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28 29 www.floodandcoast.com @floodandcoast #FloodandCoast18 SEMINAR LIVE DAY 1 / 11:15-12:45 Exhibition Theatre WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES: COPING WITH RISK Chaired by Anne Wheeler, Chair, English Severn and Wye RFCC How can communities cope with and live with flood risk? What are the strategies that work? Speakers Rod Plummer, Shoothill: How to deliver live flood warnings for citizens in technically unsophisticated territories Andy Lee, Jacobs: Learning lessons from proportionate effort on the Small Schemes Pathfinder Project Phil Edwards, The National Flood School: Planning to survive Heather Shepherd, National Flood Forum Maggie Mason, Kendal, Flood Action Group Jonny Gios, Community Networker, Hope Community Cumbria DAY 1 / 13:30-14:15 Newport Room IN CONVERSATION WITH… John Curtin, Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency Interviewed by Tom Clarke, Science Editor, ITN DAY 1 / 14:45-15:45 Exhibition Theatre WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES: COMMUNITY LEVEL INNOVATION Chaired by Clare Dinnis, Deputy Director FCERM Strategy, Environment Agency What local innovations are working for communities? What can we share and apply elsewhere? Speakers Daniel Parsons, University of Hull: The ARK Project – innovation, training and research in flood resilience Simon Crowther, Flood Protection Solutions Ltd: Using social media to aid community resilience efforts Josefina Bravo, University of Reading: Improving community flood resilience through visual communication: An information designers perspective Ed Barsley, Founder, The Environmental Design Studio: Flood narratives Janet Taylor, Lune Valley Flood Forum: Community level action at the catchment scale An informal discussion with John on his reflections two years into the role and how we need to change in face of a changing climate DAY 3 / 11:45-12:30 Exhibition Theatre IN CONVERSATION WITH… Clare Moriarty, CB, Permanent Secretary, DEFRA An opportunity to hear from Clare on the agenda set out in the Government’s 25 Year Plan to improve the environment and what this means for the flood and coast community DAY 1 / 16:45-17:45 DAY 3 / 12:30-13:30 Exhibition Theatre SHOWING OF ‘HIGH WATER, COMMON GROUND’ A film about flooding and what we can do now. ‘High Water, Common Ground’ is an independent production from Andy Clark’s Top of the Tree, with official support from The National Flood Forum, Environment Agency, SEPA, The Scottish Government, Natural Resources Wales, The Woodland Trust, The Wildlife Trusts, Angling Trust, WWT, BASC and Arup. DAY 1 / 16:15-16:45 Exhibition Theatre IN CONVERSATION WITH… Angela Gray, President and Bruce Keith, Past President, CIWEM A Q&A session with Angela Gray, Project Manager, Natural Resources Wales, President of CIWEM & Bruce Keith, Past President CIWEM & former Head of Property, Scottish & Southern Energy and Author of Bridgescape. Angela & Bruce will talk about their careers in the industry and the challenges of leading CIWEM - the professional body dedicated to water and the environment. DAY 2 / 13:30-14:30 Newport Room LEARNING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY Jeff Lindner, Meteorologist, Harris County Flood Control District, Houston, Texas As Tropical Storm Harvey battered the greater Houston area in August 2017, Jeff Lindner, meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District played a central role in keeping communities informed through the steady and straightforward sharing of flood data. To the multitudes worrying about whether floodwaters were inching closer to their homes, Mr Lindner tirelessly updated millions via televised news conferences and Twitter posts about rising water levels in bayous and DAY 2 / 11:15-12:45 Exhibition theatre WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES: BUILDING TRUST AND SKILLS Chaired by Phiala Mehring, Chair of Loddon Basin Flood Action Group How can flood and coast partners build trust and skills amongst communities? What do communities need from risk management authorities? Speakers Michelle Bentley, VolkerStevin: How is the flood and coast community engaging with the next generation? Michael Green, Warwickshire County Council: Property level resilience in Warwickshire – sharing lessons learned Janet Riley, Institute of Energy & Sustainable Development, De Montfort University: Building online and social media communities to raise flood risk awareness and promote flood preparedness Teresa Bridgeman, West Somerset Flood Group: Great Expectations - managing the hidden risks of partnership working John Kelsall, Cumbria Rivers Authority Governance Group (CRAGG) DAY 2 / 14:45-15:45 Exhibition Theatre TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION PRESENTATIONS 1 Chaired by Andy Moores, Programme Manager, Environment Agency Speakers Rob Carling, Blue Sky International: Acorns to oak trees – can mapping our trees help manage flood risk? Gavin George, Aquobex: Developing a testing protocol for determining the resilience of construction and repair Paul Francis, Interserve: Partnership working Rob Pitt, Associate Director, KGAL: Powered flood gate drive systems: safe and reliable? Anders Philipsen, CEO, Environment Solutions: