This year, LSBU is hosting a series of events on Sustainability and Climate Action. We are dedicated to protecting our planet and society. We promise to become a university of the future - one that is conscious, one that is responsible and one that is sustainable. We’re proud of the progress we have made, but we're not even close to done!

Our first event, running from 22 - 26 June will focus on Climate, Carbon, Energy and Resources.

NEW: Submit a photo for our virtual exhibition that reflect your time, or feelings, about lockdown/quarantine and the 'pause' in our regular day to day lives. It could be an image you took of a bluer sky, something you created or an act of kindness. We'd love to showcase this in 'The Great Pause - A Virtual Exhibition' taking place on Friday 26 June.

NEW: All keynote speakers now confirmed! See below for details.

NEW: The full programme, with session descriptions, is now available on our What's On pages!

LSBU's own leaders and experts in these fields, along with a host of external influential professionals, will showcase their work, experience and expertise in these fields as they demonstrate their commitment to tackling the major issues in sustainability and climate change. We are thrilled to be joined by representatives from a range of thought-leading organisations

• COP 26, The Cabinet Office
• The Environment Agency
• Extinction Rebellion
• Greengage
• Sweco UK
• Buro Happold

NEW: We interviewed some of our key speakers to ask why they are part of the event, what they are doing to tackle climate issues and what their hopes are for the event series and beyond! You can read their interviews here.

Due to the current situation with Covid-19, this conference will be delivered online. The virtual platform for this and the joining information will be circulated around a week before the event. This will be one link to access all of the sessions and you are free to drop in to the ones that interest you...

Provisional programme (subject to changes)

Monday 22 June 2020 - Climate

9.30am - Welcome and introduction to the week – Professor Pat Bailey, Provost, LSBU and Thomas Empson, Sustainability Project Manager, LSBU

9.45am – How is LSBU supporting London startups create sustainable innovation? - Ellen South, Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Innovation, Research, Enterprise and Innovation, LSBU

10am –Keynote address: Keynote address: What are the Government’s Plans for COP26? - Matt Toombs, Director of Partnerships and Engagement for COP 26, Cabinet Office

10.30am - LSBU and the Climate Emergency Debate Series - what we have learned and how can we bridge the gaps - Andy Ford Professor of Building Systems, School of Built Environment and Architecture, LSBU and Pippa Palmer, Curator of LSBU's Climate Emergency Debate Series, School of Built Environment and Architecture, LSBU

11.30am - Creating Sustainable Development: measuring the positive ecological, economic and social impact of the Katchumbala Maternity Unit - Thomas Empson, Sustainability Project Manager, LSBU, Dan Flower, Design Director, HKS Architects & Ian Flower OBE, Founder, Engineers for Overseas Development.

12.30pm – Lunch break

1.30pm – Covid19 vs. Sustainability - Jaya Gajparia, Education for Sustainability Course Director, School of Law and Social Sciences, LSBU. Read Jaya's interview here.

Panellists

• Hannah Northrop, Lecturer in Planning, LSBU.

• Dr Hugh Atkinson, Distinguished Research Fellow, The Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Bristol.

• Mark Turner, Local Authority Development Manager in Planning

2.30pm – Engineering the future: Student Successes in Sustainable Development Competitions - Alessio Corso, Head of Division, Mechanical Engineering and Design, School of Engineering

3.30pm - How small creative acts every day like wearing odd socks, can lead to the big paradigm shifts we need in society to tackle climate change - Jasmine Pradissitto, Artist and Visiting Lecturer, School of Engineering, LSBU. Read Jasmine's interview here.

4.15pm – Closing remarks and details of next day

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Tuesday 23 June 2020 - Carbon

10am – Introduction to the day

10.15am - Keynote address : ‘Climate Change Emergency Environmental Agency response’ -Katherine Ibbotson, Programme Carbon and Cost Manager, Environment Agency

10.45am – Measuring SDG Impacts under the ‘Carbon Umbrella’. Using Theory of Change and the Triple Bottom Line to develop new ways of ensuring alignment of stakeholders to drive greater SDG impacts - Paul Mansell, Doctoral Researcher, Nathu Puri Institute, School of Engineering, LSBU

12pm – Lunch break

1pm – Where we were, where we are now and where we want to be. How LSBU reduced its carbon footprint by over 50% over the last 8 years and the challenges faced - Chris Barnes, Maintenance and Energy Manager, Estates & Academic Environment, LSBU

2pm – Hear some inspirational stories from our alumni working in the fields of sustainability and climate issues

- Nureen Glaves - CEO of FeedMeGood, Creator of How to be a Smart Food Shopper. Chef, Food Waste Guru, IKEA Live LAGOM Influencer

- Zoe de Grussa, Energy Saving Design Engineer, British Blind and Shutters Association

- Karl de Leeuw, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Founder of Let’s Live Longer Now! and Author -The Health Spring Code.

