Date: 2-3 June 2026
Venue: University of Bath, UK
Format: In person

Featured speakers and panelists

MP Sarah Gibson, Architect and Member of Parliament for Chippenham
Jenny Anderson, Regenerative strategist 
Chris Wise, Senior Director at Expedition Engineering Ltd
Marc-Olivier Coppens, Ramsay Memorial Professor at UCL
Prof. Christina Hopfe, RENEW Global North Chair 
Prof. Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernandez, RENEW Global South Chair 

Overview 

What to expect
The Centre for Regenerative Design & Engineering (RENEW) at the University of Bath invites scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to contribute new, creative, innovative insights, debate and thought leadership in regenerative design and engineering, to co-evolve new solutions with societal, cultural, ecological, and economic co-impact.
 
Our goal at RENEW is to foster a collaborative intellectual and practical environment for academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers to move beyond sustainability to regenerative solutions with positive impact, creating built environments, products, and processes that contribute to the health of people and the planet [Read Our Manifesto].
 
At the conference, we aim to explore all aspects of regenerative design, including architecture, engineering, building systems (social, technical and governance) and place-making strategies that restore and enhance ecological and social systems.
We do not aim for this to be a conference in the traditional sense, so participants are not being invited to submit full papers but only extended abstracts. Rather, we aim to encourage debate, interaction and engagement through a series of curated talks.
On an invitation basis: The Scientific Committee will select presentations for Flash Talks from the pool of accepted extended abstracts with the aim of these being curated to match invited speakers. 

Important dates

  • Extended Deadline for Abstracts: 27 March 2026.
    • Submission for RenewConf2026
    • Submit a minimum 300 word abstract (longer, maximum 800 word illustrated abstracts also accepted. Contact organisers).
    • After review, final submissions will be invited either as either extended abstracts or posters. 
    • Selected extended abstracts will be invited to flash talks at the conference, depending on availability.
    • Authors will be notified via the system.
  • Final abstract submission: 30 April 2026.
  • Registration opens: 1 May 2026
  • Notification of acceptance of final extended abstract (on supplied template) and/or poster: 15 May 2026.
  • Conference starts: 2 June 2026
“To embrace the principles
of regenerative design and
engineering we need new ideas
and new science to help set
the foundations of a
net-positive world.”