The Conference is ADA’s largest annual event with over 200 delegates attending from across the UK’s flood and water level management sector.
The event promotes ADA’s vision for flood risk management authorities working in partnership together, delivering effective services through good governance and strategic planning. It is an annual opportunity for members, officers, exhibitors and sponsors to network, share good practice and gain solutions to local issues from a platform which brings flood and water level management to the heart of government.
The ADA Flood & Water Conference 2024 will take place at One Great George Street, Westminster, London on Wednesday 13 November 2024.
Kindly sponsored by Balfour Beatty Plc and Wilkin Chapman LLP, the ADA Flood & Water Conference 2024 will once again host members and officers of flood risk and water management authorities from across the United Kingdom to hear from an emininent line-up of political and technical speakers for the sector to discuss the key policy topics of the moment.
Minister for Water & Flooding, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Director of Flood Risk Strategy & National Adaptation, EA
Vice-President, National Farmers' Union
Professor of Climate & Environmental Risks, University of Oxford
Chair, North Level District Internal Drainage Board
The Conference will open at 11.00 for networking with delegates and the Exhibition of ADA’s Associate Members in the Great Hall. A buffet lunch will be served from 11.45 before the conference presentations commence at 12.45 in the Thomas Telford Theatre. The Conference will close at 16.00.
11:00 | Conference Opens | Refreshments | Exhibition & Networking |
11:45 | Buffet Lunch | Exhibition & Networking |
12:45 | Conference session 1 | Emma Hardy MP, Professor Jim Hall, Rachel Hallos |
14:20 | Refreshments break | Exhibition & Networking |
15:00 | Conference session 2 | Julie Foley, Michael Sly MBE |
15.40 | Discussion Forum |
16:00 | Conference close |
There will be time for delegates to pose topical questions to the speakers and panellists via the conference chair. Questions can be submitted in advance as part of the ticket booking process on Eventbrite, with the aim of consolidating key subjects for discussion and questioning and to maximise the value of this session. On the day delegates can post questions using Slido from your phone or other device.
This year we have three ticket types available:
1. ADA Member Ticket | £150 2. Non-Member Ticket | £225 3. Student Ticket | Free |
Exhibition of Associate Members’ – fully booked for 2024.
If you need assistance, have any questions regarding the ADA Flood & Water Conference 2024 or need to make a name change, please contact Heather Bailey on heather.bailey@ada.org.uk. Alternatively please call the ADA Office on 02476 992 889.
Please NoteThe Association’s Annual General Meeting 2024 will be hosted online as a separate event on Tuesday 3 December 2024 for members to discuss the ADA’s business and governance. |
Chair of the Climate Change Committee’s Adaptation Committee
Shadow Minister for Environmental Quality & Resilience
Chair of the Environment Agency
Technical Expert at the Italian Association of Water Management Boards
Chief Executive at the Coal Authority
Senior Advisor on Sustainable Drainage for the Welsh Government
Julia King DBE | Alan Lovell | Adriano Battilani | Lisa Pinney MBE | Ian Titherington
Dykgraaf (chairperson), Wetterskip Fryslân
Head of Waterway & Flood Water Management Team, Defra
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Defra
Economist
President, ADA
Deputy Director for Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management Policy, Defra
Allerton Project Head of Research, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Executive Director of Operations, Environment Agency
Vice President, National Farmers' Union
Chair, Coastal Group Network
Interim Managing Director, Water Resources East (WRE)
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Expert in crisis management, Veiligheidsregio Noord-Holland Noord (VRNHN)
Executive Director of Flood & Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency
Deputy Director for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, Defra