AIC Black Tie Dinner

Pre Dinner Speaker: Alicia Chivers, Chief Executive, RABI – Conference Charity Partner
After Dinner Speaker: The Rt Hon Sir Robert Goodwill

Tuesday 12 November
7.15pm
Holiday Inn West, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SG

Dinner

7.40pm
Guests take seats

Dinner

7.50pm
Pre Dinner Speeches

Dinner

8.05pm
Dinner Commences

Dinner

10pm
After Dinner Speech, The Rt Hon Sir Robert Goodwill

Dinner

AIC Conference

Wednesday 13 November
9am
Registration: Networking & Digital Advertising

AIC

9.45am
Opening Address – AIC Chair

AIC

9.50am
Conference Chair – Tom Heap, Television and Radio Reporter

AIC

9.55am
Robert Sheasby, Chief Executive, AIC – AIC Priorities and Update

AIC

10.05am
Vicky Robinson, Head of Sustainability, AIC – Launch of AIC Sustainability Roadmap

AIC

10.15am
Q&A

Capturing adding value within the agri-food supply chain

10.20am
Tom Bradshaw, NFU, President – What are the opportunities for farming to add value to the agri-food supply chain?

Market and Economic Outlook

10.40am
Will Jennings, Chief Executive, Rabo Bank – The economic outlook for agriculture and agri-food supply chain

Market and Economic Outlook

11am
Henry Dimbleby, MBE, Author of the National Food Strategy, Businessman, co-founder of Leon Restaurants – The National Food Strategy, its evolvement and impact of the agri-food supply chain

Market and Economic Outlook

11.30am
Debate and Questions

Market and Economic Outlook

11.40am
Networking Break and Coffee

AIC

12.05pm
The Rt Hon Daniel Zeichner Minister for Farming, Food and Fisheries (Invited)

Political Priorities

12.25pm
Jim Fairlie, MSP, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity

Political Priorities

12.45pm
Huw Irranca-Davies, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Wales (Invited)

Political Priorities

1pm
Debate and Questions – with Panel (including Robert Sheasby)

Political Priorities

1.15pm
Networking Lunch

AIC

2.15pm
Conference Chair – Tom Heap, Television and Radio Presenter

AIC

2.16pm
Paul Cherry, Regenerative Farm Manager / Emma Loder Symonds, Regenerative Agriculturist – Regenerative agriculture and meeting NET ZERO – a new dawn for UK agriculture?

Market Commentary – Regenerative Farming Debate

2.50pm
Debate and Questions

Market Commentary – Regenerative Farming Debate

2.55pm
Dr Phill Bicknell, Chief Executive, Agritech Centre – Leading the agritech innovation and development for UK agriculture and allied sectors

Key sectors adding value for the agri-food supply chain

3.20pm
Professor Per Ola Kristensson, Professor in Interactive Systems Engineering, Cambridge University – Artificial Intelligence – the opportunities and threats posed by the rapid adoption by industry

Key sectors adding value for the agri-food supply chain

3.40pm
Panel Discussion

Key sectors adding value for the agri-food supply chain

3.45pm
Conference Chair – Tom Heap, Television and Radio Reporter

AIC

3.50pm
Closing Remarks – AIC Chair

AIC

3.55pm
Conference close – Digital advertising

AIC