Conference Programme 

Past Reflections and Future Horizons: Environmental law in a post-Brexit World 

Friday 22nd June: 11:30am Welcome from Simon Tilling, UKELA Conference Chair 

11:35 Setting the Scene, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, UKELA President

11:45am Plenary 1: Waste 

Chair:  William Upton, Head of the Planning and Environmental Law Group, 6 Pump Court

Challenges for business:  Chris Jones, Director of Risk Management & Compliance, Cory Environmental 

Challenges for regulators:  Jenny Scott, Environment Agency

The circular economy:  Dan Cooke, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Viridor 

The Scottish approach:  Iain Gulland, CEO, Zero Waste Scotland 

1:15 pm Lunch 

2 pm Keynote speaker - Rt Hon Nick Raynsford,  former Minister of State for Housing and Planning and Chair of the TCPA’s Review of Planning, will provide our key note speech, addressing the role of environmental law in the planning regime and the potential to improve the regime to embed environmental protection, sustainable development and natural capital values within the planning system

2:30pm Plenary 2: Past Reflections and Future Horizons 

Chair: Lord Justice Keith Lindblom, UKELA Patron 

Our panel of experts will debate the successes of environmental law over the past 30 years, the challenges that lie ahead, and the solutions that environmental law can provide.  

The panel includes: 

• Terry A'Hearn, CEO, SEPA 
• Professor Richard Macrory, UCL 
• Professor William Howarth, Professor of Environmental Law, Kent Law School, University of Kent 
• Peter Kellett, Director of Legal Services, Environment Agency 
• Emma Lui, Former Paralegal at Lexis Nexis now Policy Advisor at ONR
• Sue Sljivic, RSK (founder member) and IPLOCA’s first female director 

4:00pm Refreshment Break 

4:30pm Plenary 3: International perspectives 

Chair:  Rose Grogan, 39 Essex Chambers 

The US perspective:  John Milner, American Bar Association SEER Chair 

The South American perspective:  Alex Makray, Partner, CSMV Advogados 

Perspectives from the Solomon Islands, Katrina Moore, Clifford Chance 

6pm AGM 

6:15pm Close 

7pm Dinner, Darwin Conference Suite, Canterbury Campus

Saturday 23rd June: 

8am Working Parties Convenors Meeting

9:15am Plenary 4: The 25 Year Environment Plan and the Natural Environment  

Chair: Sasha Blackmore, Landmark Chambers 

Paul Leinster, Cranfield University, member of Natural Capital Committee and UKELA Patron 

10:30am Refreshment Break 

11am Plenary 5: Brexit update: 

Chair: Begonia Filgueira, Legal Director, Foot Anstey & Co Chair, UKELA's Brexit Task Force

Andrew Bryce, Co-Chair, UKELA's Brexit Task Force

Professor Colin Reid, Dundee University, on ESRC work on Brexit

11:45am Plenary 6: The rise of ESG on the corporate agenda 

Chair: Paul Davies, Latham & Watkins 

Why ESG is the next big thing for environmental lawyers:  Tim Clare, Anthesis (UK) Ltd

Why ESG matters, the client perspective:  speaker invited 

The power of ESG as a vehicle for change, the NGO perspective:  Peter Barnett, ClientEarth

Holding corporates to account through ESG, recent case law on corporate responsibility and corporate separateness:  Stephen Tromans QC, 39 Essex Chambers

1pm Packed Lunch and Special Working Party group session, Plenary 7 : Debate on the post-Brexit environmental principles and governance.

Chair: Professor Richard Macrory QC, University College London

2:30pm Excursions 

7.30pm Gala Dinner, with after dinner speaker - Stanley Johnson 

Rutherford College, Canterbury Campus

Sunday 24th June:  9am Breakfast and departure 

UKELA reserves the right to amend the programme and speakers at any time 

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