Clean Air South (CAS) - Showcase Event

Date: Thursday 25 September 2025

Time: 9.30am - 1.30pm

Location: Portsmouth International Port, PO2 8SP

Clean Air South  

Call for Expressions of Interest: Sharing Air Quality solutions and best practice projects and interventions  

25 September, 9:30-13:30  

Portsmouth International Port, PO2 8SP  

We are inviting expressions of interest from partners across the whole of the Clean Air South network who have led or contributed to projects or interventions aimed at improving air quality in the South of England.  

This is an opportunity to showcase innovative approaches, share lessons learned, and inspire further action across the region. Selected contributors will be invited to present at our upcoming event in Portsmouth on 25th September focused on regional air quality improvement.  

In addition to the CAS showcase event in September, in partnership with Southampton City Council and the Environment Centre’s event in June, we are developing a brochure of these case studies across the region, which we invite you to submit your case study too, for publication and launch in September.  

We are particularly interested in projects covering the following areas, which must be based in the Wessex region – Hampshire, the Solent and Dorset:  

• Community-led or cross-sector collaborations  
• Citizen science or assembly driven  
• Technological innovations and data-driven strategies  
• Engagement and awareness raising initiatives  
• Urban planning or transport interventions  
• Policy and behavioural change initiatives  
• Projects involving the private sector  
• Projects with measurable outcomes or significant impact  

To express your interest and register to attend the event, please use this form  

At the Expression of Interest stage, we ask for:  

• A title and brief description of your project or intervention (max 100 words)  
• We will follow up with all who express an interest in contributing to the brochure to gather more wording and additional information around:  
• Key outcomes or learnings  
• Possible next steps  
• One or two good quality images for the brochure  
• Your contact details and organisational affiliation, funder acknowledgements etc.  

Presenters at the event will be invited to speak to one slide, for 5 minutes on their project or intervention, as well as join a panel for further discussion with participants. We would like to hear both the successes, and also the lessons learned.  

Deadline for submissions: 11 July 2025  

Deadline for registration to the event: 5 September 2025  

We will aim for all submissions to be featured in the brochure. In the event we have more submissions than time at the showcase event on 25 September the CAS steering group will select a range of presentations that cover the breadth of our geographical region, and the suggested themes.  

For any queries, please contact sri@soton.ac.uk  

Join us in highlighting effective solutions and accelerating progress towards cleaner, healthier air and people in the South of England