Events

ILMC (JB: Touring Panel)

The Green Room: ‘Turning the Tide in Global Touring’

Chair: Ben Challis (Charming Music, UK) including a presentation from Catherine Bottrill,  Julie's Bicycle Head of Research

While many festivals have been ahead of the curve when it comes to environmental efforts, there’s arguably more room for improvement when it comes to day-to-day touring. Music industry greening group Julie’s Bicycle will shortly be publishing an in-depth report on green touring, and representatives will exclusively present some early findings. Building on this research, a cross-industry panel will consider the practicalities of green touring to ask just how sustainable both large- and small-scale productions are; whether it’s possible to affect change without affecting budgets; and why impending environmental legislation could well make this issue a financial as well as a moral imperative.

Check out more information here!

Sustainable Events Summit 2010

The third annual Sustainable Events Summit is a platform for industry professionals to discuss and debate the current state of play in sustainable events. Learn from experts, network with other organisers and meet potential venues and suppliers. We have brought together a broad range of speakers covering most industry sectors. This year we are also introducing a social media platform to allow attendees to get value from the event before and after the day itself.

The Julie's Bicycle team will be out in force attending and supporting the event! More information and to book tickets, please visit the Sustainable Events Summit website here!

London Book Fair: 2010 Key Note on Sustainability

Event takes place from 13:00 - 14:00

Sustainable Publishing: What can we learn from others in the media sector?

What does our industry need to do to be on the path to sustainability in 2020, and what can we learn from colleagues in other parts of the media industry? The event will be chaired by BBC reporter Torrin Douglas, and our very own Director, Alison Tickell will be joining the event to represent the music industry in these discussions. 

Synopsis:

Many in our industry are now recognising and realising the benefits of focusing upon sustainability, but we still have a long way to go to achieve the reductions that scientists agree are essential by 2050. 2020 is recognised as being a tipping point on this road and mapping out where we need be at this time is vital. As the need to act becomes more urgent, voluntary action is now being surpassed by legislation that will effect our business and supply chains e.g. in South Africa, the National Water Act puts good practise and working with others in our industry on particular initiatives such as sustainable paper purchasing is extremely important, and we have begun taking steps to improve, but there are also lessons we can learn from colleagues in the broader media sector as they grapple with similar challenges and flourish through opportunities. This key note session brings together the publishing, music, newspaper and TV/Film industries to tackle the question of where we need to be by 2020 and share ideas that will help us all make our sector more sustainable. 

For more information, visit the official London Book Fair 2010 website here!

PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010

How to harness the Creative Industries: Key Issues - 3-4pm

JB Head of Energy Helen Heathfield will look at the key sustainability issues in the creative industries and how JB has approached them. The seminar will look at opportunities and at limitations, and what is now needed to embed a low carbon infrastructure into cultural epxeriences.

To register for the conference: http://www.plasafocus.com/leeds/

Creative Futures Launch - 6-8pm

TMA Touring Symposium

Break out session on Sustainable Touring: Energy efficiency, carbon emissions and cost effectiveness - to introduce work already underway in addressing sustainability and how the touring industry will or could be affected particularly in light of legislation.

Research Assistant Christina Tsiarta and Associate Director for Theatres Sian Alexander will be speaking on behalf of Julie's Bicycle on the panel. More information can be found here!

THEMA Green Music Dinner

Hotel de Rome / Berlin

What role can the cultural sector play in the fight against climate change?

JB Director Alison Tickell will present to 100 selected British, French and German representatives from music, art, science, politics, environmental associations and media discuss at the Green Music Dinner in Berlin.

More info here!

National Skills Academy Conference, Birmingham

Head of Research Catherine Bottrill will speak on a panel at this inaugural conference which will recognise the value of training in sustainability issues that will help the sector proactively engage with the issue and mentally prepare for inevitable legislation.

ABO Conference Glasgow

Catherine Langabeer, Operations Manager at JB will present the Green Orchestras Guide and provide an update on the Sustainable Touring research (see here) with the Orchestral Sector.

This is part of the Masterclass 2 - Sustainable Touring Research, from 4-5pm at the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow. An excerpt from the programme below:

"An important follow up from last year's conference as the research team from Julie's Bicycle give us an update on our attempts to map the emissions associated with orchestral touring - and we identify some top tips to help cut down energy waste and boost your green credentials as we launch the orchestral green guide."

