Conference: Reducing the Impact of Emissions from Aviation and Shipping

Reducing the Impact of Emissions from Aviation and Shipping
September 9, 2011
City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh

This one-day event, jointly organised by NMU lead partner TRI and the Royal Meteorological Society (Scottish section), will bring together representatives of the aviation and shipping industries and climate change researchers to exchange views on how to reduce the impact of emissions from shipping and aviation and the implications for climate change.

An earlybird registration fee of £50 (plus VAT) is available for registrations before 30th June 2011 (£70 plus VAT after this), and a discounted fee of £30 plus VAT is available to students and Royal Meteorological Society members.

Key speakers confirmed include:

John Blackwood, Aerospace and Marine International, Aberdeen
Jonathon Counsell, Head of Environment, British Airways plc
Erik Fridell, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Unit, Gothenburg
Jan Fuglestvedt, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), Oslo
Emma Irvine, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
Andy Kerr, Edinburgh Centre on Climate Change
Laurie Price, Director of Aviation Strategy, Mott MacDonald

For more information, and to register online, please visit the conference website.