Tomorrow’s Net Zero

Doors Open – Breakfast, Exhibition & Networking

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The Built Environment vs The Global Race to Net Zero

For years international leaders have spent time discussing their plans to combat climate change but how do we crystalise actual action? How can our industry harness the power of investment with clean, green solutions? A panel of built environment sector leaders take stock of progress and navigating the challenges ahead.

This session is sponsored by Glencar Construction.

Speakers Include:

Chair: James Scott – Director of ESG, Glencar Construction

Dr Magdalini Makrodimitri – Energy & Zero Carbon Lead – Real Estate, Schroders Capital

Ellie Horwitch-Smith – Assistant Director – Route to Net Zero, Birmingham City Council

John Alker – Head of Sustainability, Legal & General Capital

Olaide Oboh – Director, Socius

Guy Woodroffe – Head of Policy, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Sustainable Residential

A cross section of the housing sector join forces to showcase upcoming projects which place sustainability at the heart of their ambitions.

This session is available to sponsor.

Speakers include:

Faye Dasi-Sutton – ESG and Sustainability Lead, Far East Consortium

Alexa Culver – General Counsel, Environment Bank

Brenda Roddy – Climate Change Project Lead, Belfast City Council

Nicholas Puglia – Sustainability Construction Manager, Unite Students

Public and Private Sector Collaboration: Building the Foundations of Net Zero Together

This roundtable discussion will bring together a number of end-users, clients, city leaders and expert thought leaders from the private sector to share expertise in working collaboratively to achieve net zero within the built environment.

This session is sponsored by Buro Happold.

Speakers include:

Chair: Phil Proctor – Technical Director – Head of Smart Energy, Buro Happold

Jeremy Bungey – Executive Director, 1Energy

Nicola Lloyd – Director of Trade and Investment, Cornwall Council

Oliver Houlden – Investment Manager, Amber Infrastructure

John Wilkinson – Director, Western Gateway

Megan Carter – Director, Faithful+Gould

Cheryl Hiles – Director of Energy Capital , West Midlands Combined Authority

Clare Bottle – Chief Executive, UK Warehousing Association

Stephen Lorimer – Clean Energy Cities Lead, Centre for Net Zero

Matt Ferretti – Head of Partnerships, Green Finance Institute

Katherine Burden – Senior Business Development Manager, Green Economy

David Llewellyn – Framework Manager, Pagabo

Net Zero Accelerator: Decarbonising the Education Estate

The education estate represents 36% of all public sector building emissions in England, and schools alone spend over £640m a year on energy. The education sector is one of the most active in the construction market in the UK. Find out how the Department for Education and government property company LocatED are addressing the combined challenges of increasingly extreme weather, energy security, and meeting net zero targets, through the development of an innovative funding and delivery model – the Net Zero Accelerator.

Speakers include:

Paul Broadbent – Associate, LocatED

Tea/Coffee Break & Networking

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Solving Grid Connection Delays – Partnerships to Support Electrification and Net Zero

In this interactive session Suzanna will explain Vattenfall’s experience of partnership working to achieve net zero, outline how an effective electrification plan can support the transition, and explain how IDNOs (Independent Distribution Network Operators) offer businesses owners and developers an alternative route to connect to the grid in order to secure the electrical power required with minimal delays and reduced costs.

This session is sponsored by Vattenfall UK

Speakers include:

Suzanna Lashford – Business Development Manager, Vattenfall IDNO

Infrastructure for a Climate Resilient UK

The UK is coming under increasing strain from the effects of climate change and unprecedented investment is needed to futureproof communities, allowing the needs of people, place and business to be met. This session explores required steps to protect vital infrastructure from natural disasters while helping the UK thrive.

