Managing Risks to Deliver Projects
Mediacityuk, Salford
28th January 2020
Programme
09:00-09:30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:45-09:50 Welcome Address, Prof Rogan, University of Salford
09.50-10:00 Introduction, Keith Ashcroft, Environment Agency
SESSION 1
10:00-10:20 | Examples of projects that encountered complications/difficulties | Seb Bentley AquaUoS |
10:20-10:50 | Delivering projects in West Cumbria | Luke Bryant West Cumbria Rivers Trust |
10:50-11:10 | Monitoring risks | Neil Entwistle University of Salford/ AquaUoS |
11:10-11:40 | Risky Ribble | Jack Spees Ribble Rivers Trust |
11:40-12:10 | Questions to all and open discussion with the audience |
12:10-12:50 LUNCH
SESSION 2
12:50-13:10 | Salmon to Sheffield | Martin Slater – Environment Agency Yorkshire |
13:10-13:35 | Controlled versus uncontrolled weir removal/collapse | Kevin Nash, Environment Agency GMMC |
13:35-14:00 | Barrier to Barriers | Dave Kennedy, Environment Agency Cumbria and Lancashire |
14:00-14:10 | Questions |
SESSION 3
14:15-15:00 | Break out into groups of approximately 10-15 people per group discussing these topics |
- What are the biggest challenges faced when delivering river restoration works?
- What are the risks of delivering this type of work?
- What can be done to make things easier in order to deliver our works more efficiently and effectively in the future?
15:00-15:30 | Summary and discussion regarding the points raised in the breakout sessions |
15:30 CLOSE
GENERAL INFORMATION
Attendance at the conference is free.
Lunch & refreshments will be provided.
Guests can connect to WiFi-Guest SSID, provided by Sky Cloud. All users will need to register with Sky on presentation of the login screen
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Location & directions can be found at http://www.salford.ac.uk/mediacityuk/location
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