Advisory board for Institution's International Conference on Climate Adaptation and Resilience

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is hosting its 2nd International Conference on Climate Adaptation and Resilience on the 14th and 15th October 2025 in London.

To develop the conference programme, IMechE has constituted an advisory board of some of the leading experts in the adaptation and resilience space, representing government, industry, academia, and the engineering profession.

The purpose of bringing this group together is to ensure the conference agenda reflects the diverse range of disciplines and skills necessary to make impactful adaptation plans and deliver effective resilience on a global scale, incorporating the perspectives and insights from policymakers, regulators, engineers, social scientists, and economists.

Membership of the advisory board is as follows:

• Tim Fox, Conference Chair
• Carola Koenig, Reader and Vice-Dean International, Brunel University
• Ruth Shilston, Global Practice Lead – Engineering Sciences, Mott MacDonald
• D Parthasarathy, Founding Dead – School of Public Policy, Nayanta University, India
• Ebina Masaaki, Cluster Head, IMechE Japan
• James Partington, Director of Engineering Policy & Impact, IMechE
• Florence Bates, Head of CCRA4-IA, Climate Change Committee
• Andrew Eden, National Programme Executive, Manager - Adaptation & Resilience, Environment Agency
• Rachel Perks, Science Manager – Climate Resilience, Environment Agency
• Kanako Tanaka, Senior Sustainability Scientist, Asset Management One, Japan
• Leyla Sayin, Deputy Director, Centre for Sustainable Cooling
• John Dora, Director, Climate Sense
• Francis Heil, London Climate Ready Partnership
• Pascal Arras, Young Engineers Chairman, VDI, Germany
• Trevor Hoey, Pro Vice-Chancellor International & Sustainability, Brunel University
• John Curtin, President Elect, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
• EJ Rao, Vice President, Electro-Mechanical Projects (Factories & Data Centres), Blue Star Limited, India

Taking place at the Institution's London headquarters, the conference will emphasise the critical importance of systems thinking and collaboration across different organisations and skillsets, driving towards a holistic global response which embraces nature-based and nature-positive solutions, ensuring a just resilience roadmap. For further details and to register, please visit the conference website.