This session is sponsored by BDB Pitmans.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Mark Challis – Partner, BDB Pitmans

Louise McGough – Infrastructure Policy Lead, Greater London Authority

Jeremy Allcock – Head of Infrastructure Debt, ABRDN

Margaret Read – Director of Policy, National Infrastructure Commission

Tim Rutter – Head of Engineering, Northumbria Water Group

Jon Loveday – Director of Infrastructure, Enterprise and Growth , Infrastructure Projects Authority

The Role of Place-Based Impact Investing in Achieving Net-Zero

Local Authorities and devolved administrations across the UK have announced climate emergencies and developed ambitious targets to achieving net-zero, some as early as 2030. The scale and speed of delivery required to achieve this will not be met by public funding alone – places will need to attract private investment to realise these ambitions. Join us for this panel discussion hosted by the Impact Investing Institute, to explore how places across the UK are exploring place-based impact investing to support their transition to net-zero.

Speakers include:

Chair: Jamie Broderick – Deputy Chair, Impact Investing Institute

Susan Campbell – Investment Director – Sustainable Investment , The Scottish National Investment Bank

Cheryl Hiles – Director of Energy Capital , West Midlands Combined Authority

Steve Turner – Director, 3Ci

Louise Townsend – Director of Social Value and Sustainability, Morgan Sindall

Decarbonisation & Sustainability in Buildings: Public Sector Estates

Public sector bodies have been given zero-carbon targets to help reach net zero by 2050. But with some 300,000 public properties contributing 3% of all carbon emissions in the UK, in many cases this will mean retrofitting whole buildings – even whole estates – to ensure they’re energy-efficient. This session will examine the need to decarbonise whilst looking at innovative approaches being taken to share knowledge and case studies within the realm of public sector estates.

This session is sponsored by Willmott Dixon.

Speakers include:

Chair: Kelly Crews – Head of Decarbonisation, Willmott Dixon

Nabeel Khan – Strategic Director – Sustainable Growth, London Borough of Lambeth

Chris Smith – Assistant Director for Estates and Decarbonisation, London Borough of Barnet

Deepika Banerjee Sahai – Associate – Smart Energy, Buro Happold

Melania Tarquino – Strategic Energy Lead, Surrey County Council

Sarah Thorne – Director – Construction, Metropolitan Police

Neil Appleton – Knowledge Transfer Manager – Infrastructure and Energy, Innovate UK

Chris Needham – Segment Solution Principal Consultant, Schneider Electric

Brenda Roddy – Climate Change Project Lead, Belfast City Council

Paul Broadbent – Associate, LocatED

Whitbread: Retrofitting 850 Hotels and Restaurants, and Delivering a Net Zero Estate

The Whitbread estate, including Premier Inns and restaurants across the country, has more than 850 properties to manage, and they’re moving towards a net zero future with the first net zero Premier Inn set to be opened in October. We’ll hear exactly how Whitbread are set to retrofit their existing stock, whilst looking at the future of net zero hotels.

Speakers include:

Sarah Ivory – Environmental Sustainability Manager, Whitbread

Impacting Invest Institute – Private Investors Lunch

This lunch is by invitation only.

Lunch & Networking

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Retrofitting Beyond Housing – Preparing All Asset Classes for Future Sustainability Standards

From historic buildings to high street stock, the national need for retrofitting goes beyond the residential sector, but how are investors and developers approaching the challenge? This session convenes a group of key stakeholders to share their insights and ideas with our audience.

This session is sponsored by Schneider Electric.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Matt Wallace – Digital Energy Marketing Director UK&I, Schneider Electric

Sarah Ivory – Environmental Sustainability Manager, Whitbread

Richard Ellis – Director of Sustainability , Peabody

Sarah Thorne – Director – Construction, Metropolitan Police

Tom Ellams – Senior Asset Manager, Ellandi

Cleaner, Greener Energy Generation – Renewable Solutions

Major organisations from the renewable power generation sectors will come together to discuss major projects and the innovative solutions being rolled out across commercial and mixed-use development in the UK to achieve the goal of creating Tomorrow’s Net Zero Britain through cleaner, greener energy generation.

