Speakers

	James Abraham Investment Manager Triple Point James in an Investment Manager at Triple Point, where has helped invest £38m into Hydroelectric projects in the North of Scotland. He graduated from the University of St Andrews with an MA (Hons) in Economics, and from Durham University with an MSc in Finance & Investment. After working as an economist for a consultancy, James joined the Investment Team at Triple Point and has managed a number of investments of debt and equity into renewable energy projects.

	Prof. George Aggidis Professor of Energy Engineering Lancaster University George is Professor of Energy Engineering at Lancaster University and Director of the Lancaster University Renewable Energy Group & Fluid Machinery Group. He leads the water renewables research activities of the Engineering department at Lancaster University, including generic and applied research on wave energy, tidal power and hydro power.

	Catherine Anderson EIA Associate Director Aecom Catherine is an EIA Associate Director with over 14 years experience in the environmental and energy sector, four of which were spent with Environment Agency Wales. She has project managed the 99MW Glyn Rhonwy pumped storage scheme (now submitted to the Secretary of State) in addition to other renewable energy projects in the UK and overseas. She is also the AECOM UK lead for renewable energy EIAs.

	Brett Bauer Vice-President of Engineering Canyon Hydro Brett Bauer is Vice-President and Head of Engineering at Canyon Industries Inc. He oversees the specification and design for all hydropower systems supplied by Canyon Industries, and actively manages projects as they move through production. He has been employed by Canyon Industries for more 22 years.

	Sonya Bedford Partner Stephens Scown LLP Sonya is a Partner with Stephens Scown solicitors; a Non-Executive Director at Regen SW; a Director at Exeter Community Energy; is on the board for the Sustainability Institute and the committee for her local branch of the Energy Institute. Sonya is currently undertaking her MSc in Renewable Energy at the Centre for Alternative Technology. Her strengths lie in dealing with hydro, wind power, solar PV, biomass and anaerobic digestion. Sonya has been involved in a large number of hydro projects; she has acted for a developer on a mill site to power a well known tourist destination; acted on a run of river community hydro scheme; advised on technology purchasing contracts and feasibility studies; and led a group of small scale hydro owners through funding and set up. Her recent experience also includes acting for over 20 community energy groups – from set up/funding/site acquisition to development and subsequent generation. With Sonya’s leadership, Stephens Scown’s Renewable Energy team has gone from strength to strength over the last six years; from seeing its first 1.5 MW solar farm in the ground in 2010 to now being responsible for over 500MW of renewable energy projects.

	Anna Cameron Associate CMS Cameron McKenna LLP Anna is an Associate in the Energy Team at CMS Cameron McKenna, with breadth and depth of experience in a wide range of contracts across the energy and renewables sector. She specialises in project financed renewable energy transactions, advising both lender and developer clients in securing development finance and long term funding, and guiding both parties through the due diligence process. On such transactions, Anna will carry out full legal due diligence on infrastructure, power purchase, planning and insurance issues, preparation of corporate documentation and negotiation of security arrangements. She is involved in negotiating the terms of such documents as required, while ensuring an effective security package for a lender. Anna has significant project management and client interface skills having acted as legal lead on a number of project finance transactions across various technologies, including onshore wind, hydro, solar and biomass.

	Claire Chapman Renewable Asset Generation Manager Scottish Water Claire works within the Energy Team at Scottish Water and is responsible for optimising generation at the 50 plus renewable sites across the business. A key role is ensuring that the sites remain Ofgem-compliant and qualify for government tariffs. Claire has a background in environmental compliance and licencing, in the Water and Oil industry.

	Ian Cook Director ICCL Ian is a professional electrical power systems engineer who has been involved in hydro engineering for almost thirty years. He was employed as Electrical Engineering Manager by First Hydro Company at Dinorwig and Ffestiniog Power Stations until twelve years ago, leading the solution to many problems on the electrical to 400 kV systems and control equipment and additionally undertook many multidiscipline projects. Currently working as a Consultant including in a project management role for multidiscipline hydropower projects, Ian's specialisms include high voltage electrical engineering - including hydropower stations and all aspects of the power systems connecting hydropower stations to DNO and other grid systems, including Connection Agreements.

