FOOD CHAIN FORUM

Wednesday 19th January 2005, Millennium Point Theatre, Birmingham

10.00 - 13.00

PLENARY SESSION 1

 

Chair: Sir John Marsh

Ministerial Address
Lord Whitty of Camberwell, Minister for Farming, Food and Sustainable Energy, Rural economy and land use: the governmental challenge

Professor Philip Lowe, RELU Director, Introducing the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

Keynote Address 1
Professor Mike Bonell, Director of UNESCO Programme on Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy, The scientific challenge

Keynote Address 2
Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair of the National Food Chain Centre, The public challenge

Discussion

Summary

14.15 - 17.30

PLENARY SESSION 2

 

Chair: Professor Jeff Waage

Keynote Address 3
Dr Andrew Moxey, Chief Rural Economist, SEERAD, Science policy for rural economy and land use

Keynote Address 4
Professor Dianna Bowles, Director of the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), University of York, Science for sustainable development

Panellists
Professor Sally Shortall, Director of the Gibson Institute for Land, Food and Environment, A rural community perspective

Dr Peter Costigan, Defra’s Natural Resources and Rural Affairs Science Coordinator, A food and land use perspective

Bob Harris, Head of Air, Land and Water Science, Environment Agency, An environmental management perspective

Mark Tinsley, Managing Director, P.C.Tinsley Ltd, A land manager’s perspective

Discussion

Summary