AGS Annual Conference 2025

1st May 2025

One Great George Street, London [ View on map ]

The AGS Annual Conference 2025 is taking place on Thursday 1st May at One Great George Street in Westminster, London.

Chaired by Vivien Dent (AGS Chair and Technical Specialist: Green Growth and Delivery at the Environment Agency), this full day, CPD event will feature a series of expert speakers from across the geotechnical and geoenvironmental sector, each presenting on a topic with an overarching theme of The Future.

The conference will also include short reports from each of the AGS Working Group Leaders which will summarise their aims and accomplishments over the past 12 months.

The day will conclude with a networking drink’s and canapé reception in the Smeaton Room.

Further information on the event and speakers will be announced in due course.

EARLY CAREERS PROFESSIONALS POSTER COMPETITION

The AGS is once again holding a poster competition at this year’s Annual Conference, this year with the theme, Innovations in Your Line of Work.

The winner will receive a Selfridges hamper worth £90, free entry to this year’s Annual Conference on 1st May l in London, plus have their poster printed in AGS Magazine which reaches over 6,600 industry professionals 6 times a year.

Further information will be released in due course. To register your interest email Caroline Kratz ags@ags.org.uk

PROJECTS FOR NATURE PARTNERSHIP

The AGS is proud to announce that they be once again donating a percentage of profits generated from the Annual Conference to Projects for Nature, an initiative which aims to restore nature recovery in the UK.

Projects for Nature believe that, as collective, we need to turn a corner towards protecting and restoring nature by recognising its value and supporting its path to recovery. They bring together a unique collaboration of businesses, eNGOs, expert environmental bodies and government to bring Projects for Nature to life and accelerate urgently needed nature recovery.

For further information on Projects for Nature visit https://www.projectsfornature.com/

TICKETS

AGS Member companies are entitled to a limited number of complimentary tickets, as part of their membership subscription. To register for your free places, download the registration form and return it completed to ags@ags.org.uk before 10am on Tuesday 22nd April.

Additional tickets are priced at £115 for AGS Members, and £185 for Non-Members (ex VAT). In order to obtain the AGS Member rate, please add the delegate place to your basket, select ‘proceed to checkout’, enter delegate details and under ‘billing details’, select your company from the AGS member company dropdown list. The rate at the end of the checkout page will then update to the AGS member rate.

Please note that students and retired Members may attend the event for £25 (ex VAT). To secure a ticket at this rate, please email ags@ags.org.uk.

Registration strictly closes at 10am on Tuesday 22nd April. All tickets are offered on a first come, first served basis.

PRESENTATIONS

Leading from the Fringes – A Journey From Fear to Courage

Dipalee Jukes, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Ground & Water

The construction industry remains a male-dominated sector – and certainly a tough one for women to simultaneously start and grow a business as well as start a family.

In 2009, Dipalee decided to rip up the rule book and founded Ground & Water, exactly one year before she became pregnant with her first child. Balancing motherhood, while growing a company and leading her team, proved to be a precarious juggling act.

Yet, she has successfully built a well-respected, seven figure ground engineering company in the UK.

Dipalee shares her life experiences as an intersectional woman of colour, a female leader and working mother in the industry, reflecting on challenges, successes, and her vision for creating more diverse leadership.

SPONSORSHIP

We have just one sponsorship package remaining for this years conference both Members and non-Members of the Association who wish to have a presence during the event. Preferential rates are giving to Members. For details please click HERE.

If you’d like to confirm your support, please contact Caroline Kratz on ags@ags.org.uk before Friday 28th March. Please note that packages are offered on a first come, first served basis.

Speakers

Vivien Dent, AGS Chair
AGS Chair and Technical Specialist: Green Growth and Delivery at the Environment Agency

Vivien is a hydrogeologist with over 26 years’ experience working in contaminated land, specialising in groundwater risk assessment. She recently moved to the Environment Agency where she works on major projects in the Hertfordshire and North London areas. Vivien is the current Chair of the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists.

Dipalee Jukes
Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Ground & Water

Dipalee Jukes is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Ground & Water, a ground engineering consultancy founded in 2009.

Dipalee is an award winning South Asian business leader, geologist and engineer, alongside her other roles as a mother, podcaster, school governor and speaker. She is a passionate advocate for gender equality, diversity in the workplace and inspiring the next generation into engineering.

Price: £185.00
AGS Member: £115.00
Student: £25.00 all prices exclude VAT