An important part of the role of ICE President is to engage with our members, stakeholders and general public. As a result, they have an extensive diary of regional, national and international engagements.
On this page you will be able to find a list of the activities the president will be undertaking in the coming months and those undertaken so far this year.
- 01 June – ICE private roundtable: Delivering Major Transport Projects: National and Local Challenges (in conversation with Richard Holden, Shadow Secretary for Transport)
- 02 June – Meeting of presidents (ICE, IMECHE, ICHEME, IET, CIBSE)
- 03 June – President’s Future Leaders (third meeting)
- 03 June – Presidents’ reception
- 04 June – Attending 2026 SocEnv Awards
- 05 June – Certificate presentation ceremony
- 09 June – Hosting ICE Ireland Civil Student Awardees at OGGS
- 09 June – ICE and Institution of Royal Engineers joint professional meeting
- 10–11 June – Presidential visit to the South West
- 12 June – Presidential visit to the East Midlands
- 17–18 June – Presidential visit to the South East England
- 22 June – Speaking at the AGM of the ICE Benevolent Fund
- 23 June – Trustee board meeting
- 24 June – Speaking at London Climate Action Week event on adaptive transport
- 02 July – ICE Awards 2026
- 03–17 July – Presidential visit to Australasia
- 21 July – Council meeting (in person)
- 21 July – ICE AGM
- 21 July – Speaking at the Smeaton Lecture
- 22 July – President’s Future Leaders Alumni event
- Summit break
- 4-6 May - Europe presidential visit
- 7-8 May - Presidential visit to North West
- 11 May - Speaking at CIWEM ROI and Engineers Ireland joint event in Dublin
- 29 May - ICE NI ECNet conference in Belfast
- 15 April - HKIE and ICE webinar: Power tomorrow: global innovations in energy engineering
- 16 April - Presidential visit to Queens University Belfast and Ulster University
- 21 April - ICE Council meeting
- 05 March – Launch of ICE's State of the Nation 2026
- 06 March – ICE QUEST Scholarship celebration
- 11 March – Meetings with President’s Future Leaders
- 11 March – ICE Connects: Women in Fellowship networking event
- 12 March– ICE Presidential Roundtable with HS2
- 13 March – ECNet committee meeting
- 18 March – 64th Rankine Lecture and Dinner
- 19 March – Presidential visit to Yorkshire and Humber
- 23 March – CityZen winners’ lunch
- 23 March – James Rennie Medal Final
- 24 March – TB meeting
- 25-26 March – Presidential visit to West Midlands
- 26 March – Engineers Ireland Presidential Address and John Jordan visit
- 27 March – Annual Reviewer Conference
- 9-10 February – TB planning day
- 13 February – Certificate presentation ceremony
- 25 February – Presidential visit: South West College in Omagh
- 26 February – Corps of the Royal Engineers guest night
- 12–16 January - Presidential visit to Hong Kong
- 20 January - Presidential Round Table
- 21 January - ICE and InstRE Fellows’ networking event
- 22 January - Sector Groups Collaboration meeting
- 29 January - Joint institutions celebration event for the 200th anniversary of the Menai Suspension Bridge
- 01 December – Carol service
- 02 December – Webinar: built environment question time
- 03–04 December – Presidential visit to Northern Ireland
- 05 December – Special online address for ICE Malaysia Annual Dinner 2025
- 08 December – Speaking at international committee meeting
- 08 December – CIWEM presidential debate
- 08 December – ICE–CICCP inter-institutional meeting
- 08 December – ICE Council dinner
- 09 December – ICE and CICCP bilateral summit
- 09 December – ICE December council meeting
- 10 December – CIOB winter reception
- 12 December – CIHT annual luncheon
- 03 November – HKIE Reciprocal Recognition Agreement signing ceremony
- 04 November – Presidential Address
- 05 November – First President's Future Leaders meeting
- 11 November – Online introduction to the new ICE President - David Porter
- 12 November – ICE Presidential roundtable
- 13-14 November - Presidential visit to Scotland
- 18 November – ICE Trustee Board
- 19 November – Presidential visit - Engineers Ireland
- 21 November – Keynote at the Interschool Engineering Conference in Belfast
- 25 November – Speaking at the ADA's Flood and Water Conference in London
- 25 November – Chairing the 15th Brunel International Lecture Series
- 26 November – Presidential visit to Ben Fund offices in Haywards Heath
- 27 November – Speaking at GIRI 10 year event
- 28 November – Chairing the Certificate Presentation Ceremony
- 02 October - London presidential visit
- 08 October - BCI awards
- 13-17 October - Middle East and North Africa presidential visit
- 21 October - Policy roundtable (online) and council meeting (online)
- 23 October - Future leaders lunch and meeting
- 11 September - East of England presidential visit
- 12 September - Certificate presentation ceremony
- 16 September - Policy roundtable (online)
- 23 September - Trustee board meeting
- 25 September - North East presidential visit
- 26 September - Wales presidential visit
- Summer break
- 02 July – Inspiring Engineering Excellence Conference
- 02 July – ICE Awards Ceremony
- 15 July – ICE Presidential Roundtable: What does effective workforce planning for infrastructure look like?
