Highways Winter Forum: severe weather and flood resilience in a changing climate
Whether it’s record high summer temperatures, winter frost or extreme rainfall, local highways authorities are having to deal with the increasingly varied demands of climate change.
Speaker presentations
Winter Maintenance & Climate Adaptation: What the Data Says
Debbie Johns, Head of Performance Networks and Bonni Jee, Principal Advisor
Extreme Weather & Highways Emergency Management
John Lamb, Chair, UK Adaptation, Biodiversity and Climate Board, UKLRG
Integrated Emergency Management – Rethinking Flood and Highway Resilience Together
Jacqui Cotton, Environment Agency
Updates to the accreditation process for IHE/NWSRG Competence
Training for operatives, Supervisors and Decision makers
Richard Hayes, APSE Associate, Former President of IHE, NWSRG
JCB - Your Highways Partner
Alan Wallace, National Highways Manager, JCB
Turning Friction into Foresight: Smarter Winter Maintenance Decisions
Steve Isaacs, Engineer & Asset Management Specialist, NIRA Dynamics
Gloucestershire's Highways response to Floods in 2024/25
APSE Service Awards 2025 Shortlisted Entry - Technical Services
Kev Downer, Highways Asset & Business Manager, Gloucestershire County Council
Dependencies & Opportunities between Highways Authorities & Water Companies
Robert Green, Climate Adaptation Strategy Manager / Jason Alred, Strategic Flood Resilience, Yorkshire Water
Connecting infrastructure systems and practitioners for climate resilience:
Insights from the YHCC Climate Adaptation Programme for Local Authorities
Dr Muriel Bonjean Stanton, Climate Adaptation Lead / Research Fellow, Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission / University of Leeds
Making life better by water
Catherine Clayton, Area Operations Manager, Canal & Rivers Trust
Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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