AGENDA Real Organisations, Real Problems, Real Experience!
The ‘New Normal’: climate change and the ecological crisis as the context for leadership, decision-making and action
Meeting date & time
12/10/2022 / 09.30 am - 04.30 pm
Location
PwC Belfast Merchant Square 20-22 Wellington Place Belfast BT1 6GE
Time
Description
9.30 – 9.45am
Welcome to PwC and Merchant Square
9.45 – 10.00am
Welcome to Programme
Claudine Sutherland, Careers, Employability and Skills
10.00 – 10.50 am
Keynote : Challenge holder Outlines Challenge ‘The ‘New Normal’: climate change and the ecological crisis as the context for leadership, decision-making and action
Professor John Barry, Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action (QUB)
11.00 – 11.30am
Break out groups - Discuss Initial Understanding – where are the gaps? What else do you need to find out?
11.30 – 11.45am
Break
11.45 – 1.00pm
Café Conversations : Deepen your understanding -Q/A with related stakeholders – What is their involvement? Where are the gaps?
1.00pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1.40pm - 2:10pm
Debrief and share from group
2.15 – 3.00 pm
Working Groups - in break out rooms Using the ‘Newspaper heading in 2050’ exercise One heading and Why? What have you learned about large-scale complex problems? Key Skills Developed today
3.10 – 3.20pm
Comfort Break
3.25 – 4.00pm
Debrief in Plenary - Group share points from group discussion with feedback from Keynote Listeners. Participant led reflections with Keynote Listeners What have you learned about yourself and your group work style? Can you identify your contributions to the group today? One Key Action from today? Suggestions for themes/challenges for future events
4.00pm
Final Reflections and Close
Presenter
James Orr, Chief Executive, Friends of the Earth Debbie Caldwell, Climate Commissioner, Belfast City Council Dr Andy Harris, Advanced Engineering Manager, Wrightbus Representative, Public Health Agency Dr Amanda Slevin, Director, Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action, Queen's University Belfast Sean Breen, Director, PwC NI Carol Andrews, Civil Engineer, ARUP
Keynote Listeners – (BBC) John Barry (QUB) Representative from PwC