Sue Illman, Managing Director, Illman Young and CIC Champion for Flood Mitigation and Resilience Sue Illman is a landscape architect by training and the Managing Director of Illman Young, a company that has a broad project base from commercial and industrial, to education and leisure, alongside housing at all scales,

Sarah Greenham,  Clean Air Impact Fellow – Urban Design and Green Infrastructure, University of Birmingham Sarah Greenham is an Impact Fellow at the University of Birmingham, supporting the planning of urban design and green infrastructure to improve air quality for the West Midlands region of the UK. Her research interests

Dr Emma Ferranti is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham. She works on a range of projects with national and international stakeholders that examine the impact of weather and climate on infrastructure and the built environment. She is a member of the Forestry

Richard Quartermaine is Head of Sustainability at Urban&Civic, the leading Master Developer of large-scale strategic housing sites in the UK. Urban&Civic is owned by charitable foundation, the Wellcome Trust. He is responsible for driving the implementation of the U&C Sustainability Framework and continually improving U&C’s sustainable impact across all its

Jeremy Barrell is the Managing Director of Barrell Tree Consultancy (https://www.barrelltreecare.co.uk/), one of the UK’s leading planning and legal tree management practices. He leads a team of 15 specialists assessing trees on development sites and project-managing their protection, from design to occupation. Jeremy started his career with the Forestry Commission

Jim Smith, Urban Forestry Adviser, Forestry Commission Jim Smith has been an urban forester for over 35 years. He first worked for the Forestry Commission on leaving school and returned to London to work as an arborist in the Royal Parks in the early eighties. He is a Chartered Member

Dr Madalena Vaz Monteiro is an urban forest scientist based at the Urban Forest Research Group – Forest Research. Madalena’s work investigates how urban trees and greenspaces can act to regulate surrounding temperatures and help combat the Urban Heat Island effect. She also studies how well a range of tree

Kieron Doick is Head of the Urban Forest Research Group (UFoRG) at Forest Research. UFoRG delivers scientific knowledge on UK urban forests: all the trees in and around the urban realm. Kieron’s research interests include urban forest resilience, urban tree valuation, and quantifying the role of urban forests in delivering

Chris Martin, Co-founder + Director of Urban Strategy, Urban Movement Christopher is an influential urban designer and planner working all over the globe to help communities improve their public spaces; as well as supporting cities and Governments to develop strategy, change policies, and make great places possible. He is Co-Founder

Katja Stille is a Director of Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, an award-winning planning and urban design consultancy. As an experienced urban designer she works collaboratively across professional boundaries to deliver high quality places. Working with private and public sector clients, as well as communities, Katja’s objective is to push

Jane Findlay is a Landscape Architect, the Immediate Past President of the Landscape Institute, and the founding director of Fira. She is a masterplanner and designer with over 38 years’ experience of designing and delivering large and complex projects. Jane is particularly experienced in the design of the healing landscape

Kate Jackson, Associate, Arup Dr Kate Jackson leads Arup’s Circular Economy skills and services across UK, India, Middle East, and Africa regions. As a Chartered Environmentalist with over 20 years’ experience, she works with public and private sector clients across a range of sectors, including transport, water, waste and the

Janet Dunnett, Programme Development Manager (Sustainability Lead), Network Rail Janet is currently a Programme Development Manager providing leadership on sustainability and integration for the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) programme. Having previously managed the delivery of the construction phase of rail projects, this fulfils an ambition to determine the strategic direction

Jo Guy, Deputy Head of Sustainability, Cambridge University Dr Jo Guy is (currently seconded from his role as TEAM2100 Environment and Sustainability Manager at the Environment Agency) to the University of Cambridge as the interim Deputy Head of Sustainability. Jo has a strong background of working at senior levels in

Mark Edwards MEng(Hons) CEng MIMechE CEnv MIEMA, Head of Sustainability, Gatwick Airport Mark is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and is currently the Head of Sustainability at Gatwick Airport. Mark has considerable experience in the infrastructure sector working at both private and not-for-profit organisations specialising in resource efficiency, circular economy and

Isabelle Carter, Head of Landscape Architecture, Stride Treglown Isabelle is Regional Director for the Bath studio and Head of Landscape Architecture for Stride Treglown. She has over 20 years’ experience and has developed her project expertise on a range of diverse schemes throughout the sectors with emphasis on green infrastructure

Sam Jones, Director, The Green Partnership Sam Jones is a green infrastructure specialist with over 20 years’ experience. Through his various professional roles and stewardship within initiatives suc as The Green Spaces Advisory Board, he has helped drive much needed change and thought leadership in making green infrastructure a solution

