International Conference on Evolving Cities & Towns

ICEC2025 | 16 – 18 July 2025 in Southampton UK

INVITED SPEAKERS

Please see below for the current list of invited speakers for ICEC 2023.

Eng. Isaac Kiva

Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works, Kenya

Eng. Kiva has wide experience in public sector management, having held senior Government positions for over 20 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya and a member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya. Eng. Isaac Kiva joined the Board on 16th December 2009 as an Alternate Director to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.

Professor William Powrie

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Southampton

Professor Powrie is the author of the internationally-acclaimed textbook Soil Mechanics: Concepts and Applications, now in its third edition. He has been involved in a variety of major civil engineering projects including the Conwy and Medway immersed tube tunnels, Jubilee Line stations at Canary Wharf and Canada Water and HS1; and he chairs HS2’s Independent Geotechnical Expert Panel.

Dr Alan Whitehead

Former Labour MP for Southampton, Test and Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Net Zero

Dr Alan Whitehead was the member of parliament for Southampton Test and Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Net Zero. He has been the MP for Test since his election in 1997. Previously Alan has served as Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal, Shadow Energy and Cliamte Change Minister and the Shadow DECC Minister for Generation and Transmission. Prior to this, Alan was the Chair of PRASEG, the Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group and Co-Chair of APSRG, the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group.