Join us for this seminar exploring the barriers to implementing Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in AMP8 from the perspectives of different stakeholders within the sector.
Seminar – Overcoming the Barriers to Implementing Nature-based Solutions in AMP8
20 September, Leeds
Joel Atherton, Principal, Environment Team, Ofwat
Joel has a background in environmental economics and valuation, and he worked for a number of environmental and consumer organisations prior to joining Ofwat. He leads Ofwat's work on natural capital, environmental programme efficiency
and environmental performance.
Melissa Swartz, Catchment Funding Senior Advisor, Environment Agency
Melissa is a catchment funding senior advisor in the Future Funding Department of the Environment Agency, based in Newcastle. She works with internal and external partners to enable investment into nature-based solutions that will
deliver multiple benefits. Melissa is currently involved in the Environment Agency’s Water Environment Transformations (WET) Programme, which seeks to facilitate investment supporting the shift towards integrated water management
and the use of nature-based solutions, so places are healthy and resilient for nature and people.
Clare Warburton, Principal Adviser – Green Infrastructure, Natural England
Clare Warburton is Principal Adviser for Green Infrastructure in Natural England. She has over 25 years’ experience in the environment sector, both public and private, with a particular focus on green and blue space,
and embedding natural infrastructure in development through strategic planning and good design. She is responsible for Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework, launched in January 2023, to support the integration
of green and blue infrastructure in our towns and cities as part of the Nature Recovery Network. The Framework provides tools to help plan and design natural infrastructure networks that deliver multiple benefits for health
and wellbeing, climate, water, nature and the economy.
Dr Amina Aboobaker, Commercial Director, The Rivers Trust
Amina is Director of Strategic Development and Stewardship for the Rivers Trust, seconded from United Utilities. She is responsible for leading on the development of strategic opportunities for The Rivers Trust movement,
driving capability and technical expertise growth across the movement, in order to achieve the best possible deals for freshwater, catchments, and people.
Toby Harding, AMP8 Strategy Lead, WSP
Toby has spent over three decades in the water industry, covering all aspects of design, construction, commissioning and operation with contractors, more recently moving into consultancy. Working with most of the UK
water companies on infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects and programmes, he has formed a deep engagement with water sector strategy. Toby chairs WSP’s Nature-based Solutions working group and is keen to
embed NbS as the default approach to all water industry challenges.
Alison Smith, Senior Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Alison is a Senior Research Associate at the Environmental Change Institute. She is interested in using interdisciplinary research to find and promote solutions that tackle multiple environmental, economic and social
problems. Her current work focuses mainly on natural capital, ecosystem services, green infrastructure, nature-based solutions and the multiple benefits of climate adaptation and mitigation actions.
Martin Bowes, Water Quality Policy and Strategy Manager, Anglian Water
Martin is industry lead for environmental water quality matters at Anglian Water. His previous roles include Water Resources Environment Team lead and CaBA Project Manager, managing Anglian’s engagement with DEFRA's catchment-based approach (CaBA) initiative.
Marieke Nieuwaal, Technical Principal, Nature-based Solutions, Mott MacDonald
Marieke Nieuwaal is global lead for nature-based solutions at Mott MacDonald and recently won the group’s internal Thought Leadership Award for demonstrating technical leadership and professional excellence
in this area. She has worked on integrated catchment management, climate resilience and water infrastructure development projects in the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa. She is dedicated to overcoming barriers
to mainstreaming nature-based solutions and implementing them at scale so that multiple benefits can be realised.
JEREMY GALPIN, SOCIAL VALUE CONSULTANCY LEAD, COSTAIN
Jeremy has over 30 years of experience across Social Value, Human Resources, Stakeholder Management and Engineering in both corporate and complex project roles such as Tideway. Jeremy is leading the Costain
work on the ‘Public value of water’ including the use of a ‘Value based approach to assets’ and ‘Wellbeing assessment’ to ensure business cases represent the best whole life value for society. Jeremy
is a Chartered Engineer and has a MSc with Distinction in Business Innovation and International Technology Management from the University of London, Birkbeck College.
DATE: Wednesday 20 September 2023
TIME: 11:00 – 15:45
LOCATION: The studio, Riverside West, Whitehall Road, Leeds, LS1 4AW
* Cost includes refreshments and pastries at registration (from 10:30-11:00), 2-course hot buffet lunch and drinks available throughout the day.
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