3 – 5 October 2025
Birmingham Aston University Conference Centre
UNISON Water, Environment and Transport (WET) Seminar 2025 – Open to all WET Service Group Members
Registrations are now being taken for the 2025 Water, Environment and Transport (WET) Service Group Branch Seminar. This year’s seminar will take place over 3-5 October, at Conference Aston, in Birmingham.
About the seminar
This seminar is open to all members in UNISON branches across the water industry, environment agencies, and the transport sector that are part of the WET Service Group.
The purpose of the event is to allow UNISON WET members to experience a series of engaging seminar presentations, practical workshops, group discussions and activist networking opportunities based around the priority areas of engagement across WET branches and the wider union.
A provisional programme for this seminar has been produced, which includes the topics and workshop planned for the event, which can be downloaded here:
Event information
Dates: Friday 3rd October (from 5pm) to Sunday 5th October (closing at lunchtime)
Location: Birmingham
Venue: Birmingham Aston Conference and Events Centre
Accommodation: Birmingham Aston Conference Centre Hotel
Registering seminar delegates
Branches are invited to seek expressions of interest from their members around attending this seminar, and are free to use the information on this page to assist with this.
Members in WET and Energy branches interested in attending this seminar should contact their Branch Secretaries.
All registrations of members to attend this seminar must be made via the OCS system, and be approved by branches.
This seminar is open to members in branches across the water sector, Environment Agencies, and the transport sector, and all others in the WET Service Group. Members will be able to take part in a series of engaging workshops, hear from a range of interesting speakers and presenters, centred around the priorities of WET members.
The seminar also provides the chance for members to meet, network, and discuss and share best practice in and around all areas that are of importance to members.
How to register
Delegate registration is handled via the UNISON OCS system. Branch Secretaries, Branch Chairs or Branch Administrators should register all attendees via the ‘2025 WET Branch Seminar’ event in the ‘Conferences’ section of their OCS site.
Registration fees
Registration costs to branches are as follows. These rates cover two nights’ accommodation, breakfasts, lunches and refreshments across the weekend, evening meals on the Friday and Saturday evenings, and all seminar materials.
- Standard rate: £410 – applies to registrations made after 31 July and before the final deadline (26 September).
- Young Member rate: £375 – applies to all Young Member registrations.
For the full set of details on registration costs, deadlines and other information, please see the full set of registration instructions, which can be downloaded here:
The sessions that are planned for the WET Branch Seminar are being finalised now, and a provisional programme will be published on this site as soon as it is available.
Final deadline for registrations: 5pm, Friday 26 September.
