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the
the national
national
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
SUMMIT
SUMMIT2017
2016
Securing Ireland’s
CITYWEST HOTEL
Securing Ireland’sFuture
January 31st 2017
Future
Securing
Ireland’s Future
Connecting Key Stakeholders
Responsible for Creating a
Sustainable Ireland
#sustainability17 @SustainSum
www.sustainabilitysummit.ieSpeakers CITYWEST HOTEL January 31st 2017
Arran Dowling-Hussey energy, economics, infrastructure, arts & culture, beyond is a highly experienced management executive, with
Editor – Construction, Engineering & waste. In each chapter solutions are proposed to make significant expertise in sustainability, enterprise, and
Energy Law Journal of Ireland Galway City more environmentally self-sustainable by stakeholder engagement in both the public and private
2030. The document was drawn up by the Transition sector. As well as mentoring businesses directly, she
Galway members in consultation with the Galway public. works with local government to ensure the sustainable
Arran Dowling-Hussey is a practising Barrister, development of an effective environment for doing
Arbitrator and Mediator. He edits the Construction, Ali Sheridan business, and successful local economic development
Engineering and Energy Law Journal of Ireland. Arran is Sustainability Development Manager in the County.
a former full time member of the School of Law of Dublin Origin Green, Bord Bia
City University. She has previously worked for Arup Consulting
Engineers, Local Government and as a self employed
Alastair McKinstry Ali has worked in sustainability for over ten years Sustainability Consultant, as well as a lecturer on
Heads Environmental Activities across the private, public and NGO sectors both Sustainable Business and Environmental Management
ICHEC at home and abroad. She has recently joined Bord for Maynooth University and UCD.
Bia as Sustainability Development Manager where
she is part of the team involved in the development Anne-Marie Roddy
With the EPA and Met Éireann, ICHEC has been and implementation of Bord Bia’s Origin Green Business Development Manager
preparing projections for climate change in Ireland for Sustainability. SDS Energy Group Ltd
the 21st century, which have been published, nationally
and as part of the UN IPCC report in 2013. In this talk, Prior to this Ali spent two years working as an Origin
we will summarise the results and expected changes, Green Ambassador where she represented the Irish I have recently joined SDS Group Ireland Ltd in their
and describe how High Performance computing is Food and Drinks Industry while undertaking projects Dundalk Office. SDS is an award winning Energy
preparing for these changes: adding new forecasting with PepsiCo, Subway and the Sustainable Agriculture Services Group with a proven track record of delivering
capabilities for agriculture, and using “Big Data” and Initiative (SAI) Platform. She has previously worked complete solutions within the energy industry.
exascale computing to extend weather forecasting to 2 across a range of sustainability roles in Bearingpoint,
weeks, and opening the realm of seasonal and decadal Green-Schools and Dublin City Council. We provide a range of services from independent energy
forecasts. certification right through to energy saving products and
Ali holds MSc Business Sustainability (UCD Smurfit), asset management.
Ali Madani MSc Management for Sustainable Development (DCU), Our team of Chartered Engineers and Economists are
Director and a BSc Environmental Management (DIT). geared towards managing our clients’ energy portfolio
Avicenne whilst working to maximise commercial effectiveness.
Antonio Bruno
Director I hope that you will benefit from our extended range of
Since 1990 he has been working on strategic and Strive International Consulting Limited services and I look forward to growing with our existing
marketing studies in the medical sector. He has advised clients whilst building new working relationships along
major players in this industry on strategy development the way.
and implementation, technical and economic Antonio Bruno, was born in 1977 in Italy. He has
appraisals, and mergers & acquisitions. He has advised a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business For further information on our products and services
also the medium and small size companies for market Administration, a Master Advanced Study Program in please contact me and I would be happy to meet with
researches and strategic partnerships in USA, Europe Strategic Marketing and Product Management and you to discuss further.
and BRICS. In 2005, Ali founded the annual medical Master in Responsable Marketing & E-Commerce.
industry conference and exhibition, Implants which he He is the founder and Director at Strive International Dr Alan Gilmer – Principal Investigator,
presides ever since. Consulting Limited. Before has was Marketing and Environmental Sustainability & Health
Business Development Manager at the Federation of Institute, Dublin Institute of Technology
Aoibheann O’Brien Italian Business in Ireland focusing on Promotional
Co-founder events and Business projects in Ireland for italian firms.
