Previous Events
Wednesday, 07 March 2012

Please find below a list of all previous APPGOPO events, with links to audio and presentation files. 

Shell's View on the Future of Transport Fuel
APPGOPO 44 - April 2012
Arthur Reijnhart (Shell, General Manager for Alternative Energy & Fuel Development) 

Energy Return on Energy Investment
APPGOPO 43 - March 2012
Prof. Charles Halll (State University of New York)

Hydrogen as a Transport Fuel
APPGOPO 42 - February 2012
Prof. Kevin Kendall (Birmingham University, School of Chemical Engineering)

Shale Gas & the Road Fuel Market /Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
APPGOPO 41 - January 2012
John Baldwin (CNG Services)

The Canadian Oil Sands: Assessing the Environmental Impact
APPGOPO 40 - December 2011
Dr Steve Hrudey (Chair, Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on the Oil Sands Industry)

Peak Oil Futures: UK Scenarios up to 2030
APPGOPO 39 - November 2011
Dr Simon Roberts (ARUP, Associate Director of Foresight, Innovation and Incubator Group)

Reducing UK Oil Dependency: The Role of Public Transport
APPGOPO 38 - October 2011
Tim Pharoah (Transport Planning Consultant)

Reassessing the Club of Rome's 1972 'Limits to Growth' Report
APPGOPO 37 - July 2011
Dr Graham Turner (CSIRO)
Bruce Gaston (SkyBridge Finance)

Peak Oil and UK Transport
APPGOPO 36 - June 2011
Dr Oliver Inderwildi (Oxford University, Smith School for Business and the Environment)


The Global Impact of Peak Oil:
International Relations and Business
APPGOPO 35 - May 2011
Dr Joerg Friedrichs (Oxford University, Dept for International Development)
Dr Marcel Steward (Independent Environmental Risk and Insurance Consultant)

Ultra Low Carbon Farming
APPGOPO 34 - March 2011
Dr Robert Biel (UCL)
Paul Sousek (Cottage Farm)

Shale Gas: An Energy Revolution?
APPGOPO 33 - February 2011
Prof. Paul Stevens (Chatham House)
Nick Grealy (No Hot Air)
Prof. Alan Riley (City University)

Tradable Energy Quotas (TEQs) Report Launch
APPGOPO 32 - January 2011
John Hemming MP
Caroline Lucas MP
Shaun Chamberlin (Lean Economy Connection)
Jeremy Leggett (Solar Century)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/documents/TEQ_18Jan2011.pdf

Reviving UK Coach Travel for the Low Carbon Age
APPGOPO 31 - December 2010
Alan Storkey (Independent Transport Consultant)
Mike Lambden (National Express)
Peter Miller (ITO World)
John Austin (Austin Analytics)

The Transition Network and Government
APPGOPO 30 - November 2010
Peter Lipman (Transition Network)
Fiona Ward (Transition Training & Consulting)

Food Security after Peak Oil
APPGOPO 29 - October 2010
Vicki Hird (Friends of the Earth)
Prof. Maurice Moloney (Rothamsted Research)

Chatham House/Lloyds Report
APPGOPO 28 - September 2010
Antony Froggatt & Glada Lahn (Chatham House) 

Peak Oil and Economic Growth
APPGOPO 27 - February 2010
Chris Martenson (Post Carbon Institute) 

Underground Coal Gasification
APPGOPO 26 - January 2010
Kenneth Fergusson (Underground Coal Gasification Partnership)
http://appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57

Peak Oil and the Caspian Region
APPGOPO 25 - December 2009
Bruce Gaston (SkyBridge Finance)
http://appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56

The Decline of the North Sea and Britain's Energy Future
APPGOPO 24 - November 2009
Paul Mobbs (Free Range Network)
http://appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55

Will Global Oil Production Peak Before 2020?
APPGOPO 23 - October 2009
Steve Sorrell (UK Energy Research Council)
http://appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54

Population Issues, Peak Oil and Climate Change

APPGOPO 22 - July 2009
Rosamund McDougall (Optimum Population Trust)
Louise Carver (Population and Sustainability Network)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52

London After Peak Oil
APPGOPO 21 - June 2009
Seb Mayfield (Capital Growth)
Duncan Law (Transition Town Brixton)
Alexis Rowell (Camden Sustainability Taskforce)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51

