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24th October 2013, Holiday Inn Regents Park, London, UK
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SMi presents the 4th...
Shale Gas
Environmental
Summit 2013
22-23 OCTOBER 2013 | HOLIDAY INN REGENTS PARK | LONDON, UK
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
Professor Joe Howe, Director, UCLan Centre for Sustainable Development
SPEAKER PANEL INCLUDES
KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Sort the myths from the facts surrounding pollution and seismic activity
• Debate legislation currently in place and the evolution of policy for better regulation
• Evaluate the technological advancements in environmentally sustainable fracking
solutions
• Analyse public-private awareness & engagement initiatives
• Discuss environmental risk management
• Assess the reality of shale gas as an economically viable alternative to meet the UK and
Europe’s increasing energy consumption
• Dr Marco Althaus, Professor of Social
Sciences, Wildau Technical University
• Joseph Dutton, Research Associate,
Global Gas Security Project, University
of Leicester
• Rob Foulkes, Senior Associate,
Critical Resource
• Vanessa Harvard-Williams, Partner,
Linklaters
• David Kennedy, Chief Executive,
Committee on Climate Change
• Dr Benny Peiser, Director, The Global
Warming Policy Foundation
• Keisuke Sadamori, Director, Energy
Markets and Security, IEA
• Kevin Skipworth, CVO, Agent General,
Government of Western Australia
• Corin Taylor, Senior Economic
Adviser, Institute of Directors
• Jake White, Lawyer, Friends of the
Earth
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Regulatory and environmental issues in shale gas exploration in the UK
and Central & Eastern Europe
Workshop Leaders: Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, Energy, Projects and Construction, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Ian Herbert, Partner, Oil and Gas Team, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
9.00am – 12.00pm

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Day One I Tuesday 22nd October 2013 www.smi-online.co
Shale Gas Environmental Summit 2013
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman's opening remarks
Joe Howe, Director, UCLan Centre for Sustainable
Development, University Of Central Lancashire
OPENING ADDRESS
9.10 Golden rules for a golden age of gas
• Measure, disclose and engage
• Watch where you drill
• Isolate well and prevent leaks
• Treat water responsibly
• Eliminate venting, minimise flaring and other emissions
• Be ready to think big
• Ensure a consistently high level of environmental
performance
Keisuke Sadamori, Director, Energy Markets and Security,
IEA
9.50 Politics of public acceptance across Europe
• Not an engineer's world: Political logic, language, and
lawmaking
• Uncertain trumpets: why the shale gas industry can't sell
itself
• NIMBY 2.0: the 21st century variants of the Not-In-My-
Backyard Syndrome
• Campaign momentum: transnational movement politics
and media tactics
• Lose the battles, win the war: why strategy must be
unconventional
• The lobbying-leadership quest: shaping the terms of
acceptance through advocacy
Marco Althaus, Professor of Social Sciences,
Wildau Technical University
10.30 Morning coffee
11.00 Getting the message right – perspectives on shale gas
communications
• Importance of clear and consistent positioning and
messaging
• Stakeholder management and collaboration
• Branding and reputation
• Current issues and perspectives
Simon Whitehead, Managing Director, Hill & Knowlton
PANEL DISCUSSION
11.40 "The socio-political journey": the process of industrial
education too deal with the public perception of risks
12.20 Networking lunch
1.40 Finding common ground for shale gas development in
Europe
• Shale gas in Europe and the ‘socio-political license to
operate
• Experience from extractive companies elsewhere
• Finding common ground for shale gas development
Rob Foulkes, Senior Associate, Critical Resource
2.20 Regulating exploratory shale gas operations: the
experience of the Environment Agency (England)
• Understanding environmental risks from shale gas
• What is the regulatory framework in the UK
• What do operators need to demonstrate in their permit
applications
Matt Georges, Senior Advisor, Environment and Business,
Environment Agency
3.00 Regulatory requirements for fracking
• What is the regulatory environment for fracking?
• Is it adequate?
• If not, what changes are needed?
• How would these changes take account of local
communities’ concerns?
Jake White, Environmental Lawyer, Friends of the Earth
3.40 Afternoon tea
4.10 Managing the regulatory, planning and real estate issues
associated with shale projects in the UK
• Property rights, compulsory purchase and case law
relevant to onshore shale projects
• Key planning policy and stakeholder engagement issues
• Community benefit sharing under existing policy and
proposals
• Emerging UK and EU energy and environmental regulation
Vanessa Harvard-Williams, Partner and Global Head of
Environment and Climate Change Team, Linklaters
4.50 Regulatory developments for the exploration of shale gas in
Central and Eastern Europe
• Update on the current status of the legislation of Bulgaria,
Romania, Ukraine and Poland regarding the shale gas
exploration
• Environmental aspects of the shale gas exploration in CEE
Environmental Impact Assessments
• The public procurement aspects of shale gas exploration in
CEE
• Outline of the likely developments in the shale gas
regulation in CEE
Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, Energy, Projects and
Construction, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
5.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
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8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman's opening remarks
Joe Howe, Director, UCLan Centre for Sustainable
Development, University Of Central Lancashire
OPENING ADDRESS
9.10 Role of shale gas in a low-carbon economy
• Overview of the path to building a low-carbon economy
• Economics of investment in low-carbon technologies
compared to gas-fired generation
• Potential roles for shale gas in providing power and heat
David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change
9.50 Western Australia’s unconventional gas sector – an emerging
new industry
• A look at the regulation in place for Western Australia’s
emerging shale and tight gas sector
• The importance of protecting the community and environment
• The need for strong community engagement
Kevin Skipworth CVO, Agent General, Government of Western
Australia
10.30 Morning coffee
11.00 UK Shale: balancing the environmental debate
• Lessons for the UK and Europe from the US experience
• The realities of environmental impacts in the UK
• The National Planning Policy Framework and UK shale
development
• In which arena should the environmental shale debate be
framed?
