Climate emergency e-conference 2022: people and planet

Dr Julia Baker has designed and delivered Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) on a variety of infrastructure projects, including highways, railways, housing and power distribution. Julia is the lead author of the UK’s Good Practice Principles on BNG and runs professional training courses on BNG and biodiversity metrics. Julia is also a Visiting Researcher at Oxford University and, in 2022, was named on the ENDS Power List of most influential environmental professionals.

Based in Arup's Sheffield office, Lauren has been involved in a broad range of projects in the first 5 years of her career, covering a range of sectors and scales. She is increasingly focusing on projects that re-use existing structures in retrofit and refurbishment developments, using her dual role to embed low-carbon and inclusive and sustainable principles within holistic designs.

Tanya is a Structural Engineer with nearly 25 years of design experience working on a diverse range of award winning and landmark projects globally. In 2006, Tanya founded Thornton Tomasetti’s London office and now leads the firms Social Impact Initiative from New York.

Nick is a UK trustee of international bridge-building NGO, Bridges to Prosperity. He is also part of the Constructivist Regenerative Design Lab, exploring how the construction industry can transition towards regenerative principles which actively enrich the eco-system and human communities.

Orlando is a structural engineer turned embodied carbon specialist at Arup. He addresses embodied carbon through projects, research, and capability development as leader of Arup’s UK Structural Engineering Sustainability Hub and project manager of Arup’s global Net-Zero Carbon Buildings Working Group.

Penny is a Chartered Structural Engineer with over 15 years’ experience in the industry. As Head of Sustainability at Elliott Wood, she currently leads a growing sustainability focused team at Elliott Wood, which offers a range of sustainability consultancy services beyond the remit of typical structural and civil engineering.

Eva has over 15 years’ experience as a structural and civil engineer, and innovation consultant. Her career has led her to work on a diverse range of projects from bridges to buildings and art works.

In his current role at Elliott Wood, Ian splits his time between structural design and sustainability. A chartered structural engineer, Ian has a range of experience across multiple sectors and specialises in long-span steel design. More recently, Ian has worked on a range of net-zero carbon initiatives, including leading the embodied carbon workstream for the NHS Net-Zero Carbon Building Standard and the DfE GenZero Schools Project.

John is a Chartered Surveyor, developer, investor, and consultant with over 35 years of residential and commercial property experience. Following a corporate career, he co-founded a development company with his brother 20 years ago.

Tom joined Webb Yates Engineers in 2015, and has been pivotal in leading numerous commercial, education and retail schemes, including Pilgrim Street, New Inn Broadway and the award winning 373 Euston Road.