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Welcome & opening remarks
Remarks from the Session 1 Chairperson: Jo O'Hara (Director, FutureArk Ltd)
Opening address: Richard Greenhous (Director of Forest Services, Forestry Commission England)
Session 1. Woodland creation: finance and the business case
Keynote: John Lockhart (Chairman, Lockhart Garratt). The business of accelerating woodland creation
Keynote: James Cameron (Founder of James Cameron & Co, Senior Advisor to Pollination & Chairman, ODI). Connecting law, policy and finance for woodland creation and nature based solutions.
Keynote to be available as a pre-recording: Gwen Yu (Head of Engagement Transformation, BNP Paribas). Scaling-up blended finance for woodland creation.
Panel discussion: Building confidence in the business of woodland creation
- John Tucker (Director of Woodland Creation, Woodland Trust)
- Susan Twining (Chief Land Use Policy Officer, CLA)
- Jon Lambert (Senior Director, John Clegg & Co)
- James Hepburne Scott (Co-founder & Director, Forest Carbon)
Session 2. Woodland in and around urban centres
Chair: David Elliott (Chief Executive, Trees for Cities)
- Clare Olver (Mersey Forest / England's Community Forests)
- John Deakin (Head of Trees and Woodlands, The National Trust)
- Richard Blyth (Head of Policy, RTPI)
Address by Rt. Hon. Lord Goldsmith
Session 3. National capability for accelerating woodland creation & management
Chairperson: Dougal Driver (Chief Executive, Grown in Britain)
Presentation: Caroline Ayre (National Manager for England, Confor - the Confederation of Forest Industries)
Panel discussion including:
- Jamie Dewhurst (Owner, J. & A. Growers)
- Simon Lloyd (Chief Executive, Royal Forestry Society)
- Tom Barnes (Managing Director, Vastern Timber)
- Alex Mackinnon (Forest Manager, Tillhill)
Address by Sir William Worsley, Forestry Commission Chairman
Session 4. Accelerating Woodland Creation - A Blueprint for Action
Panel discussion:
- Jeremy Moody (Secretary & Adviser, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers)
- James Simpson (Director of Land and Forestry, Forestry England)
- Victoria Vyvyan (estate owner & Vice President, CLA)
- Jamie Gordon (Chief Adviser for Forests, WWF UK)