- 21 July – ICE Council dinner
- 22 July – ICE Strategy Sessions
- 22 July – ICE Council meeting (in person)
- 22 July – AGM
- 22 July – Smeaton Lecture 2025: Building Britain’s Railways – what we’ve gained and what we’ve lost, from Stephenson’s Rocket to HS2
- 04 June – President’s reception
- 04 June – Future Leaders meeting
- 05 June – Third EBI dialogue with Peru
- 09 June – AGM of ICE Benevolent Fund
- 09 June – ICE and Institution of Royal Engineers joint professional meeting
- 11–12 June – South West presidential visit
- 13 June – East Midlands presidential visit
- 17 June – ICE Trustee Board dinner
- 18 June – ICE Trustee Board meeting (in person)
- 24 June – Presidents' Apprentice/Future Leader Alumni event
- 25 June – UNEP-EBI Event: Upstream decision-making to finance climate resilient infrastructure
- 26 June – CityZen winners' lunch
- 1 May – Presidential visit to West Midlands
- 7 May – Chairing Enabling Better Infrastructure live event
- 8–9 May – Presidential visit to North West England
- 13 May – Chairing EBI online session with UNEP
- 20 May – ICE Presidential Roundtable
- 21–22 May – Presidential visit to South East England
- 1 April – Meeting with the president of the Kuwait Society of Engineers, Faisal Alaltel
- 29 April – ICE Council Meeting
- 30 April – ICE Presidential Roundtable: “What can governments learn from international best practices to close the infrastructure cost gap?”
- 12 March - PEI Presidents and chief executives event
- 11 March - Individual sessions with Presidents' Future Leaders
- 11 March - Presidential roundtable
- 13 March - Yorkshire & Humber presidential visit
- 18 March - ICE Trustee Board meeting
- 21 March - Annual Review Conference
- 24 March - James Rennie Medal Final
- 05 February - Future presidential selection interviews
- 07 February - Informal breakfast networking event at ICE
- 07 February - Certificate Presentation Ceremony
- 10-11 February - ICE Trustee Board Planning Day
- 10 February - The Queen’s Jubilee Scholarship Trust event
- 13 February - Presidential roundtable
- 27 February - Royal Engineers Corps guest night at the Royal Engineers Headquarters
- 15-17 January - Presidential visit to Hong Kong
- 21 January - "Time is Running Out" sponsors lunch
- 24 January - Presidential Future Leaders: individual sessions
- 28 January - Private ICE Dinner with the Climate Change Committee
- 30 January - Launch of State of the Nation 2025
- 02 December – Certificate presentation ceremony
- 05 December – Presidential visit to Northern Ireland
- 09 December – ICE Council meeting
- 10 December – ICE Strategy Session
- 12 December – ICE Presidential Roundtable
- 13 December – CIHT Annual Luncheon
- 05 November – Presidential Address
- 06 November – Lunch with HKIE President, Eric Ma, and his delegation
- 07 November – Online EBI Dialogues with Peru (MEF)
- 11 November – Internal ICE online introduction with the new ICE President, Jim Hall
- 12 November – ICE Presidential Roundtable: How to design an effective industrial strategy for infrastructure delivery?
- 12 November – Speaking at the 19th Annual UK Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
- 13 November – Speaking at Flood and Water Conference (ADA)
- 14 - 15 November – Presidential visit to Scotland
- 19 November – ICE Trustee Board meeting
- 21 November – National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA) annual dinner
- 25 November – Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) Live event
- 28 November – ICE carol service 2024
- 04 October - Visit to South Wales, Cardiff
- 09 October - British Construction Industry Awards
- 11 October - ICE Awards
- 15 October -
- ICE Council meeting
- British Geotechnical Association's 75th anniversary dinner
- 16 October - RTPI presidential dinner
- 17 October -
- ICE presidential roundtable: maintenance matters: what is the true cost of infrastructure failure?
- 4th and final meeting with the President’s Future Leaders
- 18 October - President Anusha Shah meeting with Pakistan membership
- 21 - 26 October - Presidential visit to the US
- 27 October - 03 November - Presidential visit to MENA (Kuwait and Dubai)
- 02 September - British Construction Industry Awards 2024: The ICE President’s nature and people-positive champion (chairing the judging for this category).
- 04 September - Inaugural address at the John Smeaton International Symposium on innovation in civil engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
- 05 September - ICE presidential visit to East of England. This visit will involve a trip to Cambridge to discuss issues around water scarcity and its impact on key developments in the area.
- 10 September - Meeting between the president, director general, and Lord Moylan at the House of Lords.
- 10 September - Social gathering with the president and her future leaders.
- 12-13 September - ICE President: Certificate Presentation Ceremony.
- 17 September - ICE presidential roundtable: The future of infrastructure finance: what is the role of private investment?
- 18 September - Participating in a panel at the UCL and EIB event: Green infrastructure for urban adaptation.
- 19 September - The ICE President’s lecture to students in the University of Cambridge’s Construction Engineering Masters programme.
- 20 September - ICE presidential visit to West Midlands.
- 23 September - Presidential visit to the University of Portsmouth, London.
- 24 September - Keynote speech at the National Highways Conference, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
- 25 September - ICE presidential visit to the London region.
- Annual leave (all month)
- 07-12 July - visit to India
- 16 July - Council meeting
- 18 July - Policy roundtable
ICE Presidential Address
The presidential address is one of the highlights of the institution’s calendar. At his inaugural event, he will discuss how finding his place within the ICE transformed his career.
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