	Matt Crosher Sales Manager UK Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd After several years working in the water Industry and with an interest in renewable energy, Matthew became involved in hydro in 2004, working firstly with Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon of Kendal, and then as an independent consultant. In 2007 he returned to Gilkes to take up the position of UK Sales Manager and has since then overseen, from conception to generation, over 200 projects in excess of 115 MW of installed capacity. He served on the British Hydro Association council for 4 years, and has been a member of theScottish Renewables Hydro Work Group. Matthew has recently completed an MBA at Lancaster University.

	Chris Elliott Senior Engineer Renewables First Chris has been active in designing and installing hydro plants in the UK for over a decade and is Director of companies owning and operating a handful of sites in SW England.

	Paul Gardner Global Segment Leader, Energy Storage DNV GL Paul Gardner trained as an Electrical Engineer and has worked in renewables since 1984. He led the electrical engineering group at Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest independent technical advisor for renewables, now part of DNV GL. His experience included wind turbine electrical systems, network connections, and grid integration issues. Subsequently he joined the Strategy and Policy Studies Group at DNV GL, providing strategic and market advice to government bodies, NGOs, established companies in the renewables industries and new entrants. Currently he is global Segment Leader for Energy Storage, responsible for co-ordinating DNV GL's activities in Energy Storage, including integration of renewable energies, electricity grid applications, distributed and isolated energy supply, heat, electric vehicles, and electric marine propulsion.

	Simon Hamlyn Chief Executive Officer British Hydropower Association Simon, who is a 3-Dimensional Designer by qualification, comes from a family of architects - both parents and his Grandfather. Simon's career has embraced international branded drinks, hotels & leisure, electronic entertainment, magazine publishing, internet businesses and, over the past 12 years, consumer membership organisations. Simon is based in Bangor on Dee, just south of Chester, with two terriers and two young children. He enjoys, when time permits, a love of music, cricket, football, skiing, walking, running and game shooting.

	Kieron Hanson Managing Director Hydroplan Ltd Kieron Hanson is a hydraulic/mechanical engineer with over 30 years' experience in small hydro and the early part of his career was spent as a turbine designer. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Hydroplan UK, responsible for all commercial aspects of the company as well as overseeing and advising on technical aspects of the mechanical and hydraulic design as well as construction and project management of hydro projects. A former chairman and CEO of the British Hydropower Association (BHA), Kieron has been a key member of the BHA for over 20 years.

	Clint Harrison Senior Consultant Taylor Hopkinson Clint holds a Bachelors Degree in Land Surveying from the University of Otago in New Zealand. He aquired industry experience in the land development and energy infrastructure sectors. Transitioning into recruitment in 2005 Clint has over 11 years of experience in challenging senior and executive level retained recruitment mandates across the energy and resources sectors.

	Karl Henninger Sales & Project Engineer Kössler GmbH & Co KG Karl Henninger joined Kössler in 1979 as designer for Hydro Turbines. In 1991 he became the Head of Production and Erection Services and finally found his profession in our Sales and Project Engineering Department since 1999. He has vast experience in project management of various hydropower plants worldwide and has successfully completed more than 40 hydropower contracts.

	David J Henry BSc (Hons) MRICS Director Henry Consulting David Henry is a chartered Quantity Surveyor specialising in providing capital allowances advice to commercial property owners. He established Henry Consulting in the autumn of 2011 following more than a decade working for a leading national capital allowances consultancy. David has worked on a range of hydro schemes including high-head run-of-river, dam storage and projects that use screw generators. In addition to hydro, he has prepared capital allowances claims across a broad cross-section of market sectors, including commercial offices, retail, industrial & distribution, food & drink manufacturing, primary & secondary healthcare, hotels, pubs, nightclubs and restaurants. Away from work, David is a keen hill walker and snowboards, and also has a passion for cars and motor sport.

