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SYSTRA

Developing green & blue solutions

Thursday 30 November 2023  ||  15 Hatfields, London

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Climate Resilient Streets will attract over 200 national and local government practitioners, landowners and developers, utilities companies and water experts, urban planners and landscaping architects to discuss and debate the future of climate resilient streets.  

 

Climate Resilient Streets 2023 provides an excellent and unique opportunity to meet with product suppliers and service experts working across the fields of:

 

  • Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS)

  • Flood prevention techniques

  • Green infrastructure

  • Landscaping and urban design

  • Biodiversity Net Gains

  • Community / Business engagement and lots more 

Programme

09.30

Registration

10.00

Creating green & blue environments – what are the components that make up a climate resilient street?

Why do we need to change our streets? How do we measure the benefits? What are the main challenges to bringing about the changes we need at street level and how do we overcome those challenges?

Chair: John Lamb, Chair of Adaptation, Biodiversity & Climate Board of the UK Road Leadership Group

Speakers:

 

  • Holly Smith, Project Manager (Surface Water Flooding), GLA

  • Maria Mejia, International Climate Protection Fellow, EIT Climate-KIC

  • Adrien Baudrimont, Research Manager, CIRIA

  • Zac Tudor, Associate Landscape Architect, Arup, Sheffield

11.15

Morning break

11.45

Small interventions that make a big difference

Micro-level measures that don’t cost the earth. There are quick and inexpensive innovative ways of creating climate resilient streets and reducing flood risk. Measures, made possible by different funding sources, can complement one another to make a significant impact

Chair: TBC

Speakers:

 

  • Habib Khan, Founder and Director, Meristem Design

  • Rowena Kenny, Green Infrastructure and Nature Recovery Programme Manager, South Gloucestershire Council

  • Romain Pison, Director of Decarbonisation, SYSTRA

  • John Lamb, Chair of Adaptation, Biodiversity & Climate Board of the UK Road Leadership Group

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Best practice: More than just a pretty streetscape

How liveable neighbourhood and LTN schemes can encompass practical measures for boosting biodiversity and tackling flood risk. How one scheme can have multiple benefits – active travel, mental health, community cohesion, biodiversity and tackling flood risk

Chair: TBC

Speakers:

 

  • Matt Panou, Climate Adaptation Manager, Lambeth Council

  • Amy Priestly, Urban Designer, Urban Movement

  • Gary Grant, Director, Green Infrastructure Consultancy

  • Stephen O'Malley, Chief Executive, Civic Engineers

15.15

Afternoon break

15.45

Why partnership working is key to transforming our streets

Seemingly disparate groups are increasingly connecting to develop climate resilient streets. This enables a more over-arching, coherent approach and also opens up an array of new funding possibilities

Chair: TBC

Speakers:

 

  • Ludo Pittie, Head of Landscape, WSP 

  • Joe Hitchman, Principal Flood Risk Engineer, Project Centre

  • Kendra Inman, Principal Urban Design Advisor, Transport for London

  • Marta Chudzio, Water Engineer, Thames Water 

  • James Elliott, Chair of Asset Management Panel, CIHT

17.00

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Speakers

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Stephen O'Malley
Chief Executive, Civic Engineers

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Maria Mejia
International Climate Protection Fellow, EIT Climate-KIC

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Kendra Inman
Principal Urban Design Advisor, Transport for London

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Habib Khan
Founder and Director,
Meristem Design 

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Ludo Pittie
Head of Landscape, WSP  

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Amy Priestley
Urban Designer,
Urban Movement
 

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Adrien Baudrimont
Research Manager, CIRIA

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Marta Chudzio
Water Engineer, Thames Water

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Romain Pison
Director of Decarbonisation, SYSTRA

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Rowena Kenny
Green Infrastructure and Nature Recovery Programme Manager, South Gloucestershire Council 

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John Lamb
Chair of Adaptation, Biodiversity & Climate Board of the UK Road Leadership Group 

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Holly Smith
Project Manager (Surface Water Flooding), GLA 

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Gary Grant
Director, Green Infrastructure Consultancy

Speakers confirmed from the following organisations:

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Exhibition

Exhibition Packages include the following:

 

  • 3m x 2m exhibition table top area supplied with chairs, table and power supply 

  • 3 delegate places with full access to all conference sessions 

  • A company profile in the show guide - a logo and 100 word listing 

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Floorplan

Available

Occupied

Entrance

Delegate rates

Public Sector

First Public Sector Delegate

£225 + VAT

Each Additional Public Sector Delegate

£175 + VAT

Private Sector

First Private Sector Delegate

£325 + VAT

Each Additional Private Sector Delegate

£275 + VAT

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