Flood risk management experts from The University of Hull’s Flood Innovation Centre, alongside our Living with Water partners, the Environment Agency, Hull City Council and Yorkshire Water will come together at our event to help inform local businesses and improve the flood resilience and management in our area – so join us on Tuesday 18th October and find out what you can do to protect yourself now and in the future here: How to Adapt to Rising Flood Risk Tickets, Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
Find out more about our Panellists
- Martin Budd, Climate Change Manager at Hull City Council. With over 30 years of work within the local government Martin will bring his expertise on community development, housing regeneration, sustainability, and climate change.
- Helen Todd, Humber Strategic Manager, Environment Agency. Helen has been involved in managing tidal risk on the Humber for over 20 years. Her natural leadership skills and knowledge of flood risk strategies will make for a lively discussion.
- Alex Codd, Assistant Director of Economic Development & Regeneration, Hull City Council and partner in Living with Water. As part of the leadership behind the development of the Council’s first strategic flood risk assessment, along with being shortlisted for the Young Planner of the Year, on account of his role in responding to the 2007 Hull floods, we know you’ll have plenty of questions for Alex.
- Jessica Green, Flood Risk and Engagement Engineer at Yorkshire Water.
- Pip Betts, Project Manager at the Flood Innovation Centre. Pip brings almost 15 years of project management and funding programme experience to the panel. Pip is currently responsible for the successful delivery of the Flood Innovation Centre and all its overseas projects, helping to give us a wide range of views when it comes to this very relevant topic.
If you have questions about flooding in Hull and Humber, want to know how to protect your organisation or simply just want to learn more about the risk, then please come along to this important event – sign up now
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
*This event is part of the 2022 Waterline Summit, which the University of Hull is proud to sponsor. This annual event addresses, discusses, and tackles the biggest challenge of our time: climate change. For further details on the Waterline Summit and the full line up of events click here
