11 June 2020
Welcome from WWT
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS: HOW CAN WE MAKE ABSTRACTION MORE SUSTAINABLE?
Chilterns chalk streams in crisis: the route to enhancing our chalk streams
- A case study: commitments to conserving the chalk stream environment
- Raising awareness of the importance of chalk streams and the need to conserve them
- Practical conservation and partnership working
Speaker
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Yvette de Garis
Head of environmental engagement - Thames Water
Collaborating across sectors to enhance the environment
- Working across all water users to optimise water systems
- Changing land use to improve system resilience, including aquifer recharge
- Incentivising change, including the use of markets
Speaker
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Robin Price
Managing director - Water Resources East
How can we abstract and trade water without causing ecological impact?
- How can we reduce abstraction while also ensuring security of supply?
- Balancing customer needs with the need to maintain river water quality and biodiversity in communities
- Improving our ability to move and distribute water
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Alice Elder
Water quality strategy manager - Affinity Water
Panel discussion: debating the future of sensitive habitats
- How can we better collaborate to restore chalk streams?
- What does the future look like for sustainable abstraction and trade?
Speakers to be joined by:
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Paul Hickey
Managing director - RAPID -
Geoff Darch
Water resources strategy manager - Anglian Water
Speed networking – meet and interact with your peers face-to-face
Exhibition Zone – engage with new and existing partners and solutions
Take a break
INVESTING IN RESILIENCE IN WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Water systems – resilience now and in the long-term
• A framework for resilient systems: standards, stress tests, and strategies
• Resilience through a wider lens: addressing dependencies and vulnerabilities
• Planning for the future and investing in resilience
Speaker
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Francis Heil
Technical policy advisor: water & environment - The National Infrastructure Commission
What role will green infrastructure planning and investment have in solving environmental challenges?
- How far is water a barrier to economic and environmental growth?
- How does asset planning and resilience fit into the bigger picture?
- Which nature-based solutions should we be investing in?
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Sophie Tremolet
Water security director - Europe - The Nature Conservancy
Exploring the interplay between resilience in the water sector and in the natural environment
- How and why investment in one benefits both
- Naturally Resilient Project: research and case studies
- How the water sector and natural environment can best work together
Speaker
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Natalie LeBrun
Policy officer - RSPB