Northern Ireland Fuel Poverty Coalition Conference 2015 A Manifesto for Warmth Tuesday 1st December 2015 The Dunadry Hotel and Country Club, Co. Antrim A Manifesto for Warmth” 09:00 Registration and Morning Refreshments Session One: Regulation, Effective Competition and Choice 09:30 Welcome and Introduction John French, Chief Executive, The Consumer Council Pat Austin, Director, National Energy Action NI Key Note Address Jenny Pyper, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Authority For Utility Regulation Chair Paul Wallace, Development Manager, National Energy Action NI Aodhan O’Donnell, Power to Switch Jamie Delargy, ENIRGY Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive, Manufacturing NI Kevin Shiels, Director of Retail, Northern Ireland Authority For Utility Regulation Question / Answer 11:15 Morning Refreshments / Exhibition Viewing Session Two: Resourcing and Policy 11:30 Chair Peter Smith, External Affairs Manager, National Energy Action Martin McDermott, Head of Fuel Poverty Team, Dept. for Social Development Norrie Kerr, Director, Energy Action Scotland Stuart Wightman, Head of EE Branch, Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Investment Georgina Grieve, General Manager, Homeseal Northern Ireland Question / Answer 13:00 Networking Lunch / Exhibition Viewing A Manifesto for Warmth” Session Three: Health (Consequences) 14:00 Welcome back from lunch Chair Jenny Saunders OBE, Chief Executive, National Energy Action Dr Naresh Chada, Senior Medical Officer, Dept. of Health, Social Services & Public Safety Phillip Morris, Senior Development Manager, Centre for Sustainable Energy Colette Rogers, Health & Social Wellbeing Improvement Manager, Public Health Agency Barbara Gray, Bryson Energy/Ulster University, to present research on excess winter deaths among people living with Alzheimer's Disease or related dementias Question / Answer Session Four: Question Time 15:30 Chair David Crothers, Trustee, National Energy Action NI Councillor David Armitage, Alliance Party Alderman Christopher Stalford, Democratic Unionist Party Councillor Ross Brown, Green Party NI Basil McCrea MLA, NI21 Councillor Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit Councillor Billy Hutchinson, Progressive Unionist Party Mickey Brady MP, Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Heading, Social, Democratic and Labour Party Councillor Stephen Nicholl, Ulster Unionist Party 16:30 Close — Pat Austin, Chair NI Fuel Poverty Coalition, Director NEA NI Fuel Poverty Landscape Northern Ireland is not unique in experiencing fuel poverty however it affects a much greater percentage of households here, compared to the rest of the UK. Its impacts are felt in a wide range of ways, on physical and mental health, household finances, the economy and ultimately on peoples quality of life. While we understand and embrace the fact that its causes are complex and its consequences are multiple, we are determined to show that it can be resolved with political will and through achievable actions. The Fuel Poverty Coalition is here not just to raise the profile of fuel poverty in Northern Ireland but to work with those who have the responsibility and ability to make a real difference by tackling it and to promote the idea that when we work together we can create… .