Agenda

• John Hirst, Chief Executive, Met Office

• Lord Selborne, Chair, Living with Environmental Change

Separating the facts from the fiction and our latest climate change findings

• Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist, Met Office
• Stephen Leonard, Chief Executive, IBM UK and Ireland

Communicating weather and climate change to the public

• Chair - Mike McCarthy, Environment Correspondent, The Independente
• Peter Gibbs, BBC weather presenter
• Tony Juniper, Special Adviser to Prince Charles Rainforest Project
• Chris Rapley, Director of the Science Museum
• Fiona Samson, Head of Comms, Act On CO2, DECC

The UK Government’s plans for dealing with severe weather and a changing climate. Living with Environmental Change.

• Chair – John Hirst
• Christina Scott, Head Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office
• Alex Nickson, Programme Manager for Climate Change Adaptation, Greater London Authority
• Andy Shuttleworth, Scottish Fire and Rescue Advisory Unit

Harnessing the climate change agenda to help your business

• Chair - Robert Napier, Chairman, Met Office
• Neil Bentley, Director, Business Environment CBI
• Chris Bray, Head of Environmental Risk, Barclays Risk
• Mike Keil, Head of Climate Change Policy, OFWAT

The changing world, challenges of our weather and effects of climate change.

• Jake Meyer, Mountaineer

Managing the effects of weather and climate in our cities.

• Mark McCarthy, Climate Research Scientist, Met Office
• John Fiennes, Director for Sustainable Buildings and Climate Change, Department for Communities and Local Government
• Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive, Homes and Communities Agency

Breakout 1

Helping UK Plc and adapt to a changing climate

• Matt Huddleston, Principal Consultant, Met Office

Breakout 2

Managing hazards

• Rob Varley, Operations and Services Director, Met Office

• Chair - Jonathan Leake, Science and Environment Editor, The Sunday Times
• Colin Challen MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Climate Change Group
• Rowan Douglas, Managing Director, Willis Analytics for Willis Re
• Hugh Montgomery, Director, UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance
• Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, Climate and Energy Security Envoy, MoD and FCO
• David Stubbs, Head of sustainable Development, LOCOG