This session is sponsored by Hollis.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Clare Bottle – Chief Executive , UK Warehousing Association

Sue Barr – Director Marine Energy & Chair, Simply Blue Group & UK Marine Energy Council

Stephen Lorimer – Clean Energy Cities Lead, Centre for Net Zero

Stuart Patience – Head of Energy Solutions, Hollis

How Do We Take Whole Communities On The Net Zero Journey?

Should the route to Net Zero be grassroots driven? How can misinformation be combatted? Is the messaging around sustainability effective? This roundtable invites guests to share ideas and solutions while connecting with organisations that are facing challenges.

This session is available to sponsor.

Speakers include:

Aisha Butera – Strategic Social Value Consultant, Faithful & Gould

Peter Runacres – Head of Urban Futures, The Earls Court Development Company

Jo Gay – Interim Head of Waste and Climate Change, Southend-on-Sea City Council

Sunny Johal – Development Director, Glenbrook Property

Dan Clayton – Sustainability Manager, Lincolnshire County Council

Clare Collins-Addy – Partnerships Director, Causeway Education

Phil Proctor – Technical Director, Buro Happold

Melania Tarquino – Strategic Energy Lead, Surrey County Council

Helen Grayshan – Climate Change Programme and Partnerships Manager, Wakefield Council

Claire Reid – Director of Business Development, SNRG

Sustainability at the Heart of the West Midlands Interchange – a Net Zero Approach to Logistics

WMI is a sustainable rail freight interchange that is set to invest £1 billion of social and local economic value. Creating 8M sq.ft of logistics space, 8,500 jobs in the West Midlands, removing approximately 50 million kilometres in HGV travel, and investing in the community that surrounds it, including two community parks of over 100 acres. The rail freight interchange will be at the heart of a sustainable logistic solution, that utilises rail freight to transport goods. Tonne for tonne, rail freight produces 75% less carbon dioxide, and the site has the aspiration to create up to 150 acres of PV panels on warehouse roofs providing potentially 100 MW of renewable energy for the site at peak times.

Speakers include:

William Oddie – Development Director, Oxford Properties

Transport for London Property (TTL Properties) Transformational Development Plans

We take a look at the major development and regeneration activity planned by TTL Properties. They are one of the capitals largest land owners with 5,475 acres of freehold land under their control and 404 acres of leasehold equating to 1.5% of London’s landmass. It’s a huge amount and they have impressive plans for it with 20,000 new homes planned by 2033. We look at these projects and plans and how sustainability will be top of the agenda with these plans.

Speakers include:

Peter Elliott – Head of Property Development, TTL Properties

Lucy Atlee – Senior Quality & Design Manager, TTL Properties

ESG’ing the Road to Net Zero

The built environment roadmap is being increasingly influenced by environmental, social and good governance criteria. This session dissects what good ESG principles look like through the lens of investors, developers and public sector regeneration leaders.

This session is sponsored by Costain.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Geraint Rowland – Environmental Director, Costain

Neelum Choudhury – Director of Sustainability & ESG, RivingtonHark

Chris Miller-Jones – Director of ESG, Europa Capital

Katerina Papavasileiou – ESG and Responsibility Director, Federated Hermes

Jonathan Walker – Associate Director for Sustainable Investment, Gresham House

Anand Rajagopal – Sustainability Lead – Private Markets, Phoenix Group

£1.6bn of Decarbonisation Frameworks

Procurement body Pagabo has two new decarbonisation projects frameworks set to come out to tender in September. Both frameworks will be valued at £1.6bn and run for four years and each will have its own contracting authority.

One framework will be dedicated for healthcare schemes, with Great Ormond Street Hospital serving as a sector-specialist host.The second framework will be hosted by Hull City Council and be open to all other sectors.Both frameworks will offer a dozen regional lots to ensure SME and local-based supplier involvement.

Speakers include:

David Llewellyn – Framework Manager, Pagabo

Urgency, Action and Scale: Building New Low Carbon Homes Whilst Retrofitting Current Stock

This roundtable brings together housebuilders, housing associations and thought leaders in the sectors to discuss how we can accelerate the housing delivery especially of low carbon homes, all whilst needing to deliver a major retrofitting programme across the UK.

