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Conference programme SATURDAY 10th MAY 10.00 -10.30am Introduction - Helena Paul (Oilwatch) Where does it come from? - James Marriott (Platform) 10.30 -11.30am Case studies - Africa - Ledum Mittee (MOSOP), Nick Jukes (Delta), Irene Bloemink (FoE Netherlands), Alex Wilks (Bretton Woods Reform Project) The Americas - Steve Kretzman (Project Underground), Helena Paul (Oilwatch) Asia and Middle East - Tim Nunn (Burma Action Group), Paul Barber (Tapol), representatives of Iranian Oilworkers Support Campaign UK - Mick Green (Friends of Cardigan Bay), Pete Roache (Greenpeace UK) 11.30 -12.30pm Report back from workshops LUNCH 1.30 -2.00pm The Refining Gameshow - Greg and James show how little they and everyone else knows about the oil industry 2.00 -2.30pm Living with a refinery as neighbour - Tim Deere-Jones (from Milford Haven) 2.00 - 3.30pm Workshops - Workers’ rights in the oil industry - representatives of Iranian Oilworkers Support Campaign Oil spills and oil company management of them - Daniel Bennett (Leigh Day & Co solicitors) An economics lesson - Clive Bates (International Institute for Energy Conservation) 3.30 -3.45pm The Shell AGM and Resolution 10 - Bob Nind (ECCR) 3.45 -4.15pm The oil industry and finance - Mick Money-Maker TEA BREAK 4.30-6.30pm Oil production and the arms trade - Francesca d’Silva (CAAT) Oil company community relations - Steve Kretzman (Project Underground), Shannon Wright (Rainforest Action Network )Oil companies funding UK voluntary sector groups - Jane Trowell (Platform) Oil company public relations - Cindy Baxter The Global Climate Coalition - Kirsty Hamilton (Greenpeace International) A phase-out of fossil fuels - Matthew Spencer (Greenpeace UK) 8.00pm A feast to celebrate the end of the fossil fuel age |
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| SUNDAY 11th MAY 10.30-11.30am What is Shell? George Frynas (Environmental Rights Action / University of St Andrews) 11.30-12.30pm What is BP? James Marriott (Platform) LUNCH 1.30 -2.00pm The Shell alternative annual report - Steve Kretzman (Project Underground) 2.00 -3.30pm BP in Colombia - Freddy Pulecio (Union Syndical Obrero); PLUS International oilworker movements - Ronnie MacDonald (OILC) TEA BREAK 3.45-5.00pm Challenging the oil industry through higher education - Jim Thomas (Greenpeace UK) Effective forecourt pickets - Newcastle Green Party General discussion on future campaign approaches
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