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Happy Guy
22-Jun-10, 15:24
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4638570204_9cb6884b18_m.jpgThis Sat. 26th - 10.30 to 4.30
Entry is FREE, Lunch is FREE and all are welcome!
As well as the program listed below, Local Food producers such as Caithness Smokehouse, Greystones Farm-to-Fork, Scrabster Seafoods, Bulno Goats milk, Pulteney Distillery, and others will be displaying their products and inviting you to taste!


Programme

10.30 General Welcome - Pat Kieran MBE, Chair British Science Association, Caithness Branch

10.35 – 10.55 Building Capacity & Resilience
- Jon Priddy – Area Manager, Community Energy Scotland

11.00 – 1120 River & Tidal Energy Extraction
- Steve Foster – MER2 project engineer, Mowat Technical & Design Services, Ltd

11.25 – 11.45 Distributed Renewable Energy from Biomass – A Perfect Fit for Scotland
- Neil Robertson – Director, Forss Business & Technology Park

11.50 – 12.35 LUNCH

12.40 – 1300 Tesco’s Corporate Renewable Policy
- Charlie Burness – WickTesco Store Manager

13.05 – 13.25 Emissions from Small-scale Biomass Systems
- Dr Kenny Boyd – Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Research Institute [ERI], North Highland College

13.30 – 13.50 Melness Community Wind Farm – to be confirmed

13.55 – 14.10 TEA/COFFEE

14.15 – 15.15 Question Time – Chaired by Pat Kieran
– Your chance to pose questions to the speakers and exchange views with others in the audience

Bazeye
22-Jun-10, 18:24
Sounds fascinating but unfortunately I'll be at Glastonbury so will have to decline the invite.