This session is available to sponsor.

Speakers include:

Miles Lewis – Director of Sustainability, Clarion Housing Group

Dr Anthony Lavers – Sustainability Manager, Taylor Wimpey

Samantha Granger – Head of Environmental Sustainability , Thirteen Group

Nicholas Puglia – Sustainability Construction Manager, Unite Students

Derek Horrocks – Chair, National Home Decarbonisation Group

Deepika Banerjee Sahai – Associate – Smart Energy, Buro Happold

Decarbonisation Journey of Building Portfolios: Free, Ready-to-use Tools for the Financial Sector

The PCAF project ‘Financing the European Building Transition to Net Zero’ was developed to mobilize the financial industry by enabling them to track the climate impact of their mortgage and real estate portfolios, thus accelerating the transition of the European building stock towards net zero. Over 2,000 users, including financial institutions and other stakeholders have signed up to the European Building Emission Factor Database. During this presentation, we will elaborate on the project and its tools and how best they can be utilized.

This session is delivered by the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF).

Speakers include:

Nagadarsan Suresh – Managing Consultant, Commercial Sustainability, Guidehouse

Break & Networking

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How Do We Create Tomorrow’s Decarbonised Built Estate?

Large estate and asset owners face complex challenges in decarbonising their assets as buildings vary in age, location, size and quality. With potential future legislation preventing assets with poor energy efficiency from being occupied on the horizon, rising pressure from other asset owners, and a need to prevent assets from becoming stranded, this session will bring together large estate and asset owners from the private and public sectors to discuss the challenges and solutions.

This session is sponsored by Robertson.

Speakers include:

Chair: Robert Holt – Group Director – Strategic Services, , Robertson Group

Fergus Evans – Office Portfolio Director, Grosvenor

Helena Morris – Project Director, Stanhope

Iain Garfield – Director of Estates and Facilities, Newcastle University

Carbon and Biodiversity Offsetting: Solution, Bridging the Gap or Cop Out?

In the race to reduce emissions, carbon offset programmes are garnering more and more attention. Whether organisations are doing it by choice or because they’re forced to by legislation – more and more companies are looking for ways to reduce their carbon emissions with offsetting becoming an ever more popular route to go down. However, the practise is coming under increasing scrutiny and this roundtable will delve into the role of carbon offsetting and will discuss if it can play an integral role in meeting our national and global climate obligations.

Speakers include:

Alexa Culver – General Counsel, Environment Bank

Ioanna Mytilinaiou – Programme Director, Sustainability, BusinessLDN

Bianca Laura Latini – Senior Sustainability Engineer, Buro Happold

Tomorrow's Net Zero Networking Drinks

Join speakers, VIP’s and fellow delegates for drinks and discuss key findings and hot topics from day one of the conference.

Gateley’s Grand Drinks Reception

You are invited to join Gateley for drinks and canapes at their Grand Drinks Reception.
Join fellow attendees on The Garden Terrace at The Grand Hotel Birmingham, for an opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and meet new contacts over a drink (or two).

Venue: The Grand Hotel Birmingham, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2BS

Click here to register your interest.

Gateley are proud to be Fringe Partner at this year’s Tomorrow’s Net Zero.

Devonshires' Networking Breakfast

Devonshires’ Sustainability and Decarbonisation team welcomes you to a networking breakfast, kicking off day two of the conference to discuss the drive to beyond net zero and the agenda for the day ahead.

Venue: The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 4AA

To register interest please use the below link:

Devonshires Tomorrow’s Net Zero Networking Breakfast – Devonshires Tomorrow’s Net Zero Networking Breakfast (foleon.com)

Doors Open – Breakfast, Exhibition & Networking

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Masterplanning for Net Zero

What are the key steps to early adaptation of sustainable principles when delivering large-scale, mixed-use regeneration schemes? This session brings together the UK’s biggest master developers to discuss their approaches while discussing implications for supply chain and end users going forward.