FoodCloud In the past he was PromoExport Consultant at Intertrade Dr Alan Gilmer is an experienced consultant, scientist
– Special Agency Salerno Chamber of Commerce, and academic who has worked in industry, research
promoting annual services and trade events abroad, and teaching for nearly 25 years. Dr Gilmer completed
Aoibheann O’Brien, is co-founder of FoodCloud which and Marketing and communication consultant at the his PhD at University College Dublin in the area of
provides innovative solutions for surplus food for Chambre de commerce italienne au Canada. He was eco-hydrological modelling and terrestrial carbon
the food industry. Before becoming a successful and also Associate Consultant at Octagona and his job was cycling and has worked in the United States, Canada,
recognised social entrepreneur, Aoibheann worked as to Promote of business expansion projects in India, Britain and Ireland. Prior to joining the Dublin Institute
an investment banker in London. Aoibheann has been Vietnam and Brasil. of Technology he worked at University of Guelph,
recognised for her efforts with awards, including the SEI Canada and University College Dublin. Dr Gilmer
Impact Award, Ben and Jerry’s Join Our Core Winner and Previously he was Associate Consultant at Onemedit is currently based in the College of Engineering &
the 2016 Green Awards. Aoibheann has a BA in Law and SRL promoting of business expansion projects in mena Build Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology
Accounting and an MSc in Environmental Science. Region and Turkey. Previously he was Export Marketing – his research interests include the general area of
Manager for many food companies managing Export biosphere–climate interaction, landscape-ecosystem
Aoibheann McCann marketing plans and sales strategies and promotion in fluvial processes, environmental management and
Transition Galway the foreign markets. policy, sustainable development, eco-innovation, the
green business movement, bio-resource/land-use
Andrea Carroll management, landscape analysis and modelling. He
Sustainable Business Programme has published in the areas of sustainable land-use
Aoibheann McCann has a long history of being involved Manager, South Dublin Chamber development, ecosystem management, sustainability
in environmental causes in Galway City. She has a and sustainable policy and land-use carbon cycling
background in management in the Voluntary Sector and climate change. He is also a Principal Investigator
and is also a qualified secondary school teacher. She is Andrea Carroll is Sustainable Business Programme in the Environmental Sustainability & Health Institute
currently undertaking the Postgrad in The Management Manager at South Dublin Chamber. As such she is and the Water Innovation Research Centre in the Dublin
of Sustainable Development at DCU. involved with a variety of projects based on the idea Institute of Technology through which a number of
of the Triple Bottom Line for sustainable business – PhD and Post-Doctoral students are supervised and
A Vision for Galway 2030 is made up of eight chapters; considering the economic, social and environmental which operates a multidisciplinary outreach model
food & water, inner transition, community & education, bottom line of the businesses she works with. She of collaboration and innovation with industry. Other
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recent initiatives and interests include the integration Barry Caslin has an extensive record of scholarly publication. He is
of sustainability modelling with socio-economic Bioenergy and Rural Development currently affiliated with the DCU Energy and Design Lab
analysis and management in relation to eco-innovation Specialist – Teagasc where he is focussed on systems approaches to deep
across a range of industry sectors. This represents decarbonisation.
a new approach that provides a structure and focus
for the development of capacity in environmental Barry Caslin is Teagasc Bioenergy and Rural Professor Dermot Diamond
communication, particularly in relation to the Development Specialist. Prior to joining the specialist Principal Investigator INSIGHT Centre
climate change agenda and seeks to leverage new service Barry worked for eight years in the advisory Dublin City University
communication tools and systems thinking in policy service with Teagasc and prior to that worked with
development. Glanbia in Germany in the meat industry. Barry has
presented a local radio programme on Shannonside Dermot Diamond received his Ph.D. and D.Sc. from
Alan Hendry Northern Sound for four year for Macra na Feirme on Queen’s University Belfast and joined DCU in 1987.
Director of Sustainability youth related issues and on Ocean FM for three years on He was Vice-President for Research at Dublin City
Jacobs behalf of Teagasc where he presented an agricultural University (2002-2004) and was director (2007-2015)
show. Barry works in the Crops Environment and Land and founding member of the National Centre for
Use Programme in Teagasc together with the Rural Sensor Research (www.ncsr.ie) at DCU. In 2002, he
Alan is the Director of Sustainability at Jacobs and Economy and Development Programme. He has a hons was awarded the inaugural silver medal for Sensor
is based in Glasgow. He has 29 years of experience, degree in Agricultural Science from UCD and a Masters Research by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London. He
starting as a town planner and moving to work in in Environmental Protection from Sligo IT. was awarded the DCU President’s Award for Research
sustainability 1996. Alan has a wide appreciation of the Excellence (2006) and the DCU President’s Award for
application of sustainability within both the public and Brian Gray Innovation (2015). In May 2014, in recognition of his
private sectors having worked in both and supported Corporate Sustainability Coordinator academic contributions and achievements, he was
a wide range of organisations with their embedding of ESB Group admitted to Membership of the Royal Irish Academy. In
sustainability. April 2015 he was awarded the Boyle Higgins Gold Medal
by the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland in recognition of
Alan supports Jacobs’ Global Community of Practice on Brian is an economist by qualification and also holds his research achievements. He is currently a principal
Sustainability and runs the Jacobs Global Sustainability an MBA, with 11 years experience in the electrical utility investigator in the SFI INSIGHT Centre (http://www.
Call which features senior presenters from leading industry and a further 12 years international experience insight-centre.org) and a member of the EU Future
businesses and business organisations. Through this gained working in continental Europe, the Middle East and Emerging Technologies programme advisory group
he has developed an excellent network of contacts and the USA. Having initially joined ESB International (FETAG). His research is focused on the fundamental
across Government, Government Agencies and NGO’s, as a Management Systems Consultant, specializing science of stimuli responsive polymers, the development
businesses, business organisations and local authorities in the integration of quality, safety and environmental of futuristic autonomous chemical sensing platforms,
to create a strong knowledge exchange network. management systems, Brian went on to work as Health and the use of analytical devices and sensors as
& Safety Manager in ESB International and ESB’s information providers for wireless networked systems i.e.
Alan is the Chair of the UK Business Council for generation business, before making the move into building a continuum between the digital and molecular
Sustainable Development in Scotland and is also Corporate Environment and Sustainability in 2013. worlds. Further details of his research can be found at
a Director of the Scottish Energy Association, a http://adaptivesensors.com/.
member of the EDIE Editorial Board and he sits on In his current role, Brian is responsible for the
the Infrastructure Group of the Innovation Scotland coordination of ESB’s spectrum of sustainability Billy Flynn
Construction Centre. programmes that are established across the ESB Ecologist – Flynn Furney Environmental
Group to support the embedding of sustainability into Consultants Ltd
Abdulkadir Hassan operations and the delivery of the corporate strategy.
CEO
ZHE Africa Brian’s current responsibilities include the production of Ecologist, Flynn Furney Environmental Consultants Ltd
ESB’s annual sustainability report, raising the profile of
ESB’s sustainability credentials internally and externally Brian MacName
CEO, ZHE Africa and engaging staff on sustainability issues, as well as Director
bringing increased rigor to an area of the business that Consulteco Ltd.
Barbara MacMahon – Corporate is becoming increasingly regulated.
