NFU Conference Programme - President closes NFU Conference
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27 February 2007
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Farming For the Future - NFU Conference Programme
Monday 26 February 2007
| 8.30am | Breakfast |
| 10.00am – 10.15am | Opening Address by Peter Kendall, NFU |
| 10.15am – 12.45pm | Justin King, Group Chief Executive, Sainsbury’s |
| Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner | |
| For Agriculture and Rural Development The Rt. Hon. David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Defra | |
| 12.45pm – 1.45pm | Lunch |
| 1.45pm – 3.15pm | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Chaired by Paul Temple, NFU Vice-President |
| The Rt. Hon. John Gummer MP | |
| Professor Wayne Powell, CEO and Director, NIAB | |
| Professor Geoff Simm, Sustainable Livestock Systems Group, SAC | |
| 3.15pm – 3.40pm | Tea |
| 3.40pm – 6.30pm | Breakout sessions |
| 6.30pm – 7.00pm | Next Generation Drinks Reception |
| 7.30pm – 8.00pm | Drinks Reception |
| 8.30pm – 11.00pm | Dinner |
| John Sergeant, Broadcaster and Journalist | |
| 11.00pm | After dinner drinks |
Farming For the Future - NFU Conference Programme
TUESDAY 27th FEBRUARY 2007
| 9.00am – 10.00am | NFU AGM – members only |
| 10.00am –10.15am | Coffee |
| 10.15am – 11.55am | FOOD CHAIN Chaired by Meurig Raymond MBE, FRAgS,NFU Deputy President |
| Steven Esom, Managing Director, Waitrose Limited | |
| Mark Harrod, Managing Director, Fenmarc Produce Ltd | |
| Martin Hyson, CEO Musgrave Group (Budgens) | |
| 11.55am –1.15pm | FARMING – THE FUTURE ENVIRONMENT Chaired by Jane King Editor, Farmers Weekly |
| Tim Farron MP, Chair All Party Group on Hill Farming | |
| Dr Helen Phillips, Chief Executive, Natural England | |
| Philip Wynn, Director, Wynn Business Partnership Ltd | |
| Baroness Barbara Young, Chief Executive, Environment Agency | |
| 1.15pm – 2.15pm | Lunch |
| 2.15pm – 4.00pm | FARMING MATTERS Chaired by Euryn Jones Agricultural Policy Director, Barclays Bank plc |
| Lord Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Farming and Food | |
| Dr Jeremy Tomkinson, Chief Executive, National Non-Foods Crop Centre | |
| Bill Jordan, Chairman, Jordans Cereals | |
| 4.00pm – 4.15pm | Summary and Close of Conference by Peter Kendall, NFU President |
| 4.15pm | Tea |