Host: IB Para-Mallam, Alumni Relationship Manager (Volunteering & Individual Giving), LSBU

4.15pm - The World After - Film Screening plus Q&A with director David Blandy

5.15pm - Closing remarks and details of next day

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Wednesday 24 June 2020 - Energy

9.15am – Introduction to the day

9.30am - Keynote address: 'Energy futures – decarbonisation and decentralisation' - Lee Hargreaves, Associate Director, Buro Happold

10am – London Centre for Energy Engineering

- Advanced Smart Vacuum Insulation Technologies for Sustainable Low Carbon Buildings - Dr Saim Memon, Head of Solar Thermal Vacuum Engineering Research Group, London Centre for Energy Engineering and Senior Lecturer and Course Director, Division of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering

- Towards Environmental Sustainability through Engineering Management - Prof. Simon Philbin, Director of the Nathu Puri Institute for Engineering and Enterprise, LSBU

11am –Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB)- Andy Ford Professor of Building Systems, School of Built Environment and Architecture, LSBU

12pm – Lunch break

1pm – CryoHub: Developing Cryogenic Energy Storage at Refrigerated Warehouses as an Interactive Hub to Integrate Renewable Energy in Industrial Food Refrigeration and to Enhance Power Grid Sustainability

- Judith Evans, President of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) commission C2, LSBU

- Alan Foster, Senior Research Fellow, LSBU

- Daniele Negro, Research Fellow, LSBU

- Graeme Maidment, Professor of Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, School of Engineering, LSBU

2pm – Energy-efficient vertical transportation in high-rise buildings - Carlos Gonzalo, Senior Lecturer, Civil & Building Services Engineering , School of Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU and Vireen Limbachiya, Senior Lecturer, Civil & Building Services Engineering , School of Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU. Read Carlos' interview here.

3pm – Greenscies - Graeme Maidment, Professor of Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, School of Engineering, LSBU and Cat De Almeida Marques, Research Fellow, School of Engineering, LSBU

4pm - Closing remarks and details of next day

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Thursday 25 June 2020 - Resources

9am – Introduction to the day

9.05am - Keynote address: 'Utilising waste heat as a resource' - Kartik Amrania, Head of Building Sustainability Department, Sweco UK

9.30am – The Great Pause: Breathing art and design into environmental issues - Jasmine Pradissitto, Artist and Visiting Lecturer, School of Engineering, LSBU

10.15am –Can digital technology save the world? - Deborah Andrews, Associate Professor in Design, School of Engineering, LSBU and CEDaCI project lead

Panellists

• Julie Chenadec – Project Manager, Green IT Amsterdam

• Carolina Szablewski Project Manager, WeLOOP Sustainability Consultants

• Emma Fryer – Associate Director, Data Centres, TechUK

• Astrid Wynne Rogers – Sustainability Manager, Techbuyer

11.15am - Innovative design workflow through robotic manufacturing - Federico Rossi, Academic Leader, Digital Architecture Robotics, School of Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU

11.45pm - Novel alternatives to concrete that can be used in construction - Finian McCann, Senior Lecturer, Civil & Building Services Engineering , School of Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU

12.15pm - Lunch break

1.15pm - Sustainability and the nexus of the built environment and the natural environment - John Ebohon, Professor of Sustainability & Environmental Law, School of the Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU and Mitch Cooke, Director, Greengage Environmental

2.15pm – Sustainable Architecture – the implications of sustainability on designing buildings - Todor Demirov, Senior Lecturer, School of Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU

3pm – Bamboo Structures: Using bamboo as an alternative material in construction - Jennifer Hardi, Course Director, BSc Architectural Engineering and BSc Architectural Technology, School of Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU

3.30pm - The use of Basalt Fibers Reinforced Polymers BFRP products in concrete structures - Rabee Shamass, Senior Lecturer in Structural Analysis, School of Built Environment & Architecture, LSBU

4pm – Closing remarks and details of next day

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Friday 26 June - Summary of the week

9.45am – Introduction to the day

10am - Keynote address : How people can make climate action a part of their every day lives - Zion Lights – Spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and Editor, The Hourglass

10.30am – The Major Issues and how communities can take more climate action - A panel discussion plus Q&A

Panellists:

• Zion Lights – Spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and Editor, The Hourglass

• Councillor Graham Neale, Opposite Environment Spokesman, Southwark Council

• Elisa Puccinelli Rebelo, Final Year Student, Product Design, LSBU

• Andy Ford Professor of Building Systems, School of Built Environment and Architecture, LSBU

• Deborah Andrews, Associate Professor in Design, School of Engineering, LSBU and CEDaCI project lead

Hosted by: Thomas Empson, Sustainability Project Manager, LSBU

11.45am – Low Carbon Innovation for start ups – how we can work together? - Ellen South, Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Innovation, Research, Enterprise and Innovation, LSBU

12.15pm – Lunch

1pm - The Great Pause : A Virtual Exhibition

1.30pm – We all have a part to play in protecting the planet - but how? A look at some of the highlights and key message of the week as well as myth-busting and practical takeaways - Jasmine Pradissitto, Artist and Visiting Lecturer, School of Engineering, LSBU

2pm – Conference summary and details of what’s next in the event series – Professor Pat Bailey, Provost, LSBU and Thomas Empson, Sustainability Project Manager, LSBU

2.30pm – Conference closes

To request the full programme with session descriptions, please contact events@lsbu.ac.uk.

This event series will consist of three events. The other two in the series are:

• Consumption, Economics and Wellbeing (October 2020)
• Food, Water and Politics (December 2020)

To register your interest in these events, please click here. Or to contribute to the event series, please email events@lsbu.ac.uk.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are under 18 years old, you will need to have an adult present whilst you view these sessions.

First image: Taken in the DARLAB - Digital Architecture and Robotic Lab

Bottom image: Sculpture created and designed by Jasmine Pradissitto, Artist and Visiting Lecturer, School of Engineering, LSBU. Image is entitled 'Famine' and was made using NoxTek, a polymer made from natural and sustainable minerals. The scultpure is part of a series entitled 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'.