5th, 6th & 7th November 2019 at the BONUS ARENA, HULL

• Keynote political, business & academic speakers
• Panel discussions, seminar & break-out sessions
• 1,000+ delegates from across the sector
• 100+ exhibitors from across the North of England & beyond
• Investors, B2B networking & showcasing innovative technologies

The first week of November will see Hull hosting this major event focusing on energy, decarbonisation, transition and clean growth in the North of England.  Expected to draw over a thousand attendees, the event will showcase the North’s successes and aspirations; debate the hot topics for policy makers; consider future technologies and ground-breaking research; assess the economic environment for businesses of all sizes and their workforces; and illustrate the case for inward investment across these regions.  Further information on agendas, speakers and formats will be circulated soon, but please put these dates in your diary and spread the word!  The event will also feature a large exhibition area as well as break-out meetings and social events. If you are an organisation that would be interested in taking an exhibition space, being a headline partner, sponsoring part of the event, or ensuring that your marketing is seen by attendees and invitees, please contact r.royal@humberlep.org

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Each month Aura will be hosting a free, bite-sized breakfast event to keep the region up to date on emerging green energy solutions, product developments and innovations that are making a fundamental impact on businesses today.

And, you’ll also have chance to network with like-minded businesses, plus, enjoy a free breakfast on us.

07.45 – 09.30 am at ergo business centre

The next event is on Friday 28 June where you can hear about ‘smart systems’. Join the discussion, discover how smart technology has transformed businesses in the area, how smart systems have been utilised to enhance the way we move goods and manage supply chains, plus, how penguins have helped in the design of smart vehicles of the future.

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Santander and the global legal practice Squire Patton Boggs invite you to our roundtable event to discuss “What next for the Chemicals Sector?”. The event will cover taking advantage of opportunities in the Indian market, how businesses can address the growing skills shortages in the sector, as well as discussing other key issues for the industry, including; regulatory requirements/ REACH, international trade and joint ventures.

We will also be joined by representatives from the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), Department for International Trade (DIT), Invest India, the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Make UK and Sannam S4.

o Time 16:00-18:00
o Date Wed 3 Jul 2019
o Venue Squire Patton Boggs, 6 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP

Why India?
Once seen as a competitor to Western companies, India is now a growing net importer of chemicals and also increasingly becoming a part of the global supply chain. India is rapidly outpacing China as the world’s fastest growing major economy and its specialty Chemicals market has witnessed an annual growth rate of 14% over the last five years alone. Further, India’s imports of chemicals has now reached in excess of 38bn USD – with a market forecast of 90bn USD by 2023. Key opportunities have therefore opened up within its fastest growing sectors, including; Automotive, Personal care and Cosmetics & fragrances, Construction and specialised water treatments.

Following India’s recent national elections – the largest democratic exercise in the world – the incumbent government has been assigned with a decisive mandate to accelerate the pace of growth and reform.  Our India experts will be on-hand to share insights; on key trends, best practices, challenges faced by businesses when entering the Indian market and the opportunities on offer in return.

The Skills Challenge
The Chemicals sector is currently facing a variety of skills and recruitment challenges. These challenges include recruiting qualified personnel, apprenticeships and training and development. However, in 2018, our Santander Universities programme supported over 2,000 industry placements.

We will share how your business can access the scheme with potential benefits for employer and student.
Invest India will provide an overview on the availability of diverse skills and talent pools India has to offer.
We will also be discussing the challenges ahead, sharing ideas and seeking answers on how companies can attract staff, and address the need to develop the necessary skills to support the UK sector’s future.

To register please contact – jon.gillgrass@santander.co.uk

Applications for the Queens Awards are now being accepted.

If you would like to make an application please follow this link: https://www.gov.uk/queens-awards-for-enterprise

What happens if your company wins…

If you win you’ll be:

• invited to a Royal reception
• presented with the award at your company by one of The Queen’s representatives, a Lord-Lieutenant
• able to fly The Queen’s Awards flag at your main office, and use the emblem on your marketing materials (for example, on your packaging, advertisements, stationery and website)
• given a Grant of Appointment (an official certificate) and a commemorative crystal trophyWinners have reported benefiting from worldwide recognition, increased commercial value, greater press coverage and a boost to staff morale.
• The awards are valid for 5 years.

Winners have reported benefiting from worldwide recognition, increased commercial value, greater press coverage and a boost to staff morale.

IOSH is pleased to announce that the programme is now available, and bookings are open for this IOSH Hazardous Industries Group event, ‘Managing change in hazardous industries’ on 02 July in Manchester.

The event includes an interactive workshop for you to discuss challenges and successes with Management of Change (MoC), and aims to educate and inform delegates about:

• areas of business and physical changes that require management
  ●covering organisational change
  ●physical plant changes
  ●knowledge management and related creeping change
  ●presenting tools
  ●examples of how these changes can be managed
  ●the standards used to guide the adequacy of these arrangements.

Take a look at the programme and line-up of speakers for more information, and to secure your place visit the online booking page. Alternatively, you can email the Bookings Team or call them on 0116 257 3197.

If you have any questions about the event, please email Louise Griffin, IOSH Event Co-ordinator, or call 0116 257 3373

• Drax Group, Equinor and National Grid Ventures announce new zero carbon partnership
• Commitment marks first significant response from industry following Committee on Climate Change’s Net Zero report
• Plan could deliver the UK’s first zero carbon cluster and help position Great Britain at the heart of the global energy revolution

Drax Group, Equinor and National Grid Ventures have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) committing them to work together to explore how a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility could be constructed in the Humber in the mid-2020s.