Sustainability Consultant, Life Cycle
Solutions for Sustainable Business Brendan Guildea Brian MacNamee is a Director of Consulteco Ltd.,
Barrister-at-Law and has masters level degrees in both marketing
Law Library (Ireland) and environmental management and over 25 years’
Barbara is an expert in corporate sustainability having experience in sustainability programmes in the
worked in sustainability and energy teams in electronics public and private sectors, managing energy and
and medical devices industries, consultancies and Called to the Irish bar in 2011. In addition to operating environmental projects, as well as the development
technology providers. An advocate for the Lifecycle a general practice in Dublin, Brendan is an expert of staff engagement programmes and technical
Thinking approach, she has worked on projects including in intellectual property law. He lectured at the Law information products. He has expert knowledge of energy
product lifecycle assessments, alternative material Society last year on the Diploma in Technology Law. and environmental behaviour change in the workplace,
substitutes, portable power technologies, design for end His father is a mathematician and his wife is an avid including motivational and engagement issues.
of life, on-line energy waste reduction, energy demand environmentalist.
and supply balancing as well as the management and Brian Wylie
communication of sustainability metrics and reporting. Prof. Barry McMullin Senior Transportation Planner,
Executive Dean, Engineering and Infrastructure Manager – Iarnród Éireann
Barbara helps organisations develop strategies for Computing Dublin City University
sustainability which add business value and protect
people, the planet and corporate reputation. Barbara Brian is the Senior Transportation Planner within the
holds an MSc. Technology Management and a BSc. Professor Barry McMullin graduated with a BE (Electrical Infrastructure Manager division of Iarnród Éireann /
Industrial Design Engineering. She has presented at Engineering) degree from University College Dublin, Irish Rail. His primary degree is in transportation with
conferences in the sustainable buildings arena and is a in 1980. He worked in industry for a number of years, supporting qualifications in business and management.
member of the Irish Lifecycle Assessment Interest Group. and then joined the School of Electronic Engineering He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics
of Dublin City University in 1987. He has served in and Transport and the Transport Planning Society. Brian
many different academic roles in the University and has 25 years of experience working predominantly in
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the public transport sector. He began his career with warming. WeForest.org continues, with a stated goal Claire Kane
CIE Consult working on a range of transport projects of planting two trillion trees by 2020 and is run from Inbound Marketing Manager
across Europe. Since then he has worked on the Belgium by its current CEO Marie-Noelle Keijzer. Liao Emarkable Digital Marketing Strategies
planning of Dublin’s Luas light rail tram system and is still involved with WeForest and spoke at TED Long
in the Programmes and Projects Department of CIÉ Beach 2011 about it.
before taking up his current role in Iarnród Éireann / Enterprising inbound marketing manager and
Irish Rail in 2006. In 2016 he co-authored a report with He was an official part of the delegation of St Kitts community manager.
the Irish Academy of Engineering titled ‘Sustainable and Nevis to the COP15 UN climate change summit in
Transport Infrastructure 2035’ aimed at making a Copenhagen where he also promoted the science and A DCU Graduate of Media Production Management, a
positive contribution to the discussion on, and formation concepts behind WeForest.org. Marketing and Consumer Behaviour heavy course, I
of, sustainable transportation policy on the island of began my career in online marketing in 2012 at the age
Ireland. In 2011, Liao joined SOSV as their European Venture of 22.
Partner specialising in Internet and social media. He
Brendan Walsh has invested in Mark Little’s Storyful venture, Silicon My love of marketing coupled with my passion for
PhD Researcher Republic and MavenHut. writing has driven me to become an astute and
UCC creative inbound marketer. I am currently working with
Bill Liao and James Whelton founded CoderDojo, a emarkable as Inbound Marketing Manager; helping to
not-for-profit organisation that teaches children how to craft effective content driven marketing campaigns for a
Brendan Walsh is a Chartered Engineer with over code. It aims to teach children creative problem-solving number of B2C and B2B clients across Ireland.
twenty years Industrial and Consultancy experience. He skills and practical creative skills and was launched
holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in Ireland in mid-2011. Liao and Whelton also hope to Over the course my work I have dedicated myself to
and a Master of Engineering Science degree in provide an outlet for children who know how to code to continuous learning and development, determined
research into “Phase Change Materials”. Brendan meet other children with similar interests and work on to mine as much knowledge and skill as I can in the
is currently pursuing a PhD in “Manufacturing projects in an environment with their peers, similar to a industry. I am a Hubspot Certified Inbound Marketer,
Process Sustainability Advancement through a Water- co-working space but less formal. credited with high standards in knowledge of best
Management Value-System” with the Intelligent practice marketing procedures. I also have a FETAC
Efficiency Research Group at University College Cork. Chris MM Gordon qualification in Digital Marketing and I endeavour to
CEO, Irish Social Enterprise Network & continue to add to my education as often as possible.
Bill Liao Founder, BCorp.ie
Co-Founder – CoderDojo.com, Cathy Dodd
EU.IndieBio.co, WeForest.org Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education
Chris MM Gordon is a business and a social and Training Board
entrepreneur. He is driven by those organisations that
Bill Liao (born William Fu Wei Liao, 1967) is an are Well Good. Chris is the CEO of the Irish Social
Australian entrepreneur. Enterprise Network and Founder of BCorp.ie Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training
Board.
He is a venture partner with SOSV and listed as an Chris’ work focuses on leading and managing European
influential investor on Twitter. He is married with three and Nationwide projects on Social Enterprise, Social Colm McDaid
children and lives in Cork, Ireland. Entrepreneurship, Corporate Responsibility, Social Lead Sustainability Architect UK &
Impact,Startups, Cooperatives, Exporting, SMEs in Ireland – Fujitsu Services
Liao is a social networking pioneer,author,speaker and Ireland and leading a life of passion and purpose. He
is engaged in not for profit work. Among his non-profit is a director of Treehouse, Far & Wild and Founder and
endeavours he is a CoderDojo mentor and he has Chair of the Irish Social Enterprise Network (Socent.ie) Colm is the Lead Sustainability Architect for the UK
participated as an investor and volunteer in The Hunger and the Irish Export Cooperative (ExportCoop.ie). Chris is and Ireland with Fujitsu Services and manager of the
Project in Uganda, New York and Mexico. the former Director of Social Enterprise NI. Sustainability Engagement Team.
