2021 Congress Programme
| MONDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2021 | |||
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Pre-congress drinks reception and presentation of BCPC award for outstanding services to the crop production industry. |
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| DAY 1 – TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2021 | |||
| 09.30 – 09.45 | Welcome and introduction Julian Westaway (General Manager, British Crop Production Council, BCPC) |
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| Plenary session: UK National Action Plan (NAP) for pesticides and new breeding techniques | |||
| 09.45 – 10.00 | Chair: Tony Pexton (BCPC Board and Farmer, British Crop Production Council, BCPC) | ||
| 10.00 – 10.30 | The public consultation on the NAP for pesticides: conclusions and implications Chloe Meacher (Joint Head – The Pesticides Hub , Defra) |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 | The future direction of the NAP: the NFU’s view Tom Bradshaw (Vice President, National Farmers Union, NFU) |
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| Morning break: exhibition & networking 11.00 – 11.30 | |||
| 11.30 – 12.00 | The future direction of the NAP: the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC)’s view Hazel Doonan (Head of Agronomy and Crop Protection Sector, Agricultural Industries Confederation, AIC) |
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| 12.00 – 12.30 | Defra’s public consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies: conclusions and implications Dr Louise Ball (Team Leader/ GMO Regulatory Policy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra) |
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| 12.30 – 12.50 | Q&A session | ||
| Lunch 12.50 – 13.45 | |||
| 13.45 – 13.50 |  Stream ARegulatory Affairs Chair: Iain Watt (Head of Plant Protection, TSG Consulting) |
 Stream BIntegrated Pest Management (IPM) Chair: Susannah Bolton (Research Director, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board, AHDB) |
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| 13.50 – 14.20 | Developments in EU PPP regulation: impact on the UK Dave Bench (Chief Executive, Crop Protection Association, CPA) |
IPM uptake in the UK: analysis of responses to the VI IPM assessment plan Dr Henry Creissen (Research Fellow, Scotland’s Rural College, SRUC) |
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| 14.20 – 14.50 | The UK PPP regulation landscape post Brexit Janet Williams (Head of Regulatory Science – UK & IE, Bayer CropScience) |
Assessing how future environmental land management schemes could support IPM uptake Dr Chris Hartfield (Senior Regulatory Affairs Adviser, NFU) |
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| Afternoon break: exhibition & networking 14.50 – 15.20 | |||
| 15.20 – 15.50 | Fresh start for UK biopesticides regulation Dr Roma Gwynn (Director, Rationale) |
An industry view of IPM and the role of PPPs Alan du Rieu (Head North Europe / Country Head UK, Nufarm) |
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| 15.50 – 16.20 | Current issues in regulation for bio-stimulants Alejandra Querol (Regulatory Manager, UPL) |
Farming without insecticides: can it be done? Dr Samantha Cook (Senior Research Scientist, Rothamsted) |
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| 16.20- 16.40 | Q&A session | ||
| 16.40 | Close of day 1 | ||
| 16.40 – 18.15 | Drinks reception and PhD student poster presentations Guest speaker Patrick Stephenson (Independent Agronomist) will talk on ‘Pesticides – a view from the field’ |
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| DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2021 | |||
| 09.00 – 09.15 | Welcome Julian Westaway (General Manager, BCPC) |
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| Managing UK farmland to meet societal expectations | |||
| 09.15 – 09.30 | Chair: Dr Chris Hartfield (Senior Regulatory Affairs Adviser, NFU) | ||
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Future land use to address multiple environmental and social demands Dr Adrian Williams (Reader in Environmental Systems, Cranfield University) |
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| 10.00 – 10.30 | UK farming transition to Agroecology: implications for land use Liz Bowles (Associate Director Farming and Land Use, Soil Association) |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 | Delivering “multifunctional agriculture”: win-wins and trade-offs Stuart Knight (Deputy Director NIAB Cambridge and Director of NIAB Agronomy, NIAB) |
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| Morning break: exhibition & networking 11.00 – 11.30 | |||
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Achieving net carbon zero in farming in the UK: can it be done? James Copeland (Senior Environment & Land Use Adviser, NFU) |
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| The future role of robotics in crop protection | |||
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Agricultural robots: opportunities and challenges in automating crop care Prof. Marc Hanheide (Professor of Intelligent Robotics and Interactive Systems, University of Lincoln) |
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| 12.30- 12.50 | Q&A session | ||
| Lunch 12.50 – 13.45 | |||
| HSE Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) | |||
| 13.45 – 14.15 | Operating a GB pesticides regime Dr Christine Snaith (Head of the CRD Pesticides Delivery Team, HSE CRD) |
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| 14.15 – 15.15 | CRD workshop: incorporating new technologies in regulatory risk assessment and product labels Grant Stark (Evidence, Committees and New Technologies Policy Lead, HSE CRD) |
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| 15.15 – 15.30 | Afternoon break | ||
| 15.30 – 16.00 | CRD workshop continued: incorporating new technologies in regulatory risk assessment and product labels Grant Stark (Evidence, Committees and New Technologies Policy Lead, HSE CRD) |
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| 16.00 – 16.10 | Close of Congress Julian Westaway (General Manager, BCPC) |
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Programme subject to change
MONDAY 1 NOVEMBER – 15.00 – 17.00
Ad hoc discussion group meetings – hosted by TSG Consulting
Four small round-table open discussions for people with a specialist interest in human health, ecotox, fate and plant protection products. Places are limited and by invitation only.
