WCRAQ Emissions Reduction Workshop in association with IRTE Ireland North Centre
9 October, 2024/ 13:00 – 16:00
Titanic Centre Belfast
In-person only
12:30 – 13:00: Coffee and tea and networking
13:00 – 16:00: Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality – Emissions Reduction workshop in partnership with IRTE Ireland North – Hosted by Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council
13:00 – 13:05: Welcome and protocol – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council
13:05 – 13:20: WCRAQ in Parliament Update – Barry Sheerman MP, Chair Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality
13:20 – 13:40: WCRAQ Update – Jason Airey, Founder, WCRAQ
13:40 – 14:00: Insights into electrification adoption – Nathan Wilson, Account & Area Sales Manager United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland, Alisson Transmission
- Find out about the truth about what will happen to EV adoption.
- Discover the benefits of EVs for air quality.
- Learn about Allison Transmission’s role in moving the industry forward.
14:00 – 14:30: Air quality in Northern Ireland: health, evidence and policy – Neil Rowland, Senior Research Fellow, Queen’s Business School (QBS)
- Discover research that has been carried out to better understand the single greatest environmental threat to public health in Northern Ireland – air pollution.
- Learn how air quality improvements have been achieved over recent decades.
- Understand what may need to be done to improve air quality in Northern Ireland to protect current and future generations.
14:30 – 15:55: Questions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council
15:55 – 16:00: Close of event and future actions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council
To secure your space, please reply to Ann-Marie Knegt
Date TBC (postponed)
- 11:00-12:30: in-person event only
- WCRAQ Hydrogen Working Party
- Location: ULEMco HQ, Liverpool
- Chair: Jason Airey
Speaker: Amanda Lyne, MD, ULEMco – Timescales and specification/sweet spots for hydrogen commercial vehicle solutions that will deliver CO2 reduction and improved AQ before 2030.
12:30 – 16:00: in-person event only
Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]
- Date TBC (postponed)
- WCRAQ Energy Fuels and Vehicles Working Party
- 11:00 – 15:00: in-person event only.
- Chair: Jason Airey
Speaker: Charles Stephenson – JCB HQ Stafford – HICE (hydrogen internal combustion engine)
Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]
Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality – Emissions Reduction Workshop North
- Oulton Hall, Leeds
- 13 November 2024
- Admission free
- In-person event only
14:30 – 15:00: Coffee and tea and networking
15:00 – 16:00: Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality – Emissions Reduction workshop
15:00 – 15:05: Welcome and protocol – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications
15:05 – 15:20: What is coming up with WCRAQ? – Barry Sheerman, Chair, Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality
15:20 – 15:40: WCRAQ Update – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ
15:40 – 16:10: Fleet decarbonisation – procurement – John Lomax, Business Development Manager North England and Wales, TPPL
- Learn about TPPL and its position in UK procurement.
- Discover how and which fleet market trends impact the supply chain.
- See how the ZEV Mandate affects the fleet sector and discover the latest fleet market trends – VETS (Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes).
- Learn about EV charging infrastructure procurement and hydrogen vehicle and refuelling infrastructure procurement.
16:10 – 16:25: Questions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications
16:25 – 16:30: Close of event and future actions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications
Request to attend by emailing [email protected]
25 November 2024
- WCRAQ Air Health Working Party
- 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
- Chair: Prof Sir Stephen Holgate
Speaker: Prof Rosie McEachan, Born in Bradford – Air Pollution and health inequalities.
Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]
25 November 2024
- WCRAQ Education WP
- 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
- Chair: Larissa Lockwood
Speaker: Nathan Wood, Ventil8 Day on 8 November 2024
Request to attend by emailing Sally Cumner at [email protected]