	Dan Hird Head of the Corporate Finance Team Triodos Bank Dan is head of the Triodos corporate finance team, a division of Triodos Bank. The Triodos corporate finance team helps social enterprises, charities, renewable energy projects and sustainable businesses connect directly with social investors to raise the finance required to grow and achieve sustainability. The team advises organisations on the right type of finance for their needs, provides investment-readiness support and then connects them to individual and institutional investors. Since 2011, the team has raised £80 million for 25 clients from a wide range of investors and, in the past 18 months, has successfully raised £5 million to fund the construction of three new hydro schemes collectively generating 3.6 GWh of clean electricity annually.

	Ioan Jenkins Development Director Tidal Lagoon Power Ioan joined Tidal Lagoon Power in June 2013 and has since led the development of Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon along with early scoping work in Colwyn Bay. He also has specific responsibility for the strategic development of a UK/Global supply chain valued at circa £850 million and leads the independent Wales Tidal Industry Advisory Group.

	Bernard Kaufhold Director Re-Imagine Energy Bernard has over 25 years' experience in the power sector as a strategist, financier, investor and developer. A former corporate financier with major investment banks, he has advised on transactions across the UK and Europe. As an investor and developer he has led major power projects from origination to close. With interests linked to the ocean, his experience provides him with a particular confidence in marine power.

	Adrian Loening Director Mor Hydro Adrian has worked in renewable energy since 1980 when he was a technician at the Edinburgh University Wave Power Research Group. He has an honours degree in Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology from the University of Warwick. Having worked in the field of solar refrigeration and solar heating, he began working in the landfill gas industry in 1990 and the hydro industry in 2006. He is currently the Managing Director of Mór Hydro Ltd, a technical consultancy and project developer. The company currently owns (in JV) two hydro schemes in Scotland and has provided technical consultancy on more than 46 hydro projects in Scotland. The company also provides technical due diligence services to major high street banks and supervises lender interests in micro-hydro schemes.

	Bob Long Chief Executive Officer Natural Energy Wyre Ltd Bob is an engineer specialising in thermal energy management. He has many years experience in delivering turnkey projects with economics and system simplicity at the fore. After many years owning businesses in Africa, he returned to his home town and realised the necessity for help with flood defence, power manufacture and economic and social uplift, by developing the one major asset - Tidal Power.

	Ross Lowrie Renewables Senior Advisor Environment Agency Ross has been involved in hydropower regulation with the Environment Agency for 6 years, working in Policy to advise on streamlining permitting and implementing the Area Account Manager role before joining Yorkshire & North East Region as Regional Hydropower Lead. He now leads the Head Office Renewables team, regulating hydropower, tidal power and heat pumps. He chairs the Hydropower Flows Panel, ensuring that the new hydropower flows guidance is implemented consistently across England. Ross joined the Environment Agency in 2004 and is based in Tyneside House, Newcastle. He raises a small but growing family in rural Northumberland, only 3 miles from Cragside House, the home of domestic hydro-electric power.

	Dave Mann Managing Director Mann Power Consulting Ltd Dave is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with 25 years’ experience in project managing complex field operations worldwide, often working with international teams of up to 200 people. In 2003, Dave finally took the opportunity to pursue a lifelong passion for the potential of hydropower, and set up Mann Power Consulting Ltd in the UK. Mann Power Consulting Ltd is now the leading designer of the environmentally friendly Archimedean screw turbine in the UK, specialising in very low-head and ‘difficult’ sites which previously may have been considered unsuitable for such applications. They have installed over 70 mini hydro systems across the country generating 5MW of clean electricity.

	Robert Mann Technical Director (Water) AECOM Robert is a Chartered Civil Engineer and an All Reservoirs Panel Engineer under the Reservoirs Act. He has 35 years experience in dams and reservoirs with Aecom and its predecessor companies in all parts of UK and overseas, mainly in Hong Kong. He has presented a number of papers and has been a member of various steering groups developing UK guidance documents on reservoirs.

