Join the JBA team at
Flood & Coast 2026
From 9-11 June, we’ll be joining attendees from across the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management community at Flood & Coast 2026. In this insight you’ll find everything you need to know about the sessions we’re facilitating, our attendees and the JBA projects and people shortlisted for Flood & Coast Excellence Awards.
How are we supporting Flood & Coast?
Throughout the three days of this year's Flood & Coast event, we'll be represented by presenters and attendees from across our disciplines. You'll find us delivering Industry-Led Sessions, facilitating workshops and skills sessions, supporting our clients and partners in the exhibition hall and celebrating the outstanding achievements of the FCERM community at the Flood & Coast Excellence Awards.
Find out more about the sessions we'll be delivering below.
Sharing expertise through Industry-led sessions
The changing face of asset management and the next generation of tools
📅 9 June | 15:50-16:30
JBA presenters:
Richard Chubb, Associate Director and Head of Asset Management
Alec Dane, Technical Director
With asset management evolving to meet the challenges of climate change, investment prioritisation and the growing role of nature-based solutions, this session will challenge how we assess, manage and invest in engineered and natural flood and coastal assets. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of how improved asset intelligence and approaches can support better investment decisions and strengthen long‑term flood and coastal risk management.
Read a full overview of this Industry-led Session here.
Adapting Smarter: Agility, Integration, Empowerment
📅 10 June | 10:30-11:10
JBA presenters:
Lucy Formoy, Principal Sustainability Analyst and Social Value & Engagement Discipline Lead
Alec Dane, Technical Director
Doug Pender, Discipline Lead for Coastal Processes and Modelling, and Marine and Coastal Risk Management
This session will explore how we’re advancing approaches to coastal resilience. Highlighting learning from key projects, attendees will discover how advances in technology can support improved and more agile strategic, local and community decisions, gain guidance on co-design and engagement approaches that can be used to empower people, increase community resilience and maximise social value and learn more about how adaptation is evolving
Read a full overview of this Industry-led Session here.
Supporting best practice via conference workshops
Resilient approaches to water, nature and community in Yorkshire
📅 9 June | 10:50-11:30
JBA presenters:
Sarah Hambling, Senior Flood Resilience Analyst
Miranda Foster, Principal Water Management Analyst
Delivered alongside presenters from Leeds City Council, Yorkshire Water and Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust, this workshop will highlight cutting‑edge initiatives delivered through three Yorkshire projects. Attendees will gain practical guidance and actionable insights that can be applied to their own projects and partnerships to strengthen water resilience.
Read a full workshop overview here.
Modelling the future
📅 11 June | 12:50-13:30
JBA presenters:
Ellie Charles, Director
Hosted by the Environment Agency, this cross-sector workshop will see JBA Director, Ellie Charles join a panel of delivery partners from the EA Modelling and Mapping Framework to explore the skills the future workforce will need to tackle the problems of tomorrow.
Read a full workshop overview here.
Advancing technical & critical people skills
Simplicity over complexity: lessons learned from applying the Adaptive Capacity guidance on the Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy
📅 9 June | 11:30-11:55 | Technical Skills Stage
JBA presenters:
Alec Dane, Technical Director
The Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy was the first strategy to full apply the Environment Agency’s Adaptive Capacity Guidance. Delivered by JBA Technical Director, Alec Dane, and the Environment Agency’s Adaptation Pathways Business Lead, Harry Chalk, this session will detail the practical challenges and insights gained through implementing this innovative approach in a real‑world, highly sensitive coastal environment.
Read a full overview of this Technical Skills Session here.
Exploring Financial Resilience in Flood Risk Communities – Local to National
📅 10 June | 11:30-11:55 | Critical People Skills Stage
JBA presenters:
Shelley Evans, Discipline Lead for Property Flood Resilience
Building on the success of last year’s Flood & Coast session on residential property insurance and flooding, JBA Technical Director and Discipline Lead for PFR, Shelley Evans, will be supporting the delivery of this collaborative session which explores financial resilience in flood risk communities.
Read a full overview of this Critical People Skills Session here.
Lessons Learned from Nature-based Solutions Delivery in Groundwater-Dominated Chalk Catchments from Project Groundwater Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs
📅 10 June | 14:30-14:55 | Technical Skills Stage
JBA presenters:
Anna Beasley, Deputy Head of Water Management
Hosted by Buckinghamshire Council, this collaborative session is designed to help practitioners deliver more robust, context‑appropriate, and community‑centred Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for groundwater flood risk management. By calling upon practical examples from ‘Project Groundwater’, the session will also highlight how NbS can offer innovative, practical opportunities to “give space back to groundwater”.
