
Séamus Clancy, Chief Executive, Repak
Circular economy: From theory to practice
Bruce Harper, Environmental Consultant, Antaris Consulting
Questions and answers / panel discussion
Water
02:00 – 03:15 PM
Water quality in Ireland
Mary Gurrie, Water Programme Manager, Environmental Protection Agency
Assessing the ecological impacts of abstractions and impoundments: lessons and challenges
Dr Eliot Taylor, Divisional Director, APEM Ireland
Rural water and the impact of climate change
Róisín Dowd Smith, Climate Change and Development Officer, National Federation of Group Water Schemes
Water quality monitoring and the impacts of pollution
Deborah Chapman, UNEP GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre, Environmental Research Institute UCC
Questions and answers / panel discussion
03:15 – 03:30 PM
Comfort break
03:15 - 03:30 PM
Comfort break
Biodiversity
03:30 – 05:00 PM
Biodiversity in Wales
Alice Teague, Head of Biodiversity, Department for Environment and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government
All-Ireland Pollinator Plan
Dr Úna FitzPatrick, Project Manager, All-Ireland Pollinator Plan
Creating new native woodlands
Jim Lawlor, Chairperson & Founding Director, Native Woodland Trust
Biodiversity implications of coastal climate change mitigation and adaptation
Professor Iris Möller, Professor of Geography and Head of Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
Questions and answers / panel discussion
Environment and health
03:30 – 05:00 PM
Environment and health: European overview
Francesca Racioppi, Head of the European Centre for Environment and Health, WHO
Healthy planet, healthy city
Denise Cahill, Co-ordinator, Cork Healthy Cities
The link between air pollution and Covid-19
Professor John Wenger, Professor in Physical and Environmental Chemistry, UCC
The health impacts of environmental noise
Enda Murphy, Professor of Planning at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
(Presentation unavailable)Questions and answers / panel discussion
Ossian Smyth TD
Florika Fink-Hooijer
Antoine Oger
Laura Curtis-Moss
Anthony Costello
Anja Murray
Niall Ó Donnchú
Mike Savage
Brian Carroll
Claire Downey
Oisín Coghlan
Stephen Onakuse
Kevin O’Sullivan
Susan Hegarty
Hendrik W van der Kamp
Philip Nugent
Adrian Smyth 
Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo 
Geoff Dooley 
Clare Pillman 
David Greenfield
Danielle Conaghan
Peter McEvoy
Triona McGrath
J Owen Lewis
Gavin Smith
Imelda Hurley
Lucy Gaffney
Dr Venkatesh Kannan
Kevin Hegarty
Eimear Cotter
Aditya Arora
Patric Child
Eleanor Roche
Andy Bleasdale