The Masterclass focuses on helping leaders embed sustainable development into their organisation.

Jonathon Porritt will guide you through the key issues – providing provocation, insight and experience in equal measure.

The Masterclass is designed for leaders from all sectors and functions including strategy, HR, marketing, business development, finance and customer relations. It provides the ideal opportunity to share learning on sustainable development and develop contacts with an influential peer group.

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Contact Geraldine Gilbert to apply for a place or nominate a colleague.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Shaun McCarthy, Director, Action Sustainability (Conference Chair)
• Dr. Peter Walmsley, Programme Lead, Supplier Relationship Management, Commercial Directorate, Home Office
• David Wathey, Sustainable Development Manager, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
• John Lorimer, Capital Programme Director, Manchester City Council
• Rachel Stretch, Head of Procurement, Logistics, Marks & Spencer

Who should attend?

This event is designed for public sector decision makers in the UK.

To save 20% on the booking rate, call Laura Evans on 0800 542 9585.

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In the first of his regular columns for Green Futures, Jonathon Porritt sniffs change in the air.

The theme for SDUK 09 will be Time for Change, and the conference will focus on issues such as cutting carbon emissions and the government's sustainable transport policies. Speakers include:

• Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director of Forum for the Future and Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission
• Mike O'Brien MP, Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Department for Energy and Climate Change
• Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government and Head of the Government Office for Science
• Chris Rapley CBE, Director of the Science Museum and Former Director of the British Antarctic Survey
• Sarah Mukherjee, Environment Correspondent, BBC

The conference will end with the presentation of the SDUK 09 Sustainability award. This offers central and local government and the wider public sector an opportunity to demonstrate the integration of environmental responsibility into their organisation.

Halt plans for 'unclean' coal power stations, say reports

With no fewer than six current projects proposing to build new coal-fired power stations in the UK, it would be a bad mistake to approve any of them now, says Matthew Lockwood of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr).

The government’s shadow pricing tool needs sharpening, says Rebecca Willis.

The biggest green stories in government - in bite-sized chunks

This is the only event in the Public Sector that guarantees that every case study will demonstrate either a 20% cashable saving or a 20% increase in standards of service delivery, offering you fantastic tangible examples of how to effectively transform your organisation.

With morning streams specific to all organisation-types plus further sessions covering shared services, procurement, employee engagement and optimising service delivery, this is the quintessential one-stop shop for all your transformational needs!

The Public Sector Transformation Summit 2008 offers 8 separately bookable streams:

• Transforming Local Government
• Transforming Health and Social Care
• Transforming Police, Fire and Defence
• Transforming Central Government
• Maximising Shared Services
• Workforce Transformation
• Optimising Service Delivery
• Transformation Procurement

 Speakers include:

Fiona Dowson, Senior Strategic Adviser, Forum for the Future

15% discount for Forum for the Futrue partners (quote booking reference 944 PO-K).