Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.

8:20 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:05 AM
Chair’s opening remarks
 
9:10 AM
Keynote address

Julia King, The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS FMed Sci, Chair of the Adaptation Committee, UK Climate Change Committee

9:30 AM
Keynote address: The London Climate Resilience Review

Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair of the London Climate Resilience Review, and Chair of the Green Finance Institute (GFI)

9:50 AM
Keynote Address

Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Executive, CBI (Confederation of British Industry)

10:10 AM
Using the weather and climate science to forecast the impact of climate change in the UK

Professor Jason Lowe, Principal Fellow and Head of Climate Services for Government, Met Office

10:30 AM
Panel: Critical national infrastructure and climate adaptation: How prepared is the UK? What are the implications for the business community?

Moderator

Professor Denise Bower OBE, Group External Engagement Director, Mott MacDonald 

Panellists

Abby Chicken, Head of Sustainability, Openreach

Lisa Constable, Weather Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Manager, Network Rail 

Taznema Khatun, Head of Climate Adaptation Policy, Environment and Adaptation Strategy, Department for Transport (DfT)

Dr Candice Howarth, Head of Climate Adaptation and Resilience, LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE

11:20 AM
Networking & morning coffee
 
11:50 AM
Panel: Scenario planning and modelling for climate adaptation

Panellists

Dr Nicola Ranger, Co-Chair and Director, Resilient Planet Finance Lab, University of Oxford

Katy Peat, Head of Adaptation Science, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

12:35 PM
Presentation: The role of insurance in a rapidly warming world

Ingrid Holmes, Executive Director, Green Finance Institute

12:55 PM
Networking & lunch
 
1:55 PM
Keynote Address: Investing in resilient, low carbon infrastructure: ensuring policy and regulation delivers the UK's long term needs

Julia Prescot, Co-Founder, Meridiam and Deputy Chair, National Infrastructure Commission

2:15 PM
Keynote Address: The critical role of insurance in climate adaptation

Speaker tbc

2:35 PM
Panel: Embedding climate adaptation in regulation for financial institutions and listed companies

Panellists

Kit England, Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist, Paul Watkiss Associates

Madeleine Rawlins, Global Practice Leader - Climate Change, Mott MacDonald

Mahesh Roy, Investor Strategies Programme Director, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Richard Tarboton, Managing Director, Head of Sustainability Strategy, Barclays 

2:55 PM
Presentation: Managing supply chain climate adaptation risk
 
3:15 PM
Networking & afternoon tea
 
3:35 PM
Panel: Sourcing accurate data for climate adaptation planning

Panellists

Sue Armstrong Brown, Global Director of Environmental Impact and Thought Leadership, CDP

Catherine Bremner, Chief Strategy Officer, Impax Asset Management 

Julie Foley, Director of Flood Risk Strategy & National Adaptation, Environment Agency 

4:15 PM
Panel: How should companies be reporting the impact of climate adaptation on their operations?

Moderator

Faith Ward, Chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership Limited

Panellists

Speaker tbc, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Barbara Davidson, Head of Accounting, Audit and Disclosure, Carbon Tracker

Maria Sunyer, Managing Consultant, EcoAct 

Harriet Cullum, Global Head of ESG Insights at Diageo, and Delivery Group Member, Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT)

4:55 PM
Chair’s closing remarks
 
5:00 PM
Close of proceedings