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Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of the CIBSE Technical Symposium 2026. Please select a date or location to show only sessions on that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view. For more information and to register your place please visit, https://www.cibse.org/symposium

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Session Overview

Session

1.1: Welcome and Keynote

Time:

Thursday, 26/Mar/2026:

9:15am - 9:55am

Session Chair: Mike Burton

Location: EHB104

This is the largest space which will be used for the keynote, opening and plenary sessions.

Opening Address by Dr. Anastasia Mylona, CIBSE Technical Director, followed by a Welcome from CIBSE Vice President, Mike Burton.

Keynote Session (incl Q&A) by Professor Catherine Noakes, University of Leeds

Integrating science, policy and practice for healthy and sustainable buildings

Professor Cath Noakes OBE is the Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation and Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings at the University of Leeds, UK. She is a chartered engineer with substantial experience leading research into buildings and health, particularly around ventilation, air quality and infection control. She has worked closely with policy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, including contributing to UK SAGE committee, NHS guidance on healthcare environments, WHO groups, and work with the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Session Abstract

What makes a building fit for purpose? We have regulations, guidance and metrics but many buildings fail to achieve these and we know that a good building is more than these. To deliver a healthy, safe and sustainable building we need to not only connect up the evidence for how buildings affect people and the environment with the policy and regulation, but to also understand how this is delivered in practice and recognise the complexity of real-world environments. This talk draws on experience in connecting up science, policy and practice during the pandemic to consider why we overlook key risks and how we can enable a better pipeline to ensure research evidence can enable real world change.