IHE Highway Sector Resilience and Response Conference
- CPD Value: This event is awarded 6 CPD Hours
| Dates | Location | Cost (ex VAT) | |
| Wed 08 Nov 2023 | Kia Oval, Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SS | Local Authority Directors (FREE - You should have received a code) Team members from Highway operational teams, flood managers and emergency planners, from within Local Authorities - £100 + VAT |
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Learning lessons from extreme events in preparation for future challenges
In partnership with UKRLG, the IHE looks forward to you joining us on Wednesday 8th November 2023 for the UK’s first conference on Highway Resilience and Response.
The weather is becoming more extreme, and we are experiencing increasingly frequent and intense floods, drought, and wildfires. We need to become more resilient.
International speakers will provide key perspectives from Ukraine, and the USA, with Missouri Director Chris Englebrecht (Chair of USA Committee of Highway Emergency Managers) explaining how highway officials lead key elements of the FEMA response.
Join with Directors across the UK’s 210 Highway Authorities, DfT’s Stephen Fidler and Matt Eglinton, and Chair of the new UKRLG Board for Adaptation, Biodiversity and Climate Change, John A. Lamb. You will also be briefed in a closed session regarding National Security Threats and Challenges to Our Built Environment.
Collectively the conference will seek to build on the progress made since the DfT published Dr Hugh Deeming’s report ‘Lessons Learnt on Extreme Weather Events’. We seek to strengthen our response to the impacts that result from major incidents, emergencies and the sudden loss of assets, to reduce their disruptive effects on the communities we serve.
With a dedicated session focussed on the evolving nature of climate change and its regional effects, this national event seeks to highlight current challenges and emerging opportunities.
As a recognised training day in conjunction with UKRLG, you will be joining us at the very start of a process that will:
- Form a direct part of new LTP requirements for Adaptation to Climate Change
- Feature as part of revised and more robust Highway self-assessment
- Better equip you and the sector to help deal with the changes in weather conditions we are all likely to face and their challenging implications for the highways sector and our infrastructure.
We hope that you can join us on the 8th November 2023. #highwayresilience23
Programme
Registration, coffee, and networking from 9.00am
Welcome, Ministerial address, and Adapting Highways to a Changing Climate
09:30 Welcome
John A. Lamb – Chair of UKRLG’s National Board for Adaptation, Biodiversity and Climate Change.
Ministerial address – Government expectations: Adaptation, Climate and extreme events, NAP3
Minister
09:40 Resilience to extreme events ‘Beyond Winter’: Resilience, Lifelines, and Interoperability
Hugh Deeming – Author of DfT independent report Lessons from Extreme Events
Weather and macro challenges
Session Chair – Ann Carruthers – ADEPT
09:50 Earthquakes, Tornados, Storms and Flooding the USA response to Emergency Management and working with FEMA
Chris Engelbrecht – Chair of USA State Highway Emergency Managers Committee, US Member PIARC Technical Committee 1.5: Disaster Management
10:30 Predictions for Future UK Weather and How to Prepare
Will Lang – Met Office
10:50 Wildfires – Urban/Rural interface
Thomas Smith – London School of Economics
11:10 Coffee and networking
Security and military considerations
Session Chair – Stephen Fidler, UK 1st Delegate to PIARC
11:30 The Security Picture
Government Security Advisor
Closed session
12:25 Military Aid (MACA)
Lt Col (Ret’d) Andy McCombe
12:50 Lunch, networking
Climate Challenge and policy response
Session Chair – Amanda Richards – President LGTAG
13:40 Surrey’s approach to integrating DfT’s ‘lessons learned’ into practice
Amanda Richards – President LGTAG
Four Nations Roundup – headlines
13:55 DfT – Deborah Owens – Deputy Director Environment and Adaptation
Wales – Andy Falleyn – Chief Engineer and Deputy Director Strategic Road Network Welsh Government
Scotland – Hazel Mcdonald – Chief Bridge Engineer at Transport Scotland, Chair of UK Bridges Board
Northern Ireland – David Porter – Director of Engineering at DfI and Vice President of ICE
DfT and the Devolved Assemblies will provide a regional round-up of adaptation and resilience challenges, priorities, and activities.
14:15 Panel & Q&A
14:50 Comfort Break
Lifelines
Session Chair – John Lamb Board Chair UK Adaptation, Biodiversity & Climate Board
15:10 BGS approach to developing geological risk profiles
Holger Kessler – BGS
15:30 NUAR in resilience space (links to Security Picture)
Stephen Thorp – Cabinet Office
15:50 TRIG22: Key outputs from the Virtual Operations Support (VOS) Project
Hugh Deeming
16:10 Stormchain: From concept to deployment, and preparing for your worst day
Jon Munslow – Cambridgeshire County Council
16:20 Closing remarks
John Lamb
N.B this programme is subject to change
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Venue details
The Kia Oval, Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SS
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