2020 Congress Programme
| DAY 1 – TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2020 | |||
| 09.30 – 09.40 | Welcome and Introduction Dr Colin Ruscoe (British Crop Production Council, BCPC) |
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| Plenary Session: Impact of the UK Agriculture and Environment bills | |||
| 09.40 – 09.50 | Chair: Tony Pexton (British Crop Production Council, BCPC) |
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| 09.50 – 10.10 | Crop solutions: a vision for the future Dave Bench (Crop Protection Association, CPA) |
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| 10.10 – 10.30 | The Agriculture Bill and the UK’s future agricultural policy – what does the future hold for arable farmers? Nick von Westonholtz (National Farmers Union, NFU) |
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| 10.30 – 10.45 | Q&A Session Tony Pexton, Dave Bench & Nick von Westonholtz | ||
| Break: Exhibition & Networking 10.45 – 11.00 | |||
| Plenary Session: Production, environmental and consumer drivers on Regulation: Case studies | |||
| 11.00 – 11.20 | Driving up yields in Canada, is pesticide registration limiting opportunities? Peter Johnson (Real Agriculture, Canada) |
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| 11.20 – 11.40 | Using big data to explore UK and global trends in biodiversity Dr Charlie Outhwaite (University College London, UCL) |
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| 11.40 – 12.00 | Changing consumer attitudes to food production Martin Grantley-Smith (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, AHDB) |
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| 12.00 – 12.15 | Q&A Session Tony Pexton, Peter Johnson, Dr Charlie Outhwaite & Martin Grantley-Smith | ||
| Exhibition & Networking 12.15 – 13.00 | |||
| 13.00 | End of day 1 | ||
| DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2020 | |||
| 09.30 – 09.40 | Welcome back and intro to stream breakouts Dr Colin Ruscoe (British Crop Production Council, BCPC) |
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| 09.40 – 09.50 | Stream A The future of UK and EU PPP regulatory system Chair: Iain Watt (TSG Consulting) |
Stream B Adopting and measuring IPM Chair: Jim Orson (British Crop Production Council, BCPC) |
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| 09.50 – 10.10 | The latest from the UK Darren Flynn (HSE Chemicals Regulation Division) |
Building a resilient farming system Poul Hovesen (Salle and Holkham Estates, Norfolk) |
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| 10.10 – 10.30 | The day after – the central zone after UK left EU (MS perspective) Christian Prohaska (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, AGES, Austria) |
Thresholds, risks and realities – lessons from the past to inform the future of IPM? Dr Bill Parker (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, AHDB) |
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| 10.30 – 10.50 | Farm to Fork impact on PPP regulatory regime Hans Mattaar ECCA |
Facilitating Biopesticide Options for Specialty Crops Dr Jerry Baron |
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| 10.50 – 11.05 | Q&A Session Iain Watt, Darren Flynn, Christian Prohaska and Hans Mattaar | Q&A Session Jim Orson, Poul Hovesen, Dr Bill Parker and Dr Jerry Baron | |
| Break: Exhibition & Networking 11.05 – 11.30 | |||
| 11.30 – 11.50 | Pesticides Regulations – The Future Susie Willows (Defra) |
Measuring adoption levels of IPM practices on arable farms Dr Henry Creissen (Scotland’s Rural College, SRUC) |
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| 11.50 – 12.10 | Transparency of regulatory data Dr Martyn Griffiths (Bayer SAS) |
IPM implementation in Denmark – tools, status and possible future initiatives Prof. Per Kudsk (University of Aarhus, Denmark) | |
| 12.10 – 12.25 | Q&A Session Iain Watt, Susie Willows and Dr Martyn Griffiths | Q&A Session Jim Orson, Dr Henry Creissen & Prof. Per Kudsk | |
| Exhibition & Networking 12.25 – 13.00 | |||
| 13.00 | End of day 2 | ||
| DAY 3 – THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2020 | |||
| 09.30 – 09.40 | Welcome back and intro to day 3 Dr Colin Ruscoe (British Crop Production Council, BCPC) |
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| Plenary Session: Practical and regulatory issues in precision pesticide application |
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| 09.40 – 09.50 | Chair: Chris Hartfield (National Farmers Union, NFU) |
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| 09.50 – 10.10 | Precision agriculture: technologies that are set to transform agriculture as we know it Dr Alun James (Sagentia) |
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| 10.10 – 10.30 | Precision crop protection, the next practical steps Dr Nick Tillett (Tillett and Hague Technology Ltd) |
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| 10.30 – 10.45 | Q&A Session Chris Hartfield, Dr Alun James & Dr Nick Tillett | ||
| Break: Exhibition & Networking 10.45 – 11.00 | |||
| 11.00 – 12.20 | PPP regulation post Transition Period – the next chapter Christine Snaith (HSE Chemicals Regulation Division) |
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| CRD Workshop HSE Chemicals Regulation Division |
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| 12.20 – 12.35 | Q&A Session | ||
| 12.35 – 12.45 | Close of Congress Dr Colin Ruscoe (British Crop Production Council, BCPC) |
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