The UK River Summit Panels 2025

Water Finance and Governance

The Cast Presents….

Luke Jennings and David Profumo welcome well known guests from the world of literature, art and rivers

Agriculture and Food

Human Behaviour: How does human behaviour impact our future relationship with water?

Cross-Party Panel

What People Are Saying

“I just thought it was a phenomenal day. One of the best I've been to. I stayed right until they were packing up around us and I thought that there wasn't a second that wasn't interesting and engaging.”

— Ed Ayton, Sustainability Advisor at Abel & Cole

“We picked it up nationally through some conversation with South East Rivers Trust and thought it seemed like a great opportunity and I'm really glad we did. I had a brilliant day. I thought it was really refreshing because I go to lots of events where people are talking about rivers, water quality, freshwaters, and I could talk about that stuff all the time. But this just felt like something slightly different and I had a great time.The really unique thing about it is there were lots of different people from different kinds of perspectives around the river community and it was a group of people that I don't always get to talk to, even though I'm talking about those sorts of things all the time. So that was really great.”

— Dr Stewart Clarke, National Trust

“It was great for networking. The talks were fantastic. I don't think we've really had talks like that at any other conferences.”

— Rob Stevens, managing Director at Proteus Instruments

“There were really hot subjects and the audience got really into it. They could have carried on for hours. That's what you want at an event like this. Thank you again and I really, really enjoyed every moment. The organising of the event was an absolute pleasure and the way that you engage with people as strategic partners. The three of you listened to each of us, and it was a very dynamic process.”

— James Wallace, CEO of River Action