Speakers include:

Catherine Langabeer, Operations Manager for Julie's Bicycle

Henry Little, Chief Executive of Orchestras Live

Kathryn McDowell, Managing Director of London Symphony Orchestra

Visit the ABO website here!

A Low Carbon Future for the Arts?

Time of event: 10.15 - 2pm

Organised by Arts Council England and hosted by the National Theatre, speakers will include:

Dame Liz Forgan, Chair Arts Council England
Nick Starr, Executive Director National Theatre]
Prof. Chris Rapley CBE, Director Science Museum
Alison Tickell, Director, Julie's Bicycle
Dr Jennifer Cleary, Head of Creative Learning, Manchester International Festival
Steve Tompkins, Howarth Tompkins Architects
Lucy Neal, OBE, Independent Arts Producer

For more information, please check the Arts Council England website here.

SHIFT

Taking place: Tuesday 26 – Sunday 31 January 2010

A festival with a climate focus co-curated by Cape Farewell, pioneering a cultural response to climate change. Alongside free events engaging artists, architects and scientists in discussion about climate change, the festival includes a night of comedy with Marcus Brigstocke and special guests, and Robyn Hitchcock is joined for a one-off gig by Graham Coxon, KT Tunstall and Kathryn Williams.

For more information and to book your tickets, visit the Official website here!

State of the Arts Conference

State of the Arts Conference

Thursday 14th January 2010, Park Plaza, Riverbank, SE1 7TL

Tickets £115 (including VAT)

"Creative Thinking for a Strong Future"

The State of the Arts Conference, organised by the RSA and Arts Council England, brings together a wide range of creative voices to debate the value and purpose of the arts at a time of significant change. Recognising that arts and cultural experiences are more diverse, disruptive and fast moving than ever before, the conference will explore with artists, entrepreneurs, cultural leaders and policy makers what kind of arts landscapes we need and how we might get there.

Our very own Alison Tickell will be one of the guest speakers for the event, so please try and make it down!

For more information and to book, please visit the Official RSA website here: http://www.thersa.org/events/state-of-the-arts-conference

Sustainable Events Management Conference

Missenden Abbey, Bucks New University

Speakers include

Alison Tickell (Julies Bicycle) on the impact of travel

 Meegan Jones (Festival Republic) Reading Festival – a case study

 Thomas Niebuhr (Roskilde Festival Dk) Roskilde – climate change campaign

 Claire O’Neill (Association of Independent Festivals) on the latest developments in sustainable event management.  

 A panel discussion posing the question ‘is green too expensive?’ will be chaired by Prof Ben Challis (BNU/AGF).

Chaired by Teresa Moore, Head of Music and Entertainment Management, Bucks New University

This one day conference is part of the Security Week: Security, Safety and Sustainability at Missenden Abbey Buckinghamshire from the 21^st to the 25^th September 2009

Produced by Buckinghamshire New University in association with A Greener Festival, Julies Bicycle, Rosklide Festival and YOUROPE

The conference is for all those involved in organising and planning live events including promoters, event managers and environmental managers.

Here is the order form which has the costs included.

For more information contact: Tom Harrison + 44 (0) 1494 601620 tom.harrison@bucks.ac.uk

Sustainable Events Summit 2009

Stop talking and start doing - 50 practical actions to make your events more sustainable.

The Sustainable Events Summit 2009 takes place on Friday 22 May at One Wimpole Street, London. With sustainability currently a huge issue in the events industry, and organisers eager to learn best practice and implement sustainable measures, this is a timely moment for the summit to take place.  The aim of the day is to provide delegates with 50 practical actions which they can take back to their organisations. The summit will be chaired by Lucy Siegle, ethical living columnist at the Observer and BBC One Show presenter. Lucy will be ensuring that the event is dynamic, inspirational and encourages practical action.
 
Delegates at this event will comprise heads of events / event directors across a variety of business sectors; event media and suppliers to the industry. The event is targeting around 250 delegates to maximise the value of the day for all attendees.

The Summit will provide an informative day for delegates and aims to include interactive sessions to add variety and incorporate future technologies. Speakers confirmed so far include:

David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability, LOCOG;
Anne Hayes, Head of Market Development – Sustainability, BSI;
Neil Grange, Sustainable Event Management Consultant, Arup;
Alison Tickell, Director, Julie’s Bicycle.

