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Day Two Chair, Gary Newman Woodknowledge Wales, is delivering a closing summary of the last two days at #TPBE5 , with final remarks from Institute of Chartered Foresters President, Geraint Richards MVO FICFor.

Thanks to all our partners, sponsors, speakers and delegates for a great conference!

Adrien Baudrimont, Senior Research Manager at CIRIA, delivers the final presentation of #TPBE5 on the projects and resources available on green-blue infrastructure, with success story projects, and the tools delegates can test out.

The final session of Trees, People and the Built Environment 5, curated by CIRIA, is underway here at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham.

Delegates are hearing from Landscape Architect Malcolm Yull CMLI from Stantec on tree infrastructure best practice.

Katja Stille DipArch AssocRTPI is a Director at Tibbalds and past Chair of Urban Design Group. Her #TPBE5 presentation makes the case for a National Underground Design Guide.

#TPBE5 Session Seven has begun, chaired by Jim Smith MICFor from the Forestry Commission and curated by TDAG and Urban Design Group.

The first speaker is Daniel Hicks MCABE CBuildE who is sharing NHBC’s standards and guidance on foundation design for trees & net zero carbon.

Eilidh Forster is up next at #TPBE5 to discuss timber in the circular economy.

Forestry and BECCS Carbon Accounting Specialist at Drax, Eilidh is also completing a PhD in Forestry at Bangor University, and her research has been published in the journal Nature Communications.

We’re back for Session Six, hosted by us - Institute of Chartered Foresters!

Delighted to welcome Colin Peacock from Forestry and Land Scotland who is sharing his experience of the planning and delivery of commercial harvesting operations in Callendar Wood, an urban woodland in Falkirk.

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Delegates are getting a sneak preview of our new UKFS E-Learning platform that’s been funded by the Trees Call to Action Fund The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Stay tuned for the launch of the platform later this year 👀

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Our final speaker before the morning break is Jess Hrivnak, Practice Technical Adviser (Sustainability) at Royal Institute of British Architects, who is presenting on the progress of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard that’s in development.

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“We desperately need engineers, designers and architects who understand wood and know how to use it safely and efficiently” - Andrew Lawrence CEng MICE MIStructE, Director and Global Timber Specialist at Arup

#TPBE5 Session Five curated by Royal Institute of British Architects and IStructE.

Director of ASBP, Simon Corbey MRICS, is here to talk about the Mass Timber Insurance Playbook that was created to link the construction and insurance sectors for a more collaborative approach to future mass timber projects.

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Dr Will Hawkins CEng, Lecturer at University of Bath, is busting myths around carbon sequestration in timber and construction.

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Curated by Royal Institute of British Architects and IStructE, Session Five focusses on productive timber and its use in construction with six speakers offering insights into optimising timber use in building design.

First up is Jez Ralph, Director of Evolving Forests.

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The second #BigDebate - getting it right for timber in construction and trees as critical infrastructure - has kicked off.

Our panel:
Duncan Baker-Brown FRSA RIBA
Andrew Lawrence CEng MICE MIStructE
Shona Smyth MICFor
Katja Stille DipArch AssocRTPI
Dirk Vennix MBA FCIPR

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Our Day Two Chair of Trees, People and the Built Environment 5, Gary Newman (Woodknowledge Wales), has welcomed back delegates for an interesting day of discussions around timber, construction and infrastructure.

#TPBE5 is sponsored by Defra UK, GreenBlue Urban & Woodland Trust🌳.

The final session of #TPBE5 Day One is hosted by CIEEM, with their Head of Professional Practice, Dr Mark Nason MCIEEM, discussing the skills crisis, interacting with delegates around green jobs and nature restoration.

Policy Manager at Royal Town Planning Institute, Dr Daniel Slade MRTPI, shares some light on the policy, data and research around local nature recovery and local environment planning.

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Onto #TPBE5 Session Three, curated by Royal Town Planning Institute, with Tabitha Lythe MRTPI first up presenting on working with planners to create a rural-urban interface.

“It’s important that we work together and listen to the experts in order to make balanced decision” 🌳

Ben Addy from Sustrans is the final speaker of CIHT’s session at #TPBE5 who’s talking to delegates about London’s Ripple Greenway project that transformed a neglected green space for the local community.