	Tom Matthews Commercial Generation Manager Good Energy Tom has a deep understanding of the renewables industry. After studying energy engineering at the University of Birmingham, his focus moved to the wholesale energy market, arranging flexible power and gas trades for large blue chip and industrial energy consumers. He then moved into negotiating PPA contracts and now heads up Good Energy's Commercial Generation Team.

	Simon Morris Senior Consultant Ricardo Energy & Environment Simon is a senior renewable energy consultant at Ricardo Energy & Environment, with 15 years’ experience in the energy sector. He leads a team of consultants at Ricardo covering a range of areas from policy work for Governments and local authorities, to project development work for public and private sector clients. Simon turned his focus to distributed generation and community scale projects including hydropower, wind and solar projects three years ago, leading the technical support provided by Ricardo Energy & Environment to the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES). This includes supporting communities through project development, securing finance and construction. He has worked with over 40 projects in that time.

	Olly Paish Director Derwent Hydroelectric Power Ltd Oliver is a Mechanical and Hydraulic engineer with over 20 years’ professional experience in the research, design, and project management of hydropower systems, in both the UK and developing countries. He has been a director at Derwent Hydro Developments Ltd since 2003, working on the consenting and detailed design of small-scale hydro schemes throughout the UK. He wrote the Guide to UK Mini-Hydro Developments available on the BHA web-site.

	Judith Patten MBE Project Director All-Energy Judith is the co-founder and Project Director of All-Energy, the UK's largest renewables show, held annually in Glasgow (10-11 May 2017). the conference is her particular responsibility and with ten parallel streams it sets out to cover all forms of renewable and sustainable energy (the BHA puts together the hydro session, working with the organisers and using suggestions submitted in response to the call for papers as well as invited speakers) and energy efficiency/management, and it also has special sessions for community schemes and the farming/landowning community that are of particular interest to BHA members. The Call for Papers is open until 15 December and can be found on the All-Energy website at www.all-energy.co.uk - now's the time to make your submission! 6,726 attended All-Energy 2016, with 400+ exhibiting companies (hydro exhibitors very welcome) and an equal number of speakers.

	Simon Pattullo Water Resources Specialist SEPA Although very youthful-looking, Simon has actually been working for SEPA for sixteen years. He’s been a water resources specialist since 2008 and has dealt mainly with the hydropower sector since then. As a lead part of the erstwhile permitting team he oversaw the licensing of a significant number of applications in this sector, and he is now involved in their ongoing regulatory issues.

	Prof. Dr Eng. Paolo Perona Chair of Environmental Engineering The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering Professor Perona’s research is experimental and analytical, devoted to water and environmental processes understanding and related modeling using methods of time series analysis, stochastic processes, dynamical systems, rheology and fluid mechanics. Some recent studies include the active role of vegetation in river morphodynamics, plant root growth and mechanical anchoring, flow erosion and vegetation uprooting, snow processes and avalanche formation, water routing and the sustainability of water use for energy and food production in both humid and arid regions.

	Michael Phelan MBA Chief Executive Officer Endeco Michael has over 22 years' management experience in sales, marketing and product development in electronic and software companies targeting the energy sector. Prior to joining Endeco Technologies, Michael held positions at Philips, Microsol, PCAS and Dualog in automation and electronics. He was responsible for developing European, Asian and American markets and OEMs, such as Invensys, Mitsubishi, Toshiba and Alstom. In addition, he has facilitated several successful exits. Michael is a graduate of University College Dublin, where he obtained an MBA in Business Administration, Management and Operations. Michael has led the development of market leading aggregated demand response, frequency response and smart tariff optimisation platforms for the Irish and UK markets.

	Pierre Razurel PhD Student The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering Pierre Razurel started a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in February 2016. Supervised by the Professor Paolo Perona, the goal of his project is to develop a catchment-scale optimization model for planning small-hydropower design, location and operation. He received his Master's degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, in 2014.

