ECIF Conference 2024: Sustainability in Action * Event for early-career individuals only *

ECIF Conference 2024: Sustainability in Action * Event for early-career individuals only *

The Conference will include presentations, a fun speed-dating session to get to know others and a tour of the world-renowned Long Term Experiments at Rothamsted Research.

The event is kindly hosted by Rothamsted Research and Rothamsted Enterprise. Scroll down at the bottom of the page to see the event agenda.

Who is this event for?

We welcome early-career individuals from a variety of backgrounds including research, agronomy, engineering, consultancy, farming and tech development.  

Whether you’ve recently graduated, are at the beginning of your professional career, are embarking on graduate/further education studies, or are new to agriculture, come and learn about what sustainable agriculture looks like, from policy to practice.

Why should I attend? 

By coming along to this ECIF conference, you will: 

  • Become familiar with the direction of travel for sustainability in agriculture
  • Get insights into what sustainability looks like on farm
  • Meet other early-career individuals and professionals with shared interests

Get involved

This event is open to all Early-Career individuals. Or, did you know, you can earn five ECIF points for participating! Through participating in our ECIF point-based programme, you can work towards certificates of participation to showcase your newly gained knowledge and skills to the wider industry. Visit our website to find out more and join the Programme.

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Agenda

25th April 2024, 10:00 - Event Start
10:00 - 10:30 - Registrations. Welcome tea and coffee.
10:30 - 10:35 - Welcome words from Agri-TechE
10:35 - 10:55 - Charles Hesketh, Regional Policy Manager at National Farmers' Union

NFU Net Zero strategy – How can agriculture get there?

10:55 - 11:15 - Megan Tresise, Climate and Sustainability Consultant at ADAS (YEN Zero)

Taking sustainable agriculture from academia to industry and how YEN Zero is helping arable farmers to lower emissions.

11:15 - 11:35 - Beatrice Guthrie, Rural Data Analyst at Holkham Farming Company

Farming sustainably at scale

11:35 - 11:50 - Break
11:50 - 12:10 - James Miller, CEO at Earth Rover

Lighting up the future of sustainable agriculture

12:10 - 12:30 - Casey Woodward, CEO of AgriSound

Sustainability through the lens of pollinator monitoring

12:30 - 13:30 - Networking Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 - Speed-dating networking session
14:30 - 16:00 - A tour of the world-renowned Long Term Experiments at Rothamsted Research
25th April 2024, 16:00 - Event Close
ECIF is kindly sponsored by The Morley Agricultural Foundation (TMAF), a charity that hosts and facilitates agricultural research and education.