Presentations

Day 1

Introduction

The RELU Programme and its Unfolding Research Agenda, Philip Lowe, Director, RELU

Parallel Session 1

Relative Roles of Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies, Led by Liz Oughton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Scoping the Training Agenda for RELU, Led by Laura Meagher, Technology Development Group (Workshop Report)

Pursuing the Public Interface, Led by Tom MacMillan, Food Ethics Council

Relu-Risk: Involving Stakeholders in the Management of Food Chain Risks in the Rural Economy, Simon French, Manchester Business School

Pursuing the Public Interface: Resource Pack and Conference Report

Thematic Concept for Sustainability Science

Chair: Introduction, Malcolm Eames, Sustainable Development Research Network
Cycles and Chains, Mark Tatchell, Warwick University

Consumer Sovereignty and Healthy Eating: Dilemmas for Research and Policy, Bruce Traill, Reading University

Understanding Environmental Knowledge Controversies, Sarah Whatmore, University of Oxford

Collaborative Resource Management, Justin Irvine, Macaulay Institute

Systematically Assessing Risk in the Farming Landscape, David Oliver, Lancaster University

Day 2

Perspectives on Knowledge Exchange

Chair: Introduction, Sir Howard Newby, Chief Executive HEFCE and chair of RELU Strategic Advisory Committee

Knowledge Exchange and RELU, Jeremy Phillipson, Assistant Director, RELU
Science in the Round for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities, Tim O’Riordan, Emeritus Professor

University of East Anglia
Commercialising Science and Technology, Peter Lillford, National Non-Food Crop Centre, York

The Rural Knowledge Supply Chain, Eric Howell, National Rural Knowledge Exchange

Parallel Session 2

A) Rural Economy
Chair: Donna Easterlow, SEERAD

Rural Economy Development

Sharing Information: A National Rural Taxonomy, Eric Howell, National Rural Knowledge Exchange

Developing Human Capital to Strengthen Rural Economies: Reflecting on the Northern Rural Network,
Neil Ward, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

B) Land and Water Management

Chair: John Holmes, University of Oxford

Research and Policy for Land Management Advice

Research and Policy for Land Management Advice, Alan Hooper, Rural Development Service

Setting Research Priorities for Sustainable Food and Farming, Les Firbank, Lancaster Environment Centre

C) Public Policy

Chair: Faith Culshaw, NERC

Inputting into Government Consultations

Getting Your Voice Heard in Government, Wyn Grant, Warwick University

D) Commercialisation

Chair: Tony Fentem, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research

Mechanisms of Commercialisation

Making LINKS Work for RELU, Chris Lea, Welsh Assembly

Mechanisms of Commercialisation, Mike Attenborough, Meat and Livestock Commission

Parallel Session 3

A) Rural Economy

Chair: Donna Easterlow, SEERAD

Science for Regional Development and Economic Policy

Research for Regional and Rural Development: a Practitioner’s Perspective, Tom Warburton, One North East

Research for Regional and Rural Development: a Researcher’s Perspective, Mike Winter, University of Exeter

B) Land and Water Management

Chair: John Holmes, University of Oxford

Collaborative Knowledge Production

Collaborative Knowledge Production in Water and Land Management, John Colvin, Environment Agency

Stakeholders and Relationships in Knowledge Production: Researchers, Brokers and Farmers, Fergus Lyon, Middlesex University

C) Public Policy

Chair: Faith Culshaw, NERC

Constructing Evidence for Public Policy

Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory Programme, Helen Dunn, Defra
Respondents: Andrew Lovett, University of East Anglia;
Paul Armsworth, University of Sheffield

D) Commercialisation

Chair: Tony Fentem, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research

Examples of Commercialisation

Turning Research into Business, Anne Glover, Remedios and University of Aberdeen
Commercialising Scientific Research for Growers, John Handford, Farm Advisory Service Team Ltd.

Mechanisms for Knowledge Exchange within RELU:

Feedback from Parallel Sessions 2 and 3

Chair: Philip Lowe, Director, RELU
Donna Easterlow, SEERAD
John Holmes, University of Oxford
Faith Culshaw, NERC
Jimmy Young, University of Stirling

Keynote Address

The Cultivation of Knowledge, Michael Bell, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Day 3

Parallel Session 4

Food Chain Localisation

Chair: Sarah Mukherjee, Environment Correspondent, BBC

Keynote address: The Validity of Food Miles as an Indicator of Sustainable Development, Paul Watkiss, AEA Technology Environment

Keynote address: Food Ethics: It’s More than the Mileage, Gareth Edwards-Jones, University of Wales, Bangor

Respondent: Geoff Tansey, Freelance writer and consultant

Keynote address: Practice and Outcome in Localizing Food Chains, Clare Hinrichs, Pennsylvania State University

Keynote address: Paradoxes of Place in European Food Chains, Henry Buller, Exeter University

Respondent: Frances Rowe, One North East Regional Development Agency

Session Respondent: Jennifer Allen, Portland State University

Can EU Directives be implemented? Will CAP Reform help?

Chair: Susan Steer, Countryside Policy Panel, RICS

Keynote address: Evaluating EU Agri-Environment Policy: Projects and Goals of the European Environment Agency, Jan Erik Petersen, European Environment Agency

Farmer Decision Making

Improving the Success of Agri-Environment Initiatives, James Bullock, CEH Dorset

Evaluating the Options for Combining Economically, Socially and Ecologically

Sustainable Agriculture, Bill Sutherland, University of East Anglia

A Landscape-scale Analysis of the Sustainability of the Hill Farming Economy and Impact of Farm Production Decisions on Upland Landscapes and Biodiversity, Paul Armsworth, University of Sheffield

Keynote address: Farmers’ Logic and the Implementation of EU Agri-environmental Policy, Bettina Bock, Wageningen University

Sustainable Land and Water Use

Sustainable Uplands: Managing Uncertainty in Dynamic Socio-Environmental Systems, Klaus Hubacek and Mark Reed, University of Leeds

Social, Economic and Environmental Implications of Increasing Rural Land Use Under Energy Crops, Angela Karp, Rothamsted Research

Integrated Land and Water Management in Floodplains, Joe Morris, Cranfield University

Keynote address: Dialogue for Future Water Management - A New Perspective on Sustainable Water Management in Sweden, Anna Jöburn, Swedish Environment Institute

Summing Up

Chair: Philip Lowe, Director, RELU
Sarah Mukherjee, Environment Correspondent, BBC
Susan Steer, Countryside Policy Panel, RICS