Day one – Tuesday 6th March

Goal 6 - Clean water and sanitation
10:30-10:40 / Introduce goal 6 – water and sanitation
Brittany Harris, Graduate Engineer, BuroHappold
10:40-11:40 / Panel Discussion – The future of drainage: Policy vs. pragmatism
Chair: Antony Oliver, Editorial consultant, journalist; infrastructure
Brittany Harris, Graduate Engineer, BuroHappold
Sue Illman, Owner, Illman Young Landscape Design
Ian Titherington, Lead Officer – Drainage, Cardiff Council
  • Discuss issues surrounding implementation of policy for sustainable drainage systems
  • Consider whether practical application can drive forward policy implementation

12:00-12:30 / The viability of machine learning to automate the storage and release of floodwater
David Arscott, Managing Director, PyTerra Ltd
  • Consider the implications of moving towards more distributed solutions and looking at the emerging world of smart water management
  • Understand how to develop systems for effective infrastructure solutionsto optimize water management and how it works in practice
  • Hear aboutcurrent research and development into a highly innovative collaboration network system using Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain

Goal 7 – Affordable and clean energy
13:20-13:30 / Introduction to goal 7: affordable and clean energy
Andrej Miller, Head of Energy Supplier Obligations, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
13:30-14:00 / Session reserved for Department of BEIS
Andrej Miller, Head of Energy Supplier Obligations, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
14:00-14:30 / Case study: ‘Creating a smart local energy system in Rosehill’
Nicole Lazarus, Oxfordshire Programme Manager, Bioregional
  • Challenges associated with a zero-carbon brief
  • Local urban energy resources and making best use of them
  • Lessons learned and scalable opportunities

15:00-15:40 / Carbon Reduction Project of the Year – British Construction Industry Award winners
Grafham Water Treatment Works Resilience project
Craig Fisher, Contracts Manager, JN Bentley
Karl Porter, Network Service Support Manager, Anglian Water
Lewis Evans, Lead Designer, Mott MacDonald
  • Hear from all 3 organisations that participated in delivery of the project
  • Hear about the range of difficulties experienced when working collaboratively to ensure success of the project
  • Understand the solutions to these difficulties, to take away and apply to similar problems you may face

15:40-16:15 / Panel discussion: Innovation in the energy space
  • How can we generate energy sustainably, in a cost-effective, reliable manner whilst still empowering the customer?
  • How do commercial targets and regulation affect reducing Carbon?
  • Head about innovation as a solution to the challenges with reducing the Carbon footprint
Chair: Lynne McDonald, Programme Manager – Distribution System Operator Readiness, UK Power Networks
Randolph Brazier, Head of Innovation and Development, Energy Networks Association
Daniel Kirk, Head of Innovation, Ofgem

Day two – Wednesday 7th March

Goal 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure
10:30-10:40 / Introduction to goal 9 – industry, innovation and infrastructure
Sophie McPhillips, Alliance Innovation Manager, Tideway, Co-Chair, Innovation Leadership Group, i3P
10:40-11:30 / Panel discussion: Are traditional ways of working inhibiting innovation and digital ways of working?
Moderator: Ed McCann, Senior Director, Useful Simple Trust
Sophie McPhillips, Alliance Innovation Manager, Tideway, Co-Chair, Innovation Leadership Group, i3P
Charles Oldham,Director – Strategic Consulting, Amey Consulting
12:00-12:30 / Addressing the UK productivity performance - The Get It Right Initiative
Ed McCann, Senior Director, Useful Simple Trust
Tom Barton, Executive Director, Useful Simple Trust
The session will cover:
• Introduction to the Get It Right Initiative
• Why it’s important for the UK Construction Industry
• Initiative activity and success stories since June 2017 launch
12:30-13:00 / What are the prospects for the UK economy and the construction industry in 2018 and beyond?
Michael Dall, Lead Economist – Construction, Barbour ABI
  • Outline what the recent UK economic data means for UK construction
  • Describe the drivers of change for demand and supply within UK construction
  • Make predictions for the future health of the industry

Goal 11 – Sustainable cities and communities
13:45-13:55 / Introduction from ICE superhero
Dr Ellie Cosgrave, Lecturer in Urban Innovation, UCL
13:55-14:15 / Achieving more sustainable living in our cities and communities: case studies from CEEQUAL
Ian Nicholson,Commercial Director; BREAM Infrastructure, CEEQUAL Ltd
  • Examples of how our city infrastructure projects make a real contribution to sustainable living
  • Consider if we are delivering the right projects
  • Think about how our projects can be more resilient

