Programme
Tickets are now on sale. You can register via Eventbrite; once you have requested your place we will issue an invoice for payment.
Registration is now open
Have a look at the programme and ticket options, then book your place
Tuesday
Travel to venue
2:00pm
Accommodation check-in opens
From 3pm
We’re working on a range of ‘stretch your legs’ activities, and will offer a guided walk up the Wrekin, a farm tour at Harper Adams and a guided run. You will be able to book via the conference app.
7pm for 8pm
The bar opens ahead of dinner. Tuesday evening will be a relaxed welcome night.
Wednesday
7:30-8:30am
Gentle yoga. Booking will be via the conference app.
8:30am
Registration, networking and tea/coffee
9:30am
Welcome to the conference
• National Landscape Association Chair’s introduction
• Welcome from your hosts – Phil Holden, Shropshire National Landscape
• Welcome from Harper Adams University - Ken Sloan, Vice Chancellor
• Platinum Sponsor’s address
• Setting the scene – John Watkins, National Landscapes Association
Networking and coffee
Disrupt: getting out of our comfort zone
• Tony Juniper, Natural England
• Speaker tbc
• Mary Colwell, Curlew Action
• Heather Wildman, Saviour Associates
Q&A
12:45pm
Lunch
1:45pm
Workshop session
We have (almost) the final list of topics and will flesh the content out over the coming weeks. You’ll be able to attend two topics:
• A donut economics approach to plans and planning. Helen Lucocq. Bannau Brycheiniog National Park.
• Funding and Finance. National Landscapes Association Nature-based Solutions team.
• Accessibility. Cannock Chase National Landscape team.
• Building powerful coalitions. Ruth Larbey, National Landscapes Association.
• Farming. Harper Adams farm team.
• Standards not structures. Dawn Griffith, Natural England.
• Final topic tbc
Bookings will be via the conference app.
3:00pm
Networking and coffee
3:30pm
Workshop session 2
Your second choice of workshop
Bookings will be via the conference app
5:00-6:00pm
Fringe sessions
When you book your conference ticket you’ll be able to suggest a topic you’d like to host. We balance the topics to ensure a good spread and we provide a room; the rest is up to you! The topic can be anything you like, not necessarily related to the conference theme.
7:00pm for 8:00pm
The bar will open at 7pm, ready for a barbecue at 8pm (indoors if it rains!)
We’ve had a request for an informal jamming session. If you play an instrument, bring it along and get stuck in after dinner!
Thursday
All day
You’ll be able to attend one field trip, but we ask you to give your top three choices so we can balance numbers. Take a look at the Field Trip information below before you book your place.
7:00pm for 8:00pm
Bar opens ahead of the conference dinner, which will start at 8pm.
Field Trips
Friday
7:30-8:30am
Gentle yoga.
Group run.
Booking will be via the conference app.
8:30am
Registration, networking and coffee
9:00am
National Landscapes Question Time
Our panel will be taking your questions. It will be chaired by Anjana Khatwa, Trustee of the National Landscapes Association. Panel members:
• Mike McClure, Landscapes Northern Ireland Development Manager
• Sion McGeever, Deputy Director, Access, Landscapes, Peatlands and Soil, Defra
• Catherine Mealing-Jones, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
• Carol Ritchie, EUROPARC Federation
• John Watkins, National Landscape Association
Additional panel members to be confirmed
10:30am
Networking and coffee
11:00am
The art of the possible
• Carol Ritchie, EUROPARC Federation
• Kerenza McClarnan, National Landscapes Association
• Charlie Waite, founder of Landscape Photographer of the Year
Closing remarks and conference reflections
1:00pm
Departure with a packed lunch
