Time to Change:
Putting the Environment at the Heart of Social and Economic Wellbeing
Day 1: Chair: Max Wade CEcol CEnv FCIEEM, CIEEM President
Main Session: Delivering a Green Recovery for Nature and People (1st December a.m.)
Government’s plans for a Green Recovery
Rebecca Pow MP, (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Defra)
Advocating nature’s role in a Green Recovery
Tony Juniper CEnv (Chair, Natural England)
Health and the Environment
Emma Howard Boyd (Chair, Environment Agency)
The role of the profession in delivering a green recovery
Des Thompson FCIEEM (Principal Adviser on Science and Biodiversity, NatureScot) and Dr Clive Mitchell (Outcome Manager for People and Nature, NatureScot)
PM Chair: Sally Hayns CEcol MCIEEM, CIEEM CEO
Session A: Practical approaches to promoting nature’s recovery (1st December p.m.)
ELMS: Restoring biodiversity through new approaches to agri-environment
James LePage, (Head of Advice and Technical Guidance, Defra)
Local Nature Recovery Strategies
Jo Traill Thompson (LNRS Pilots, Natural England)
How can we turn the tide on nature’s decline? Learning from the North Devon Landscape Pioneer
Alice Lord (Natural England)
Biodiversity delivery through heritage site conservation
Kate Jeffreys CEnv MCIEEM (Geckoella Ltd) and Dr Hannah Fluck (Historic England)
Day 2: Chair Sally Hayns CEcol MCIEEM, CIEEM CEO
Session B: Connecting people and nature – taking a more diverse and inclusive approach (2nd December a.m.)
Towards a diverse environmental sector
Judy Ling Wong (Hon. President, Black Environment Network)
Nature for all – using the evidence to support an equitable green recovery
Cheryl Willis & Beth Brocket (Natural England)
Driving forward diversity and inclusivity at the National Trust
Tiger de Souza, (Volunteering, Participation and Inclusion Director. National Trust)
Diana Pound CEnv FCIEEM (Managing Director, Dialogue Matters)
PM Chair: Max Wade CEcol CEnv FCIEEM, CIEEM President
Session C: Mainstreaming the value of nature (2nd December p.m.)
Nature-based solutions. Unlocking urban potential?
Professor Harriet Bulkeley (University of Durham)
Evidencing the value of alternative investments in nature
Ben Aston CEnv MCIEEM, Gemma Wren MCIEEM (Yorkshire Water & National Trust)
Mainstreaming nature through biophilic design
Joe Clancy (Principal Landscape Architect, WSP)
Dr Patricia Rice (Natural England)
Day 3: Chair Jason Reeves CEnv MCIEEM, Head of Policy and Communications, CIEEM
Session D: Biodiversity Net Gain and Environmental Net Gain (3rd December a.m)
Biodiversity Net Gain and Wellbeing
Dr Julia Baker CEnv MCIEEM (Balfour Beatty) & Joseph Bull
The revised Defra metric and a proposed metric for small-scale sites
Nick White (Principal Adviser Net Gain, Natural England)
From Biodiversity Net Gain to Environmental Net Gain
Dr Steph Wray CEcol CEnv FCIEEM (RSK Biocensus)
Clare Warburton (Principal Adviser Green Infrastructure, Natural England) & Andrew Thompson (Natural England)
PM Chair: Carlos Abrahams MCIEEM
Session E: New tools and techniques advancing professional practice (3rd December p.m.)
Artificial Intelligent Naturalists – Friend or Foe?
Tom August (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Remote sensing for biodiversity gains
Jonny Miller and Josh Aves (WSP)
What if you have so much data it’s hard to make sense of it?
What if you have so much data it’s hard to make sense of it?
Greg Slack MCIEEM & Matthew Whittle ACIEEM (Jacobs)
Ecoacoustics – Theories, methods and emerging trends
Oliver Metcalf (Manchester Metropolitan University)