He has also been appointed as a special diplomatic Through Socent.ie, Chris built Ireland’s largest network He is a Fujitsu Distinguished Engineer and holds a
envoy for St Kitts and Nevis for sustainable development of social enterprises, social entrepreneurs and social Master Degree in Computer Science and a Hons Degree
and the environment. Liao has contributed to the St Kitts innovators in Ireland. Through the ExportCoop.ie, Chris in Engineering. He is also GreenIT Certified and a
and Nevis recovery fund for the sugar cane industry brought together Irish SME exporters reducing business member of the BCS.
there. costs through cooperative means opening up new
avenues for business growth. Colm has a long standing interest in all things
He is also a regular attendee at the TED conferences environmental / sustainable that stretches back almost
and also the World Economic Forum New Champions Chris engages on national discourse and policy 30 years to determining pollution levels whilst at
conference. development providing sectoral reporting, supports college.
and proposals to government. Chris has featured in
Liao was also the Director of Operations (DOO) of the Sunday Times, BBC, Irish Independent, RTÉ, Today His diversified background enables him to fulfil
telecommunications company Davnet, which achieved FM, Sunday Business Post and other media. He recently his passion, which is the use of IT to reduce the
the fastest capital value growth in the history of the contributed to the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Panel environmental impact and he firmly believes that ICT
Australian Stock exchange and which aggregated on Community Interest Companies in Ireland. can help solve a number of major global problems.
Internet access in the riser space of office buildings.
Davnet was acquired by Japanese telecommunications Chris is a Social Innovation Fellow from StartingBloc Colm is currently engaged on a European Commission
carrier Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in the US, a Constellations Society Fellow from France, initiative to determine the Best Environmental
(NTT) in 1996. Liao left Davnet after the acquisition and Tällberg Pathfinder Fellow from Sweden and a Boston Management Practices within the ICT sector. His remit
he turning his attention to other IT endeavours. College/ US Department of State awardee on Social within Fujitsu is to increase awareness of sustainability,
Enterprise and Tackling Long Term Unemployment delivering consultancy to customers, supporting
He was the first external investor in XING.com, then programme. Chris’ passion is in outdoor facilitation, new engagement opportunities and promotion of
called openBC.com, which was founded by Lars Hinrichs youth work, social inclusion and his community sustainability initiatives.
in Germany in 2003. Later, Liao became a supervisory development experience, where he worked in Northern
board member. Ireland for a number of years. Colin Darby
CEO
In 2009, he founded WeForest.org, an organisation Volt Motorcycles
promoting reforestation as a way to combat global
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David McCarthy was General Manager Market Development for British
Colin Darby is the CEO of Volt Motorcycles. Colin has CEO Airways.
over 20 years’ business experience with Ireland’s only Yellow Harbour
microscope specialist company “Micron Optical”, Darran graduated with a First in Geography from
serving clients such as hospitals, industry, research and Cambridge University and holds a post-graduate
universities. David McCarthy is CEO and Founder of Yellow Harbour. diploma in Marketing. Beyond the Carbon Trust, Darran
With over 20 years’ experience in IT and Technology is Chairman of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, and
Colin has always been passionate about technology and Development, he has also been a driving force in a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and
in 2012 Colin identified the growing demand for cleaner developing CSR within companies he has worked for. the Royal Geographical Society.
vehicles in the marketplace. Together, with his love for Yellow Harbour was set up to bridge the gap in the
technology and his business experience, Colin founded European market to enable businesses to implement Dudley Stewart – C. Eng. – Secretary
Volt Motorcycles – Europe’s newest electric powered structured CSR programmes, that have measurable General, Micro Electricity Generation
two-wheeler company and Ireland’s only electric vehicle KPI’s. He has also been instrumental in enabling Association (MEGA
company. Charities and Non-profits to develop Social Enterprises
within their organizations and build ‘value propositions’
Colin fully believes in a sustainable energy economy in to enhance Non-profits ability to engage effectively with Dudley Stewart C. Eng. (Chartered Power Engineer):
which e- powered two-wheelers play a significant role. the business community. From the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) in the
early 1970’s Dudley was hardened as post-Grad Field &
Colm Byrne Denis Canty – Lead Technologist for Design Engineer in the French INPG (Grenoble, France).
