Everything you need to know about the Northern Air Quality Conference
Our sister title Air Quality News (AQN) is delighted to announce that its Northern conference will be returning to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on Thursday 25th March 2025.
This year’s event will be the fifth Northern conference and the second time it will be returning to Bridgewater Hall, a venue that proved to be extremely popular last year.
As ever, the conference will be bringing together some of the most important policymakers and academics who are working to face the major issues created by air pollution and clean air provision.
Alongside speakers, the exhibition will also profile organisations who are offering solutions to the challenges we face in delivering improved air quality.
Super Early Bird tickets are now on sale for the event and details about how to secure them can be found on AQN’s website here. They are in limited supply so snap them up whilst you still can.
The first two speakers for the conference have also been confirmed, with more to follow suit.
Professor Greg Marsden PhD, University of Leeds
Greg has worked at the University of Leeds since 2003 and has researched a number of issues surrounding the design and implementation of new policies. He currently works as the Professor of Transport Governance at the Institute for Transport Studies, a position he’s been in since 2012.
Currently, he is working on the INFUZE project – a five-year collaboration that is asking communities across Leeds to help design bespoke mobility solutions, which could include car clubs, responsive tax-style buses and shared bicycle and scooter schemes.
Greg also leads the Place theme in the national Energy Demand Research Centre.
Liz Godfrey, Mums for Lungs
Mums for Lungs – a grassroot network of volunteers that campaign to raise awareness of the impact of air pollution is having on children’s health – was founded in 2017 in London, but last year the group expanded into Greater Manchester where Liz works as the Coordinator.
There isn’t anyone better suited for the role as prior to being a part of the campaign group, Liz spent 12 years as a Primary School Teacher and then worked at Global Action Plan undertaking youth engagement projects across the city.
AQN are also in the process of acquiring air quality experts for the traditional panel session.
If you haven’t attended one of our Northern conferences before, you can find a report on last year’s event on AQN here and watch a short film that summaries the days events below.
