6/7/8 January 2014 - Oxford, UK
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The 2013 Conference will be held from the 2nd to the 4th of January 2013 at the Oxford University Examination Schools.
The conference will include a hard-hitting political debate session, a session on technology & innovation and one on inspiration & global technology.
The 2013 Research will examine what farming delivers to society - it will be a seminal piece of work which quantifies the non-direct contributions farming makes to society in a financial context. This work is kindly being sponsored by Burges Salmon, RSPB and Volac. The work is being conducted by Dr Peter Carruthers of Vision 37 Ltd in conjunction with the University of Exeter and the University of Worcester.
Full programme details are given below.
Wednesday 2nd January 2013
AGM
The Examination Schools
Delegate Registration Opens
Fringe Meeting
Hosted by The Woodland Trust
Land Sharing - The role of trees in supporting sustainable intensification
Fringe Meeting
Hosted by BBSRC
What is agricultural sustainability and what can science contribute?
Fringe Meeting
Hosted by IAgrE and ES-KTN
More for Less - Innovative technologies to deliver food security and new business opportunities for the UK
Chairman’s Reception for Speakers, Scholars, Patrons and Sponsors
Sponsored by McDonald's
Champagne Reception
Sponsored by Dovecote Park
at OXFORD TOWN HALL
Pre Conference Dinner
Sponsored by Bidwells and Frontier Agriculture
At Oxford Town Hall with Lord Henry Plumb as after dinner speaker.
Produce supplied by ABP and Greenvale
After Dinner Bar
At OXFORD TOWN HALL
Thursday 3rd January 2013
Morning Prayer
with Rev Graham Jones
at University College Chapel.
Clydesdale Bank Breakfast
UK and global economic outlook - impact on agriculture
Conference opening
Mike Gooding, Chairman
SESSION 1 - Politics Session
Morning Session sponsored by Massey Ferguson
Nick Tapp, Chairman
Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP
Secretary of State for Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mairead McGuinness MEP
Member European Parliament, Agriculture Committee
Hon John Luxton
Chairman of Dairy New Zealand
Question Time
Sponsored by Massey Ferguson
with the three session speakers plus Jim McLaren former NFU Scotland President and Chairman of QMS
David Hughes, Chairman
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Taylors of Harrogate
The Frank Parkinson Lecture - A Changing Perspective
Sponsored by The Frank Parkinson Trust
Mark Lynas, Environmental campaigner and author
Lunch
Sponsored by Massey Ferguson
Introduction Video by HRH The Prince of Wales
SESSION 2 - Farming in Society
Sponsored by Waitrose
Mike Gooding, Chairman
Presentation of the 2013 Oxford Farming Conference Research Report
Sponsored by Burges Salmon, RSPB and Volac
What do UK farmers deliver to society?
Dr Peter Carruthers, MD Vision 37 and Professor Michael Winter, Professor & Director of the Centre for Rural Policy Research, Exeter University
What does this mean to the Consumer?
Tom Heap, BBC Presenter
What does this mean to the Farmer?
Ian Pigott, LEAF demonstration farmer
What does this mean to Society?
Matthew Taylor, CEO, RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures
and Commerce)
Discussion
The five speakers from this session with be joined by Julia Aglionby, Director of the National Centre for the Uplands, Newton Rigg College, for a panel discussion with questions from the floor.
Close and Tea
Scholars' Workshop
Sponsored by McDonald’s
With speaker James Price, arable farmer and NABIM 2011 Milling Wheat Grower of the Year
Oxford Union Debate
Sponsored by Birketts LLP, Saffery Champness and Smiths Gore
The Motion: This house believes economies of scale in agriculture are overstated – size is not important
Proposing the Motion: Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Owner/MD The Black Farmer
Opposing the Motion: John Cameron, farmer and past, president of NFU Scotland
Post Debate Supper
Sponsored by Birketts LLP, Saffery Champness and Smiths Gore
at Christ Church
Friday 4th January 2013
The RSPB Early Bird Breakfast
Celebrating all that farming does for wildlife
SESSION 3 - Technology and Innovation
Sponsored by M&S
Adrian Ivory, Chairman
Pushing up average wheat yields: What can we achieve and how?
Professor Maurice Maloney, Director and Chief Executive of Rothamsted Research
Developing the right genetic stock for a different future
Mark Smith, Global Bovine Product Development & Production Director at Genus plc
Will precision farming change the face of UK agriculture?
Jake Freestone, Farmer and Nuffield Scholar in Precision Farming
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Taylors of Harrogate
Where might science, technology and our understanding take us?
David Gardner, CEO of RASE
Panel Discussion
with session speakers
OFC/RASE Science in Practice Award
Sponsored by AB Agri
Lunch
SESSION 4 - Inspiration and Vision
David Douglas, Chairman
Supply Chains
A Vision for the Future
Bill Mustoe, Chairman of First Milk
Managing Our Agricultural Talent
Martin Thorley, Merston Peters Recruitment Consultants
Finding a New Farming Paradigm
Yehuda Sprecher, Dairy Cow Housing design specialist
Panel Discussion
with session speakers
Conference Close & Tea
Chairman’s Closing Remarks
Oxtail Club Dinner
at Worcester College