Glas Energy Data Science and IoT Strategy, Johnson Having headed up Caritas and Oxfam Field Operations
Control’s Innovation Garage in the Energy-crisis Famine in Bangladesh in the mid-
seventies, Dudley returned to Ireland to found one of
the first ever dedicated Renewable Energy Companies
Colm Byrne – Glas Energy Denis Canty is the Lead Technologist for Data Science and drove the development of modern wind turbine
and IoT Strategy with Johnson Control’s Innovation blade design and governing systems in addition to the
Clare J McKeown Garage, focused at market sensing and building development of the first grid-connected inverters. After a
Sustainable Development Manager analytics applications to solve direct customer spell as Senior Wind Energy Advisor at Shell HQ, Dudley
Belfast City Council challenges. In the past he has worked in computer moved to head up the UNICEF Appropriate Technology
vision, energy aware computing, cloud architecture & Economic Regeneration Unit for East Africa in the
and machine learning, and has worked in both mid-eighties. Here he took on the development of very
Clare Mc Keown was appointed Sustainable multinational and start-up environments. In the past, basic microgrid projects in disaster relief situations
Development Manager with Belfast City Council in Denis has worked for EMC, where he was part of their in Africa. Returning to Ireland, working with Dublin
2001 and worked directly for the Chief Executive sustainability E3 group led up by Kathrin Winkler, and Institute of Technology’s Bolton Trust, Dudley directed
mainstreaming sustainable development policy and received the 2012 Sustainability Innovation award the development of Powerhouse, in the late 80’s, a
practice throughout the Council. In 2004 she was for an idea that achieved a patent grant. He holds a significant incubator focused on Knowledge-based Hi-
seconded to Whitehall to establish the UK Sustainable Masters in Computer Science as well as a Masters in tech Enterprises (Energy). This continues to thrive as the
Development Commission (SDC), a high level policy Microelectronic Design. His research interests include now larger Docklands Innovation Park. Dudley rekindled
advisory body in Northern Ireland. the commercialisation of machine learning and artificial his interest in the development of microgrid technologies
intelligence and the future impact of technology on with the advancement of WiFi and the Internet. He is
After several years with NI SDC in OFMDFM at Stormont, sustainability. Denis is a patent holder in the area of a founding member of the Micro Electricity Generation
Clare was seconded to the London Office to head up energy efficiency optimisation of enterprise computing Association (MEGA) which has brought together a
the Commission’s Whitehall Team. In this post she through cloud based data analytics solutions. Denis is community of common interest to create the State-
was directly responsible for sustainable development also passionate about promoting STEM careers for future supported Tallaght Smart Grid Test Bed. This involves
policy advice into HMT Treasury, Cabinet Office, Foreign generations. You can find Denis on twitter @deniscanty, small and large tech companies, communities and
and Commonwealth Office, DCLG and other Whitehall and read his blog at deniscanty.wordpress.com. social agencies and is operated in partnership with
Departments. South Dublin County Council and under the guidance of
Denis Duff International Energy Research Centre (IERC – Tyndall
In 2006 Clare was a key member of the UK delegation Co-founder – Better Environment with National Institute). It is co-funded by enterprise, local
to the United Nations International Commission on Nuclear Energy authority, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
Sustainable Development in New York, led by David and Enterprise Ireland. – www.tallaghtsmartgrid.com
Milliband, then Cabinet Office Minister for Defra.
Denis Duff is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years Dr. Diarmuid Ó Gráda
While at Stormont she chaired a number of committees experience in a variety of roles in electricity generating Planning Consultant
including the Green New Deal Sub Committee on systems, including wind, hydro, solid fuel, oil and
Employment, Training and Skills. gas-fuelled stations, both at home and abroad. He is a
co-founder of BENE (Better Environment with Nuclear
Clare returned to Belfast City Council in 2011 and Energy), an Irish group seeking to have nuclear energy in Dr Diarmuid Ó Gráda is a planning consultant based
is currently working within the Smart City team on Ireland considered on its merits. in Dublin. He has wide experience of the Irish planning
renewable energy, e-transport, waste and green system, having spent two decades as a Senior Inspector
procurement. She led the first successful Innovate UK Darran Messem with An Bord Pleanála. He is part-time planning
funded Future City project and was actively involved Managing Director – Carbon Trust lecturer in UCD, a Tidy Towns adjudicator and a regular
in the City’s recent successful global Rockefeller Certification & Director, International contributor of opinion articles on planning to Irish
Foundation 100 Resilient Cities bid. newspapers.
Clare currently sits on a number of advisory boards, Darran leads the Carbon Trust’s pioneering certification Donna Marshall
including Business in the Community and is Vice Chair and assurance team and works extensively on the Associate Professor
of the NI Sustainable Development Forum . Clare has Carbon Trust’s international development in a number University College Dublin
travelled extensively throughout Europe and the United of key markets, leveraging his experience of being a
States and has recently been awarded City Ambassador Director of companies in the USA, Canada, China, South
status by Visit Belfast. Africa and the UK. Donna has researched and taught in the supply chain
management area for almost twenty years and has
Before joining the Carbon Trust Darran was Vice been with University College Dublin for fourteen years.
President Fuel Development for Shell, prior to which he She has a PhD from the University of Bath, UK and
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has a wide range of interests including supply chain Dave O’Connor – Senior Director – Global David O’Flynn
management, sustainability, ethics, relationship Strategy, Architecture & Design (Virtualisation,
Group Head of CSR
management, outsourcing, power, culture, and Storage, Systems Infrastructure) – Dublin
Institute of Technology Dawn Meats
education.
She has won several teaching awards and has Specialties: Systems Infrastructure, Architecture, David O’Flynn is Group Head of CSR for Dawn Meats a
taught supply chain management at undergraduate, Enterprise Storage Systems, Virtualisation, Systems billion euro beef and lamb processor with operations in
postgraduate, PhD and executive levels. She has Management, High Availability, Security. Ireland and the UK and offices across Europe. David has
also won multiple research awards and has received over 20 years’ experience with the last 10 years being
many large corporate and research organisation Donal Kissane in environmental and sustainability roles. David most
grants. At the moment she is directing multinational Commercial Manager recently represented the Irish Food and Drinks industry
research projects on supply chain sustainability and Gas Networks Ireland as part of the Bord Bia Origin Green Ambassador
transparency. She has published papers on supply chain programme undertaking projects at Abbott Nutrition in
management topics such as, sustainability, outsourcing, the USA, at Unilever and Asda in the UK.
relationship management, and organisational culture Donal Kissane is a Chartered Engineer and MBA with
in international journals including Sloan Management over 20 years experience in the energy sector both in David previously worked with Ecocem a leading
Review, Production and Operations Management, Ireland and internationally. He worked for many years in international supplier of low carbon cement where he
International Journal of Production and Operations the upstream oil & gas and power generation industry developed and implemented the strategy to grow the
Management (where she is on the editorial board), with General Electric in various overseas locations. On Irish business by leveraging Ecocem cement’s unique
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (where returning to Ireland he has worked with many of the sustainability and technical benefits. David also worked
she is associate editor), Journal of Supply Chain large energy users in the Cork area and is currently with Greenstar, Ireland’s leading waste management
Management, Supply Chain Management: International working with Gas Networks Ireland. He is chair of the company and in consulting engineering.
