CIWEM Presidential Induction 2024 | WEBINAR

PRESIDENTIAL THEME

The Ripple Effect: Scaling up resilience and adapting at pace to climate change

CIWEM invites you to join our 2024 virtual Presidential induction event. This year we welcome Hannah Burgess as CIWEM’s 38th President, and Peter Rook as CIWEM’s Junior President.

On the theme of adaptation and resilience to our changing climate, Incoming President Hannah Burgess added: “No one individual can solve the climate and ecological crisis alone. Our strength is in collective action as professionals in the Water and Environmental sector. Let’s take action, share our knowledge and inspire others to act by starting a ripple. How far will yours spread?”

Underpinning the core theme will be the following sub-themes:

1. Recognising the central role of local communities for place-based adaptation
2. Moving from managing risk to resilient places
3. Managing our water sustainably (water supply, water quality and wastewater networks)
4. CPD as an enabler to share best practise and equip our professionals (career resilience to changes in industry)
5. Harnessing new technologies e.g. AI

This event also serves as an opportunity to thank the 2023/24 President Bushra Hussain and Junior President Emily Clarke for their outstanding contributions throughout their tenures, and all that that they have achieved within their Presidential term. Bushra and Emily will also be presenting the 2024 CIWEM President's award and Junior President's award.

CIWEM’s charitable purposes

The chosen Presidential theme will support charitable purposes outlined in section four of CIWEM’s royal charter:

4.1 To advance the science and practice of water and environmental management for the public benefit

4.2 To promote education, training, study and research in the said science and practice for the public benefit and to publish the useful results of such research

4.3 To establish and maintain for the public benefit appropriate standards of competence and conduct on the part of members of the Institution

BOOKING DETAILS

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM. The webinar is hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded.

Please register your free place by clicking on the registration button. Non-members who have not registered for the CIWEM system can create an account on the booking page in order to reserve their place. This should not take more than two minutes. Please contact the CIWEM Events team at events@ciwem.org if you have any booking queries.

Should you be unable to attend the event after booking your place, please let the CIWEM Events team know, so your place can be allocated to another delegate.

Please note that registrations will close 2 working days before the event starts. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event.

The event is open to both member and non-members of CIWEM. Please register using the registration button above.

Agenda:

17:30 - 17:35 | Introduction from Bushra Hussain

17:35 - 17:45 | Introduction from Emily Clarke

17:45 - 17:55 | Presidential Awards to be presented by Bushra

17:55 - 18:00 | Handover to the new President and Junior President

18:00 - 18:05 | Short film about Presidential Themes: Resilience and Adaptation

18:05 - 18:25 | In conversation with the new President and Junior President

18:25 -18:30 | Audience Q&A Session