As the climate and biodiversity crisis deepens, the Structural Engineers Declare summit 2025 returns to highlight how the profession is turning bold promises into real-world progress. This year’s gathering brought together engineers, designers, and sustainability experts to share their experiences, tackle key challenges, and rethink the role of structural engineering in an era of limited resources.
Through powerful keynote talks, open conversations, and technical sessions, we will look at the everyday decisions that shape our shared impact, from ethical leadership and material sourcing to system-level change and innovations in the supply chain.
Keynote: Leading with integrity and Session 1: Reflections on Ethics in Structural Engineering
Keynote: Roger Steare, The corporate philosopher. Session 1: Will Arnold, IStructE and Bryony Benn, Elliott Wood
Session 2 part 1: Understanding provenance – where do our materials come from?
Tom Redfern, Holcim, Anna Lisa McSweeney, Built by Nature and Martha Lewis, Henning Larsson
Session 2 part 2: Understanding provenance – what can you do?
Julian Shepherd, Buro Happold, Tom Henderson, Woodknowledge Wales and Jonathan Ly, Canary Wharf Group
Session 3: Panel discussion - Accountability - You’ve committed – what have you done?
Ben Gholam, Price & Myers, Ceire Kenny, Bovis, Kemi Owoeye, Willmott Dixon and Mike White, Smith Wallwork