Keynote speakers
The full programme is now available here.
We are delighted that the following scientists have confirmed to speak at this event.
Dr Dave Abson
Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University, Germany
Sustainable intensification and agro-ecological resilience
Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga
Head of the Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield
Developing a resilient built environment
Dr Catherine Butler
University of Exeter
Understanding community resilience in climate mitigation and adaptation
Dr Ruth Wood
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
Resilient energy systems: Challenges from both the mitigation and impacts of climate change
Professor Ioan Fazey
Director of the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, University of Dundee
Society, resilience and transformation
Dr Andrew Bruce Gill
Cranfield University
A new dawn of human activity in the marine environment: implications for marine ecosystem resilience
Professor Volker Grimm
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Observing, understanding, and utilizing resilience mechanisms of ecological systems
Professor Rajat Gupta
Professor of Sustainable Architecture and Climate Change, Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University
Building resilience against climate change-driven overheating in housing and care homes
Dr Albert Norström
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Executive Director – Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society
Social-ecological systems and resilience in the Anthropocene
Professor Liz Wellington
Director of Warwick Environmental Systems Interdisciplinary Centre, The University of Warwick
Resilience in the environmental microbial community to the spread of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
Dr Jun Zang
Director of the Research Unit for Water, Environment and Infrastructure Resilience (WEIR), Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath
Towards sustainable and resilient infrastructure on the coast and in the sea