BCPC Congress 2022: Providing policy and regulatory support for multi-functional UK agriculture

10th November 2022

The BCPC Congress returned to the Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate, for a second consecutive year. The programme committee developed an exciting programme with authoritative speakers presenting on the theme:

Providing policy and regulatory support for multi-functional UK agriculture

The conference programme, with links to the respective presentations, is  below.

DAY ONE 8 November 2022
Welcome and introduction – Julian Westaway (General Manager, British Crop Production Council, BCPC)
Chair: Tony Pexton (Farmer, BCPC)

Stream A
Regulatory Affairs
Chair: Iain Watt (Head of Plant Protection, TSG Consulting)

Stream B
Future developments in pest, disease and weed control
Chair: Susannah Bolton (Vice Principal, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC))

DAY TWO 9 November 2022
Welcome: Julian Westaway (General Manager, BCPC)
Chair: Dr Chris Hartfield (Senior Regulatory Affairs Adviser, NFU)

CRD workshop: Moving towards more sophisticated approaches to Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigations for PPPs in GB
Dr Chris Snaith (Head of Plant Protection Products, HSE CRD and Grant Stark (Head Evidence, Committees and New Technologies Team, HSE CRD)

Close of Congress
Julian Westaway (General Manager, BCPC)

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