Wednesday 25 September

Strategies for Energy and Environment -
What can Standards do?

14:00		Introduction Mr. Ulf Wickbom, journalist and moderator for the Session
14:15		Sustainable development - Global responsibility The presentation will be on a general level about global issues and their impacts on Energy and Environment. Mr. Björn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
14:40		Standards and the environment - A win win situation The European Union is actively promoting Sustainable Development,stressing the need to strike a balance between its environmental, economic and social pillars.It is currently taking a number of initiatives to allow standardization providing the necessary technical solutions to achieve this goal. Mr. Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner, DG, Enterprise & Information Society, European Commission
15:10		Sustainable development - Standards play an important role ISO is very active in developing standards to support Sustainable Development.Standards such as the ISO 14000-series have set the stage to support Sustainable Development. ISO/TC 207 has already approved a new work item proposal in the area of Global Climate Change and is looking at the future through its Future Vision Task Force. Sustainable Development is in focus but also Corporate Social Responsibility is discussed. Dr. Daniel Gagnier, Senior Vice President, Corporate and External Affairs, Alcan Inc., Canada, and Chairman of the technical committee ISO/TC 207, Environmental management
15:35		Coffee/tea break
16:00		Energy and Environment Futures - An Oil and Gas view of the Role of Oil and Gas The large oil and gas companies are deeply involved in studies of Environmental aspects of Energy. Royal Dutch/Shell have made a number of energy scenarios, e.g. about Energy Needs, Choices and Possibilities where they explore how the world's energy systems may develop in the coming 50 years. Mr. Doug McKay, Senior Energy Analyst, Global Business Environment, Shell International, United Kingdom
16:25		Tackle greenhouse effects - A challenge for the construction industry Buildings and their use account for one third of the global emissions of carbon dioxide. The developments in the building and construction sector are thus of utmost interest when discussing energy consumption and environmental aspects. Energy efficiency in buildings will be an increasingly important priority area for ISO. ISO/TC 163, Thermal performance and energy use in the built environment, plays a central role in this development. Mr. Axel Wenblad, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Skanska AB, Sweden
16:50		Panel discussion The seminar will round up by a panel discussion. The panel will consist of the speakers and possibly a few more experts. Questions from the delegates will be welcome.
17:30		Closure

Energy is one of the key global issues facing mankind in the decades to come: how to produce the right kinds of energy in the right quantities without causing irreparable damage to our environment. An Open Session, to be held in the framework of the ISO General Assembly at 14:00 on 25 September at the Conference City Centre Norra Latin in Stockholm, and entitled Strategies for Energy and Environment - What can standards do? will highlight the positive environmental impact of standardization on the vast and complex field of energy, and will show how standards are working for sustainable development, as well as suggesting their potentialities to do yet more.

Five presentations will focus on important aspects of the issue. Setting the global scene, Mr. Björn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, will paint the backdrop to the issues and their impacts on energy and the environment. Mr. Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner, will look at how the European Union is trying to strike a balance between environmental, economic and social needs, and the initiatives it is taking to allow standardization to provide the necessary technical solutions to achieve this goal.

The International Standards developed by ISO technical committee TC 207, Environmental management, have demonstrated their value, but future challenges lie ahead in the global climate change area, and other issues being examined by its Future Vision Task Force will be described by the TC 207 Chairman, Dr. Daniel Gagnier. Turning to the concrete issues of energy in the oil and gas industry, Mr. Doug McKay, Shell International, will explore scenarios concerning energy needs,choices and possibilities, and how the world's energy systems might develop in the next 50 years.

Buildings and their use account for one third of the global emissions of carbon dioxide, so that developments in this sector are important when discussing energy consumption and environmental aspects. Mr. Axel Wenblad, Skanska AB, Sweden, will study energy efficiency in buildings, an increasingly important wing of activity of ISO/TC 163, Thermal insulation, that tackles thermal performance and energy use.

Mr. Ulf Wickbom, a well-known Swedish journalist and author, will moderate the Open Session. At the end of the presentations, a panel session will allow questions to be fielded by the speakers and other experts present.