Midlands Climate Expo & Sustainability Conference 2026

Climate Expo returns for its fifth year, bringing the Midlands together once again at Uttoxeter Racecourse for a major day of sustainability, innovation and collaboration.

Your inbox keeps you busy. Climate Expo keeps you ahead.

It’s easy to spend our working lives responding to what needs attention today. Climate Expo creates space to look further ahead — at the risks, opportunities and changes coming down the track, and the practical steps organisations can take in response.

Bringing together people from across business, the public sector and the third sector, Climate Expo 2026 is a day to gain new perspectives, make useful connections and discover ideas, expertise and support that can help your organisation prepare for what comes next.

Whether you’re looking to strengthen resilience, develop the skills your organisation will need, understand emerging environmental risks or simply find out what others are already doing, you’ll find real people, real problems and practical solutions throughout the day.

What to expect

Inspiring speaker programme
Hear from experts and practitioners tackling some of the issues organisations need to be thinking about now — from resilience and future skills to water security and environmental risk.

Interactive workshops
Step away from the day-to-day and take part in practical sessions designed to share knowledge, explore challenges and identify actions you can take back to your organisation.

Large exhibition space
Meet organisations offering the expertise, products, services and support that can help turn ideas into practical action.

Space to connect
Meet people from across the Midlands and beyond, exchange experiences and build relationships with organisations facing many of the same challenges and opportunities.

Who should attend

Climate Expo is for people working across business, the public sector and the third sector who want to better understand the changes affecting their organisation — and what they can do about them.

You don’t need to work in sustainability. Whether your focus is operations, people, finance, estates, procurement, leadership, communications or environmental performance, the issues explored throughout the day increasingly affect how organisations plan, operate and grow.

Attendance is free, but places are limited. Join hundreds of people from organisations across the Midlands for a day designed to help you look beyond the immediate, understand what’s coming and make the connections that can help you respond.

If you are keen for your organisation to exhibit at the Expo, some spaces still remain:
https://climateexpo.org.uk/book-a-stand


Agenda

09:30 – Registration & Networking Opens

10:30 – Welcome & Panel 1: Resilience and Adaptation for your Organisation

How prepared is your organisation to keep operating when disruption strikes? This panel will explore practical ways to strengthen business continuity, manage risk and build resilience across the essential infrastructure your organisation relies on — from IT and energy to premises, supply chains and people.

11:30 – Panel 2: The Green Skills Gap

How can employers access the green skills they need to grow and adapt? This panel will explore practical solutions for attracting, training and retaining a future-ready workforce.

12:30 – Lunch

14:00 – Panel 3: Future of our Waters

How secure and sustainable is the water supply businesses depend on? This panel will explore water availability, pollution, infrastructure and the practical steps organisations can take to manage future risks.

15:00 – Keynote speaker: Konnie Huq

Workshop Area 1:

10:30 - 11:20 British Business at a Crossroads: Sustainability in a Divided Landscape, hosted by Daniel Cope, Green Lark Environmental
Explore how British businesses can communicate sustainability credibly at a time of rising public expectations and increasingly divided political narratives. Drawing on real-world examples from government, business and education, Daniel will examine how evidence, lived experience and shared values can help organisations build trust and communicate environmental action in a constructive, unifying way.

The session also includes guided discussion to help you consider the challenges facing your own sector and what credible sustainability action and communication could look like in practice.

11:30 - 12:20 Net Zero Meets Heritage: Decarbonising Historic Building, hosted by Dr Elena Imani
This workshop explores how Lichfield Cathedral is combining digital-twin technology, energy analysis and low-carbon solutions to progress towards net zero while protecting its historic character. It will share practical insights for decarbonising similar heritage buildings and engaging communities in climate action.

14:00 - 14:50 Lower Bills, Lower Carbon, Greater Resilience, hosted by Jo Hand, Giki
Despite the pressure of rising energy prices and extreme weather, local businesses have options. This presentation walks through the sectors most at risk, 120 practical actions from no-cost quick wins to future proofers, and how to prepare for the climate impacts already under way.

Workshop Area 2:

10:30 - 11:20 Screening of People's Emergency Briefing
Join us for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing - an eye-opening film bringing together nine leading UK scientists and experts with the latest evidence and why it matters for things like: extreme weather, food security, health, cost of living. The film is based on the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster (featured by ITV, Channel 4 and The Times) with appearances from Chris Packham, Deborah Meaden, Konnie Huq and a range of voices from across the UK.

11:30 - 12:20 ISEP Networking Event: What can we do to transform the world to a more sustainable future? hosted by Dr Rosemary Horry
Sometimes we can feel overwhelmed by the challenges in sustainability. This session aims to help. You will be able to have discussions, share ideas and make connections to help you and support the profession in transforming the world, one day at a time.

Non ISEP members welcome too.

14:00 - 14:50 Screening of People's Emergency Briefing
See details from Screening at 10:30




REFRESHMENTS

Hot & cold drinks, sandwiches and light snacks will be available to purchase on site, however for the buffet lunch, you must pre-book your lunch when buying your delegate ticket. Please note that lunches are non refundable 30 days prior to the event.

REGISTRATION

On the day of the expo, the registration desk will open from 9.30am. For those attending workshops / speaker hall sessions, please allow 20 mins to register and reach the workshop/speaker areas, to avoid any delays.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the printing and admin costs incurred, there is a no show fee, for those that book but fail to attend without cancellation. This is a nonprofit event and funds are used to support local projects, therefore anyone that does not notify us of a ticket cancellation 48 hours in advance of the event, will incur a £20 charge.  

Getting to Uttoxeter Racecourse:

By Road - Please car share where possible. Free parking on site. 

From the North West

M6 to Junction 15, then follow signs for A50 Uttoxeter/Derby

From the North East

M1 to Junction 24a, straight onto the A50 following signs for Uttoxeter/Derby.

From the South and South West

From M5(J4a) or M40 (J3a), join the M42 (J7). Exit M42 at Junction 9 (Lichfield) follow signs for Lichfield and A38 (Burton/Derby). Exit A38 at A50 (Uttoxeter/Stoke). Alternatively; From M5 (J8) or M42 (J7), join M6 (North). Exit at Junction 14 and take A513 to Stafford, then A518 (Uttoxeter).

From the South East

M1 To Junction 23a, the A50 (Uttoxeter/Stoke). Once in Uttoxeter follow the brown signs to Wood Lane and take the second turning on the left signed to Main Entrance and Conference Centre.

There are no EV Chargers on site, but there are some available nearby at ///vanish.butter.pioneered or ///convinces.showrooms.outlined

By Rail

Uttoxeter Railway station is adjacent to the Racecourse. Most Intercity services run trains to Derby and Stoke on Trent which in turn runs regular connecting trains to Uttoxeter. A direct service also operates from Crewe. For information on trains servicing Uttoxeter Racecourse please visit the East Midlands Trains website or Trainline.

By Bus

If coming by bus, there are a number of bus routes available. The Traveline site is useful for planning your bus journey.