Fighting floods – best practice using water filled tubes Richard Briers, Low & Bonar: Coastal defence projects - case histories DAY 2 / 16:45-17:45 Exhibition Theatre TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION PRESENTATIONS 2 Chaired by Andy Moores, Programme Manager, Environment Agency Speakers Jo Bradley, Sustainable Drainage Systems Ltd (SDS Ltd): Teaching an old filter drain new tricks Barry Millar, Waterscan Ltd: Intelligent rainwater management - attenuate and re-use Randy Thompson, Propex Operating Company LLC: Adding resilience to earthen flood defence structures with re-inforced vegetation Daniel Rosenberg, Gravitas International: Vegetated wall system for riverbank repair & soil erosion Samantha Lavender, PIxalytics, An online cost-effective solution for mapping flooding using satellite earth observation data Alexis Smith, IMGeospatial: Understanding the flood of satellite data Rod Fox, Revaluetech: Re-Formative engineering solutions for coastal and fluvial protection reservoirs. His calm communications kept thousands of residents informed about whether they should leave their properties, avoiding the need for thousands of emergency evacuations. TRIO EVENTS SUSTAINABILITY POLICY We recognise that the conference and events industry has a direct impact on the local, regional and global environment. As a company we are dedicated to providing a high quality of service while minimising the environmental impact, both of our own company, and of the events we organise. The ways in which we try to reduce the impact of our events and our clients’ events include: • Assessing the social, economic and environmental impact at the start of the planning process • Including sustainability clauses in contracts • Reducing, reusing and recycling wherever possible • If reusable materials are not appropriate, we use recycled and/or recyclable materials for packaging, paper etc • We use reusable bags, made from 100% cotton, from sustainable sources • We use reusable, rather than event-specific, name badge holders and collect these items after the event for reuse • Minimising the impact of travel, by selecting venues within walking distance of hotel accommodation and are readily accessible by public transport. • Thinking about the wellbeing of our delegates, our suppliers, the local community and any other stakeholders. • Where possible, use venues which have sustainable or environmental policies and who meet our sustainability criteria with regards to their own suppliers, caterers, waste disposal & recycling policies. Trio Events are delighted to stage Flood & Coast 2018 at the Telford International Centre, a centre which shares our values (see next page). SESSIONS SEMINAR LIVE / FREE TO ATTEND
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SEMINAR
LIVEDAY 1 / 11:15-12:45Exhibition Theatre
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES: COPING WITH RISKChaired by Anne Wheeler, Chair, English Severn and Wye RFCC
How can communities cope with and live with flood risk? What are the strategies that work?
SpeakersRod Plummer, Shoothill: How to deliver live flood warnings for citizens in technically unsophisticated territories
Andy Lee, Jacobs: Learning lessons from proportionate effort on the Small Schemes Pathfinder Project
Phil Edwards, The National Flood School: Planning to survive
Heather Shepherd, National Flood Forum
Maggie Mason, Kendal, Flood Action Group
Jonny Gios, Community Networker, Hope Community Cumbria
DAY 1 / 13:30-14:15Newport Room
IN CONVERSATION WITH…John Curtin, Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency
Interviewed by Tom Clarke, Science Editor, ITN
DAY 1 / 14:45-15:45Exhibition Theatre
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES: COMMUNITY LEVEL INNOVATIONChaired by Clare Dinnis, Deputy Director FCERM Strategy, Environment Agency
What local innovations are working for communities? What can we share and apply elsewhere?
SpeakersDaniel Parsons, University of Hull: The ARK Project – innovation, training and research in flood resilienceSimon Crowther, Flood Protection Solutions Ltd: Using social media to aid community resilience effortsJosefina Bravo, University of Reading: Improving community flood resilience through visual communication: An information designers perspectiveEd Barsley, Founder, The Environmental Design Studio: Flood narrativesJanet Taylor, Lune Valley Flood Forum: Community level action at the catchment scale
An informal discussion with John on his reflections two years into the role and how we need to change in face of a changing climate
DAY 3 / 11:45-12:30Exhibition Theatre
IN CONVERSATION WITH…Clare Moriarty, CB, Permanent Secretary, DEFRA
An opportunity to hear from Clare on the agenda set out in the Government’s 25 Year Plan to improve the environment and what this means for the flood and coast community
DAY 1 / 16:45-17:45DAY 3 / 12:30-13:30Exhibition Theatre
SHOWING OF ‘HIGH WATER, COMMON GROUND’A film about flooding and what we can do now. ‘High Water, Common Ground’ is an independent production from Andy Clark’s Top of the Tree, with official support from The National Flood Forum, Environment Agency, SEPA, The Scottish Government, Natural Resources Wales, The Woodland Trust, The Wildlife Trusts, Angling Trust, WWT, BASC and Arup.
