John O’Neill Otter Trophy: New Generations Competition 2025 | BRANCH AWARDS | Leeds | Tyne and Humber

Event description

Hosted by the CIWEM Tyne and Humber branch

This awards night is a chance for those at the start of their career, with five years or less industry experience, working in the water, wastewater or environmental management sector to showcase their work or creative thoughts in this area. Submitted abstracts will be screened and shortlisted by members of the Tyne and Humber branch committee.

The successful short-listed candidates will be invited to present their abstract at the New Generations competition on Tuesday 13 May 2025, which will be judged by a panel of industry professionals.

The winner will take home the John O’Neill Otter Trophy.

CIWEM members and non-members are welcome to join the branch and celebrate and support the talented finalists at this in-person event.

Part of CIWEM Awards & Competitions

Applications for the competition close on Friday 11 April 2025 at 5:00 pm BST.

About the chair and judges

Chair

Alex Fraser, MCIWEM, C.WEM | Chair of the CIWEM Tyne and Humber branch

Judges

Emma Bird | Canal and Rivers Trust

Richard Crother | Jacobs

Richard Whitely | Mott MacDonald

About the finalists

Samuel Watkiss | JBA Consulting

Sediment transport modelling to inform river restoration design on a wandering gravel-bed river in Britain.

Jessica Knaggs | Arcadis

Natural Solutions on HS2 Watercourse Diversions.

Rebecca Dunstan | Arup

Pooling knowledge: The role of interdisciplinary collaboration in creating effective water management strategies.

Booking Information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

Please note there is limited capacity at this event. Bookings must be made through 'My CIWEM' using the above booking link. Non-members who have not registered for the MyCIWEM system can create an account on the booking page in order to reserve their place.

If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

Please note that registrations close two working days before the event is to take place. If you have not registered by then, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Rob Berry at rob.berry@jbaconsulting.com.

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