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Groups A and B will run simultaneously for 3 hours throughout the morning and similarly groups C and D will run for 3 hours in the afternoon.
Please choose one option for the morning and one for the afternoon from the list below when you register.
MULTI - SECTOR WORKING GROUP A 09.30 - 12.30
- How are different industries assessing their risk?
- Comparing investment plans
- What scale of investment is being implemented for climate change adaptation?
- Making the business case for adaptation
- Is it more commercially viable to mitigate rather than invest in adaptations to infrastructure?
- How can industry optimise their planning strategies to avoid under-planning or overplanning for the affect of climate change?
- A comparative look between industrieso Are industries investing in this issue equally?
- What impacts can the climate change adaptations of one industry have on other stakeholder Industries?
- How damaging could non-communication between key stakeholder industries be to business?
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MULTI - SECTOR WORKING GROUP B 09.30 - 12.30
- Assessing Risk
- How are industries assessing the flood risk (river, sea and other sources) to their business?
- What parts of industry infrastructure are vulnerable?
- How is this infrastructure vulnerability being measured?
- Managing risk
- What climate change strategies are currently in place?
- How seriously are industries currently taking the affect of climate change?
- Managing residual risk by taking account of climate change over a development’s life time
- Practicalities of reducing risk
- What scale of investment has been assigned to flood risk management by different industries?
- How will key issues of water quality and surface water drainage impact upon infrastructure and what strategies can be put in place to limit this negative affect i.e Sustainable drainage systems?
- How will the damaging affects of flooding force businesses to change the way they operate?
- What affect will flood have on the operational function of inter-connected industries?
- Safeguarding land that is required for current and future flood risk management.
- Reducing flood risks to and from new development through location, layout and flood resilient design
- Making space for water – using green infrastructure for flood storage, and conveyance to re-create functional floodplains.
- Taking opportunities to relocate existing buildings that will be vulnerable to flooding
- Ensuring spatial planning supports flood risk, river basin and surface water management policies and plans, and emergency plans
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13.30-14.30 Lunch and Refreshments In The Exhibition Networking Area
MULTI - SECTOR WORKING GROUP C 14.30 – 17.30
- To what extent are industries factoring in drought to their commercial climate change strategies?
- How critical is this issue considered for different industries?
- What are the investment plans proposed by industries to protect against drought?
- Over what timescale are industries adapting to this risk?
- How much money is being invested in this issue?
- Where is the funding being secured from?
- How does a compromised water source affect industry productivity?
- What strategies can be implemented to limit the impact of reduced water supply?
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MULTI - SECTOR WORKING GROUP D 14.30 – 17.30
The UK has not traditionally been pre-occupied with the risk of overheating, but the hot summers of 2003 and 2006 showed that sustained high temperatures have significant impacts. For example, ground conditions and land stability are affected by temperature, precipitation, winds, and wave action, in addition to physical factors such as mining activity, road building or vegetation. Climate change will have significant impacts on ground conditions in some areas.
- Measuring the damage extreme temperature is likely to inflict on infrastructure without climate change adaptation measures in place
- Where is the imperative for adaptation greatest?
- Discussing the financial perspective of adapting as opposed to mitigating infrastructure for the risks posed by climate change
- What level of investment would be required in order to adapt existing infrastructure to higher temperatures?
- Over what time frame are these considerations being considered?
- Assessing the implications of compromised infrastructure for industry as a whole
- Devising strategies for ensuring the resilience of critical civil infrastructure
- Importance of incorporating flexibility to deal with changing risks
- Understanding existing vulnerabilities to climate and identifying critical thresholds
- Adopting a sequential and risk-based approach to development decisions
- Avoiding actions that will make it more difficult to cope with climate risks in the future
- Evaluating the importance of reviewing your adaptation strategy
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Dr Keith MacLean, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Scottish and Southern Energy
Michael Rutter, Director Energy Resilience, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Ian Stevens, Head of Regulatory Compliance, Yorkshire Water
Geoff Richards,
Sustainable Development & Climate Change, Highways Agency
Bob Stewart, Director of Environmental Services, Moray Council
Phil Evans, Chief Advisor to Government, MET Office
Tony Grayling, Head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Environment Agency
Dr. Chris C West, Director, UK Climate Impacts Programme
Rachel Fletcher, Director Distribution, OFGEM
Nigel Riglar, Director - Environment, Gloucestershire County Council
Andy Brown, Climate Change & Environmental Performance Manager, Anglian Water
Brian Morrow, Strategy Planning Manager, United Utilities Plc
Malcolm Fergusson, Head of Climate Change, Environment Agency
Erik Kraaij, Managing Director, Union of Waterboards
Dr. Wolfgang Kerner, Principal Administrator
TEN-E Policy (2002 - May 2009), European Commission / Directorate General for Energy and Transport
Stephen Hammond, Shadow Minister, Transport
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