Journal, Production Planning and Control, and also won Energy and Environment Division of Engineers Ireland
2014 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award in the Journal David sits on the EU Commission product environmental
of Supply Chain Management. David Sheehan footprint technical secretariat for meat and represents
Professor Dawn Meats on the Government’s CSR stakeholder
Dara Connolly UCC Forum. David is a chartered engineer with an MBA from
Executive Director University College Cork and MSc in Sustainable Business
Recreate Ireland from Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
Prof David Sheehan received a First Class Hons. BSc
in Biochemistry from UCC in 1980 and then took his Darragh Gaffney
Dara is a highly energetic business development PhD in Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin in 1985 R&D Manager
leader with 20+ years experience in the NGO, IT, event for work on glutathione transferases (GSTs), important Monaghan Biosciences
management and property sector and prides himself detoxification enzymes found in most organisms. He
on his strong networking skills and creative approach received a DSc for published work from the National
to seeking solutions . He has a proven track record University of Ireland in 2009 in recognition of his many In his role as R&D Manager for Monaghan Biosciences,
in identifying and developing creative strategies for peer-reviewed publications on proteins in general and Dr Gaffney develops and implements the R&D strategy
business growth and consistently delivering significant enzymes in particular. for the industrial enzyme development company. He
P&L impacts beyond expectations. Dara has managed manages a team of more than 20 multidisciplinary
teams of 18+ people, been responsible for projects with More recently, his group has become involved in study of research and development scientists across
€2.5 million budgets and prides himself in his project entire protein complements of cells – the proteome – as Fermentation & Process Technology, Applications
management, strategic thinking and communication this changes in response to pathology and/or toxicity. Development, Molecular Biology and Analytical
skills. Prof Sheehan pioneered two dimensional electrophoresis Development groups. Prior to joining Monaghan
studies in environmental toxicology and he has Biosciences, Darragh worked for Analog Devices where
Dara’s current role is as Executive Director of ReCreate, developed new methods for selecting subsets of proteins he lead the installation and development of a number
a successful social enterprise, where he is leading a carrying specific chemical lesions. Prof Sheehan is of new technologies. Darragh holds a PhD from the
Creative Reuse project sourcing surplus and unwanted a frequent grant and journal referee, member of the University of Limerick on the activity and immobilisation
materials from businesses and redistributing them as editorial boards of Drug Testing and Analysis, Toxins and of enzymes.
arts materials and educational supplies to ReCreate’s International Journal of Proteomics and is a committee
membership base. This is the first national resource of member of the British Biophysical Society. He received Donal Hanly
its kind in the Republic of Ireland but has proven itself one of the first President¿s Awards for Excellence in Director of Sales UK & Ireland
to be a very popular concept overseas.The project had Teaching in 2001 and is author of the internationally- Endeco Technologies
a very successful pilot stage and continues very strong acclaimed textbook Physical Biochemistry: Principles
growth with circa 1,300 schools and community groups and Applications (Wileys, 2009).
already signed up as members, over 150 business 12 years in Energy Sector. Worked in Procurement with
partners (such as Smurfit Kappa, Avoca, Bewleys, Dr. Damien Ó Tuama – National Cycling Board Gais looking after High Profile and public sector
Mondelez) supplying materials and over 200 tonnes of Coordinator, Cyclist.ie – the Irish Cycling accounts.
materials diverted from landfill since ReCreate opened Advocacy Network and An Taisce
its doors in November 2013. Set up INENCO Irish Operations for one of UK largest
Energy procurement Brokerages. This included Gas and
As Head of Property and Business Development of one Dr. Damien Ó Tuama is the National Cycling Coordinator Electricity trading Strategies, CRC, PPA and Negotiations
of Ireland’s most prestigious cultural trusts, Temple with Cyclist.ie – the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network with all National Energy Suppliers on behalf of our
Bar Cultural Trust Dara managed a team of 6 highly (www.cyclist.ie) and An Taisce – The National Trust for clients. Some of my Customers included Bombardier,
skilled and energetic professionals who assisted him Ireland (www.antaisce.org). He is also the Vice-President Kellogg’s, Allergan Pharmaceuticals and Dublin Airport
to maintain and develop a property portfolio with a of the European Cyclists’ Federation (www.ecf.com).
current market value of €80 million in the heart of His main research interests in the mobilities sphere I am currently 3.5 years with Endeco Technologies who
Dublin’s thriving Cultural Quarter: Temple Bar. His include the processes of transition of mobility systems, provide Larger Energy users with multiple revenues
role incorporated developing areas of business for the ‘ripple effects’ of introducing urban bike-sharing from the National grid through Demand and Frequency
the company,project managing large infrastructural schemes and all aspects of cycling policy. He can be Response projects both at home and in the Uk Market.
initiatives, establishing new markets and marketing contacted on damien.otuama@antaisce.org. We are leading grid Aggregators and provide our
the area as a great place to do business for new and clients with a full energy Management Solution through
established entities. Metering, Monitoring, Dash boards Load shedding,
Smart Tariffs and Optimisation.
www.sustainabilitysummit.ieSpeakers
Some of my customers would include Dalata Hotel Mediascope programme and
Mr Dermot O’Donovan
Group, Kepak, ABP and many others.
Head of Department
holds the award for European Parliament Broadcast
GMIT Letterfrack
Derek O’Connor BSc Eng (Hons) MSc Journalist of the Year (Ireland 2011). She is a fellow of
Eng MIEI MIET – Facilities Engineering the PRII and a former national past-president of the
and Project Manager, Bausch + Lomb Dermot O’Donovan is Head of Department for Galway- IPRA.
