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19.00 – Drinks Reception

19.50 – Convene around the dinosaur for dinner

20.00 – Welcome Address

• Joe Swift, Green Gardner
• Sara Williams, Vitesse Media
• Ian Rosenblatt, Rosenblatt Solicitors
• Dan Epstein, Head of Sustainable Development and Regeneration for the Olympic Delivery Authority

20.20 – Dinner commences

21.50 – Awards ceremony commences

22.10 – Joe Swift , Green Gardner

22.20 – Charity Raffle - Trees for Cities

24.00 – Pedicabs & Bacon Sandwiches

Dress code is black tie with a green twist.

Confirmed host for the evening: Joe Swift, 'green gardener'

Joe Swift is the co-founder of Modular Garden, a ‘design and build’ company that has won numerous awards for its aesthetically pleasing, eco-friendly gardens. He is better known as a regular presenter on Gardeners’ World and has also presented the documentary British Isles: A Natural History, and Gardener of the Year. Dedicated to improving the general public’s appreciation and understanding of natural beauty, Swift is president of the National Gardens Scheme (The Yellow Book), an ambassador for King Henry’s Walk Garden, a patron of the Horniman Museum and an ambassador for the Thai Children’s Trust.

Keynote Speaker - Dan Epstein

Dan Epstein is Head of Sustainable Development and Regeneration for the Olympic Delivery Authority, where his job is to oversee advancement and implementation of a sustainability strategy, and to support work on the long term transition and legacy of the Park and surrounding development.

Prior to this Dan was Environmental Policy Manager for English Partnerships where he was responsible for overseeing the development of policies, strategies and standards for the Partnership’s development programme of 9,000 homes per annum across England.

Dan has been working in the environmental and sustainable development sector since 1984. He started his career in Nepal where he spent 7 years working as a bio-engineer and forester, repairing landslides on major road and water projects.

He has also worked in the UK on a number of land reclamation and regeneration schemes in the North of England, working up briefs for sustainable buildings, landscape and infrastructure. In particular, Dan spent seven years working on the Earth Centre; a prototype sustainable development on a 400 acre former colliery site that included two rivers, a canal, a railway station, highly contaminated land and two of the poorest communities in the UK. As client project manager he was responsible for appointing and working with architects like Feilden Clegg Bradley, Will Alsop and Bill Dunster.

Dan has helped establish the sustainability consultants Beyond Green and was the sustainability champion for the growth of Ashford, one of the Government’s four growth areas.