	Ted Ridgeway Watt Chief Executive Officer Teraloop Ltd Ted Ridgway Watt is a founder of Teraloop and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in September 2014. Previous appointments have included senior technology strategy roles with government in the UK and Jersey. His background in electrical engineering and computational methods are useful for the role, despite dating back to the last millennium.

	Iain Robertson Generation Sales Manager SmartesEnergy Ltd Iain joined SmartestEnergy in 2008 and has been Generation Sales Manager since 2012. He leads the business development team handling the company’s Power Purchase business, which includes some 3GW of embedded independent generation capacity throughout Great Britain. He has been a Scottish Renewables board member since March 2014. Iain has previously worked for ScottishPower and Contact Energy of New Zealand, and also spent 8 years in international development for the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow. He has a BEng (Hons) in Environmental Engineering and a Postgraduate Diploma in Energy Systems & the Environment from the University of Strathclyde, and a CIM Diploma in Marketing.

	Tim Simon ROO-FIT Accreditation Manager Ofgem Tim has worked on the Feed-in Tariff Scheme for three and a half years. While working across all the renewable technologies supported under the FiT scheme, he has dealt with a number of applications for complex and unique hydro developments. He has also worked on scheme development including many of changes brought into the scheme over the last few years.

	Pete Stubbs CEO 2AM Media Pete is 2am through and through; in fact, they say if you cut him his blood runs pink. He’s been with us through thick and thin, from industry-wide recession to incredible growth and he’s always ready with an unintentional mixed metaphor (“Kill two bricks with one bird!”). An old school designer by trade and at heart, Pete started working at 2am about 165 years ago as a graphic designer. He loved the atmosphere and the environment so much that when the company was going up for sale, he knew he had to snap it up. Since then he’s taken us from strength to strength, still getting stuck into every part of the design process, as well as meeting with clients old and new (normally down the pub). Pete also heads up a number of other creative companies including Mister.S, a design agency specialising in artwork for the film industry; clothing brand Haardvark; and acting as Creative Director for Natural Energy Wyre, a company that has successfully transformed a notion into a now viable project, to build a tidal hydro energy plant across the River Wyre.

	Peter Tse CEO Coastal Protection Engineering Ltd Peter Tse of Coastal Protection Engineering Ltd has invented a way to generate and store renewable energy by harnessing the untapped potential of the ocean. Watching physicist, Professor Brian Cox, on television in 2011 got him thinking about our impact on the planet and about how he could make a positive contribution. He educated himself about climate change and set about finding a way to tackle it - coming up with a patented process that combines existing technologies in a new way three years later. A successful restaurant entrepreneur, Peter came to the UK from Hong Kong in 1992, and ended up staying. Growing up, he lived and worked on the family farm in a coastal area and it was this sustainable way of life that led him to where he is today.

	Paul Wheelhouse MSP Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy Scottish Government Born in Belfast in 1970, Paul was raised in Edinburgh, attending Stewart's Melville College. He has an honours degree in Economics from the University of Aberdeen and an MBA from University of Edinburgh. He has lived in Berwickshire since 2000. Paul is a professional economist and, since 1992, had specialised in higher and further education markets, policy evaluation and economic appraisal and impact assessment of capital projects. Paul previously held a number of roles in the Scottish Parliament and is SNP MSP for South Scotland. Prior to taking his Ministerial position Paul was a member of cross-party groups on Epilepsy, Rural Policy, Armed forces Veterans, Funerals and Bereavement, Boating and Marine Tourism and deputy convener of Sport. He has previously held posts in the Scottish Government as Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Community Safety & Legal Affairs. In May 2016 he was appointed Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy.

	Grant Wilson Research Associate The University of Sheffield Grant's current role as a Research Associate at the University of Sheffield is part of the www.scotproject.org team, which is a European project to accelerate the market development of the CO2-reuse sector. His research interests lie in whole energy systems analysis and more and more in the challenges in data collation and dissemination at different temporal and spatial levels of granularity.