RESPONSIBLE AVIATION

Date: Friday 17th June 2011
Venue: Concorde Suite at Manchester Airport

Sponsors: Manchester Airport and Thomas Cook

A one day conference addressing the question

What would Responsible Aviation look like?

The aviation industry faces real challenges in seeking to become more sustainable, this conference programme has been put together to provide an opportunity to hear from academics and others about the challenges, and from some industry speakers about what they are doing, and what more could be done to make aviation more sustainable.

Due to generous sponsorship from Manchester Airport and with support from Thomas Cook the ICRT is able to provide this one day conference without charge.

Friday June 17th in the Concorde Suite at Manchester Airport

10:00 Registration opens

10:15 Shuttle bus from the Bus Station opposite the Railway Station at the airport – this allows for arrival by rail from London on the Friday morning. For those wishing to stay overnight there are a number of hotels at the airport, and the venue is only 30 minutes from central Manchester.

10:30 Opening of the conference, Professor Harold Goodwin ICRT, Leeds Metropolitan University and conference chair. Audio PPnt

10:40 The Challenge of Peak Oil for the Travel and Tourism Sector Susanne Becken, Associate Professor at Lincoln University, New Zealand and Director of the Land Environment and People (LEaP) Research Centre. Audio PPnt

11:00 Climate Policy Imperatives: John Broderick, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Audio PPnt

11:20 Questions and Discussion

11:30 Coffee

11:45 The Environmental Challenges at Manchester Airport Tim Walmsley, Head of Environment, Manchester Airport
Audio PPnt

12:00 The Social and Economic Sustainability Issues Wendy Sinfield, Community Relations Manager, Manchester Airport.
Audio PPnt
12:15 Questions and Discussion

12:30 Lunch

13:30 The Challenge of Making Aviation more Sustainable Ruth Holroyd, Group Head of Sustainability, The Thomas Cook Group PLC Audio PPnt

13:45 Aviation and Environmental Sustainability Victoria Barlow, Environmental Manager, Thomas Cook Audio PPnt

14:00 The Pilot’s Perspective, the operational issues Jason Robinson, Pilot, Thomas Cook Airlines Audio PPnt

14:15 Carbon Offsetting and TUI's approach: a carbon contribution through the World Care Fund, James Whittingham, Group Environment Manager, TUI Travel PLC Audio PDF

14:30 Panel Discussion

15:00 Coffee and Tea

15:15 Be Carbon Friendly: Fly Smart, Harold Goodwin Fly Smart Audio PPnt

15:30 The sustainability challenge to aviation Anthony Rae - volunteer aviation campaigner, Friends of the Earth Audio PPnt

15:45 Looking for the Green Horizon Kharam Khalsa, Green Horizon Aviation, Canada Audio PPnt

16:00 Panel Discussion

16:15 So what would Responsible Aviation look like? Panel Discussion chaired by Harold Goodwin with Luke Pollard, Head of Public Affairs, ABTA - The Travel Association; Christopher Surgenor, Editor, GreenAir Online, Anthony Rae Friends of the Earth
Audio
17:00 Close

A shuttle bus will take participants back to the railway station and the airport

The ICRT will be publishing a report on the conference outcomes.

To register for a place, numbers are limited, please email responsibleaviation@gmail.com