Seminars & Discussion Area

Confirmed Confex Seminars

We have 11 seminars planned for you, covering everything in the industry from blight to career advice. Keep checking back as we add more seminars to the schedule below!

Official 2025 Show Directory

British Potato Confex Seminars 2026

Seminar Stage - Wednesday 18th

Automation in the grading line

10:00 - 10:45 | Wednesday 18th

Chair: Tom Stevenson

Speaker: David Wilson – Sales Manager, Tong Engineering

Speaker: Tom Harrison – HDF Farming Ltd

Speaker: George Crane – Hugh Crane Ltd.

 

Reducing the cost of Potato storage

11:30 - 12:15 | Wednesday 18th

Chair: Adrian Cunnington – Potato Storage Insight Ltd.

Speaker: David Armstrong – Abbey Farm

Speaker: Andy Blair – Field Technical Manager, Branston Ltd.

Speaker: Ray Andrews – Crop Systems Ltd.

No Mancozeb. The impact on blight and Alternaria.

14:00 - 14:45 | Wednesday 18th

Chair: John Sarup - Independent Agronomist

Speaker: Dr. David Cooke – Head of Plant Pathologist at JHI

Speaker: Andy Cunningham – Potato Technical Manager at Syngenta UK

Education, Skills & Knowledge Stage - Wednesday 18th

Best Practice Potato Management: A Deep Dive into Wireworm and Blight Control Strategies
(Syngenta Commerical Seminar)

10:45 - 11:30 | Wednesday 18th

Speaker: Andy Cunningham - Field Technical Manager at Syngenta UK

Mentoring: the key to unlock your future

12:15 - 13:00 | Wednesday 18th

Speaker: Helen Wyman – Founder of TwoCan

CIC-START: A postgraduate student programme to develop the next generation of potato industry professionals

13:00 - 13:15 | Wednesday 18th

Speaker: Ian Toth – James Hutton Institute

Irrigation management and soil moisture monitoring

14:45 - 15:30 | Wednesday 18th

Speaker: Peter White - Soil Moisture Sense

Seminar Stage - Thursday 19th

Nutrition and cover cropping

10:00 - 10:45 | Thursday 19th

Chair: Andy Knaggs - Chief Operating Officer, CUPGRA

Speaker: Dr Nathan Morris - Senior Specialist Farming Systems and Soils, NIAB

Speaker: Dr Kate Smith - Principal Research Scientist, ADAS

Speaker: Andrew Webster - AW & MA Webster

Drivers for growth in the potato sector

11:30 - 12:15 | Thursday 19th

Chair: Jamie Lockhart, Managing Director, Frederick Hiam Limited

Speaker: Alex Godfrey, Chair of GB Potatoes

Speaker: Prof Ian Toth, Director, National Potato Innovation Centre

In Conversation with Alistair Carmichael MP, Chair of the EFRA Committee

14:00 - 14:45 | Thursday 19th

Speaker: Alistair Carmichael MP - Chair of the EFRA Committee

Education, Skills & Knowledge Stage - Thursday 19th

Storage Training Courses

10:45 - 11:30 | Thursday 19th

Speaker: Adrian Cunnington - Potato Storage Insight Ltd. 

BASIS Knowledge Trail: NRoSO CPD and Best Practice

12:15 - 13:00 | Thursday 19th

Speaker: Emiel Grobler - BASIS Technical Manager

Education and skills

14:00 - 14:45 | Thursday 19th

Speakers: TBC

 

Are you BASIS or NRoSO registered?

BASIS REG POINTS

Claim up to a maximum of 6 points per day! 

Show Attendance: 2 Points Per Day Available.

Up to a maximum of an additional 4 points per day for taking part in the BASIS Knowledge Trail OR the seminars (1 point each)

NROSO CPD POINTS

Claim up to a maximum of 6 CPD points for 1 day only.

Show Attendance: 2 Points Per Day Available.

Up to a maximum of an additional 4 points for 1 day only for taking part in the BASIS Knowledge Trail OR the seminars (1 point each)

Please collect your KT card from the BASIS Stand when you register for your attendance.

British Potato Event Seminars 2025

Managing the threat from a changing late blight landscape
Official release of PCN Action Scotland’s decision support system for PCN management
Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes (TRIP Project) Results Overview
Securing the potato's place on the plate
Future Changes to UK’s Supply of Seed Potatoes
Maris Piper Has Had its Day, or Has It

British Potato Event Seminars 2023

Applying agri-Tech solutions to potato production: Rosie Bryson
Tackling storage challenges on energy and sprout suppression: Adrian Cunnington
The British potato market trends and prospects with Cedric Porter
How science organisations can work better with industry to help potato production in the future
Turning challenges into opportunities: GB Potatoes

Sponsor’s Discussion Area;

Our sponsors are invited to use the discussion area to hold commercial talks and meetings with their customers and invite new customers to come along and hear what they have to say.

We will look too release a timetable of sponsor commercial talks and meetings closer to the time of the event. 

If you would like to book a slot in the Sponsors Discussion Area contact Sally below. 
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