Flood Resilience Conference 2026

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Overview

Agenda

• 9.30am

  Registration

• 9.50am

  Chair’s Opening Remarks

• 10.00am

  Keynote: Parliamentary Perspectives on Flooding and Supporting Affected Communities

  • Providing an update on the latest parliamentary activity on flooding, and its role in flooding policy and representing impacted residents
  • Reflecting on current government plans for flood and coastal resilience, including recent investment in coastal protection and ongoing funding reforms aimed at supporting vulnerable communities
  • Highlighting key national issues including long-term flood insurance arrangements and community recovery following major flooding events
  • Considering the role of Parliament in amplifying the voices of flooded communities and shaping future flood resilience strategies

  Tessa Munt MP, Chair, APPG for Flooding and Flooded Communities (CONFIRMED)

  

• 10.20am

  Keynote: Flood Resilience Through Investment and Funding Reform

  • Exploring the effect of the Government’s investment for 2024-2026 on long-term flood and coastal erosion programmes
  • Examining the introduction of a reformed funding model and the national impact on flood resilience
  • Considering how changes to funding allocation aim to improve access for local authorities and address regional disparities in flood resilience
  • Discussing how funding reforms will affect delivery of frontline flood resilience services

  Andrew Eden, Manager-Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, Environment Agency (CONFIRMED)

  

• 10.40am

  Questions & Answers

• 11.00am

  Comfort Break

• 11.20am

  Keynote: Community Engagement on Flooding: Strengthening Local Resilience

  • Developing community flood plans to support key actions during a flood, ensuring a coordinated response
  • Building partnerships with local authorities to improve flood resilience and influence decision-making processes
  • Increasing public awareness through education campaigns, online engagement and flood warning sign-ups to ensure communities stay well-informed of risk and dangers
  • Securing funding for flood resilience projects by accessing funding for equipment, infrastructure improvements and community initiatives

  Tracey Garrett, Chief Executive Officer, National Flood Forum (invited)

• 11.40am

  Keynote: The Future of Flood Insurance and Building Long-Term Resilience

  • Exploring the role of Flood Re in maintaining the availability and affordability of flood insurance
  • Outlining the transition towards a market-based system and what this means for homeowners and communities
  • Discussing how property-level resilience measures and the partnership between insurers and government can reduce risk and support long-term adaptation
  • Reflecting on current insurance challenges such as, rising premiums linked to climate risk and the need to better support communities most exposed to flooding

  Jonathan Kassian, Head of Research, Flood Re (CONFIRMED)

  

• 12.00pm

  Questions & Answers

• 12.20pm

  Lunch Break

• 1.10pm

  Keynote: Effective Flood Responses by Emergency Services

  • Outlining how Fire and Rescue Services are deploying specialist flood rescue capability
  • Exploring the realities of incident response during major flood events
  • Discussing how services are managing increased demand, with flooding incidents rising significantly in recent years
  • Considering the challenges of maintaining capability and the need for consistent funding to sustain capacity for national flood response

  Stuart Armstrong, Deputy Director, CBRN, Water, Flooding Resilience and Emergencies Division, DEFRA (invited)

• 1.30pm

  Case Study: Drainage Systems to Manage Surface Water Flood Risk

  • Demonstrating how a local authority deliver SuDS and how they are integrated with wider flood risk strategies
  • Exploring the benefits of SuDS in managing surface water and alleviating pressure on drainage to improving water quality and urban resilience
  • Exploring the challenges of implementing SuDS at a local level
  • Reflections on designing and delivering retrofit SuDS schemes

  Michael Shorey, Principal Blue-Green Infrastructure Engineer, Enfield Council (CONFIRMED)

  

• 1.50pm

  Questions & Answers

• 2.10pm

  Breakout Networking: Collaborative Flood Planning

  Join this interactive session to explore key challenges in developing an effective local flood management plan. Engage in discussions, share insights from your experiences, and collaborate with experts across sectors to strengthen community resilience and improve flood preparedness strategies.

• 2.40pm

  Comfort Break

• 3.00pm

  Keynote: Strengthening Infrastructure Resilience to Flood Risk

  • Outlining the exposure of critical infrastructure to flooding and the implications for public services
  • Exploring how flood resilience is implemented in the design of infrastructure
  • Examining how different sectors work together to deliver joined-up approaches to flood risk management
  • Highlighting how infrastructure can be adapted to remain resilient in the face of climate pressures

  Ed Beard, Assistant Director, National Infrastructure Commission (invited)

• 3.20pm

  Case Study: Advancing Coastal Flood Risk Management and Shoreline Defences

  • Highlighting how a coastal authority is delivering shoreline management, through hard engineering and nature-based solutions
  • Demonstrating how different coastal defence approaches function to manage flood and erosion risk
  • Interrogating the complexities of coastal resilience, including long-term funding pressures and the need to realign defences inland
  • Considering how community impacts and uncertainty around sea level rise shape long-term shoreline planning

  Eleanor Read, Senior Flood Risk Management Officer, Portsmouth City Council (invited)

• 3.40pm

  Questions & Answers

• 4.00pm

  Chair’s Closing Remarks

• 4.05pm

  Conference Close

Get in Touch

Previous Speakers

Tracey Garrett

CEO

National Flood Forum

Ed Beard

Assistant Director

National Infrastructure Forum

Anna Daroy

CEO

Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management

Jon Goldie

Deputy Director – Preparedness & Recovery

Environmental Agency

Testimonials

Why You Should Attend

✓ Hear the latest updates on the current government policy to improve national flood resilience

✓ Gain tools and strategies to improve partnership working with communities and other agencies

✓ Engage with best practice on local authority plans for flood-resilience and recovery

✓ Network with speakers and senior colleagues from across the public sector involved with flooding relief and response

✓ 8 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota

Who Should Attend

Pricing Options

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Virtual vs F2F

Whilst F2F provide better options for networking, there are many distinct advantages of sponsoring our online conferences including:

• Wider geographical reach of delegates and a different audience who prefer online to f2f
• Lower sponsorship package costs
• No travel/accommodation
• Less time out of the office
• No stand materials required (lower costs)
• 1 of only 2 sponsors involved – less competition on the day
• Prime speaking slot in the morning of the conference including Q&A – less distractions and easier for delegates to hear/absorb information
• Receive all delegate data after the conference to follow-up directly with those who attend and don’t attend (small % but still key stakeholders)
• Ongoing exposure via OnDemand access

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