Programme
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Registration and Refreshments
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Opening Remarks from the Morning Chair
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Keynote Managing the Challenges and Opportunities Facing a Global Environmental Consultancy Firm
- Examining mega trends, drivers, opportunities and constraints to growth and how to best respond to these
- Exploring how as a sector we can add value and generate business growth
- Session 1: Market Drivers & Environmental Policy Framework
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Key Environmental Policy Drivers & Priorities
- Policy & Political update - last 12 months’ key developments and what to look out for going forward
- Pinpointing key opportunities and challenges for the UK environmental industry sector over the next 5 years
- Implementation and implications of the 25 Year Environment Plan and Clean Growth Strategy
- Assessing opportunities inside & outside of the EU post-Brexit
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Reviewing the State of the Environmental Consultancy Market
- Examining the market structure and top firms
- Exploring key policy developments, business drivers and how to respond to these
- Pinpointing where key growth opportunities lie
- Managing disruptors and emerging risks - market SWOT
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Questions and answers
- Session 2: Government Environmental Policy
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Outlining Government Priorities for Implementing the 25 Year Environment Plan
- Detailing the objectives, time-scales and milestones of the 25 Year Environment Plan
- Outlining challenges and opportunities
- Exploring how the Plan will be implemented in practice
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Morning Refreshments & Networking
- Session 3: The Industry Response
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Industry Panel Discussion
Industry panellists will respond to these market and policy drivers, offering insight on how their companies are responding to different threats and opportunities, whilst protecting and enhancing the value of the services they provide.
- Session 4: Digitalisation
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Harnessing New Digital Technology & Data Tools to Add Value to Your Client Service Offering
- Determining for which services digitalisation is appropriate and can be effectively integrated - where will it add most value?
- Identifying what innovation to invest in, when and choosing the most appropriate pace of adoption
- Exploiting the use of new digital tools and technology to improve productivity, support informed decision-making and maximise outputs:
- what are the implications for existing data collection and business processes?
- achieving truly integrated data management
- Assessing the implications of greater digitalisation for staff and resourcing - how do you up-skill the current workforce?
- Outlining the range of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities available to aid environmental management, and likely further development
- Exploring their potential to assess environmental risks and provide solutions to key natural resource and climate change challenges
- Strategies for harnessing the full potential of this technology
- Examining how AI can shape the future of environmental regulation, reporting and compliance
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Minimising the Cost of Environmental Data Acquisition
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Lunch and networking
Sponsored by Mott MacDonald
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Opening Remarks from the Afternoon Chair
- Session 5: International Drivers & Opportunities
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State of the Global Environmental Consultancy Market and Future Outlook
Update on Environment Analyst’s latest research & survey findings on the global EC sector, leading players and mega trends.
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International Keynote: Managing the Challenges and Opportunities Facing International Environmental Consultancy Firms
- Examining key drivers and business opportunities in Saudi Arabia
- Strategies for addressing market challenges
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International Focus: Growth and Profitability – Achieving an Appropriate Balance in a Challenging Environment
- Detailing who Trinity Consultants are
- Obama to Trump – the evolving US industrial environmental consulting market
- Perspectives on China
- Mergers and Acquisitions – A private equity backed mid-size firm’s perspective
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Questions and answers
- Session 6: Roundtables
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Interactive Roundtables
An opportunity to discuss a relevant topic in a more informal, participative format. Delegates may choose one roundtable to attend, and each table will be hosted by a facilitator to lead discussion, encourage optimum debate and exchange of ideas.
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A: Improving Client Engagement & Relationship Management
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B: Harnessing Digital Innovation to Add Value to your Business and Clients
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C: "What does the Next Generation Environmental Consultant look like?”
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D: Managing the Project & Procurement challenges faced by SMEs
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E: Developing a Service Proposition Beyond Traditional Environmental Consultancy
Identifying what other opportunities there are and what can be offered in terms of service provision beyond the environmental arena. What is working and what isn’t? How can you increase your market share in other areas?
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F: Proving the Financial Business Case for Environmental Service Proposition
Demonstrating the benefits of using successful environmental & sustainability performance as a business driver to improve service provision and business growth
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G: Designing Integrated & Resilient Cities to Accommodate Changing Climates, Populations & Sustainable Development Goals
Exploring climate change-related issues and business opportunities - resilience, future cities, infrastructure-led development. Assessing to what extent some of the innovations / infrastructure requirements mooted are now a reality and will potentially provide genuine work?
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H: Strategic Options for Growth and M&A for EC firms
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I: Brexit Uncertainty: Business Risks & Opportunities
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Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
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Roundtable Feedback
Each roundtable facilitator will share the key learning points from their table discussion with the audience
- Session 7: Managing Risks Vs. Rewards in Major Projects
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Best Practice Procurement and Partnership Strategies to Achieve Success in Major Project Delivery
- Assessing the implications of the Carillion collapse and risks of current procurement models to help identify where improvements are needed for more successful consultant-contractor-client relationships
- Exploring how we can ensure cost is not the dominant factor in supply chain decisions, with case study examples illustrating:
- driving performance, innovation, and sustainable growth through effective collaboration
- striking an effective balance between effective resource and best practice sharing and competitive advantage
- Achieving more appropriate risk allocation and finding the optimum balance for risk/reward sharing and business growth
- Exploring the future of PFI and alternative mechanisms for major project funding
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Close of Summit followed by a Networking Drinks Reception
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Closing Remarks from the Afternoon Chair
