Retro Expo today announced its educational and networking driven programme aimed at inspiring, educating, supporting business networking and driving growth in the retrofit market.
Delivered in a variety of formats ranging from seminars, conferences, feature areas and awards events Retro Expo will comprise of four core elements:
The Green Deal Summit – a conference aimed at key senior-level stakeholders reviewing progress, driving change and market growth. The Summit is divided into six modules:
• Module 1: Green Deal Finance (in partnership with The Green Deal Finance Company)
• Module 2: Green Deal Demand (in partnership with DECC)
• Module 3: Retrofit at Scale (in partnership with Birmingham City Council)
• Module 4: Retrofit Learning and Innovation (in partnership with The Technology Strategy Board and The Construction Product’s Association)
• Module 5: Green Deal Skills (in partnership with The National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies)
• Module 6: Driving Growth in the SME Sector Through Retrofit (in partnership with the British Property Federation and the Institute for Sustainability)
Key speakers include Paul Joyner, Travis Perkins; Paul Davies, PwC and Green Deal Finance Company; Philip Sellwood, Energy Saving Trust; Sally Hancocks, Gentoo Green; James Pitcher, Tesco; Miles Keeping, Drivers Jonas Deloitte and Liz Peace, British Property Federation.
Retrofit Buyer’s Forum – a networking opportunity connecting large-scale buyers of goods and services in the refurbishment sector with manufacturers and service suppliers. The Forum will provide diarised appointments for over 100 buyers in one-to-one meetings.
Retro Expo Exhibition – 200 exhibitors comprising innovative technologies, products and services aimed at the retrofit and refurbishment markets.
Retro Expo Hub Programme – a series of FREE educational seminars:
The Retrofit Hub Programmes feature presentations and debates around the core technical areas of Building Services and Building Fabric.
The Retrofit Case Studies Hub will host case study presentations from across a range of research programmes funded by The Technology Strategy Board.
The Green Deal Journeys Hub provides orientation for visitors on The Green Deal and signposts business opportunities and training paths that they can trust.
David Pierpoint, Business Development Director of Retro Expo, said: “It is predicted that £14bn will be injected into the UK economy and 65,000 jobs will be created by 2015 as a result of the Green Deal. Clearly it’s going to provide an array of business opportunities for the low carbon retrofit market. Retro Expo is the UK’s first major show dedicated exclusively to low carbon retrofits and our vision is to inspire and educate thereby helping industry to prepare for the challenge that lies ahead.”
A range of sponsorship and exhibition packages are currently available, call 01691 860723 or visit www.retro-expo.co.uk/exhibit/ for further information. Already Travis Perkins, SIG, Ideal and Vokera have pledged support as Platinum Sponsors.
