We invite all partners, academics, stakeholders and those with an interest in catchment management to join us for Confluence 2020.

The two themed webinars will each cover several iCASP and iCASP-partner projects, including the links between them and impacts achieved to date, as well as providing an opportunity for a Q&A session and discussion of future project ideas, priorities and ways to maximise impact.

The video updates will outline progress on projects not covered in the webinars and will be made available on the iCASP website for anyone to view from 26 June onwards. The webinars will be recorded and made available online afterwards. A summary of the Q&As submitted and discussed during the webinars will also be made available.

Confluence 2020 Programme:

Webinar 1: Increasing the climate resilience of Yorkshire’s cities, towns and villages

Friday 26 June, 14.00-16.00

Webinar 2: Where next for Yorkshire’s soils?

Tuesday 30 June 09.30 – 11.30

Video updates of iCASP projects

Agenda for Webinar 1: Increasing the climate resilience of Yorkshire’s cities, towns and villages

Friday 26 June, 14.00-16.00

14.00 – 14.30 – Welcome to Confluence 2020 and overview of iCASP

14.30 – 16.00 – Themed session on ‘Increasing the climate resilience of Yorkshire’s cities, towns and villages’

• Introduction (Ben Rabb)
• Session 1: climate service projects and activities (Ben Rabb and Claire Scanell)
• Session 2: flood forecasting projects and activities (Cathryn Birch and Graeme Boyce)
• Session 3: flood resilience projects and activities (Paola Sakai, Steve Wragg and Jenny Armstrong)
• Session 4: green & blue infrastructure and interoperability projects and activities (David Dawson and Andy Brown)
• Q&A and discussion

We are keen that these are interactive sessions allowing a range of voices and views to be heard. We invite you to submit questions in advance that you would like to see addressed – you will also have the opportunity during the webinars to ask questions and also to answer those that others have raised.

We would be particularly interested to hear your views on potential projects relating to Covid-19 and how existing research can be translated to address problems arising within catchments – for example, how might infrastructure planning be impacted by a future need for social distancing?