Programme | Warwick Sustainability Forum 2026
Programme
While there are no scheduled breaks in the programme, refreshments will be available throughout the event. Please feel free to step out and take a break at any time, you’re very welcome to do so whenever you need.
We will also have a quiet room (OC1.04) available at the venue for anyone who would like a calm or private space during the event.
| 9.00-9.25 | Registration & Welcome coffee |
| 9.25-9.30 |
Opening remarks: Fabienne Peter, Deputy PVC-Research |
| 9.30-10.00 |
An overview of the Sustainability Spotlight 2025/26 Chair: Elena Korosteleva, Sustainability Spotlight Chair & IGSD Director with members of the Leadership Team |
| 10.00-11.00 | ECR Sustainability Training Academy: Group project reports & reflections Chair: Harriet Richmond (Researcher Development) & Rachael Kirwan (Business Partnerships) |
| 11.00-12.00 | Behavioural Change for Circular Economy Chair: Stuart Coles (WMG), Lory Barile (Economics), with Giuliana Battisti (WBS) |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch (BBQ + Ice cream van) |
| 13.00-14.00 | Sustainable Food, Agritech & Planetary Health Chair: Gary Bending (WESIC), Martine Barons (Stats) & Alicia Feledziak (WMG) |
| 14.00-15.00 | RIFT: Radical Imaginaries for Transformation Chair: Graeme Macdonald (ECLS), Marit Hammond (PAIS) & Elena Korosteleva (IGSD) |
| 15.00-16.00 | What’s next for Sustainability Spotlight - 2026/27 Chair: Elena Korosteleva (IGSD) and Cher Zou (Spotlights) with funding updates from RIS (Andrea Howard, Andina Andina) |
| 16.15-17.30 |
Keynote: Caroline Meyer, the Provost Stakeholders' Roundtable: Shaping Sustainability Agenda Together Chairs: Frederick Dahlmann (WBS) & Carla Washbourne (CIM), with Lord Teverson (Industry & Regulators Committee, House of Lords) Bret Willers (Head of Sustainability at Coventry City Council) Stuart Kirk (Chartered Water Consultant & Environmental Manager) Kata Dozsa (HOST, VUB), HOST senior researcher Igor Merheim-Eyre (ACTUM consultancy) Marta NowickaLink opens in a new window (Project Manager - Education, SOS UK) |
| 17.30 |
Closing remarks by the Leadership Team & Reception |