Speakers

Chair

John Hirst, Chief Executive Met Office

As a world-leading weather and climate service, the Met Office works closely with individuals, governments and organisations to share its expert scientific knowledge and advice.

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The science of weather and climate change

Prof Julia Slingo OBE, Chief Scientist, Met Office

Stephen Leonard, Chief Executive, IBM UK and Ireland

Seamless weather and climate forecasting – “separating the facts from the fiction” and our latest weather and climate change findings.

Lord Selborne, Chair, Living with Environmental Change

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Warnings, watches and weather

Alex Nickson, Strategy Manager for Climate Change Adaptation and Water, Greater London Authority

Andy Shuttleworth, Scottish Fire and Rescue Advisory Unit

Christina Scott, Head of Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office

Warnings, watches and weather — the UK Government’s plans for dealing with severe weather and a changing climate. Living with Environmental Change.

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"And now, the weather..."

Peter Gibbs – BBC Weather Forecaster

Tony Juniper, Special Adviser to Prince of Wales Rainforests Project

Prof Chris Rapley CBE, Director, Science Museum

Mike McCarthy, Environment Correspondent, The Independent (Chair)

Fiona Samson, Head of Strategic Marketing, DECC

The challenges of communicating weather and climate change.

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Thriving on challenge

Jake Meyer

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

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The silver lining

Neil Bentley, Director of Business Environment, CBI

Chris Bray, Head of Environmental Risk, Barclays Risk

Dr Mike Keil, Head of Climate Change Policy, Ofwat

Robert Napier, Chairman, Met Office (Chair)

Harnessing the climate change agenda to help your business today adapting for the future.

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City limits

Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive, Homes and Communities Agency

Mark McCarthy, Met Office

John Fiennes, Director for Sustainable Buildings and Climate Change, Department for Communities and Local Government

Managing the effects of weather and climate in our cities.

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Influence on our world

Colin Challen, MP, Chair of the Cross Party Climate Change Group

Rowan Douglas, Managing Director, Willis Analytics for Willis Re

Hugh Montgomery, Director, UCL Institute for Human Health and Perfomance

Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, Climate and Energy Security Envoy, MoD and FCO

David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability, LOCOG

Clare Hawley, Joint Deputy Director, Adapting to Climate Change, Defra

Jonathan Leake, Science and Environment Editor, The Sunday Times (Chair)