Programme
Host for the day: Dr. Bruce Howard, Director of the Ecosystems Knowledge Network
9 am 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)
9:30 am 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
10:40 Refreshment break
11:20 Panel: 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)
12.10 pm 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)
12:50 pm Lunch
1.30 pm Address by Rt. Hon. Lord Goldsmith
1:50 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)
3:20 pm Refreshment break
3.55 pm Address by Sir William Worsley, Forestry Commission Chairman
4.10 pm Session 4. Accelerating Woodland Creation - A Blueprint for Action
Chairperson TBC. Panel discussion including:
- 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)
4.50 pm Chairperson’s Closing remarks
5 pm Close
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