The Oxford Farming Conference
Date: 2-4 January 2013
Venue: Oxford
The conference will include a hard-hitting political debate session, a session on technology & innovation and one on inspiration & global technology.
The 2013 Research will examine what farming delivers to society - it will be a seminal piece of work which quantifies the non-direct contributions farming makes to society in a financial context. This work is kindly being sponsored by Burges Salmon, RSPB and Volac. The work is being conducted by Dr Peter Carruthers of Vision 37 Ltd in conjunction with the University of Exeter and the University of Worcester.
Wednesday 2 January 2013
15:00
AGM - The Examination Schools
16:00
Delegate Registration Opens
Fringe Meeting: Land Sharing - The role of trees in supporting sustainable intensification. Hosted by The Woodland Trust.
Fringe Meeting: What is agricultural sustainability and what can science contribute? Hosted by BBSRC.
Fringe Meeting: More for Less - Innovative technologies to deliver food security and new business opportunities for the UK. Hosted by IAgrE and ES-KTN.
18:00
Chairman's Reception for Speakers, Scholars, Patrons and Sponsors. Sponsored by McDonald's.
18:30
Champagne Reception at Oxford Town Hall. Sponsored by Dovecote Park.
19:30
Pre Conference Dinner at Oxford Town Hall with Lord Henry Plumb as after dinner speaker.
Produce supplied by ABP and Greenvale. Sponsored by Bidwells and Frontier Agriculture.
22:00
After Dinner Bar at Oxford Town Hall.
Thursday 3 January 2013
07:30
Morning Prayer - with Rev Graham Jones at University College Chapel.
07:45
Clydesdale Bank Breakfast - UK and global economic outlook - impact on agriculture
08:45
Conference opening - Mike Gooding, Chairman
08:55
SESSION 1
Politics Session - Nick Tapp, Chairman, sponsored by Massey Ferguson.
09:00
Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, Secretary of State for Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
09:20
Mairead McGuinness MEP, Member European Parliament, Agriculture Committee
09:40
Hon John Luxton, Chairman of Dairy New Zealand
10:00
Question Time - with the three session speakers plus Jim McLaren former NFU Scotland President and Chairman of QMS David Hughes, Chairman. Sponsored by Massey Ferguson.
11:15
Coffee Break - sponsored by Taylors of Harrogate.
11:45
The Frank Parkinson Lecture - A Changing Perspective - Mark Lynas, Environmental campaigner and author, sponsored by The Frank Parkinson Trust.
12:45
Lunch - sponsored by Massey Ferguson.
14:00
SESSION 2
Farming in Society - Mike Gooding, Chairman, sponsored by Waitrose.
Introduction Video by HRH The Prince of Wales.
14:10
Presentation of the 2013 Oxford Farming Conference Research Report, sponsored by Burges Salmon, RSPB and Volac
What do UK farmers deliver to society? - Dr Peter Carruthers, MD Vision 37 and Professor Michael Winter, Professor & Director of the Centre for Rural Policy Research, Exeter University
14:40
What does this mean to the Consumer? - Tom Heap, BBC Presenter
15:00
What does this mean to the Farmer? - Ian Pigott, LEAF demonstration farmer
15:20
What does this mean to Society? - Matthew Taylor, CEO, RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures
and Commerce)
15:40
Discussion - The five speakers from this session with be joined by Julia Aglionby, Director of the National Centre for the Uplands, Newton Rigg College, for a panel discussion with questions from the floor.
16:10
Close and Tea
16:30
Scholars' Workshop - with speaker James Price, arable farmer and NABIM 2011 Milling Wheat Grower of the Year, sponsored by McDonald's.
18:00
Oxford Union Debate - sponsored by Birketts LLP, Saffery Champness and Smiths Gore
The Motion: This house believes economies of scale in agriculture are overstated - size is not important
Proposing the Motion: Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Owner/MD The Black Farmer
Opposing the Motion: John Cameron, farmer and past, president of NFU Scotland
19:30
Post Debate Supper - at Christ Church, sponsored by Birketts LLP, Saffery Champness and Smiths Gore
Friday 4 January 2013
07:45
The RSPB Early Bird Breakfast - Celebrating all that farming does for wildlife
08:45
SESSION 3
Technology and Innovation - Adrian Ivory, Chairman, sponsored by M&S
08:50
Pushing up average wheat yields: What can we achieve and how? - Professor Maurice Maloney, Director and Chief Executive of Rothamsted Research
09:20
Developing the right genetic stock for a different future - Mark Smith, Global Bovine Product Development & Production Director at Genus plc
09:50
Will precision farming change the face of UK agriculture? - Jake Freestone, Farmer and Nuffield Scholar in Precision Farming
10:20
Coffee Break - sponsored by Taylors of Harrogate.
10:50
Where might science, technology and our understanding take us? - David Gardner, CEO of RASE
11:20
Panel Discussion with session speakers.
11:45
OFC/RASE Science in Practice Award - sponsored by AB Agri.
12:00 - Lunch
13:30
SESSION 4
Inspiration and Vision - David Douglas, Chairman
13:40
Supply Chains - A Vision for the Future - Bill Mustoe, Chairman of First Milk
14:10
Managing Our Agricultural Talent - Martin Thorley, Merston Peters Recruitment Consultants
14:40
Finding a New Farming Paradigm - Yehuda Sprecher, Dairy Cow Housing design specialist
15:15
Panel Discussion with session speakers
15:30
Conference Close & Tea - Chairman's closing remarks
19:30
Oxtail Club Dinner at Worcester College
Further information
Please visit the Oxford Farming Conference website at: www.ofc.org.uk.
Contact
External Relations Unit
external.relations@bbsrc.ac.uk