Other participants include representatives from Wembley Stadium, The Guardian, The Ryder Cup and Virgin Trains.

Last year’s Summit had 200 attendees and is aiming for as many attendees as possible to share their experiences and commit to practical action to make the events industry more sustainable. Early Bird tickets are available now at a reduced cost.

To book tickets go to the Summit website at www.sustainableeventssummit.com. For more information call Joelle McNichol from the Summit team on 020 7515 5775 or email Joelle@sustainableeventssummit.com. 

The Sustainable Events Summit aims to be the catalyst for real change in the events industry. Come along and be part of it.

South West @ The Great Escape, Brighton

Julie’s Bicycle director Alison Tickell joins the line up for South West @ The Great Escape in Brighton on Thursday 14th May.

Following on from the Green Track panel at SXSW 09, Alison will be covering the ‘Green Imperative – British Innovations’. The talk will present new industry innovations such as the Green Music Guide and the Industry Green Standards, as well as covering initiatives for Greenhouse Gas reductions in specific industry areas, such as CD Packaging and Audience Travel.

JB will also be joining the round up session, titled “The BMG and South West Music Forum – Connecting a Great and Diverse Region’. It will conclude the day at 4pm, bringing together a selection of speakers such as Matt Booth (BMF), John Empson (Eden Sessions), Helen Miah (Swindon Borough Council), Rob Jones (Somerset County Council) and Ian Rogers (Orange Box).

Other featured South West UK speakers and national partners involved include: Chris Morrison (CMO Management), Korda Marshall (Infectious), Nick Williams (Brit School), Seth Jackson (Indie Mobile), Chris Jenkins (Wittdo/DMF) and Jack Kingslake (Hi Road Studios). They will be presenting a series of talks on their specialist subjects throughout the day.

Event day starts at 10:30am, with Alison speaking at 1:30pm, and the round up session starting at 4pm. To RSVP, please email: info@bristolmusicfoundation.com.

For more information, please visit: http://www.bristolmusicfoundation.com

CD Packaging Reception

Julie’s Bicycle launches the follow up to their CD packaging research 'Impacts and Opportunities'.

Guest speakers:

Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Tony Wadsworth, BPI Chairman

For more information, please email: info@juliesbicycle.com

Can the music industry afford to go green?

Mon 30 Mar | 18.30-21.00hrs

This MusicTank [ http://www.musictank.co.uk/ ] event takes as its jump-off the established fact of climate change, with the only remaining environmental question being one of scale.  Are we facing a 2 degree temperature rise or, as latest science would have it, 7 degrees?  One thing appears certain - in a 7 degree scenario, all bets are off.  Accepting this broad premise, the session will consider the industry's ability and preparedness to adopt the S-Factor: Sustainability.

The question however, in a period of chronic contraction for the record business and one in which the live industry is bracing itself for an inevitable decline, (not to mention the universal lack of financing), is: "Can the music industry afford to go green?”

SPEAKERS: Tony Wadsworth, BPI Chairman, who has spearheaded a campaign on CD packaging with record labels.  He will be joined by John Webster, CEO of the Music Manager’s Forum, Alison Tickell, Director of Julie's Bicycle, Catherine Bottrill, scientist, to discuss the opportunities, dilemmas and costs of tackling climate change with the music industry and Andrew Haworth, Environmental Manager at Live Nation. Keith Harris will moderate.

This event will be of particular interest to SME’s who would like to make a commitment to environmental sustainability but might not know how.  Knowledge Connect [ http://www.knowledgeconnect.org.uk/ ]provides business support for SME’s wishing to adopt sustainabile practice and a member of the Knowledge Connect team will be present to discuss how they might help.

Venue: Basement Bar, Copyright House, 29-33 Berners Street, London W1T 3AB

Cost: £15 MusicTank Members | £20 Full price. Tickets incl. drinks. Ticket prices are subsidised by Knowledge Connect

To book and for more info go to: http://www.musictank.co.uk/events/sustainability

Green Music Guide - Launch

On March 12, the Mayor of London and Julie’s Bicycle are launching the Green Music Guide - an action plan that aims to reduce the London Music Industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2025.

