Congress Programme
| DAY 1 – TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2019 | |||
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Welcome and Introduction Dr Colin Ruscoe (BCPC) |
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| Plenary Session | |||
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Chairman John Wallace (Suffolk Farmer and Chair of The Morley Agricultural Foundation) | ||
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Post Brexit. The political perspective from Brussels Julie Girling (Former Member of European Parliament (MEP), for the South West of England and Gibraltar) |
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| Morning break 11.00 – 11.30 | |||
| 11.30 – 12.00 | The role of advice in delivering for the environment Robert Sheasby (Agricultural Industries Confederation) |
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| 12.00 – 12.30 | Time for a new approach to develop sustainable plant health solutions for UK farmers and growers Guy Smith (National Farmers Union, NFU) |
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| 12.30 – 13.00 | Plant Genetic Technologies for a Green Brexit: Opportunities and Problems Dr Tina Barsby OBE (National Institute of Agricultural Botany, NIAB) |
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| 13.00 – 13.20 | Q&A Session | ||
| Lunch 13.20 – 14.15 | |||
| Stream A Regulatory Affairs Chairman Iain Watt (TSG Consulting) |
Stream B Science-based Agriculture Chairman Jim Orson (BCPC) |
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| 14.15 – 14.45 | Industry input in managing key challenges of the revised General Food Law Dr Martyn Griffiths (Bayer SAS) |
Using science and technology to meet future needs for quality, profitable food production and environmental protection: A grower and processor’s perspective Harry Wilder (Barfoots of Botley) |
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| 14.45 – 15.15 | GLP, Trade Secrets and Regulatory Transparency: where do we go from here? Dr Mike Carroll (TSG Consulting) |
How do we best use insecticides in better pest control strategies? Professor Lin Field (Rothamsted Research) |
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| Afternoon break 15.15 – 15.45 | |||
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Endocrine disruption: science and regulatory significance Stephen Ruckman (TSG Consulting) |
15.45 – 16.45 Science-based Agriculture Discussion Forum Chairman Jim Orson (BCPC) Panel members include speakers from the plenary session |
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| 16.15 – 16.45 | Recent developments in regulatory data protection Hans Mattaar (ECCA) |
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| 16.45 – 17.15 | Regulatory considerations for Gene Editing: Challenges and Opportunities Karen Holt (Regulatory Affairs) |
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| 17.15 – 17.35 | Q&A Session | ||
| 17.35 – 17.40 | Close of day 1 | ||
| DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2019 | |||
| Delivering IPM and Precision Agriculture Chairman Dr Bill Parker (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)) |
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| 08.30 – 09.10 | What has high-yield farming got to do with conservation? Professor Rhys Green (University of Cambridge) |
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| 09.10 – 09.50 | Input Management – assessing risk and reward with an IPM approach Nick Poole (Foundation for Arable Research (Australia) Ltd) |
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| 09.50 – 10.20 | IPM – A strategic insight Dr Martin Grantley-Smith (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)) |
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| Morning break 10.20 – 10.40 | |||
| Chairman Dr Chris Hartfield (National Farmers Union, NFU) | |||
| 10.40 – 11.00 | Precision agriculture in the UK Dr Alun James (Sagentia) |
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| 11.00 – 12.30 | Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) Workshop: “Regulating new agricultural technologies” Chair: Dr Chris Snaith (Health and Safety Executive, HSE) |
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| Lunch 12.30 – 13.30 | |||
| 13.30 – 14.30 | CRD Workshop (Continued): “Regulating new agricultural technologies” Chair: Dr Chris Snaith (Health and Safety Executive, HSE) |
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| Afternoon break 14.30 – 14.50 | |||
| Chairman Dr Chris Hartfield (National Farmers Union, NFU) | |||
| 14.50 – 15.10 | Using science to deliver both quality food and enhanced environmental protection Professor Rob Edwards (Newcastle University) |
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| 15.10 – 15.30 | IPM and farm assurance Paul Temple (Voluntary Initiative) |
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| 15.30 – 15.50 | Q&A Session | ||
| 15.50 – 16.00 | Close of Congress Dr Colin Ruscoe (BCPC) |
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