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Nikki Kemmery will speak at Utility Week's Health & Safety Conference 2014 on 25 Novem- ber. Taking a pragmatic approach to improving health and safety performance, she will explain why: "You have to work within the existing culture of your organisation and develop plans that are sustainable in the long term." People & Opinion Utility Week community Speaker's corner Nikki Kemmery, head of health and safety, Welsh Water Personal notes: Nikki joined Welsh Water in 2010 following two mergers at the company, which took its employee base from 140 to 1,700. Previously she worked for York- shire Water in a variety of health and safety roles. What has been you most suc- cessful or challenging experi- ence in your career to date? Joining Dwr Cymru Welsh Water to develop a single team and a health and safety management system from three separate organisations and cultures. This challenge taught me that it takes time and trust to build some- thing new and you need to bring everyone with you to ensure it is embedded. Identify five people you would invite to your dream dinner party and why? Ranulph Fiennes, Stephen Fry, Brian Moore, Sean Connery and the now sadly departed Robin Williams – it would be both fascinating and entertaining. Name four items you keep on your desk: Pictures of my daughter; a heart-shaped stress toy; my Exceeding Expectations mug; and a rubber duck (the last one is a long story). The main event Utility Week's Health & Safety Conference 2014 takes place on 25 November at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham City Centre. Other keynote speakers include: • Barrie Millet, director of health, safety and environment, Eon UK. • Adam Gosnold, executive director, Morrison Utility Ser- vices. • Graham Finn, head of health, safety and environment, EDF Energy. • Chris Clarke, occupational director of asset management, health, safety and environment, Wales and West Utilities. Find out more at www.uw-hs.net Water Collaboration Five bodies have come together to support innovation in water network management. The col- laborative project is led by the Water Research Council (WRc) with support and involvement from United Utilities, South West Water the University of Manchester and the Technology Strategy Board. The group will seek new ways of using distributed computing to enable dynamic updates to water network models. The aim is to accelerate network management decision making in AMP6. UtILItY WeeK | 26th september - 2nd october 2014 | 7 What utilities can learn from… EDUCATION Richard Green, chief executive of the Design and Technology Association says: "We know the only thing that is con- stant is change – and education policy proves the point. Governments always look to make their mark in education so the system, and those in it, have to be nimble, adaptable and resilient." Cambridge Econometrics has just a published report assess- ing the economic and business implications of meeting Committee on Climate Change targets, as expressed in the first four carbon budgets. Read the report, The Economics of Climate Change Policy on the UK, at: http://bit.ly/Economics ClimateChange Hot off the press: carbon price outlook 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 -0 Carbon price support in the power sector EU ETS price faced by industry Carbon price floor (4CB and 4CB+) Reuters EU ETS price (4CB and 4CB+) 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 Source: Thomson Reuters Point Carbon, converted to sterling (2013 base price) ➡ ➡ ➡ ➡