Agenda & downloads: innov_ex 08
Innovation in the context of global warming

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Conference opening by Sir Chris Bonington (download podcast), Chancellor of Lancaster University

Environment - the evidence:

Keynotes:

9.10 - 9.50
Bob Headland (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge): Polar Climatic Research Ancient and Modern
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9.50 - 10.20
Chris Sherwin (Head of Innovation, Forum for the Future):
Extreme Green: The Global Challenges of Sustainability
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10.20 - 10.40
Refreshments Environment - responses and discussion panel: Responses:

10.40 - 11.00
Bernadette MacDonald (Freelance, Founder of Banff Mountain Film Festival): Outdoor Industries do they care?

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11.00 - 11.20
Nick Brown (President Nikwax Paramo, Member of Board of Directors of Association for Conservation): Can we achieve Sustainability by just Recycling Consumerism?

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11.20 - 11.40
Mark Held - Going Green(er) (Secretary General European Outdoor Group): Morality, business and bandwagons

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11.40 - 12.15
Discussion Panel all speakers + Andrew Denton

12.15 - 1.05
Lunch

 

Sustainability

1.10 - 1.40
Robert Lomax (Business Development Manager, Baxenden, a Chemtura Company): Putting some environmental impacts of textile polymers into perspective
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Sustainability: responses and discussion :

Responses:

1.40-2.00
Chris Sherwin (Head of Innovation: Forum for the Future):
Key Innovation Challenges for a Sustainable Future
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2.00 - 2.20
Ed Douglas (Climber and Freelance Journalist): Inside Out - How Consumerism Changed the Great Outdoors podcast

2.20-2.40
Chuck Kukla (MIT and REI Inc): Developing Sustainable Products: New Measures and Criteria
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2.40-3.00 Afternoon Discussion Panel
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3.00 - 3.20
Refreshments

North American Live Webcasts

3.25 - 3.55
Andrew Vecchione (CEO, Polartec)

& Doug Lumb (Head of Innovation, Polartec)

4.00 - 4.40
David Laboustor (CEO, Mountain Equipment Co-operative)
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4.45 - 5.30
Casey Sheahan (CEO, Patagonia)
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5.30 - 5.45
Concluding remarks - Mike Parsons and Mary Rose