Forthcoming Meetings
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NOTICE OF JOINT MEETING WITH THE
ASSOCIATE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOR
ANIMAL WELFARE (APGAW)
Focus on
large-scale livestock systems – production and
welfare implications
4.00 –
5.30pm, Monday 20 May, Committee Room 16, Palace of
Westminster
Keynote
speaker:
Kenn Buelow,
Wisconsin dairy farmer and vet
Guest
panellists:
Peter Stevenson, Chief Policy Adviser,
Compassion in World Farming
David Alvis,
UK livestock consultant
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Past Meetings
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Towards a UK Agri-Tech Strategy - Science Minister
David Willetts MP
Wednesday 30 January,
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Keynote speaker:
Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for
Universities & Science
Chair:
George Freeman MP
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Feeding The Future - Innovation
Requirements for Primary Food Production in the UK
to 2030
Tuesday 4 December, Grand Committee Room, Palace of Westminster
Keynote Speaker:
Jim Godfrey, Farmer and
Chair, TSB Sustainable
Agriculture & Food Innovation Platform
Guest Panellists:
Professor Ian Crute,
Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board
Andrea Graham, NFU
Paul Rooke, Agricultural
Industries Confederation
Jim Godfrey presentation
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Unlocking the potential of UK agri-science
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Guest Speaker:
René Custers, Regulatory & Communications Manager,
VIB, Belgium
Chair:
George Freeman MP
René
Custers presentation
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Producing more from less – new metrics for
sustainable agriculture
Tuesday 26 June
2012
Keynote Speaker
Fred Luckey, Chair, Keystone
Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
Guest Panellists
Professor Tim Benton, UK
Champion for Global Food Security
Guy Gagen, NFU Chief Arable
Adviser & Chair, Defra Green Food Project Wheat
Sub-Group
Fred Luckey presentation
Tim Benton presentation
Guy Gagen presentation
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Case studies in UK agri-food
innovation – challenges and
opportunities
Wednesday 16
May 2012
Guest
Speakers
Robert
James, Technical Director, Thanet Earth
Nigel Kerby, Managing Director,
Mylnefield Research Services Ltd
Gino de Jaegher, Managing Director, British
Sugar
Robert James presentation
Nigel Kerby presentation
Gino de Jaegher presentation
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Agricultural innovation in
high-growth BRIC economies
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Guest Speaker:
Stephanie Studer, Research
Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit
Stephanie Studer presentation
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Annual
General Meeting
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Beyond Foresight: What
does 'sustainable intensification'
mean for UK agriculture?
Keynote Speaker:
Professor Sir David Baulcombe,
Regius Professor of Botany,
Cambridge University
Guest Panel:
Peter Kendall, President, NFU
Gareth Morgan, Head of
Agriculture Policy, RSPB
Professor Wayne Powell,
Director, IBERS
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Agro-chemistry: new directions,
new challenges?
Monday 31 October 2011
Guest Speakers:
Dr David Lawrence, former Head of
Research & Development, Syngenta
Professor John Pickett, Michael
Elliott Distinguished Research Fellow, Rothamsted
Research
Speaker presentations
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Impact of the global food
security crisis
on consumer and media attitudes
to food science
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Guest Speakers:
Giles Shapley, Network Research
Fiona Fox, Science Media Centre;
Giles Shapley presentation
Fiona Fox presentation
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Global GM Crop Adoption
- Status & Prospects
Monday 20 June 2011
Guest speaker: Clive James,
ISAAA
Clive James presentation
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Bee Health and Pesticides
Monday 4 April 2011
Guest speaker: Dr Jeff
Pettis,
Research Leader, USDA Bee Research Laboratory
Guest panel:
Dominic Dyer, Crop Protection
Association
Dr Chris Hartfield, NFU
Tim Lovett, British Bee Keepers
Association
Dr Jeff Pettis presentation
Tim
Lovatt presentation
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The role of new agricultural technologies in
tackling climate change
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Guest Speaker: Jack Bobo, Senior Advisor in
Biotechnology, US Department of State
Jack Bobo presentation
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Unlocking our food production potential: the role of UK Agricultural Science
Monday 15 November 2010
Guest Speakers:
Jim Paice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture & Food, Defra
Professor Ian Crute, Chief Scientist, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board
Ian Crute
presentation
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APPGSTA Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Guest Speaker: Professor John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser
John Beddington presentation
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UK wheat productivity – research targets & needs
– Tuesday 23 February 2010
David Sheppard presentation
Richard Summers presentation
Tina Barsby presentation
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UK livestock sector – research targets & needs, role of collaborative R&D
– 19 January 2010
David Leaver presentation
Geoff Simm presentation
Chris Warkup presentation
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New models for collaborative R&D in agriculture – the Technology Strategy
Board’s Agri-Food Innovation Platform
– 1 December 2009
Paul Mason presentation
Chris Warkup presentation
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UK horticulture sector – research targets & needs, role of collaborative R&D
– 20 October 2009
Neil Bragg presentation
Chris Atkinson presentation
Simon Bright presentation
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Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Minister for Farming and the Environment, Defra
– 19 May 2009
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Annual General Meeting
GM crops present & future – is it time to re-open the debate?
– 24 March 2009
Graham Bookes presentation
Julian Little presentation
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Agricultural science – bridging the gap between basic and applied research
– 28 January 2009
Prof David Leaver presentation
Prof Jonathan Jones presentation
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Wheat Quality Research, nabim reception – 16 December 2008
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Professor Bob Watson, Defra Chief Science Adviser – 25 November 2008
Prof Watson presentation (5mb file)
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EU pesticide approval plans – 28 October 2008
Sean Rickard presentation
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Group Visit to NIAB – 23 June 2008
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Inaugural Meeting – 11 March 2008
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