Martin Tabor, Director of Landscape Architecture, LUC Martin Tabor is a landscape architect and director of LUC based in Glasgow. He has over  40 years’ experience in consultancy which has encompassed urban regeneration, public realm design, green infrastructure, institutional and historic landscapes. He has led a broad range of projects

Dr Gemma Jerome, Director, Building with Nature Gemma is the Director of Building with Nature (BwN), a national benchmark and accreditation system for green infrastructure. She is an environmental planner specialising in the delivery, management and maintenance of development that puts nature at the heart of its decision-making. BwN is

David Milner, Deputy Director, Create Streets David Milner MEng is the Deputy Director at Create Streets and is currently leading on a wide range of strategic advice, masterplanning, transport, and street design projects. David has an interest in how movement and urban design interacts with a view to tackling the

Amy Burbidge, Head of Master Development and Design, Homes England Amy is an urban designer at Homes England, and Head of the Master Development and Design Team, which is a team working across England, focused on improving design quality of Homes England’s projects. Her particular interests are range from strategic

Jon Sandford, Senior Manager Infrastructure, Master Development and Design, Homes England Jon Sandford is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Town Planner. Jon is a national lead in relation to infrastructure and transportation planning within the Master Development and Design Team – His role is to facilitate larges sites progressing though

Alistair Bayford, Business Development Director, Maylim on behalf of the British Association of Landscape Industries Alistair is a Chartered Landscape Architect and Business Development Director at Maylim, a leading external works contractor delivering projects throughout London. He has 25 years experience in the design, delivery, management and activation of peacemaking

Mark Gush, Head of Environmental Horticulture, Science & Collections Division, Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)  I head up the Environmental Horticulture team, within the Science and Collections Division of the RHS, based at Wisley Hilltop: Home of Gardening Science. I manage a team of scientists and technicians with expertise in plant

Dr Robert Grabowski, Senior lecturer in Catchment Science, Centre for Water Environment and Development, Cranfield University Dr Robert Grabowski is a scientist who applies an integrated process-based perspective to key challenges in environmental water management, working at the interface of ecology, water quality, hydrology, and geomorphology. Current and recent projects

Dr. David Smoker, Technical Director, ACO Water Management Dr David Smoker has worked in the supply chain side of the water industry for more than 35 years – since before privatisation – with senior positions at various companies. His day job now is Technical Director at ACO Technologies where he

Charles is JTP’s Partner-in-Charge of Collaborative Placemaking working with communities and stakeholders on a range of urban and rural projects for the private, public and third sectors. In 2021 he was part of the JTP and Farrer Huxley team masterplanning Bailrigg Garden Village for Lancaster City Council (Winner Landscape Institute

Susanna Dart is the Climate Change Policy Officer at Lancaster City Council in the Planning and Housing Strategy Team. Her work covers the policies, projects, and priorities of the council in addressing the climate emergency and meeting net zero by 2030. This work is focused on planning policy particularly on

I am an engineer and environmental scientist interested in the role of land and soils in creating sustainable food, climate and water futures. I work across a wide range of settings: from forests and peatlands, arable lands and grazed grasslands, to urban landscapes, and employ a wide range of methods

Nick Day, Managing Director, Optigrun Nick has been involved in the roofing industry for over 35 years initially within  waterproofing sector and the for the past 11 years with green roofs working for green and blue roof specialist supplier Optigrun. He has also been a board member of The Green

Dusty Gedge, Co-founder, Gentian Dusty is a founder of Gentian Ltd and the President of the European Federation of Green Roof Associations (EFB). He has a particular interest in biodiversity and urban nature, but also has a focus on climate resilience speithe promotion of greener cities through multi-functional green infrastructure.

Ben Goodwin, Head of Policy, IEMA Ben joined IEMA towards the end of 2020 to take up the role of Head of Policy. In this capacity he looks after the delivery of IEMAs core policy and practice outputs across a range of environmental and sustainability issues. Prior to joining the

Steve Hornblow, Head of Special Projects for NW Bicester at A2Dominion Housing Group Steve has 25 years’ public and private sector development experience delivering affordable and private sale housing schemes across the South East. Employed by A2Dominion Group for over 10 years, he has been instrumental in the development of

Olaide Oboh, Director, Socius Olaide is a strategic thinker and problem-solver with a 15-year record of successful delivery in public and private sector organisations. With a degree in Sociology, Olaide is fascinated by how people engage with one another, with physical spaces and society in general; and this curiosity drives