This is the first significant action from industry since the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recently published its Net Zero report, which found that CCUS and hydrogen technology developed in regional industrial clusters is essential if Great Britain is going to achieve a ‘net zero’ carbon economy by 2050.

The partnership could lead to the Humber becoming the world’s first net zero carbon region and home to a new world leading hydrogen economy.

Commenting on the partnership, Will Gardiner, Drax Group CEO, said: “The Committee on Climate Change was clear – the UK needs both bioenergy with CCS and hydrogen production at scale by 2030 to achieve a ‘net zero’ carbon economy. This partnership is committed to meeting this challenge putting Great Britain at the heart of the global energy revolution.

“With Drax’s carbon negative power station, the Humber region could lead the world in new technologies that can deliver for the climate and the economy, helping to create a cleaner environment for future generations whilst creating new jobs and export opportunities for British businesses

“We’re excited to be working with National Grid Ventures and Equinor on this project – for decades the Humber has been a strategically important industrial cluster for the UK – it has the skills, industrial capability as well as offshore storage to transform itself into a cutting-edge low carbon hub.”

Irene Rummelhoff, Equinor’s executive vice president for marketing, midstream and processing, said: “As a global leader in CCS and a major gas supplier to the UK for many decades, we are committed to helping shape sustainable solutions for a low carbon future.

“We are pleased to be partnering with Drax and National Grid Ventures in looking at how the Humber region can be a launch pad for wider decarbonisation in the UK economy and be an example for others to learn from. Globally we must see substantial decarbonisation of industry and energy in the years ahead, and we believe CCS and hydrogen must play a significant role in this.”

Jon Butterworth, Chief Operating Officer, Global Transmission, for National Grid Ventures, said: “We all agree that we must act now to start delivering a ‘net-zero’ carbon economy. That’s why we’re delighted to be working together with Equinor and Drax. This is a project of great potential for the UK and the Humber region and we look forward to leveraging our skills and expertise to enable this transition.

“We have seen rapid progress in decarbonising energy through established technologies such as wind power, solar and electricity interconnectors. CCUS and hydrogen create a new pathway to greater decarbonisation of the energy system and provide a platform for decarbonising other areas of our economy, which will be to the benefit of current and future generations.”

The three companies will work together to:

• Explore the opportunity to scale-up the innovative bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot project at the Drax Power Station in order to create the world’s first carbon negative power station in the 2020s.
• Explore the potential development of a large-scale hydrogen demonstrator within the Drax site by as early as the mid-2020s – in line with the CCC’s recommendation that hydrogen should be produced at scale in at least one industrial cluster by 2030.
• Explore the strategic opportunities in developing a cutting-edge hydrogen economy in the region.

Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire is already capturing a tonne of carbon dioxide a day from its innovative bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot project. If it is scaled up it could serve as the ‘anchor’ for a regional CCUS network capturing millions of tonnes of carbon each year from nearby industrial emitters.

The consortium has the collective expertise and credibility to deliver on the CCC recommendation for large-scale trials of hydrogen, development of CCS transport and storage infrastructure, and the deployment of BECCS at scale.

A study outlining the technical, economic and societal opportunities for CCUS and hydrogen in the Humber region will be published by the partners later this year.

HUMBER ROYAL HALL HOTEL, LITTLECOATES ROAD, GRIMSBY DN34 4LX

Dress: Black tie

19.00 – 19.45  Arrivals and Reception

19.45  Welcome Speech by David Talbot, Chairman of the Energy Institute – Humber Branch

20.00 – 22.00 Dinner in the Royal Suite – Magician Steve Greenwood will be entertaining guests during the Dinner.

22.00 – 22.15 Charity Raffle in aid of Andy’s Children’s’ Hospice Grimsby, Cardiology Ward Grimsby Hospital, Ward 10 & ICU Castle Hill Hospital Hull, Hull & East Yorkshire Relate and RNLI, Cleethorpes.

22.15 –  23.00 Entertainment – Shawn Dean Singing Duo.

21.00 – 23.59 A “Selfie” Photo booth will be available in the Function Entrance area

23.00 – 00.30 Disco

00.30               Bar closes

01.00               Carriages

INFORMATION

Hotel rooms bookings available at the Humber Royal Hotel – tel: 01472 240024 quoting “Energy Institute Dinner Dance, 4 October”. Rates £73.50 B&B – double room, £65.00 – single room.  Please book early to get this best available rate.   Room cancellation – up to 12.00 pm on the day of arrival.

Special dietary requirements, please advise brant@talktalk.net by Monday, 23 September.

Table Wine orders may be placed before the event with Vanessa Hawkins, Humber Royal Hotel – tel: 01472 240024.  Email: sales@icon-hotels.co.uk   See accompanying wine list.

There will be a wine table in the Function Entrance area for arriving guests so that they can set up a credit card account for their drinks and order table wines.

MENU

Starter

Poached Asparagus on a bed of Vegetarian Black Pudding and Sauce Bearnaise

Main

Sirloin of Scottish Beef with Nutmeg Green Beans and Chasseur Sauce served with two Vegetable bundles

Vegetarian Option: Sweet Potato and Leek Tartlet, Green Salad and Pink Peppercorn Sauce

Sweet

Banoffee Pie with Toffee Sauce and Salted Caramel Ice Cream

Cheese and Biscuits

Coffee, Tea and Mints