The Waterline Summit 2020
The Waterline Summit 2020 was a weeklong event, hosted on a fully interactive virtual platform, called vfairs, due to Covid regulations.
With over 2,000 registrations, 30 Humber exhibitions, and 50+ speakers across the week, the event truly attained an international reach both through speakers and attendees.
The event connected our regional stakeholders with speakers from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Bank of England, Arup, Make UK, Environment Agency, Renewables UK, BBC, Team GB, HSBC, IP Group, and Macquarie Group amongst many more from our key Bondholder Partners
Monday 19th - Adaptation and Resilience Day - Sponsored by Yorkshire Energy Park
9.30am to 11am | Strengthening our Capacity to Adapt to a Changing Climate
Intro: Andy Parkinson, Marketing Humber
Session Host: Dr David Richards, The University of Hull
Panel:
- Dr Mark Fletcher, Arup Fellow
- Nevil Muncaster, Yorkshire Water
- Jo Barnes, Yorkshire Energy Park
- David Gent, Active Humber
1pm to 2pm | Earth 2050 & The Culture of Climate Change Debate
Launch of Art Exhibition & Earth 2050 art competition winners announcement, by Emma Hardy MP
'The Culture of Climate Change' hosted by Joe Hakim, Presenter of Culture Night,
Panel:
- Dr Briony McDonagh, Geographer
- Dr Christina Roaggatz, Scientist
- Kelly Stanford, Artist
- Anthony Gill, Sportsperson
3pm to 4pm | Adapting and Collaborating in the Humber for a Sustainable Future
Green Innovation Transformation in Practice, delivered by Louise Smith, Director, Aura
Tuesday 20th - Clean Growth Day - Sponsored by Phillips 66
9.30am to 11am | Leading the UK to Net Zero through Technological Innovation
Intro: Melanie Onn, RenewableUK
Panel:
- Dan Sadler, Equinor
- Emma Toulson, Orsted UK
- Darren Cunningham, Phillips 66
- Martin Haworth, Birch Energy.
1pm to 2pm | Student Session: Ørsted UK
Delivered by: Lauren Little, Stakeholder Advisor (Humber), Ørsted UK
3pm to 4pm | How can Hull become Carbon Neutral and increase prosperity
Delivered by: Martin Budd, Climate Change Manager, Hull City Council with Dr Jessica Fox
Wednesday 21st - Nature Based Solutions Day - Sponsored by Bishop Burton College
9.30am to 11am | Nature Contributing to Climate Mitigations
Session Host: Professor Dan Parsons, University of Hull
Panel:
- David Shukman, BBC News
- Emma Howard-Boyd, Environment Agency
- Bill Meredith, Bishop Burton College
- Hilary Hamer, Rooted in Hull.
1pm to 2pm | Student Session: Yorkshire Water
‘Living with Water’ Understanding how our communities can be affected by changes in climate and how they can be prepared for future flooding events'
Delivered by: Margaret Boyd, Education Adviser
3pm to 4pm | Humber Releaf & The Green Task Force: A Carbon Forestry Approach to Tackling Mental Health
Delivered by: Andy Steel, Director, PATT Foundation
Thursday 22nd - International Business Day - Sponsored by SSE Thermal
9.30am to 11am | Why the World needs the Humber
Intro: Andy Parkinson, Marketing Humber
Session Host: Nadine Dereza, Business Presenter
Panel:
- Stephen Phipson, CEO, Make UK
- Mark England, Chef de Mission, Team GB
- Liz Barber, Yorkshire Water & Kelda Group
- Andrew Bailey, Bank of England.
1pm to 2.45pm | The Waterline Live
Blue Aurora Media presents Waterline Live, delivered by Jonathan Levy
- The Global Climate Challenge
- The View from the Waterline
- The International Trade Opportunity
3pm to 4pm | World Humber One: How the Energy Estuary can lead the way in low-carbon power.
Headline speaker: Stephen Wheeler, MD, SSE Thermal,
Chair: David Laister, Humber Business Live
Panel:
- Andrew Percy, MP
- Grete Tveit, Equinor ASA
- Martin Cook, National Grid
- Steve Scrimshaw, Siemens Energy UK & Ireland
Friday 23rd - Sustainable Finance Day - Sponsored by HSBC UK
9.30am to 12noon | Unlocking Capital to Transform our Industrial Clusters
Intro: Amanda Murphy, Head of Commercial Banking, HSBC, to include a specially recorded address by the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP.
Session Host: Ben Murphy, IP Group
Panel:
- Rob King, HSBC
- Francis Sullivan, Responsible Steel
- Charlie Donovan, Imperial College
- Andrea Griffin, HSBC
- Colin Hodson - Macquarie Capital
- Cristian Carreretto, EBRD
- Richard Gwilliam, Drax
- Adam Beardmore, Centrica
- Jonathan Briggs, Vitol Group
Education and skills played an important role in the 2020 summit.
To raise awareness of our region’s capabilities and create connections between the Humber’s talent pipeline and the emerging career opportunities on the Energy Estuary.
Being thrust into the online event space created the opportunity to shape our education and skills resources and collaborate on existing projects happening in the region. These resources included, Mytopia, the green city building game, the Earth 2050 art competition, the Waterline student e-book and Serious Geo Games with the Earth Arcade.
Mytopia, our green city building game, builds awareness of how our every day decisions will affect the future world we live in – over 5,000 sustainable cities have been built to date. Serious Geo Games presented the Earth Arcade, with games to save the world.
The Waterline Summit 2020 won the award for Renewables Education at the Humber Renewables Awards 2020.
