8 October 202613:00 - 17:00 BST
47-58 Bastwick St, London, EC1V 3PS & Online View on Google Maps
This year’s summit will bring together engineers and professionals from across the built environment to examine the choices, approaches and emerging challenges shaping the profession. Through collaborative sessions, industry updates and discussion, the summit will consider how climate and social justice can inform the projects we work on, how regenerative design principles can be applied in practice, and how developments in materials and construction processes are supporting more sustainable outcomes. The programme will also look ahead to the future of structural engineering, considering how climate and technological change could influence the profession and the role structural engineers can play in shaping positive change.
Structural Engineers Declare commitments: An update on progress against the commitments of Structural Engineers Declare.
Climate and social justice: Challenging common assumptions and considering how the projects we work on can be assessed in the context of the climate emergency and their wider social impact.
Regenerative design in practice: Exploring through a collaborative session how regenerative design principles can be applied to real projects and engineering practice.
Industry updates: Developments that support more sustainable outcomes.
The future of the profession: A panel discussion with industry guests exploring what climate and technological change could mean for structural engineering and the profession’s future.
This hybrid summit is open to structural engineers and professionals working across the built environment, including clients, designers, sustainability specialists, educators and students. Whether you are already part of the Structural Engineers Declare community or want to learn more, the summit provides an opportunity to hear from industry leaders, exchange ideas with peers and consider how structural engineers can use their influence to support positive change.
Julia MBE RIBA FRSA is Managing Director and co founder of Marks Barfield Architects (MBA), which she established in 1989 with David Marks (1952–2017). The practice has a diverse portfolio and has received more than 130 awards for design, innovation and sustainability, including being shortlisted twice for the RIBA Stirling Prize.
Julia is joint originator and creative entrepreneur behind the London Eye and Brighton i360. Today, MBA focuses on the circular economy, regenerative design and projects that stay within planetary limits.
In 2019, Julia helped establish Architects Declare in response to the climate emergency. She was also involved in launching Building Blocks at the House of Commons in 2024 and the Circular Revolution takeover of the London Eye in 2025.
MBA projects include The Lantern at 75 Hampstead Road, the Cambridge Central Mosque, the UK’s first purpose built eco mosque, and the proposed West Somerset Lagoon tidal range project.
Julia is a past Chair of the RIBA Stirling Prize and National and International Awards Panel and continues to challenge the profession to consider what we build, why we build it and how we should be building.
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