Name: Could the future of water be grown not built?
Start: 2025-11-13T09:30:00.000+00:00
End: 2025-11-13T16:00:00.000+00:00
Location: NCVO

Future Water Association Events

Nature-Based Innovation in Water Futures – Event Agenda

Arrival, registration, and a chance to connect before the sessions begin.

Speaker: Gabriela Dotro, Chair, Constructed Wetland Association

10.15am – Nature-Based Solutions – What’s Really New?

Speaker: Kevin Barton, Robert Bray Associates

10.45am – End-of-Pipe Innovation – Clarity and Certainty

11.15am – Integrating Nature into the Pipe

Speaker: Michael Shorey, Principal Watercourses Engineer, Enfield Council

12.00pm – Quantifying whole-life value of our SuDS

Speaker: Peter Melville-Shreeve, Associate Professor, University of Exeter

12.30pm – Metrics That Matter – What Do We Measure for the Future?

1.45pm – Biodiversity Net Gain – A Chance to Grow the Future?

2.15pm – Global Lessons in Nature-Positive Infrastructure – Insights from New Zealand’s Water Sector

Chair: Sasha Barnes, British Expertise International

Gillian Blythe, Chief Executive, Water New Zealand

Sarah Sinclaire, Senior Partner and Infrastructure Lead, MinsterEllisonRuddWatts

Jamie Sinclair, Chief Executive, Watercare

3pm – NBS Integration vs End-of-Pipe Innovation

3.30pm – Reflections: So, Could the Future Be Grown?

A reflective close to the day – pulling together key insights, provocations, and next steps.