Speakers

The 2023 speakers and chairs include:

	Dr Holly Alpren Scientist The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
	Dave Bench Chief Executive CropLife UK
	Dr Dave Chandler Reader University of Warwick
	Dr Henry Creissen Research Fellow Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
	John Dale Assessment Manager and Team Leader in the Pesticide Active Substance team Health and Safety Executive, Chemicals Regulation Division (HSE CRD)
	Nicola Dennis Senior Ecotoxicology Consultant TSG Consulting
	Prof Ian Givens Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health and Professor of Food Chain Nutrition University of Reading
	Dr Chris Hartfield Senior Regulatory Affairs Adviser National Farmers Union (NFU)
	Dr Neil Havis Reader Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
	Poul Hovesen Chairman Catalyst Farming
	Betty Kiplagat Government and Industry Affairs Leader, Africa and Middle Corteva Sciences
	Ian Matts Managing Director Brixworth Farming, BCPC Advisory Board
	Lisa Moakes Assessment Manager/Biopesticide Champion HSE CRD
	Dr Nicolas Munier-Jolain Research Engineer INRAE
	Derek Oliphant Senior Analyst & Founding Partner AgbioInvestor
	Jim Orson Member of the BCPC Advisory Board British Crop Production Council (BCPC)
	Tony Pexton Farmer British Crop Production Council (BCPC)
	Lara Ramaekers Business Development Director Biobest Group and IBMA Natural Substances Professional Group
	Richard Reynolds Senior Agronomy Advisor Anglian Water Services
	Dr Jake Richards Agriculture Sustainability Manager Sainsbury’s Supermarket
	Dr Séan Rickard Economist Sean Rickard Ltd
	Geoff Sansome Head of Agriculture Natural England
	Will Smith Research Agronomist (Weed Management) NIAB
	Dr Chris Snaith Head of Plant Protection Products, CRD HSE CRD
	Ron Stobart Agronomy Strategy Manager Sainsbury’s Supermarket
	Iain Watt Head of Plant Protection TSG Consulting
	Julian Westaway General Manager British Crop Production Council (BCPC)