Below you will find links to the presentations given by speakers at the Energy Action Scotland Annual Conference 2024.
SOLUTIONS FOR FUEL POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Day 1 Thursday 14 November 2024
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome
Frazer Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Action Scotland
Maureen McIntosh, Director of Customer Services, SGN
09:45 – 11:15 Upstream: where do we need to intervene in order to save lives?
Chair: Ann Loughrey, Independent Social Justice and Fuel Poverty Expert
Speakers:
Professor Phil Mackie, Prevention Lead, Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership/Professor in Public Health, University of Aberdeen
Harriet Thomson, Professor of Energy, Sustainability and Inequality, University of Glasgow
11:45 – 13:00 Workshops
Breakout 1: Understanding the Retrofit Funding Environment
Mark MacLeod & Sophia Bates, Home Energy Scotland – Energy Saving Trust
Nicola McLeod, Warmworks
Jackie Westerman, Argyll & Bute Council
Paul Slater, ScottishPower
Breakout 2: Fuel Poverty Strategy
Maya Fitchett, Policy Analyst, NEA
Ben Saltmarsh, Head of Wales, NEA
Pat Austin, NEA Northern Ireland
Kate Cunningham, Energy Action Scotland
Breakout 3: Working with vulnerable households
Adam Scorer, NEA
Kerry Potter, SGN
Kyle McKee, Cunninghame Housing Association
Emma Bernard, Energy Agency
Ewelina Lukaszek, Fuel Poverty Officer, ELREC
16:00 – 17:15 Retrofit: Bridging the Skills Gap
Chair: Chris Stewart, Past President, RIAS / Architect, Collective Architecture
Speakers:
Lori McElroy, Professor of Architecture, University of Strathclyde
Tom Hamilton, Director – Architect, Graham + Sibbald
Paul Zealey, Skills Planning Lead, Skills Development Scotland
Day 2 Friday 15 November 2024
9:30 – 11:00 Ministerial Session
Chair: Frazer Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Action Scotland
Speakers:
Dr Alasdair Allan MSP, Minister for Climate Action
Jim McCormick, CEO, The Robertson Trust
Chris Burt, Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
11:30 – 13:00 Making It Right, Making It Fair (social justice) – in the Auditorium
Chair: Liz Marquis, Previous Director, Energy Agency
Speakers:
Professor Stephen Sinclair, Chair, Poverty & Inequality Commission
Ellie Wagstaff, Senior Policy Manager, Marie Curie Scotland
Stephen Smellie, UNISON Branch Secretary, Just Transition Commission
Simon Francis, Coordinator, End Fuel Poverty Coalition