Agenda
A COUNTRYSIDE FOR ALL
8.30 Arrival and coffee
9.30 Welcome from Earl Percy and the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House
9.35 Welcome - Nick Herbert & Julian Glover, co-founders of Future Countryside
9.45 Introduction - Heather Hancock, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge and Lead NED at DEFRA
10 Keynote 1 - René Olivieri, Chair, National Trust
10.20 Steve Reed MP, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, chaired by Sarah Mukherjee MBE
11 TEA BREAK
11.15 Keynote 2 - Jon Alexander - “Citizens of the Countryside”
Part 1 - Communities and the Countryside - Chaired by Lord Ewen Cameron
11.45 Case studies:
Charlie Luxton, Plunkett Foundation - “Countryside solutions for the people by the people”
Gavin Lane, Deputy President, CLA
Lisa Manning, New to Nature, WCL
12.15 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
12.45-2.00 LUNCH
2.00 Political Keynote, chaired by Sarah Mukherjee MBE
2.30 Keynote 3 - Archie Norman, Chair M&S plc, in conversation with Alice Thomson, Associate Editor, The Times
3.00 TEA BREAK
Part 2 - Landscapes for Food, Nature and Health - Chaired by Sarah Langford
3.15 CASE STUDIES
Ben Andrews, Broadhall Farm
Abi Reader, Goldslands Farm - “Embracing the crazy at Goldslands Farm”
Flavian Obiero, Tynefield Farm
3.45 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
4.15 Closing plenary, chaired by Heather Hancock
5.00 Wrap up and close – Nick and Julian
5.00-7.00 Drinks