The Oxford Farming Conference
Tuesday 3rd January, 2017
13:00
Emerging Leaders Lunch
Venue: Room 6
Read More14:00
Registration
Venue: Entrance Foyer
14:15
14:30
Fringe Events
| Time | Host | Fringe Title | Venue |
| 14.30 - 15.15 | OFC | Emerging Leaders | Room 14-15 |
| 15.15 - 16.00 | BASF |
Crop protection regulatory threats & opportunities post Brexit |
Room 9 |
| 15.15 - 16.00 | CHAP | Delivering Sustainable Solutions for the Agri-Food Supply Chain | Room 11 |
| 16.30 - 17.15 | AHDB |
Inspiring our farmers and growers to succeed in this rapidly changing world |
Room 9 |
| 16.30 - 17.15 | Volac, Quorn Foods & WWF | Protein Challenge 2040: What’s the opportunity for UK food and farming | Room 11 |
| 18.00 - 19.00 | Innovative Farmers |
The 'Grate' Cheese Debate How does the way we farm affect the food we eat? With Cheese & Wine. Open to OFC and ORFC delegates |
St Edmunds Hall |
16:00
18:00
Chairman's Drinks Reception
Sponsored by McDonald's
For Patrons, Scholars, Speakers and Sponsors.
Read More18:30
19:30
Pre-Conference Dinner
Venue: Keble College, Oxford.
Wednesday 4th January, 2017
07:30
Morning Prayer
with Jerry Marshall The Arthur Rank Centre
Read More07:30
Delegate registration opens
07:45
08:45
Conference Opens
Delegates reminded to take their seats for a prompt 08.55 start.
Read More08:55
Session One - The Politics Briefing
Sponsored by Massey Ferguson
Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Read More09:30
Panel Discussion
George Eustice MP, Minister of State Defra
Read More10:15
Coffee Break
Sponsored by De Lacy Executive
10:45
Frank Parkinson Lecture
Sponsored by The Frank Parkinson Trust
Profiting from sustainability: The coffee case study
Read More11:15
Questions and Discussion
11:45
The OFC/RASE Science & Innovation Award
Sponsored by Adama
12:05
OFC/DLG Travel Scholar Award
12:15
Lunch
13:30
Session Two - Feeding and Watering the City
Sponsored by M&S
Eating Out – Changing Consumer Trends and What it Means for Farmers
Read More14:50
Questions and Discussion
15:20
Thrive or Survive interactive session
Venue: South School
16:00
Close & Tea
16:00
18:00
Debate at the OXFORD UNION
Sponsored by Birketts, Saffery Champness & Savills
‘This house believes the biggest danger to the family farm is the family itself’
Read More19:30
22:00
Bar opens
Venue: Christ Church
Thursday 5th January, 2017
07:45
BBSRC Breakfast
Room 10, Oxford University Examination Schools.
08:50
Session Three - After CAP, What? To survive and thrive what policies does GB agriculture need?
Sponsored by Massey Ferguson
George Monbiot, Journalist and Environmental & Political Activist
Read More09:25
Questions and Discussion
09:55
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Thrings
10:30
11:45
Questions and Discussion
12:25
Lunch
Sponsored by Openfield
13:45
Session Five - Soil Saviours
Sponsored by BBSRC
Saving our soil, what science has to offer
Read More15:00
Questions and Discussion
15:35
Chairman’s closing remarks
15:45
Close & Tea
19:30
Oxtail Club Dinner
Venue: Worcester College