Conference In Person

Building Resilient & Sustainable Supply Chains: Loughborough University

by CIOB Birmingham

    Event details

    • Loughborough University, Loughborough
    • 14 July 2026
    • 10:30 AM - 03:00 PM GMT

    Event fees

    General Admission

    Free

    Summary

    Connect industry, academia, and postgraduates to tackle sustainability and resilience in the built environment through stronger supply chain

    To create a focused forum that connects industry practitioners, academics, and postgraduate students around one shared challenge: improving sustainability and resilience in the built environment through supply chains and skills.

    The event positions sustainability not just as a research theme, but as an applied, industry-facing agenda, bridging evidence, practice, and future talent.

    Agenda

    • Agenda
      10:30
      Register & Refreshments
      10:45
      Welcome & Scene setting
      11:00
      Keynote: Supply Chains, Sustainability and Skills in the BE
      11:20
      Breakout session: From Research to Reality
      Theme: How do we operationalise sustainability across the supply chain? Angles: • Industry perspectives on implementation barriers • Academic insights into evidence-based solutions • The role of professional bodies and advisory panels • Skills, training, and future workforce readiness
      12:30
      Lunch & Networking
      13:15
      Meet the CIOB: Whats in it for me?
      • Hassana Ahmed, Snr Qualifications Liasion Manager, CIOB
      An overview on the CIOB and its offerings to Education and Industry
      13:30
      Roundtable: Building a Collaborative Sustainability Forum
      14:30
      Plenary Feedback & Next Steps

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