14:15-14:45 / Transforming the Engineering of Cities
Joanne Leach, Researcher and Project Manager, University of Birmingham
Dr Adriana Ortegon, Research Associate - Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, UCL
Dr Ellie Cosgrave, Lecturer in Urban Innovation, UCL
  • Hear about the programme from research, governance and future cities principles perspectives
  • Understand the need for transforming the engineering of cities, in order to deliver global and societal wellbeing within the context of low carbon living
  • Learn about developing realistic engineering to work towards an alternative future

14:45-15:15 / The Digital Journey towards the Smart City
  • Hear about the digital journey towards the Smart City overview and understand the digital components of a Smart City
  • How can digital capabilities be combined to underpin a Smart City, from BIM, IoT, to Smart City Projects
Chair: Kieran Parkinson, Market Development Manager, Construction, BSI
Will Squires, Senior Consultant, Atkins
Andy Butterfield, Director of Built Environment - Global Product Certification, BSI
Saviour Alfino, Project Manager, Smart Cities Standards, BSI
Tom Harrison, Commercial Engagement Manager, BSI
15:30-16:15 / Panel discussion –The evolution of leadership skills
  • Adaptive leaders
  • Evolving workforce for industry 4.0
  • How can we enable digital transformation

16:30-17:30 / Networking drinks reception hosted by British Standards Institution (BSI)

Day three – Thursday 8th March

Goal 13 – climate action
10:30-10:40 / Introduction to goal 13 – climate action
Emily Auckland, Network Director & Co-chair, UKSSD
10:40-11:30 / Panel discussion – Driving action for the SDG’s in the UK
Chair: Emily Auckland, Network Director & Co-chair, UKSSD
Caroline Laurie, Head of Sustainability, Kingfisher
Jamie Agombar, Head of Sustainability, National Union of Students (NUS)
Simon Marsh, Head of Sustainable Development, RSPB
  • Exploring the relevance of the Goals and integrated nature of the framework
  • Demonstrating different approaches to action on the SDGs
  • Take inspiration from outside of the built environment sector, learn from new partnership projects and explore how you can drive action on the SDGs in your own organisation

Tools to help achieve UNSDG’s
13:20-13:30 / Introduction of session
Nathan Baker, Director of Engineering Knowledge, ICE
13:30-14:00 / Launch of the ICE and ACO SuDSroutemaps
David Smoker, Chairman, SuDS Task Group
Fitting sustainable drainage (SuDS) on new development has been widely accepted, yet SuDSare not being seen as ‘the way we do things’?
Hear about survey research findings, carried out by the ICE SuDS Task Group
Learn about ‘The ICE & ACO Guide to Effective Surface Water Management’ - it is intended to be a useful tool for planners, architects, developers, contractors and all those involved in the construction of SuDS
14:00-14:30 / The impact of Learning & Development on production in construction
David Blaylock, Learning and Development Manager, FerrovialAgroman
  • Understand what drove focus towards Professional Qualifications and why this was important to FerrovialAgroman
  • Hear about engagement with the ICE and the benefits this brought to the programme
  • Understand how a collaborative approach helped deliver the programme through shared learning and key successes

14:45-15:15 / Embedding global responsibility into the heart of engineering
Katie Creswell-Maynard, Chief Executive, Engineers Without Borders UK
  • Understand the role of engineers to help achieve the SDG’s
  • Learn about the new skills and mind-sets needed to tackle this challenge
  • Hear about the work Engineers Without Borders UK is doingto embed the principles of global responsibility into the heart of their engineering practice

15:15-15:45 / Using infrastructure models to make informed decisions and planning with a focus on developing countries
Daniel Adshead, Researcher, Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium, University of Oxford (ITRC)
15:45-16:15 / Beat the performance gap with the BEPIT toolkit
Douglas Drewniak, BEPIT Manager, Bioregional
  • Understand the links between building performance, sustainability, quality and productivity
  • Apply a new approach – manage key processes pro-actively and pre-emptively
  • Create a continuous learning mindset through testing, inspection and workshops
  • Build your evidence base – how improved performance and quality can save money