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Exhibition special report Policy & Regulation S ustainability Live is the UK's ultimate event for energy efficiency, energy recovery, water and wastewater management comprising Nemex, Energy Recovery and Iwex. The event offers the opportunity to compare products and ser- vices from a wide range of exhibitors along- side a free-to-attend keynote and seminar programme at Birmingham's NEC from 1-3 April 2014. Sustainability Live will be launching a Keynote Stage this year, situated at the heart of the exhibition and featuring expert speak- ers who will cut through the jargon to debate and discuss the latest sustainability policy and practice affecting business. More than 250 leading companies will showcase their latest innovations and ser- vices at Sustainability Live, making it the perfect place to develop new business rela- tionships and find the best products to suit your organisation's requirements. Sustainability Live also has an extended and improved, CPD-accredited seminar pro- gramme featuring panels of leading experts who will put the spotlight on the practical issues and feature the latest advice and case study examples. Nemex highlights Nemex at Sustainability Live focuses on energy efficiency, knowledge and expertise. The seminars will present compelling case studies providing visitors with the opportu- nity to learn how to make their organisation more energy efficient. The event is free to exhibition visitors and one of its highlights will be a speaker panel session entitled "What will it take to keep the lights on?" chaired by Utility Week's edi- tor, Ellen Bennett. The panel includes Tom Greatrex MP, shadow energy minister; Law- rence Slade, chief operating officer of Energy UK; Gaynor Hartnell, former chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association; and Keith McLean, policy and research director at Scottish and Southern Energy. Greatrex has previously served as a member on the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee and has been vocal about issues including shale gas and carbon capture and storage. "It's great news that the shadow energy minister will be joining our fantastic line up to discuss keeping the lights on. All too oen the focus is on scare stories about the lights going off. We want to talk about how politicians, regulators and industry can work together to avoid that scenario," says Bennett. Nemex's pioneering exhibitors will showcase the latest products and solutions for energy efficiency, including BSI Group, Energy Institute, ND Metering Solutions and Open Energi. Energy Recovery highlights Energy Recovery is centred on energy-from- waste, bioenergy and anaerobic digestion. The seminar programme at Energy Recovery 2014 includes compelling case studies that will provide visitors with practical insights into how to develop waste-to-energy (WtE) solutions, as well as the options available for turning residual waste into a usable form of energy. One of the highlights at the free-to-attend event is a speaker panel session entitled "Resource Revolution: Turning resource efficiency into competitive gain". It is being chaired by Dustin Benton, head of resource stewardship, Green Alliance, and will fea- ture: Susanne Baker, senior climate and environment policy adviser, EEF (the manu- facturers' organisation); Dr Liz Goodwin, chief executive, Wrap; Chris Sherwin, head of sustainability, Seymourpowell; and James Walker, head of innovation, Kingfisher Group. Energy Recovery's seminar programme will include more than 30 leading indus- try speakers from across the country in a new three-day seminar programme within the Energy Recovery Theatre. The exhibi- tion will showcase more than 20 companies Sustainability Live The country's leading sustainability conference and exhibition hits the NEC in Birmingham next month, and sister title Utility Week will be there. 14 | 21sT - 27Th March 2014 | UTILITY WEEK