This session is sponsored by Cundall.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Belinda Morgan – Partner, Cundall

Caroline Harper – Deputy Managing Director, BeFirst Regeneration

Megan Carter – Director, Faithful+Gould

Jamie Quinn – Director of Sustainability, Related Argent

Peter Runacres – Head of Urban Futures, The Earls Court Development Company

Biodiversity Net Gain – Achieving and Exceeding the Environment Act Requirements

With implementation into the Environment Act there is now a clear requirement to focus on Biodiversity Net Gain when development new schemes across England, with a mandatory 10% net gain to be achieved and maintained for a period of at least 30 years. This session looks at the challenges, barriers and opportunities in leaving biodiversity in a better state than before development.

This session is sponsored by Environment Bank

Speakers include:

Alexa Culver – General Counsel, Environment Bank

Sunny Johal – Development Director, Glenbrook Property

Helen Nyul – Group Head of Biodiversity, Barratt Developments

Which Green Energy Sources are Set to Have the Biggest Impact on our Journey to Net Zero?

A cross section of developers, investors, public sector organisations, energy providers and end user clients come together to discuss their journey so far in sourcing net zero and low carbon energy, the challenges and lessons learned, and which energy sources they would like to explore using, to provide solutions to delivering Tomorrow’s Net Zero developments and estates.

This session is available to sponsor.

Speakers include:

Chris Grainger – Development Manager, Thrive Renewables

Janet Smith – Joint Head of Sustainability, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust & Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Mark Bjornsgaard – Chief Executive, Deep Green Energy

Melania Tarquino – Strategic Energy Lead, Surrey County Council

Chris Davis – Sales & Marketing Director, Hysopt

Andrew Clarke – Group Head of Masterplanning, Associated British Ports

Best Practice Presentation: Building and Construction Materials – Getting to Net Zero

How building and construction material suppliers can help the UK construction industry decarbonise and get to Net Zero by 2050.

This session is sponsored by Aggregate Industries.

Speakers include:

Luke Olly – Head of Decarbonisation, Aggregate Industries

Tea/Coffee Break & Networking

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The Power Game – Supporting Sustainable Development with Clean Energy Solutions

How can investors, developers and the public sector balance the acceleration of levelling up and regeneration with the need to supply green energy solutions? Our panel of experts share ideas and best practice throw showcasing upcoming schemes.

This session is sponsored by SSE.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Ian Belfield – Director of Business Development, SSE Energy Solutions

Helen Williams – Chief Strategy Officer, UK Infrastructure Bank

David Langford – Project Manager, Mobility, Protium

Kristina Schaferova – ESG Lead, Sizewell C

Nicola Somerville – Head of Operations, CCR Energy

Sustainable Cities – Vision and Delivery Showcase

City leaders from across the UK come together to detail their ongoing sustainable journeys and discuss going beyond net zero in order to create an equitable, inclusive, healthier society.

This session is sponsored by Cundall.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Jenny Carrington – Air Quality Lead, Cundall

Adam Tranter – Mayor's Cycling & Walking Commissioner, West Midlands Combined Authority

Hannah Jameson – Programme Director: Climate Change, London Councils

Samantha McCabe – Director of Sustainability, Oberlanders

Strengthening ESG Approaches

Sharing approaches on ESG can truly unlock opportunities and create better market alignment. In this roundtable a number of those working for organisations at the forefront of the ESG agenda will discuss their challenges and the rewards it has created.

This session is available to sponsor.

Speakers include:

Ghislaine Halpenny – Director of ESG, Regal London

Lee Treanor – Director, HBD

Rebekah Paczek – Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Earls Court Development Company

Ben Sanders – Construction Director, Tritax Symmetry

Clare Collins-Addy – Partnerships Director, Causeway Education

Richard Twinn – Associate, Buro Happold

Energy Zones: an Integrated Approach to Industrial, Regional and Energy Strategy?