Mayo Institute of Technology’s National Centre of
Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology in Ellen has written three books: ‘Public Relations – A
Derek O’Connor holds both a Master’s Degree in Building Letterfrack. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree practical Approach’ (Gill and Macmillan 2003, 2007),
Services Engineering from Brunel University and an from UCC and a Higher Certificate in Furniture Design which is the core text for all students studying public
Honors Degree in Engineering from the University and Master of Science awards from GMIT. He is relations in Ireland; ‘Capital Women of Influence’ (Liffey
College Northampton. He has over twenty years’ currently enrolled on a Doctoral Programme in Higher Press, 2009) and ‘Ten Red Hot Tips to Promote your
experience within the engineering sector as an engineer Education Research in Lancaster University where he is Business’ (Mercier Press, 2016).
and a qualified electrician in various roles. Derek is specialising in sustainability in Higher Education.
the Facilities Engineering and Project Manager for Ellen has served as a government appointed director of
Bausch + Lomb Ireland having joined the company the National Concert Hall and the Irish Red Cross.
David Tobin
in November 2003. His main responsibility’s are the
Sustainable development manager
uptime, compliance, expansion projects and energy Eamonn Merriman
Lagan Cement Group
management for the site. During this period Derek has
achieved runner up in the SEAI national energy awards
in 2008 in the “large user” category, was the team David Tobin has experience in successful planning /
lead in obtaining ISO50001 accreditation in April 2013 IPPC applications and stakeholder relation management
and successfully completed the recent installation of a for 95,000 tonne waste to energy plant for the use of Eamonn Redmond
3.3MWe CHP for the site in May 2016. waste tyres, hospital waste and refuse dervied fuel. Operations Manager
Successful planning applications and stakeholder Lily O’Briens
David Lynch relationship management for quarries and concrete
CEO batching plants. Implementation of biodiversity action
Elm Solutions plans at industrial sites. EIS preparation for a range of I am a senior Global Supply Chain Leader, with over
industrial sites. 25 years experience in the regulated manufacturing
industry. My experience is with global leaders in food,
David Lynch is CEO of Elm Solutions, the ‘Green IT medical devices and electronics. I have had leadership
Darina Eades – Senior Adviser on
Company’. Elm is a Dublin based start-up founded in roles in manufacturing, engineering, planning,
Corporate Responsibility – Business in
2014. Serial traveller, environmentalist and IT lover, warehouse & distribution and procurement.
the Community Ireland
David has worked to reshape how regulators manage I have a track record in cost reduction, process reliability
the protection of the environment in Ireland and and implementing organization change. My key skills
Europe wide. He is a mechanical engineering graduate, Darina Eades is Senior Adviser on Corporate include Process Simplification, Loss Elimination,
although don’t hold that against him. He worked as an Responsibility with Business in the Community Ireland, Lean manufacturing, Structured Problem Solving and
IT consultant for over five years before starting his own the Network for Responsible Business. With over GMP. I am recognised for influencing change within
consultancy and recruitment company prior to founding 20 years’ experience, 16 of them in sustainability, organisations, resilience, motivating, and delivering
Elm Solutions with his business partner. Darina has built capacity in Ireland’s most significant results. I have implemented significant productivity
companies to measure, strategise and benchmark their improvements and cost reduction programs.
He has worked intently as a strategy lead and sustainability performance against best in class.
represented Ireland at European Commission level Edward Murphy
culminating in the support of a new pilot programme by Darina specialises in Strategy Development; Sustainable Environment Officer
Ireland for environmental reporting. He has expanded Sustainable Procurement; Sustainability Reporting & Cork University Hospital
his role and advises some of Ireland’s biggest state Communications; and the Business Working Responsibly
and private organisations on both Environmental and Mark.
IT strategy. At Elm, David works with the management Edward began working in CUH in 2006 in a support
team to create as well as implement the strategy and Darina holds an MA from Dublin Institute of Technology services role. Since 2014 he has been the lead for the
vision of the company. and a BA (Hons) from Trinity College Dublin. hospital’s sustainable healthcare programme. CUH was
the first healthcare facility in the world to be awarded
Declan White Green Flag status by An Taisce and the Foundation for
Ellen Gunning
Competitiveness Executive Environmental Education. The hospitals sustainability
Director
Enterprise Ireland initiatives have continued to grow year on year. Edward
Irish Academy of Public Relations
is a graduate of University College Cork and holds a
Masters Degree in Public Health.
Declan has worked in the Environment section in Ellen Gunning MA, MIAPR, FPRII, NUJ, is a director of the
Enterprise Ireland since 1994. His background is in Air Irish Academy of Public Relations which she formed in Elaine Nevin
Pollution from Industrial sources and he was involved 1992. National Director
in Enterprise Ireland’s Emission Monitoring service until ECO-UNESCO
2006. Declan joined the Competitiveness Department in The Academy’s vision is a world where organisations
2012 where he manages Enterprise Ireland’s Green Offer communicate effectively with all of their stakeholders.
as well as support and advice to client companies on Ellen is passionate about the need for organisations to National Director, ECO-UNESCO.
environmental matters. He is also involved in supporting use simple language to tell employees, customers and
Lean programmes with Enterprise Ireland clients. investors about what they are doing. Francesco Pilla – Lecturer in Smart Cities
Declan has presents at various environmental events & GIS, Dept. of Planning & Environmental
throughout the country. The Academy provides Communications Training to a Policy, University College Dublin
wide range of semi-state organisations, businesses,
scientists, charities and financial institutions (www.
irishacademytraining.com). Dr Francesco Pilla’s area of expertise is geospatial
analysis and modelling of environmental dynamics,
Ellen is a member of the NUJ and Chairman of the board which involve the development of environmental
of directors of Dublin City fm. She presents the weekly pollution models and decision support tools using a GIS
www.sustainabilitysummit.ieSpeakers CITYWEST HOTEL January 31st 2017
platform, in order to facilitate the interoperability of carbon leakage associated with the use of biomass for Executive. He has a strong passion for development and
input data and research outcomes between the client/ energy generation. A key element of Fionnuala’s work is social justice.
final user and the research team. His work focuses on to carry out industry relevant research, participate in
understanding complex environmental phenomena in effective and relevant knowledge transfer, and foster Geoff Mackey – Sustainable
order to preempt the impacts resulting from interactions links between industry and academia. Development & Communications
between the human population and the environment. His Director – BASF Europe North
approach integrates models for environmental pollution Fiona Regan
with a GIS platform: this is used to assess and predict Director
impacts from built-environment interventions which DCU Water Institute, Dublin City University Geoff is responsible for a service portfolio in Europe
have the potential to provide population-wide effects. North including Sustainable Development, Advocacy &
He uses a range of pervasive and community sensing Communications.
applications as a means of calibration and validation of Fiona Regan is Professor in Chemical Science at Dublin
GIS models and decision support tools. City University and Director of the DCU Water Institute. He advises a wide range of strategic and tactical groups
Fiona studied Environmental Science and Technology inside and outside BASF including private, public and
Fred Logue and later completed a PhD in analytical chemisty third sector organizations.