Responding to the converging crises of the 21st Century
APPGOPO 20 - May 2009
Thomas Homer-Dixon (author of 'The Upside of Down' and 'The Ingenuity Gap')
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50

Peak Gas - How Close Are We?
APPGOPO 19 - April 2009
Dr Howard Rogers (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies)
David Odling (Oil & Gas UK)
Tim Guinness (Guinness-Atkinson Energy Fund)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49

Public Health after Peak Oil
APPGOPO 18 - March 2009
Dr David Pencheon (Head of NHS Sustainable Development Unit)
Dr Gerry McCartney (Specialist Registrar in Public Health, Medical Research Council)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48

Rail Renaissance: Taking people and freight off the roads
APPGOPO 17 - February 2009
Christian Wolmar (Transport commentator, author of 'Fire and Steam' & 'Broken Rails')
Cat Hobbs (Campaign for Better Transport)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47

Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security
APPGOPO 16 - February 2009
Taskforce Chair Will Whitehorn (Virgin Galactic, President) and Jeremy Leggett (Solar Century, Executive Chairman) explain the findings of the Taskforce's first report which forecasts that a peak in global oil production is likely to occur by 2013. The meeting will also explore what the Taskforce is planning to do in 2009. The taskforce includes Yahoo!, Virgin Group, Scottish and Southern Energy, Stagecoach, Foster & Partners and Arup.
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45

Future Car Technologies
APPGOPO 15 - January 2009
Iain Carson, European Business Editor, The Economist
Greg Archer, Director, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43


Biofuel from Algae: a viable alternative to oil?
APPGOPO 14 - December 2008
Dr Saul Purton (Cambridge University Algal Bioenergy Consortium & Reader in Molecular Phycology, UCL)
Dr Ben Graziano (Carbon Trust, Research & Development Manager, Algae Biofuels Initiative)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41


Peak Oil & Fuel Poverty
APPGOPO 13 -  November 2008
Dr Brenda Boardman (Oxford University, Environmental Change Institute)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40


Peak Oil: How close Are We?
APPGOPO 12 - October 2008
Dr Richard Pike (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Jeremy Nicholson (Energy Intensive Users Group)
Tim Guinness (Energy Fund Manager)
Chris Skrebowski (Petroleum Review)
Dr Michael Smith (Energy Files)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36


Urban Planning for the Post-Oil Age
APPGOPO 11 - July 2008
Prof. David Banister (Oxford University, Department of Geography)
Dr. Jo Williams (Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35


Peak Oil & International Development
July 2008
Report co-written by RESET and Practical Action.
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34


Zero Carbon Transport
APPGOPO 10 - June 2008
David McGrath (ReGenTech)
Tim Helweg-Larson & Paul Allen (Centre for Alternative Technology)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32


Becoming a Low Carbon Society
APPGOPO 9 - May 2008
Rob Hopkins (Transition Towns)
Shaun Chamberlin (Tradeable Energy Quotas)
Simon Snowden (Liverpool University, Oil Vulnerability Auditing)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29 


The Economic Impact of Peak Oil
APPGOPO 8 - April 2008
Dr Mamdouh Salameh (Oil Economist, World Bank Consultant)
Andrew Simms (New Economics Foundation) 
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27


Food Security After Peak Oil
APPGOPO 7 - March 2008
Prof. Tim Lang (City University)
Gundula Azeez (Soil Association)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26


Peak Oil and the Third World
APPGOPO 6 - March 2008
Simon Taylor (Global Witness)
Simon Trace (Practical Action)
Magnus Wolfe Murray (RESET)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25


Avoiding Oil Wars
APPGOPO 5 - February 2008
Paul Rogers (Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford University)
Mary Kaldor (Professor of Global Governance, LSE)
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24


Transportation After Oil
APPGOPO 4 - January 2008
Richard Gilbert, co-author of ‘Transport Revolutions: How to move people and freight without oil'
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23


BP's View on Peak Oil
APPGOPO 3 - January 2008
Peter Davies - BP Special Economic Advisor
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21


Peak Oil & Climate Change - Twin Crises?       
APPGOPO 2 - December 2007
Jeremy Leggett, author of `Half Gone' and CEO of Solar Century.
Martyn Williams, Parliamentary Campaigner, Friends of the Earth.
Chris Vernon, the Oil Drum, Europe.
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18


The Peaking of Global Oil Production       
APPGOPO 1 - July 2007
David Strahan - Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
http://www.appgopo.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17