Ever since the industrial revolution, energy costs have driven economic development patterns across the globe, but decarbonisation will change the distribution of those energy costs – with potentially far-reaching effects for the UK and beyond.

This session will work with you to test new ideas of how we can work with some of the UK’s emerging energy cost advantages – and how we could use those advantages to construct policies to that will hit the multiple objectives of attracting investment, reducing regional inequalities and driving decarbonisation.

Speakers include:

Andrew Clarke – Group Head of Masterplanning, Associated British Ports

Lunch & Networking

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Cleaner Greener Transport – Delivering for People, Passengers and Business

Transportation is responsible for a large portion of carbon emissions with industry facing tougher challenges than most to devise and deliver sustainable solutions. Operators, agencies and transport organisations come together with innovators to discuss how they’re approaching the race to net zero.

This session is sponsored by Buro Happold.

Speakers Include:

Chair: Christopher Mills – Transport & Mobility Discipline Director, BuroHappold Engineering

Raoul Tufnell – Chief Development Officer, Gridserve

Lucy Foreman – Transport Planning Lead, BeFirst Regeneration

Jamie Colquhoun – Transport Energy and Clean Mobility Adviser, Costain

Brian Deegan – Director of Inspections, Active Travel England

Helen Williams – Chief Strategy Officer, UK Infrastructure Bank

Kay Tor – Environmental and Sustainability Lead, Infrastructure Projects Authority

National Grid: Future Proofing Infrastructure and Future Development and Delivery Plans

National Grid will give an insight into the critical infrastructure and energy network changes which need to take place, how they’ll play their part in accelerating net zero, and details on what work they intend to complete to feed into their plans to get there.

Speakers include:

Ben Haggerty – Future Network Blueprints Manager – Infrastructure Development and Delivery, National Grid

Securing Development Finance for Net Zero Projects and Achieving Just Transition

The barriers to investment into local net zero schemes revolve around access to finance and the ability of stakeholders to create robust business cases and investment models that address challenges of scale, longevity and confidence. Even with finance, the success of the NZ Transition requires the wider “buy in” of all those affected by it and respect of the planetary limits.
This session explores what different organisations across the built environment ecosystem are doing to tackle these triple challenges head on.

This session is sponsored by Lloyds Bank.

Speakers include:

Chair: Chinyelu Oranefo – Director, Sustainability & ESG Finance, Lloyds Bank

Peter Radford – Director of The Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund, Amber Infrastructure

Monika Paplaczyk – Investment Director, Thrive Renewables

How Can Procurement Assist In the Journey to Net Zero

From selecting to right suppliers to selecting the right products, in this roundtable we gather industry experts including clients, framework providers, buyers and supply chain to discuss how tweaks and changes within the procurement of new buildings, projects and developments can assist the net zero journey.

Speakers include:

Chair: Jason Stapley – Chief Procurement Officer, The 55 Group

Janet Smith – Joint Head of Sustainability, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust & Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Andrew Parsons – Group Director Cities – Water & Environmental Consulting, Buro Happold

Delivering Decarbonised Transport for Tomorrow’s Net Zero Britian

The Department for Transport are delivering on a range of policies in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, including commute zero and sustainable travel rewards, as well as initiatives designed to create a sustainable transport future while also delivering better services for people and businesses. This session will see Dr Tom McLenachan, the department’s senior policy advisor for net zero infrastructure, discuss their transport decarbonisation plans and showcase the future opportunities to deliver net-zero transport solutions for the UK.

Speakers include:

Dr Tom McLenachan – Head of Systems, Environmental Sustainability, Department for Transport

Break & Networking

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Keynote Address and in Conversation with Dr Alan Whitehead MP – Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal

With roughly a year to go until the next general election, delegates are joined by Dr Whitehead who takes stock of the nations progress towards a net zero future and also gives an overview of what the Labour Party are planning to tackle the climate crisis.

Keynote Speaker:

Dr Alan Whitehead MP – Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal, Labour Party