The Presidential Address is one of the highlights of the institution's calendar – you can now register to attend online.
Registrations have opened to attend the ICE Presidential Address 2024 online.
Book your place now and join online on Tuesday 5 November 2024 at 10.30am to find out more about Prof Hall's plans as ICE President.
Prof Jim Hall confirmed as ICE President
Prof Hall, current ICE Senior Vice President, was officially elected as the next president by ICE Council and will succeed Anusha Shah in November 2024.
Prof Hall was initially put forward as a potential candidate for the 2024/25 presidency by the Nomination Committee in January 2023 and confirmed by the ICE Council in April 2023.
His presidential theme will focus on an infrastructure strategy for a sustainable future.
Infrastructure is central to sustainable development, but governments worldwide continue to struggle to provide much-needed services.
A strategic plan is needed, and that’s what Prof Hall will explore during his presidential year.
Meet Professor Jim Hall
Prof Hall is a trustee of the ICE and until recently, held the carbon and climate portfolio.
Prof Hall is professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the University of Oxford.
He is internationally recognised for his research on risk analysis for water resource systems, flooding and coastal engineering, infrastructure systems and adaptation to climate change.
Prof Hall is a member of the UK prime minister's Council for Science and Technology and is a commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission.
He was a member of the UK independent Committee on Climate Change Adaptation from 2009 to 2019.
He led the development of the National Infrastructure Systems Model (NISMOD), which was used for the ICE’s influential National Needs Assessment and for the UK’s first National Infrastructure Assessment.
Prof Hall invented, and now chairs, the UK Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI).
Among various distinctions, Prof Hall was awarded the ICE’s George Stephenson Medal in 2001 and the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water in 2018.
He was a contributing author to the Nobel Prize-winning Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
