What does the future of low carbon health and care look like? How can we work across sectors to develop systems, partnerships, and approaches which will protect and improve health, care for our communities, and reduce our impact on the environment?

This afternoon workshop will bring together academics from diverse disciplines, clinicians, policymakers, and civil society to discuss these challenges. Through two interactive panel discussions we will explore the contextual factors influencing low carbon health and care, consider the current opportunities and challenges, and look ahead to the future. The panel sessions will be followed by a networking drinks reception to allow time for further discussion, strengthening of local networks, and to support future collaborations.

The event is co-hosted by the Centre for Personalised Medicine, the Global Centre for Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU), and the National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & Thames Valley, and will be held at the Hub, Kellogg College, the University's first Passivhaus-certified event space.

Join us from 13:30 on Wednesday 24th September.

Schedule:

13.30 – 14.00 Registration and Coffee

14:00 – 14:15 Introduction and Overview

14:15 – 15:30 Panel 1: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the journey to low carbon futures

Dr Jennie Middleton – Associate Professor in Human Geography, Transport Studies Unit

Dr Laurence Wainwright – Course Director of the MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment and Departmental Lecturer, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment

Dr Martha Crockat – Independent researcher, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, Environmental Change Institute

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:15 Panel 2: Low carbon health and care: where are we now, and what needs to be done?

Dr Pete Sudbury – Former Deputy Leader, Oxfordshire County Council. Led the development of OCCs Nationally Outstanding Climate Program 2021-25

Dr Søren Kudsk-Iverson – Consultant Anaesthetist and anaesthetic sustainability lead, Oxford University Hospitals

Dr Sara Khalid – Group Head – Planetary Health Informatics, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford

Dr Amy Booth – DPhil Candidate in Translational Health Sciences, Co-lead, short course in Sustainable Healthcare

17:15 – 17:30 Concluding Remarks

17:30 – 18:30 Drinks Reception and Canapes

Please note that we will be recording this event and a link to view it will be available on the GCHU website at a later date. There will also be a photographer taking photos at the event.

If you unable to attend after booking, please email events@kellogg.ox.ac.uk

The Future of Low Carbon Health and Care