Joseph Dutton, Research Associate, Global Gas Security Project,
University Of Leicester
11.40 Shale gas and groundwater in the UK
• Water demand and sourcing
• Relationship of potential shale gas source rocks and aquifers
• Potential contaminants and migration pathways
• Baseline monitoring – ahead of the game
Robert Ward, Director of Groundwater Science,
British Geological Survey
12.20 Networking lunch
1.40 Shale Gas: Skills, Security and Sustainability
• The energy challenge
• Maximising local economic impact through supply chain
Development and social sustainability
• Regulation, health and safety
• Research informed shale gas growth co-alitions
• Investment in training and education programmes
Joe Howe, Director, UCLan Centre for Sustainable Development,
University Of Central Lancashire
2.20 Shale gas: surface footprint and environmental benefits
• The surface footprint of potential shale gas production in the UK
• Water use and truck movements
• Environmental benefits of shale gas in the US
• Carbon reduction targets
Corin Taylor, Senior Economic Adviser, Institute of Directors
3.00 Will Europe miss the shale gas revolution?
• Shale shock and the crisis of Europe's climate and energy policy
• EU between Lisbon agenda and green agenda
• Cheap shale, US industrial revival and Europe's competitive crisis
• Britain's shale schizophrenia
• The myth of Europe's small shale reserves
• Green vs growth: who will win the battle for Europe's energy
future?
Dr Benny Peiser, Director, The Global Warming Policy
Foundation
3.40 Afternoon tea
4.10 Replacing or displacing demand for coal?
• How permanent is the rise in cheaper gas in the US?
• What has this done to domestic production and demand for coal?
• How has the enlarged US coal export affected the fuel mix in
Europe and other parts of the world?
Anthony Froggatt, Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment
and Resources, Chatham House
4.50 Getting shale gas to market in the UK
• Briefing on UK gas grid (extent, ownership)
• Location of shale compared to gas grid
• Lessons from the UK biomethane to grid market
• Options for test gas flows - gas to grid, electricity, CNG by road
• Options for commercial gas flows
• Gas quality requirements
• Gas pressure
• Capacity booking and gas sales
• Project timetable for the different gas monetisation options
John Baldwin, Managing Director, CNG Services Limited
5.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

4. Regulatory and environmental
issues in shale gas exploration
in the UK and Central &
Eastern Europe
9.00am-12.00pm
Workshop Overview:
This workshop is to allow participants to gain a greater
understanding of some of the practical issues to be
addressed by those organisations looking to explore for
and produce shale gas in Europe, with a focus on issues
specific to some of the key markets, namely the UK and
Central & Eastern Europe.
Agenda:
8.30 Registration and coffee
9.00 Welcome and introduction to the regulatory
and environmental issues
10.00 Coffee Break
10.15 Group Exercises covering the approaches
and developments in tackling issues
11.15 Summary and final discussion between the
participants
12.00 End of workshop
Who should attend:
This workshop has been designed for legal experts and
representatives of shale gas exploration. Equally, for
anyone wishing to gain greater insight into the practical
issues associated with shale gas exploration and
production in key European markets.
About the workshop leaders:
Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, Energy,
Projects and Construction, CMS Cameron
McKenna LLP
Kostadin is widely considered as one of the
leading energy lawyers in Bulgaria, advising
on many of the country’s largest projects in recent
years; he previously worked as the Chief of Minister’s
Cabinet within the Ministry of Energy, and was part of
the working group which prepared Bulgaria’s current
energy legislation.
Ian Herbert, Partner, Oil and Gas Team,
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Ian is part of CMS’ London energy team, and
regularly advises some of the leading oil & gas
companies, including BP, BG, Talisman and
Maersk, on a variety of onshore and offshore
infrastructure projects, services contracts, and
mergers & acquisitions. He has spent 18 months on
secondment with BP Angola and previously worked for
McDermott, the US based offshore oil & gas contractor.
About the organisation:
CMS is widely recognised as one of the leading global
law firms for oil & gas, having worked in the industry
for many years, and with one of the largest teams of
industry specialists. Many of CMS’ lawyers have spent
time in-house or on secondment to leading players in
the market. CMS’ industry knowledge and specialist
expertise allow it to offer clients much more than just
technical legal advice; CMS is also able to advise on
market practice, negotiating positions and risk
assessment informed by a thorough understanding of
local and international issues.
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