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Flooding Conference: Britain under Water

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09:00 Registration exhibition & networking  
09:30 Welcome & Introductions

Guy Hammersley, Chief Executive of BRE Ventures Ltd

09:40 Keynote Address Craig Elliott, Environment Agency
10:00 Session 1: Flood resilience of the built environment Chair: Douglas Barnett, AXA
10:05 Incentivising Flood Resilient Behaviour Robbie Craig, Defra
10:25 The case for Resilient Repair – is it a “no regrets” solution Jessica Lamond, UWE Bristol
10:45 Panel Session 1 (including above speakers)

Paul Cobbing, National Flood Forum

   

Katharine Knox, JRF

   

John Robinson, Newcastle County Council

11:30 Refreshments, exhibition & networking  
11:55 Session 2: Flood resilience of infrastructure Chair – Justin Butler, Ambiental
12:00

Working together to manage urban flooding – encouraging the uptake of designing for exceedance

Paul Shaffer, CIRIA
12:20 Can a Changing Landscape Drive Innovation in Design? Tom Saville, ARUP
12:40 Panel Session 2 (including above speakers)

Mary Dhonau, Flood Protection Association

    Jim Barrack, Tilt Dam
13:30 Lunch and exhibition  
14:15 Session 3: Innovation in flood management Chair: Paul O'Hare, Manchester Metropolitan University
14:20 Flood surface water mapping Neil Hunter, JBA
14:35 FRe technology - policy and practice Dr Stephen Garvin, BRE
14:50 International perspective Prof. Slobodan Djordjevic, University of Exeter
15:05 Panel Session 3 (including above speakers) Adrian Rushworth, Environment Agency
    John Alexander, Aquobex
15:50 Reporters summing up, Final Q&A Dr Stephen Garvin, BRE
16:00 Event close