The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) has announced this morning that it has acquired the Flood & Coast Conference & Exhibition.

Agreement of the acquisition was concluded on 13th November 2019 between CSL Services Ltd, CIWEM’s trading company, and Trio Events, who launched and have organised the Flood & Coast event since 2016.
The event will continue to be developed and delivered in partnership with the Environment Agency.
Terry Fuller, CIWEM Chief Executive, said:
"CIWEM is delighted to own this prestigious event and congratulate Trio Events for their achievements over the past four years. We will be working closely with the industry to deliver Flood & Coast in 2020 and beyond and look forward to welcoming the industry to Telford in June next year."
The Directors of Trio Events added:
"We are delighted that we have secured the position of Flood & Coast as a key event in the environmental calendar and wish CIWEM and their partners every success for the future. We hope the 'flood family' will continue to support Flood & Coast as enthusiastically as they have to date."
Next year’s Flood & Coast Conference & Exhibition will take place from 2 to 4 June 2020 at the Telford International Centre in Telford.
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