Partner in 1994. Following postdoctoral research in optical
FP Logue Solicitors sensing in DCU, in 1996 she took up a lecturing position At BASF, we create chemistry – and have been doing
at Limerick Institute of Technology. In 2002, Fiona for 150 years, ranging from chemicals, plastics,
joined the School of Chemical Sciences as a lecturer performance products and crop protection products to
Fred Logue is a solicitor specialising in Intellectual in analytical chemistry; in 2008, she became senior oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company,
Property Law. He mainly advises software and lecturer; and, in 2009, became the Beaufort Principal we combine economic success with environmental
technology companies on matters such as patents, Investigator in Marine and Environmental Sensing. protection and social responsibility. Through science and
copyright, trade secrets, data protection, research Fiona’s research focuses on environmental monitoring innovation, we enable customers in nearly every industry
and development and technology transfer. What sets and she has special interest in priority and emerging to meet the current and future needs of society. www.
Fred apart from other lawyers is that he has a science contaminants as well as the establishment of decision basf.com.
doctorate and before qualifying as a solicitor he worked support tools for environmental monitoring using novel
for some of the world’s leading technology companies technologies and data management tools. Her work Gráinne Lynch
in a range of roles including R&D and manufacturing. includes the areas of separations and sensors (including
Because of that, Fred can really talk the language of microfluidics), materials for sensing and antifouling
technology business and translate real-world problems applications on aquatic deployed systems.
into legal solutions.
Fanuel Dewever Gerald Mills
Frank Scholdann Lund Founder Head of Geography
Sales Manager Crowd Angels & Growth Architects UCD
Aalborg Energie Technik a/s
Solution and result oriented digital transformation I am a physical geographer with a research interest in
Frank Scholdann Lund is Sales Manager of Aalborg consultant with 15+ years of international experience. the distinct climates that are found in urban areas. I
Energie Technik a/s. have worked on the topic of urban climates for over 30
• S trong aptitude in matching strategic choices with the years both in the US and Ireland. My work has focused
He is educated as MSc. Mech. Engineer and Ba. Degree possibilities of technology. on modelling and measuring the urban climatic effect
in Accounting and he has accumulated more than 20 • K ey experience areas include managing digital and developing guidelines for urban planning and
years of experience in power plants. strategy & transformation, technology consulting, design. I am a former president of the International
business & functional analysis, project & programme Association for Urban Climates and organised the
He has gained his professional experience in management, process & performance improvement, International Conference on Urban Climates in Dublin
organisations like: Danisco (energy optimisation), change management and (open) innovation. in 2012. My current work focuses on mapping cities
Aalborg Boilers (section manager, manager of the • S trong program/project management skills with both world-wide so that the planetary impact of cities can be
technical sales, strategic development), Lyngsoe business and technology affinity. evaluated and the impact of global climate changes on
Systems (control and maintenance). • P rince2 Certified, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), cities can be evaluated.
experienced in PMBoK & lean.
He has a deep knowledge and experience in the design • E xperienced Change Manager (incl. ADKAR, Gerry Ryan
of complete power plants. He has great experience Appreciative Inquiry) Director of Land and Property and
in project evaluation, plant optimisation, sales and • E xperienced in blending several development Group Secretary – Bórd na Móna
marketing. He has extensive international experience in methodologies including lean, scrum, waterfall, paired
negotiations with partners and customers. programming.
• H ighly appreciates working with a dynamic & Gerry Ryan joined Bord na Móna in 2005. He was
Dr. Fionnuala Murphy – Assistant ambitious team. previously Group Secretary of Eircom plc and
Professor, School of Biosystems & Food • A ble to excel in environments undergoing significant Administrator of the Eircom Superannuation Schemes.
Engineering, University College Dublin change. He is currently a Director of the Pensions Board and an
• S trong communicator Associate of the Irish Institute of Pension Managers. He
• E xperience gained at the most admired consulting holds a B. Commerce from the National University of
Dr. Fionnuala Murphy is an Assistant Professor (or firms, with blue-chip clients, in the public sector, in Ireland and a M.Sc. (Organisation Behaviour) from the
lecturer as it’ll mostly be an Irish audience?) in the innovative small and medium businesses and with University of Dublin.
School of Biosystems and Food Engineering in university start-ups.
College Dublin. Her research focuses on life cycle Gareth Crowe
assessment modelling for the analysis of environmental Greg Merrin Corporate Manager, Make a Wish
impacts of a range of production systems, with a special Business Development Executive Foundation
interest in renewable energy systems renewable energy ActionAid Ireland
systems. Fionnuala’s work aims to understand, quantify
and analyse complex environmental exchanges resulting Gareth joined the Make-A-Wish team in December 2015
from renewable energy deployment across the full value Greg has worked extensively in the non-profit sector, as Corporate Manager. He brings with him many years
chain. A particular focus of her current research focuses in Ireland and South Africa. He currently works for of experience in the domestic and international not-for-
on greenhouse gas balances, carbon sequestration, and ActionAid Ireland in the role of Business Development profit sector as well as many years working at the heart
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