FUTUREPROOF Nottingham will have over 70 speakers, across 4 stages, across 40+ sessions, covering our 7 core themes.
You’ll need to register and download our app to see our full, up to date agenda and timings for FUTUREPROOF 2026. But get a taster for what is to come below.
Screen One
A Welcome from E.ON
Scott Somerville, Director of External Affairs, E.ON
The Lord Ravensdale: Regions and the Energy Transition
The Lord Ravensdale
Green Innovations Panel: Energy Flexibility – generation, consumption and price
In Partnership with E.ON
A Carbon Literate City = A Thriving City
Phil Korbel, Carbon Literacy Project
STEP Fusion
Dr James Cowan, Director of Whole Programme and STEP Fusion Director
University of Nottingham: A World Leader in Sustainability
Muhammad Ali, Director of Environmental Sustainability
East Midlands’ Super Cluster
Wolfgang Buttress: TO BE
Cllr Neghat Khan
Leader of Nottingham City Council
Greener Skills Panel: Building the Workforce for a Green Economy
Powering the Nation: Local Energy – The Catalyst for Resilient Communities of the Future
Kate Gilmartin, CEO of British Hydropower Association
Screen Two
A Welcome from Amy Harhoff
Amy Harhoff, Chief Executive of East Midlands Combined County Authority
Delivering Green Growth
Michael Gallagher, Director of Climate Resilience and Green Growth at East Midlands Combined County Authority
The Future of Green Buildings – Policy, Practice and Reality
Profit and Economic Growth from Reuse and Recyling: What We Have Learnt
Tom Wright, Director at Strategy&, PwC
Nottingham College
The Mayor’s Transport Plan: Guiding £2bn of Investment
Clare Maltby, Head of Transport Strategy, East Midlands Combined County Authority
Panel: Green Aviation
With University of Nottingham, East Midlands Airport and DHL
From Compliance to Capital: Why Sustainability Now Sits Inside Every Deal
Waterman Group
Built to Last – Decarbonising Buildings, Strenghtening Supply Chains, Delivering for Customers
Wilmott Dixon
Panel: Greener Finance
Regenerative Tourism in England
VisitEngland
Screen Three
Active Travel
Nottingham City Council
Busting Real Estate Decarbonisation Myths: A Friendly Conversation
Spenbeck and Arup
Making Sustainability Work for SMEs and the Regional Economy: 4 Steps for Success
Sustainable Communities
Nottinghamshire County Council
The Climate Data Profile of Your Business: What Matters and Why?
Experian
Seeing is Believing: If Paris Can Put Nature at the Heart of their City, We Can Too!
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Panel: Circular Economy 101
Pick Everard
Using Nature to Mend Itself
Clean Rivers Trust
East Midlands Freeport: Driving Green growth in the region and beyond
Panel: Hydrogen in the East Midlands – Starting to Become a Reality!
Cadent
Carbon Counting: The Metrics That Matter for Buildings
Arup
Screen Four
Greener, Healthier, Happier
Nottingham City Council
Embedding Sustainable Procurement to Support Your Net Zero Goals
Nottingham Trent University
Climate Clarity: Empowering teams. Igniting change
Changing the Inside Game: How Culture Drives Sustainable Impact
Cartwright
Why Retrofit is Important Today (Not Change of Direction on the Topic)
Arup
Parallel Presents: Envisioning Sustainable Alternatives
Nottingham Trent University
The Importance of Managing Climate Anxiety
Spenbeck
Future-fit Business Leadership for the RE:generation
Accelerate the Shift
Storing Energy: Keep Energy Systems and beyond
University of Nottingham
Becoming a B Corp with Maber