Read a full overview of this Technical Skills Session here.
Data-Led Decision-Making for Innovation in Gravel Beach Management
📅 10 June | 13:00-13:45 | Future of FCERM Stage
JBA presenters:
Doug Pender, Discipline Lead for Coastal Processes and Modelling, and Marine and Coastal Risk Management
Presented by researchers from the University of Liverpool and the University of Aberdeen, this session focuses on the role of gravel beaches as a critical component of natural Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) systems. The session will showcase the NERC-funded #gravelbeach research project, demonstrating how integrated field observations, laboratory experiments, and advanced numerical modelling are combined to address uncertainties and deliver new science tools that directly support operational decision-making.
Read a full overview of this Future of FCERM session here.
We're also contributing to Flood & Coast's online webinar series, by supporting the delivery of two sessions. On 28 May we'll be co-presenting 'Cognitive empathy: a critical skill for high performing teams in FCERM', alongside Scaffold Coaching - providing attendees with an opportunity to learn more about cognitive empathy as a strategic leadership skill in flood and coastal risk management. Whilst on 29 May we'll be presenting the highly interactive session, 'Communicating with impact', alongside speakers from the Environment Agency, WSP and North Kent Marshes Internal Drainage Board. Delivered by early years career professionals and their mentors, the session will share tools and techniques to build confidence and communicate with impact. Find out more about these sessions and register to attend here.
Flood & Coast Excellence Awards
The Flood & Coast Excellence Awards are an opportunity to celebrate the projects, initiatives and individuals driving innovation and impact across FCERM. With the ceremony set to take place on the evening of the second day of the conference, we're extremely proud that a number of our projects and colleagues have been shortlisted for awards.
And we'll also be cheering on our colleagues from JBA Bentley, who have been shortlisted for awards in the 'Innovation in Climate Resilience' and 'Resilience in Action' categories.
Meet the JBA team at Flood & Coast
Colleagues from across our disciplines will be joining attendees at Flood & Coast 2026, ready to connect, learn and collaborate. If you'd like to find out more about our attendees, arrange a meeting or technical discussion, click on their names below to connect on LinkedIn.
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Day 1 Attendees – Tuesday 9 June
- Alec Dane, Technical Director
- Richard Chubb, Associate Director & Head of Asset Management
- Sarah Hambling, Senior Flood Resilience Analyst
- Miranda Foster, Principal Water Management Analyst
- Marc Pinnell, Managing Director
- Thomasin Shorrock, Discipline Lead for Local Flood Risk Management
- Matt Hemsworth, Head of Environment & Sustainability
- Jenny Roberts, Discipline Lead for Data Science
- Steve Thompsett, Head of Water Management
- Darren Allen, Technical Director & National Flood Resilience Lead
- Shelley Evans, Technical Director & Discipline Lead for Property Flood Resilience
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Day 2 Attendees – Wednesday 10 June
- Lucy Formoy, Principal Sustainability Analyst & Discipline Lead for Social Value and Engagement
- Alec Dane, Technical Director
- Doug Pender, Technical Director & Discipline Lead for Coastal Processes and Modelling, and Marine and Coastal Risk Management
- Anna Beasley, Deputy Head of Water Management
- Shelley Evans, Technical Director & Discipline Lead for Property Flood Resilience
- Marc Pinnell, Managing Director
- Rebekah Alford, Flood Resilience Analyst
- Tom Keene, Senior Hydraulic Modeller
- Lola Barnecott, Apprentice Environmentalist
- Richard Chubb, Associate Director & Head of Asset Management
- Steve Thompsett, Head of Water Management
- Darren Allen, Technical Director & National Flood Resilience Lead
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Day 3 Attendees – Thursday 11 June
- Ellie Charles, Director
- Rebecca Lee, Flood Risk Modeller
- George Wiggin, Apprentice Environmentalist
- Craig Lucas, Asset Inspector
- Steve Thompsett, Head of Water Management
- Darren Allen, Technical Director & National Flood Resilience Lead
- Shelley Evans, Technical Director & Discipline Lead for Property Flood Resilience
Ahead of the conference, we'll also be hosting our next Climate Resilience Exchange in Liverpool, which will bring together national leaders to accelerate delivery of the UK’s 10‑Year Infrastructure Strategy.
For all the latest information on how we're supporting Flood & Coast 2026, make sure to follow us on LinkedIn.