DAY 1 / 16:15-16:45Exhibition Theatre
IN CONVERSATION WITH…Angela Gray, President and Bruce Keith, Past President, CIWEM
A Q&A session with Angela Gray, Project Manager, Natural Resources Wales, President of CIWEM & Bruce Keith, Past President CIWEM & former Head of Property, Scottish & Southern Energy and Author of Bridgescape. Angela & Bruce will talk about their careers in the industry and the challenges of leading CIWEM - the professional body dedicated to water and the environment.
DAY 2 / 13:30-14:30Newport Room
LEARNING FROM HURRICANE HARVEYJeff Lindner, Meteorologist, Harris County Flood Control District, Houston, Texas
As Tropical Storm Harvey battered the greater Houston area in August 2017, Jeff Lindner, meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District played a central role in keeping communities informed through the steady and straightforward sharing of flood data.
To the multitudes worrying about whether floodwaters were inching closer to their homes, Mr Lindner tirelessly updated millions via televised news conferences and Twitter posts about rising water levels in bayous and
DAY 2 / 11:15-12:45Exhibition theatre
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES: BUILDING TRUST AND SKILLSChaired by Phiala Mehring, Chair of Loddon Basin Flood Action Group
How can flood and coast partners build trust and skills amongst communities? What do communities need from risk management authorities?
SpeakersMichelle Bentley, VolkerStevin: How is the flood and coast community engaging with the next generation? Michael Green, Warwickshire County Council: Property level resilience in Warwickshire – sharing lessons learnedJanet Riley, Institute of Energy & Sustainable Development, De Montfort University: Building online and social media communities to raise flood risk awareness and promote flood preparednessTeresa Bridgeman, West Somerset Flood Group: Great Expectations - managing the hidden risks of partnership workingJohn Kelsall, Cumbria Rivers Authority Governance Group (CRAGG)
DAY 2 / 14:45-15:45 Exhibition Theatre
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION PRESENTATIONS 1Chaired by Andy Moores, Programme Manager, Environment Agency
SpeakersRob Carling, Blue Sky International: Acorns to oak trees – can mapping our trees help manage flood risk?
Gavin George, Aquobex: Developing a testing protocol for determining the resilience of construction and repair
Paul Francis, Interserve: Partnership working
Rob Pitt, Associate Director, KGAL: Powered flood gate drive systems: safe and reliable?
Anders Philipsen, CEO, Environment Solutions: Fighting floods – best practice using water filled tubes
Richard Briers, Low & Bonar: Coastal defence projects - case histories
DAY 2 / 16:45-17:45 Exhibition Theatre
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION PRESENTATIONS 2Chaired by Andy Moores, Programme Manager, Environment Agency
SpeakersJo Bradley, Sustainable Drainage Systems Ltd (SDS Ltd): Teaching an old filter drain new tricks
Barry Millar, Waterscan Ltd: Intelligent rainwater management - attenuate and re-use
Randy Thompson, Propex Operating Company LLC: Adding resilience to earthen flood defence structures with re-inforced vegetation
Daniel Rosenberg, Gravitas International: Vegetated wall system for riverbank repair & soil erosion
Samantha Lavender, PIxalytics, An online cost-effective solution for mapping flooding using satellite earth observation data
Alexis Smith, IMGeospatial: Understanding the flood of satellite data
Rod Fox, Revaluetech: Re-Formative engineering solutions for coastal and fluvial protection
reservoirs. His calm communications kept thousands of residents informed about whether they should leave their properties, avoiding the need for thousands of emergency evacuations.
TRIO EVENTS SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
We recognise that the conference and events industry has a direct impact on the local, regional and global environment. As a company we are dedicated to providing a high quality of service while minimising the environmental impact, both of our own company, and of the events we organise.The ways in which we try to reduce the impact of our events and our clients’ events include:• Assessing the social, economic
and environmental impact at the start of the planning process
• Including sustainability clauses in contracts
• Reducing, reusing and recycling wherever possible
• If reusable materials are not appropriate, we use recycled and/or recyclable materials for packaging, paper etc
• We use reusable bags, made from 100% cotton, from sustainable sources
• We use reusable, rather than event-specific, name badge holders and collect these items after the event for reuse
• Minimising the impact of travel, by selecting venues within walking distance of hotel accommodation and are readily accessible by public transport.
• Thinking about the wellbeing of our delegates, our suppliers, the local community and any other stakeholders.
• Where possible, use venues which have sustainable or environmental policies and who meet our sustainability criteria with regards to their own suppliers, caterers, waste disposal & recycling policies.
Trio Events are delighted to stage Flood & Coast 2018 at the Telford International Centre, a centre which shares our values (see next page).
SESSIONS
SEMINAR LIVE / FREE TO ATTEND