Guest speakers:

Isabel Dedring Director Environmental Policy, Mayor of London
Jazz Summers Chairman Julie’s Bicycle
and
Julie Calland Courtyard Management

Thursday March 12, 6:30pm

 at the Royal Garden Hotel

For more information please contact us.

JB Christmas Drinks

Join Julie’s Bicycle for a pre-Christmas drink at the Adam Street Club, Tuesday December 9 at 5pm.
Space is limited so rsvp is essential.

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September Bike Club: 6 - 9pm

Julie’s Bicycle invites you to attend an evening on climate change and the music industry.

Basement Cafe, Copyright House, 29–33 Berners Street, London W1T 3AB
Refreshments provided. Cash bar.
RSVP: info@juliesbicycle.com

As the festival season draws to a close join us for a discussion about some of the innovative sustainability initiatives that took place this summer, and hear about our intrepid survey of festival-goers’ travel behaviour.

Our hosts at MCPS-PRS Alliance will be holding a Green Week and we will hear about some of their projects for staff and members.

If you would like to be added to the Bike Club mailing list please let us know.

Bike Club

Julie’s Bicycle invites you to attend a network session for people championing climate issues in their workplace.

Thursday July 3, 6-9pm
Basement Cafe, Copyright House
29–33 Berners Street, London W1T 3AB

Nibbles provided. Cash bar.
Recommended voluntary contribution of £5 to cover general Bike Club expenses.

The evening’s main theme will be CARBON CALCULATORS.

Carbon calculators and energy management tools are proliferating in the online
world as a way to combat climate change. JB has been looking at online tools for
the music industry but the marketplace is already busy and there are questions
around the value of such tools in driving the shift to lower carbon businesses and
lifestyles. We’d like to hear your thoughts.

Speakers will include: David Hayes (Eden Bee), Gavin Starks (AMEE),
Russell Layberry (iMeasure and SMEasure) and Tom Dyson (Carbon Account)
The Bike Club’s new online network at 2degrees will also be presented.

RSVP: info@juliesbicycle.com

Bike Club

Julie’s Bicycle hosts a network session for people championing climate issues in their workplace.

Our recent research ‘First Step’ found that there is a lot of innovative work being done across the music industry around sustainability and reducing carbon emissions. However, the report also showed that much of this work was isolated and restricted to individual companies.

We would like to hear from you, bring you together to share ideas and experiences, update you on some of the most recent science and legislation, and find out what we could be doing that would be most helpful. This could include an ongoing Bike Club series, depending on your feedback.

With thanks to The MCPS-PRS Alliance

Research Launch

Julie’s Bicycle, in partnership with the London Development Agency, launched its ‘First Step’ report at the Royal Geographic Society on Friday April 18. This pioneering research, conducted by the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, provides an initial estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions across the UK music industry. Download the report or executive summary here

Thanks to our research and event sponsors:

To view photos from the day please view this news story

Working group meeting

The Julie’s Bicycle Working Group convene for the first time

Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar

Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar

Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar

Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar

Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar

Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar

Julie's Bicycle Launch

Julie's Bicycle officially launched at a breakfast event at the Berkeley Hotel. It was fantastically attended by over 60 people, mainly from the music industry but also from the worlds of science and culture. The key note speeches were given by Professor Chris Rapley, Director of the British Antarctic Survey who gave a powerful and measured address on the impact of global warming on the Antarctica - and gave the guests 800,000 year old fragments of ice taken from Antarctica bore holes - which melted within minutes and released their ancient air bubbles into the room.

Sir Crispin Tickell, diplomat and climatologist, spoke of the real implications of climate instability, for the global economy and for our selves. He urged us to think of history and the future differently, to adapt our expectations to a re configured world, and applauded the presence of such a large and powerful grouping to gather together on this issue.

Jazz Summers, Chairman of Julie’s Bicycle and CEO of Big Life Music, welcomed everyone and introduced Julie’s Bicycle, Al Tickell (Director) ran through the programme, and Stuart Galbraith, Managing Director of Live Nation and JB Board member, gave an illuminating description of the work he has pioneered within Live Nation. Thanks are due to Paul Reynolds who kicked off proceedings, and The Maybourne Group, and The Cultural Leadership Programme for their generous support.