Date and Time
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:30 – Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:30 GMT
About
Scotland’s climate has already changed and will continue to do so. Increasing rainfall intensity, storm severity and rising sea levels mean it will not be possible to protect all communities from every flood that we experience. Scotland must become more resilient to flooding to help communities, organisations and places thrive in the changing climate. This will require a paradigm shift in how we deal with floods, building resilience at all scales from individual properties right up to catchment scale. It will require engagement of a broad range of delivery partners with communities at the heart of the process. And it will require more innovative and diverse flood management actions.
The theme this year is Taking actions to implement the Flood Resilience Strategy.
Aim
Join us at the 2025 Scottish Flood Resilience Conference, when Scotland’s first Flood Resilience Strategy will have been published. Get involved in exploring the ways the whole flood resilience community can take action to implement the Strategy’s intentions. We have a mix of plenary presentations, breakout sessions, panel discussions and Q&As, with something to appeal to all audiences.
Agenda
Day 1
09:30 Welcome and conference opening
09:35 Policy overview by Scottish Government
10:10 Aspirations of a younger generation
10:50 Innovation for Flood Resilience – presentations from FloodRe, AECOM and
Balfour Beatty
11:50 Parallel Breakout Session Theme 1: Taking action with and for people:
Parallel session A Engaging with coastal communities
Parallel session B Building resilience
Parallel session C Improving Flood Resilience through Data
Parallel session D Transforming engagement through community-led change – Training
15:30 Parallel Breakout Session Theme 2: Taking action for places
Parallel session E Land use, spatial planning and decision making
Parallel session F Retrofitting resilience measures
Parallel Session G Diverse drivers for relocation – a reality check
Parallel session H Data, evidence base, flooding scenarios – Training
16:45 Plenary session to close Day 1
17:30 – 19:00 Scottish Flood Forum and FloodRe drinks reception to launch the
Scottish Flood Bus
Day 2
09:30 Opening of Day 2 – Reflections on Day 1 from key note listeners
09:45 Cabinet Secretary speech and Q&A.
10:45 Repeat of Parallel Session Theme 2
12:00 Networking lunch
13:00 Parallel Breakout Session Theme 3: Taking action to improve processes
Parallel session I Ways of financing flood resilience
Parallel session J Process, tools and resources to deliver flood resilience actions
Parallel Session K Tools to support creating flood resilient places
Parallel session L Open space – small groups meet based on self selected topics
15:00 Plenary session – reflections from key note listeners
16:00 Thanks and close
Registration details
Attendance online is free. Presentations and the plenary sessions will be live streamed; however, not all workshop sessions and breakouts will be available as hybrid. These will be highlighted in the final programme. For queries about conference content and programme, please contact Sniffer emilie@sniffer.org.uk
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