Environmental law expert Professor William Howarth will chair a national seminar focusing expert discussion on the UK's recent flooding crisis.
Professor Howarth will be joined by a panel of speakers drawn from the legal, business and regulatory sectors at The Flooding Seminar, a half-day event being held in London on Monday 29 September.
Discussions will take in a range of topics to include groundwater flooding, contamination, insurance; drainage, flood insurance and the siting and design of new developments to adapt to flooding.
The event is aimed at anyone with an interest in flood response and flood management programmes, including environmental lawyers, government advisers, Non-Governmental Organisations, academics, local authorities, businesses and students.
The seminar has been organised by the Water Working Party of the UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) in association with the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). UKELA is a UK forum which aims to make the law work for a better environment and to improve understanding and awareness of environmental law.
William Howarth is Professor of Environmental Law at Kent Law School and Joint Convenor of the Masters Programmes in Environmental Law and Policy, and International Environmental Law.
For more information: email a.p.shieber@kent.ac.uk