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Registration is now open
Have a look at the programme and field trip options, then book your place
Monday 9th September
Travel to venue
1:00pm
Lunch and registration
2:00pm
Welcome to the conference
Welcome. Nick Johannsen, Chair of the Big Chalk partnership
Setting the scene: What can Big Chalk achieve? Bruce Winney, National Landscapes Association
The political and funding landscape: how we might go about making it work. Edel McGurk, Natural England.
The value of the Big Chalk partnership. Sarah Jackson, Limestone Link
Refreshments and networking break
Conference delegates have the opportunity to create an ePoster on the Big Chalk theme, which creates a great opportunity for discussion during conference breaks. If you would like to create a poster contact Anna on events@national-landscapes.org.uk.
Keynote: Professor Sir John Lawton
Making space for nature: past, present and future
5:00pm
Close of session
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Visit to Butterfly Conservation’s Winchester site
7:30pm for 8:00pm
Dinner at the Holiday Inn
Tuesday 10th September
All day
You’ll be able to attend one field trip, but we ask you to give your top three choices so we can balance numbers. Take a look at the Field Trip information below before you book your place.
7:00 for 7:30pm
Dinner at the Holiday Inn Winchester
After dinner (time tbc)
Walk a few minutes to the Winchester Science Museum and Planetarium for a Dark Skies session delivered by Cranborne Chase National Landscape.
Wednesday 11th September
9:15am
Workshop session – the draft session titles are:
- Ensuring existing and emerging payment schemes deliver for Big Chalk
- Connecting nature's recovery through LNRSs and across Big Chalk
- Innovating for nature 1 - re-imagining monitoring and evaluation
- Innovating for nature 2 - early successional and mosaic habitats
- Designing a shared future - Big Chalk's programme to 2030
- Big Chalk's role in meeting 30by30 targets
Refreshments and networking break
Second workshop session – you will be able to choose two topics to cover during the morning
12:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm
Panel discussion: Making Big Chalk happen - how do we make the vision a reality?
Panellists include:
Drew Bennellick, National Lottery Heritage Fund
Alicia Gibson, Finance Earth
Sion McGeever, Defra
Edel McGurk, Natural England
Additional participants to be confirmed
Closing session:
Speaker to be confirmed
Simon Smith, the Cotswolds National Landscape
Nick Johannsen, Chair of the Big Chalk partnership
3:00pm
Close of conference
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