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All Events 23 Mar 2021

Sustainable Development & Construction in Belfast; Sponsored by Belfast City Council

Tuesday, 23rd March 2021 1345hrs – 1530hrs

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Event Speakers What to Expect

As Belfast’s resilience ambitions continue to grow, this session will look at sustainable construction within the city and how the built environment must ensure it is fit for purpose in the modern world and for the future.

With reports showing that the appetite for new schemes in Belfast coming forward has remained relatively resilient and, despite the impact of the pandemic, there is still a long-term demand to encourage more people to live, work and invest in the city.

During this session, we will explore:

What is sustainable construction?
Long-term thinking – what makes a development truly sustainable?
The impact construction has on the environment
An increasing demand for greener buildings
The benefits and challenges of sustainable construction – is it cost prohibitive and should more be done to incentivise its practice?
What standards are organisations expecting from potential investment partners?
The integration of economic and climate strategy with the goal of transitioning to a zero emissions economy

Speakers for this event include:

Sean Dolan,
Development Manager

Callie Persic,
Regeneration Project Officer

Shane O’Reilly,
Director – Sustainable Futures

Lianne Taylor,
Head of Environment

Duncan Mcallister,
Head of Belfast Transport Hub and Weavers Cross Programme

Our online webinars will merge our face-to-face events with a virtual platform – providing networking opportunities, an exceptional panel discussion and debate, speaker presentations and an exhibition hall. The agenda and programme will run as follows:

13:45-14:00 – Networking & Exhibition

14:00-15:00 – Main Stage: Speakers, Presentations, Discussion & Debate

15:00-15:30 – Networking & Exhibition

Here’s a little video highlighting what to expect…

And here’s a bit more information of key areas of our online webinars…

You’ll receive unique log-in details to join our online event via computer or phone – and you’ll be greeted with an easy navigation tool. You’ll be able to navigate to:

Main Stage

Where the webinar will take place with excellent speakers and content. You’ll be able to get involved, asking questions and taking part in live polls.

Networking

Just like a real event you’ll be able to meet and connect with new people in our forum. You can directly request to chat with someone or you can enter our ‘speed networking’ area to meet numerous new people within the industry. Get your elevator pitch ready!

Sponsor / Exhibitor Area

Meet our partners and sponsors – view what they’re all about, video chat with them and download their literature and product information.

Meet our speakers for this event:

Belfast City Council – Sean Dolan, Development Manager

More information to follow.

Belfast City Council – Callie Persic, Regeneration Project Officer

More information to follow.

Translink – Duncan Mcallister, Head of Belfast Transport Hub and Weavers Cross Programme

Duncan is is Translink’s Head of Belfast Transport Hub and Weavers Cross Programme. A Chartered Civil Engineer and a qualified ILM Level 5 Project Manager, Duncan has more than 20 years’ experience in the delivery of major civil engineering and infrastructure projects and programmes throughout the UK, Ireland, and Asia.

GRAHAM Group – Lianne Taylor, Head of Environment

Lianne leads the Environmental Sustainability team within GRAHAM. She is a practised Environmental and Sustainability professional with over 15 years’ experience and a demonstrated understanding of the built environment. Lianne plays a key role in implementing and delivering the GRAHAM Environmental and Climate action strategies and is skilled in developing innovative solutions and influencing others toward positive change.

Lianne is a Chartered and Full member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), a Member of the Energy Institute (MEI) and a certified Energy Assessor. She possesses an excellent working knowledge of industry wide environmental and energy standards and sits on a variety of industry working groups including the Business in the Community Sustainability Professionals Forum and the Supply Chain Sustainability School Climate Action Group.

Lianne has helped GRAHAM to sustain a very successful record to date including leading the organisation to achieve a 30% reduction in CO₂e emissions and a obtaining a variety of industry awards.

Education and Qualifications

MSc Environmental Management
BSc Construction Engineering
NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management

KPMG – Shane O’Reilly, Director – Sustainable Futures

Shane leads the ESG & Sustainability service line of KPMG Sustainable Futures. He has 20+ years’ experience of the global construction materials market having joined KPMG from CRH plc, where he was their Group Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Manager.

He is the current chair of CDP Ireland Network, a committee of sustainability professionals from across Irish industry and semi-state organisations. Shane also participated in a World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Construction Forum for the development of Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines for the construction sector across its entire value chain.

In addition to his ESG experience, Shane has knowledge of capital markets having been part of the Investor Relations group function, as well as operational experience through numerous management roles at CRH plc subsidiary companies in Ireland.

Tickets

Tickets are not currently available for this event.

Details

Date:
Tuesday, 23rd March 2021

Time:
1345hrs – 1530hrs

Venue

Online – Hopin

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