What to expect?
We are happy to invite you to the Beyond the Blueprint: Innovating Retrofit Together on 23 January 2025 at The Royal Institution from 14:00 – 17:00 (registrations begins at 14:00), organised by the Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator.
We bring you a finale event to celebrate the transformative potential of Imperial’s Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator, fostering a forward-looking conversation on scaling retrofit and positioning London as a beacon for climate innovation in the built environment.
The event will feature keynote addresses covering the power of collaboration to deliver low carbon retrofit and support economic development in London and wider afield.
Agenda Highlights
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Time |
Session |
Speaker |
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14:15 |
Welcome (Registrations open at 14:00) |
Welcome by emcee, Shini Somara and Alyssa Gilbert, Director, Undaunted |
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14:25 |
Keynote 1: Green City, Green Growth: Scaling Retrofit for London’s Future |
Philip Graham – Executive Director, Good Growth, Greater London Authority |
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14:40 |
Keynote 2: Working Together to Accelerate Retrofit |
Rachael Owens, Co-Director, National Retrofit Hub |
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14:55 |
Panel discussion: Reimagining Retrofit: A Collaborative Approach How can we work together to develop and deliver the new solutions to get our existing buildings to net zero |
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15:40 |
Q&A |
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15:55 |
Break |
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16:15 |
Fireside chat: Beyond Carbon The power of low carbon retrofit to make buildings better for people. |
Dr Kate Simpson, Associate Professor, Centre for Sustainable Construction and Retrofit, Nottingham Trent University Jacob Coburn, Knowledge Exchange Manager, Young Foundation Madeleine Gabriel, Mission Director Sustainable Future, Nesta |
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16:55 |
Q&A |
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17.05 |
Close |
Alyssa Gilbert, Director, Undaunted |
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17:10 |
Networking until 19:00 |
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Accessibility and other special arrangements
If you have any accessibility requirements for the venue including assistive technology required during the event, please specify them by writing to us at undaunted@imperial.ac.uk and we will do our best to accommodate.
In case you would like to disclose any dietary requirements, please share them with us in advance.
Partners behind the accelerator
Powered by Imperial College London, via Undaunted and Enterprise, the Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator is part of the Greater London Authority’s Better Futures programme, co-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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Undaunted’s partners
Undaunted is a partnership between Imperial’s Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment and The Royal Institution.
