2025 Northern Air Quality Conference
The 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference
25th March 2025
We are delighted to announce the 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference will again be at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, taking place on March 25th. This will be our 5th edition of the event, and as ever, we will be bringing together some of the most important policymakers & leading academics who are working on solutions to the challenges created by air pollution and clean air provision. Our exhibition will also profile organisations who are offering solutions to the challenges we face in delivering improved air quality.
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Jon Burke MIEMA CEnv
For six years, Jon was Councillor for the London Borough of Hackney, ending up as Cabinet Member for Energy, Sustainability, Transport and Public Realm. He delivered the largest urban tree planting programme in the UK, the UK’s largest number of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and School Streets, diverted 6,000 tonnes of black bag waste from incineration annually, adopted the World Health Organisation’s guidelines for particulate matter pollution, and delivered the UK’s first local authority green screen technical specification for deployment at pollution hotspots.
Prior to his time as a Hackney Cabinet Member, Jon spent almost a decade at the Greater London Authority advising Assembly Members on urban policy.
He is now Gloucester City Council Climate Change and Decarbonisation Lead, Climate Leadership Gloucestershire’s lead officer for climate change adaptation, and holds advisory roles with Climate Emergency U.K and Create Streets.
Katie Williams
Katie Williams is the Delivery Manager for the Air Quality and Aerosol Metrology Group at the National Physical Laboratory. Katie has 7 years’ experience working with air quality networks and is currently responsible for managing two large Air Quality network contracts for Defra and the Environment Agency – the UK Heavy Metals Network and the UK Particle Counting and Numbers & Black Carbon Network.
In 2024, Katie and the NPL AQ Networks team won the Royal Society of Chemistry Technical Excellence Prize, for outstanding application of knowledge and teamwork to produce 20 years of robust, high-quality air pollutant data for three of the UK’s air quality networks, advancing science, informing policy makers, and protecting the health of the public.
Professor Greg Marsden PhD. Meng, FCIHT, FHEA
Greg is Professor of Transport Governance at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds.
He has researched issues surrounding the design and implementation of new policies for over 20 years. He is an expert in climate and energy policy in the transport sector and the governance of smart mobility. He leads the Place theme in the national Energy Demand Research Centre and is Director of the INFUZE project which is exploring post car-ownership futures.
Liz Godfrey, Mums for Lungs
Liz is the Greater Manchester Coordinator for Mums for Lungs – a grassroots network of volunteers that campaign to raise awareness of the impact that air pollution is having on children’s health. Prior to this role, Liz spent 12 years as a Primary School Teacher, then worked at Global Action Plan undertaking youth engagement projects across the city. She works alongside local partners, schools, community organisations and has established an active volunteer group. She is passionate about prioritising children’s health no matter where they live.
NEW SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED VERY SOON
Panel discussion
We will be hosting a panel discussion from the leading experts in the field, where they will be taking questions on pressing matters from the audience.