09 May 2025
Current global environmental change presents significant and immediate challenges that require substantial adaptation if we are to ensure the resilience of the systems upon which humans and the natural environment rely. These systems include our water management systems that provide critical services, such as clean drinking water, treated wastewater, and flood management.
Resilience results from adaptations that are required at the scale of incremental adjustments through to transformative action. In seeking these solutions a means of valuing natural adaptations is seen as important, with natural capital accounting a cornerstone of seeking these innovations in a suitable and ecosystem services-base manner.
This multidisciplinary event is an opportunity to bring together regulators, industry and researchers to explore and discuss innovation-based solutions to greater resilience of our water systems.
Themes to be explored by our speakers will be:
This event brings together the Presidents of CIWEM and Engineers Ireland and an invited panel of experts. The current President of CIWEM is Hannah Burgess and the Presidential theme for 2024-2025 is one of adaptation and resilience at pace given our rapidly changing climate.
Part of the CIWEM Flood Resilience and Adaption series.
Register for 9 May 2025
10:15 Registration and welcome from Laura Burke | President | Engineers Ireland
11:00 CIWEM Presidential Address from Hannah Burgess | President | CIWEM
11:30 Panel exploration of resilience in the water and flood sector
12:30 Lunch and networking
14:00 Presentations from selected speakers
15:00 Q&A
15:25 Closing address
15:25 Close
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Become a memberHannah Burgess | CIWEM President and Regional Delivery Director (Flood, Coast and Maritime) | Binnies
CIWEM President Hannah Burgess is a fellow of CIWEM and a chartered water and environmental manager. She has worked in flood and coastal management for 21 years and has witnessed first-hand the devastating impacts of flooding and coastal change. For her day job, she is a regional delivery director for the Binnies UK flood, coast and maritime business (part of the RSK Group). Hannah has volunteered for CIWEM since 2005 and was past chair of the Rivers and Coastal Group and the West Midlands Branch. She was a founding member of the Women in FCERM initiative and the Chair of the RSK Women’s Network
Laura Burke | President | Engineers Ireland
Ms Burke is the Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), appointed in 2011 and served as a Director within the EPA since 2004. As Director General, she has the responsibility to lead and strategically manage the EPA. Laura was the Chair of the European Environment Agency (EEA) Management Board from 2017 to 2023. Laura is also a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC). Prior to joining the EPA, she worked in the private sector.
Mairéad Conlon | Water Asset Strategy Manager | Uisce Éireann
Mairéad Conlon, is the Water Asset Strategy Manager in Uisce Éireann (UÉ), she is a chartered civil engineer, holds a masters’ degree in engineering hydrology and has over 19 years’ experience across various areas in the public and private sector. Mairéad has had a key role in the development the National Water Resource Plan, UÉ’s plan to identify how they will provide a safe, sustainable, secure and reliable water supply to their customers now and into the future whilst safeguarding the environment.
This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM, Engineers Ireland and the Environment Society.
Bookings will be through Engineers Ireland.
Please contact Sinead Quinn-Phillips at Engineers Ireland, if you have any difficulties with booking a place or would like to cancel your attendance.
The event will take place at Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4}. The venue is only about 30 minutes’ bus ride from Connolly railway station and Busáras with several bus routes running 15 minutes’ walk from the venue.
Travelling to the venue
As part of CIWEM’s commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency we would encourage delegates to use the most environmentally sustainable means of transport possible.
By Train
Connolly railway station is the nearest mainline railway station to the Engineers Ireland offices and is at 1 Amiens St, North Wall, Dublin.
By Bus | Coach
There are several bus routes that run from Connolly railway station and Busáras at North Wall, Dublin 1 to the Landsdown Road bus stop which is about 15 minutes’ work from the Engineers Ireland offices.
By foot | cycle
The venue is 50 minutes’ walk from Connolly railway station and Busáras and 15 minutes’ cycle ride.
By car
If you are coming by car, please consider sharing the journey with others to reduce your environmental footprint.
As this is an in-person event, please remain vigilant to control the spread of COVID-19 and stay safe.
We request that if you think you might have contracted COVID or have recently had the disease, that you do not attend the event.
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