Registration Desk Opens
Arrive, grab a drink, and explore the exhibition space before the activities begin.
Welcome & Panel: Resilience and Adaptation for Your Organisation
How prepared is your organisation to keep operating when disruption strikes? This panel will explore practical ways to strengthen business continuity, manage risk and build resilience across the essential infrastructure your organisation relies on — from IT and energy to premises, supply chains and people.
Panel: The Green Skills Gap
How prepared is your organisation to keep operating when disruption strikes? This panel will explore practical ways to strengthen business continuity, manage risk and build resilience across the essential infrastructure your organisation relies on — from IT and energy to premises, supply chains and people.
Lunch & Networking
Enjoy a seasonal buffet lunch and continue conversations with fellow delegates and exhibitors.
Please note: lunches must be booked in advance and can be selected when you register for the event.
Panel: Future of our Waters
How secure and sustainable is the water supply businesses depend on? This panel will explore water availability, pollution, infrastructure and the practical steps organisations can take to manage future risks.
Keynote Conversation with Konnie Huq
Closing Panel: tbc
British Business at a Crossroads: Sustainability in a Divided Landscape
This session explores how British businesses can communicate credible sustainability in a landscape where public expectations are rising and political narratives are becoming more divided. In his second year speaking at the Midlands Climate Expo, Daniel draws on live delivery examples from government, businesses and education partners, including a case study from the British Wildlife Rescue Centre, to show how organisations can use evidence, lived experience and shared national values to build trust around their environmental efforts.
You will also have space to reflect on the sectors represented in the room, considering how different organisations can respond to the obstacles currently shaping their sustainability journey. Through guided discussion, you can begin exploring what credible action might look like in your own context and how to communicate it in a way that feels constructive and unifying rather than trivial and polarising for your customers.
Location: Workshop Area 1
Daniel Cope CEnv MISEP
Screening of the People's Emergency Briefing
Net Zero Meets Heritage: Decarbonising Historic Buildings
This workshop explores how Lichfield Cathedral is combining digital-twin technology, energy analysis and low-carbon solutions to progress towards net zero while protecting its historic character. It will share practical insights for decarbonising similar heritage buildings and engaging communities in climate action. Location: Workshop Area 1
Dr Elena Imani
ISEP Networking Event: What can we do transform the world to a more sustainable future?
Sometimes we can feel overwhelmed by the challenges in sustainability. This session aims to help. You will be able to have discussions, share ideas and make connections to help you and support the profession in transforming the world, one day at a time.
Dr Rosemary Horry
Lower Bills, Lower Carbon, Greater Resilience
Despite the pressure of rising energy prices and extreme weather, local businesses have options. This presentation walks through the sectors most at risk, 120 practical actions from no-cost quick wins to future proofers, and how to prepare for the climate impacts already under way. Location: Workshop Area 1
Jo Hand
Screening of the People's Emergency Briefing
Location: Workshop Area 2