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MONDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER
18:30–20:00 Registration and welcome reception at Clare College
TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER
08:30–09:00 Registration
09:00–11:00 Plenary session 1 – opening addresses and plenary papers for themes 1 (Dr Claire Northridge, Defra), 2 (Dr Xuan Wang on behalf of Prof Lin Ma, CAS) and 3 (Dr Anne Bhogal, ADAS). Chair – John Williams, ADAS
11:00–11:30 Morning tea
11:30–13:00 Parallel session 1
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Parallel session 2, including special session FertiCycle
15:30–17:30 Afternoon tea and poster session 1
19:00–23:00 Conference dinner at King’s College
WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER
09:00–10:00 Plenary session 2 – plenary papers for themes 4 (Dr Karl Richards, Teagasc) and 5 (Dr Oscar Schoumans, Wageningen University & Research). Chair – Prof Dave Chadwick, Bangor University
10:00–10:30 Morning tea
10:30–12:00 Parallel session 3
12:00–14:00 Poster session 2 and Lunch
14:00–15:30 Parallel session 4
15:30–16:00 Afternoon tea
16:00–17:00 Parallel session 5
19:30 Evening meal at a Cambridge College with entertainment
THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
09:00–09:30 Plenary session 3 – plenary paper for theme 6 (Associate Prof Melissa Wilson, University of Minnesota). Chair – Prof Tom Misselbrook, Rothamsted Research
09:30–11:00 Parallel session 6
11:00–11:30 Morning tea
11:30–13:15 Plenary session 4 (Future challenges: Dr Gerard Velthof (Wageningen Environmental Research), Dr Shane Rothwell (Lancaster University) & James Price (Perdiswell Farm, Oxfordshire, UK), poster prize and closing address). Chair – Dr Lizzie Sagoo, ADAS
13:15 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 Cambridge Tour
Themes:
1. Policy and regulation
2. Nutrient utilisation
3. Soil quality
4. Air and water quality
5. Treatment and processing technologies
6. Promoting best practice
Special session:
1. FertiCycle