Flooding and coastal challenges are growing as climate change brings heavier rain, rising seas, and more extreme storms. But by bringing people together to share ideas, we can find practical, innovative solutions to protect people and the environment.
Come and chat to us at Flood & Coast on stand G17 to find out how we’re helping turn challenge into action.
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Integrated Catchment and Risk Management: Unlocking Multiple Benefits through Nature-Based Solutions | Room 22-23 | 10:50-11:30
Technical director Mike Morris—along with representatives from The Rivers Trust, Yorkshire Water, and Flooded People UK—will explore the transformative potential of integrated catchment and risk management to deliver holistic water management plans. The discussion will also focus on how strategies can be unified into a single, coherent approach that restores river and catchment health while meeting statutory obligations and societal benefits.
Project Delivery Dream Team | Future of FCERM Stage (Hall B) | 14:45-15:30
This interactive, game‑based workshop explores what it takes to deliver successful projects.
Through an engaging and hands‑on format, attendees will be challenged to build and adapt their ideal project team and work within budgets. Along the way, they will need to respond to changing scenarios, competing priorities, and unforeseen challenges.
Wednesday 10 June
Managing living infrastructure: Why asset management is essential to a resilient Blue-Green future | Technical Skills Stage | 11:00–11:25
This technical session will provide an overview of the recently published CIRIA Guidance: Asset Management for Blue‑Green Infrastructure – good practice framework.
Adrien Baudrimont, senior research manager at CIRIA—along with Stantec’s Chris Digman, executive technical director, and Brendan McAndrew, principal consultant—will outline the framework and bring the guidance to life through practical examples.
Early Careers: Ask Me Anything! | Future of FCERM Stage (Hall B) | 14:15-15:00
Our panel session brings together early career professionals to share their experiences of working in flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM).
Panellists will talk about routes into the sector, what working in FCERM is really like, key career highlights so far, and share practical advice for those at just starting out. There will be plenty of time for questions from the audience.
Thursday 11 June
Assessing the Multiple Benefits of Natural Flood Management: An Economic Quantification | Future of FCERM Stage (Hall B) | 11.30-11.45
Water management consultant Gabrielle Powell will share the outputs of a recent project. It addresses the barriers to scaling investment in NFM for flood risk mitigation and NbS for climate resilience and quantify the benefits in terms of economics.
The Rainwater Management Platform: Getting your views on our digital future | Room 22-23 | 13.50-14.30
Brett Stewart, Stantec’s director of digital solutions, and Dr. Andy Moores, CIRIA research director, are hosting this interactive workshop. The focus is to encourage users of the existing CIRIA SuDS manual to discuss the types of digital tools and applications that allow them to deliver their roles more efficiently, consistently, and to higher quality standards. This is especially so when used in conjunction with the updated and digitally transformed Rainwater Management Platform
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