Our exciting annual Confluence 2025 event will be held on Wednesday 26 February.
We aim to showcase the impact of some of our key iCASP and water@leeds projects in the region, nationally and internationally through working with partners.
There will be a chance to join workshops, listen to guest speakers, network, have productive discussions with colleagues and ask questions throughout the event.
We are keen for you to help us shape our work going forward and to discover new opportunities to use environmental science research to support you.
It will be held in person, at Horizon Leeds, a riverside location just a short walk from the train station.
Confluence 2023 – annual event at Horizon Leeds
If you would like to attend Confluence 2025 please sign up here. Please let us know if you need to cancel so that someone can have your place as we get over-subscribed.
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Agenda
9.30am Registration
10am– Welcome delegates – Prof Dave Hodgson Deputy Director of iCASP
New opportunities for water collaboration – Prof Joe Holden, Director of iCASP and water@leeds
Impact of iCASP – Finn Barlow-Duncan, iCASP Co-ordinator
Healthy Land, Healthy River (Skell Valley Project North Yorkshire)
Introduction to the Skell Valley Project – Gabby Crisp (Area Ranger, National Trust)
Opportunity Mapping Nature Based Solutions Dr Stephanie Bond, iCASP Impact Translation Fellow
Monitoring Nature Based Solutions – Gareth Keevil and Helena Brown, Sorby Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Unlocking Policy for Nature Based Solutions – Dr Sam Ramsden, Impact Translation Fellow iCASP
11am – 11.20am Break and networking
A choice of 3 workshops preparing for the new Knowledge and Innovation Community – Water, Marine and Maritime Sectors
Workshop 1: What are the priorities for integrated water innovation in our region ?
Workshop 2: Citizen science as a driver for water quality improvement in Yorkshire.
Workshop 3: How can we provide the skills needed to support the water sector across the region?
12.20pm Feedback from Workshops – Professors Joe Holden, Martin Tillotson, Dave Hodgson and Dr Gabriela Lopez Gonzalez, Head of water@leeds
12.30 – 1.30pm lunch
1.30pm Welcome back – Prof Dave Hodgson
WaterLANDS video
WYFLIP Reflection and Looking Forward – Cllr Katie Kimber, WYFLIP Ambassador
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Project for Flood Risk Communities Project Jason Hanks, Flood Manager Kirklees Council
Meanwood Urban Valley Farm – Blue Green Demonstrator Site Vanessa Allen, Leeds City Council and Adam Ogilvie, Chief Executive Officer, Meanwood Urban Valley Farm
Opportunities for Social Prescribing for Nature Based Solutions Laura Harrison, University of York
Blue Green Infrastructure Training Programme – Mark Wilkinson, Team Leader – West Yorkshire Programme & Partnerships, Environment Agency and Ryan Urquhart, Training Coordinator
Introduce workshops Professor Dave Hodgson
2.50 – 3.10pm break and networking
3.15pm Choice of 3 workshops
Workshop 1 (repeated): What are the priorities for integrated water innovation in our region that could possibly be funded by the Knowledge and Innovation Community?
Workshop 2: Unlocking Policy for Nature Based Solutions: looking at our initial findings by Sam Ramsden, iCASP Impact Translation Fellow
Workshop 3: Co-ordinated working to address climate resilience challenges in the Yorkshire and Humber region
Workshop Feedback and closure – Profs Joe Holden, Director of iCASP and water@leeds and Dave Hodgson, Deputy Director of iCASP
4.30pm end
