Hydrock's full programme

Aiming for net zero in commercial property development: challenges, strategies and tactics
SPONSORED BY CIOB
Commercial property investors and developers are invited to breakfast with policy experts to share issues faced by your businesses in the race to net zero. What is your organisation’s built assets/portfolio strategy for achieving net zero? What are the chief challenges to reaching net zero through your built assets/portfolio? How can your construction teams help you to reach your net zero ambitions?

📍 Glassbox, Dockside Zone
08:30 - 10:00

PRIVATE EVENT.
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📣 Sadaf Askari | Leah Holmes | Rebecca Lydon

Breakfast with the UK’s Cross Border Powerhouse

As the UK continues to decentralise, South Wales and Western England are working together to ensure their area becomes a key centre for growth for the UK’s future economy. With world-leading advanced manufacturing, digital innovation and home to green energy pioneers, the area has huge potential to become a nationally significant powerhouse with the aim to add £34bn to the UK economy by 2024..

📍 Western Gateway Pavilion, Pavilion Square
09:00 – 09:45

📣 Catriona Tully

How to avoid green washing claims on the road to net zero
SPONSORED BY IRWIN MITCHELL
According to the OEP the UK has moved into the slow lane on the road to net zero. We explore how the real estate sector can accelerate change, exploring data trends, calculating emissions, avoiding green washing and leaf-washing bumps in the road in a time of growing climate litigation.

📍 Newsroom Stage, Royal Armouries
11:00 – 12:00

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📣 Sadaf Askari
👋 Danny Hope | Graham Munday | Scott Elliott

Building a Secure Footing for the UK’s Digital Revolution

With AI, 5G, quantum tech and semi-conductors becoming increasingly important, it is clear that the UK needs to invest to play a part in the industries of the future. Ground-breaking digital innovation and the UK’s most powerful supercomputer is being supported by a cross border super-cluster of cyber expertise in the region that is set to secure a future facing economy.

📍 Western Gateway Pavilion, Pavilion Square
14:30 – 15:15

📣 Mark Seberry

Aiming for net zero in commercial property development: challenges, strategies and tactics
SPONSORED BY CIOB
Commercial property investors and developers are invited to breakfast with policy experts to share issues faced by your businesses in the race to net zero. What is your organisation’s built assets/portfolio strategy for achieving net zero? What are the chief challenges to reaching net zero through your built assets/portfolio? How can your construction teams help you to reach your net zero ambitions?

📍 Glassbox, Dockside Zone
08:30 – 10:00

PRIVATE EVENT

📣 Sadaf Askari

Department for Transport roundtable: unlocking public value from historic real estate
SPONSORED BY DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT

Government’s portfolio includes over 3,100 structures and assets which were once part of Britain’s rail network – such as bridges, viaducts and tunnels. We look to explore ways to bring this estate back into public use, learning lessons from comparable projects and open up dialogue to unlock the opportunities.

📍 Dockside Office, Dockside Zone
10:30 - 12:00

PRIVATE EVENT

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📣 Nigel Foster

Building future net zero communities: how can we sustainably afford to regenerate our cities and towns in the era of climate change
SPONSORED BY WESTERN GATEWAY

Across the UK towns and cities are looking at how they can level up and ensure they’re not left behind. As investors look outside of London, how can our towns and cities ensure they are innovating to be thriving places to live and work whilst also meeting net zero requirements, protecting the environment, and finding new ways to finance their ambitions.

📍 Western Gateway Pavilion
11:00 - 11:45

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📣 Chris Bowie-Hill
👋 Ric Hampton | Mark Seberry | Craig Anderson | Marc Pawson

Bridging the execution gap: financing place-based decarbonisation
Place-based investment is gaining widespread acceptance in the market, however cities and regions can struggle to attract substantial private financing to facilitate large-scale decarbonisation. We explore successful funding models for place-based decarbonisation whilst sharing ideas, insights and more.

📍 Meeting Room 5, Department on The Boulevard
10:30 – 11:30

PRIVATE EVENT.
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📣 Craig Anderson

Enhancing building safety: delivering cladding remediation under the Building Safety Act
SPONSORED BY GREEN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MARTIN ARNOLD
The Building Safety Act is a crucial step toward enhancing building safety. Focusing on cladding remediation, GSE and Martin Arnold to ensure structures meet stringent safety standards. Mitigating risks and safeguarding occupants against potential hazards and fostering a secure built environment for all.

📍 Pearl Suite, Royal Armouries
13:30 – 14:30

📣 Georgina Williams