Contact Us Home Programme & Exhibition Speakers Sponsors Delegate Information Post Conference Papers Timetable Register and breakfast - 8.30am Session 1 - 9.15am to 10.45am Opening of Conference - Sir Nicholas Bacon Chairman of Shaping Norfolk's Future Rural Economy Board Coffee break - 10.45am to 11.15am Session 2 - 11.15am to 12.45pm Lunch and networking - 12.45pm to 2.00pm The produce we will be serving has been sourced directly from quality local producers wherever possible. Session 3 - 2.00pm to 3.45pm Tea and close of conference - From 3.45pm Programme Guy Smith - Conference Chairman Session 1 The speakers in the first session will give an overview of the global economy, grain markets and the benefits of using a buying group. The keynote speaker will outline the successes of his business and what the future holds. Keynote Speaker Professor Allan Buckwell Country Land and Business Association "Market developments and CAP reform - where next?" Neil Parker Market Strategist - RBS "Going for growth in the UK: What are the risks and how do you achieve it?" Andrew Dewing Chief Executive - Dewing Grain "The market prospects for combinable crops" Clarke Willis Chief Executive - Anglia Farmers "Bought right is half sold - can you manage the gap?" Session 2 Mapping out the future on the family farm. During session 2 a series of video clips on each of the farms listed below will be introduced by the Chairman. This will be followed by discussion with the farmers on how their businesses have been developed and diversified, in order to ensure their future success. There will be an opportunity for audience questions. Richard Garrod Brian E Garrod & Partners Alastair Kerr Wm Kerr (Farms) Limited Rob Mutimer Mutimer Partnership Ed Wharton Charles Wharton Limited Session 3 "Election Question Time" A panel consisting of politicians and chaired by Guy Smith will discuss questions from the audience, just like the television version, the panellists will not have seen the questions in advance. There will be a variety of panellists to ensure a lively debate including: Jim Paice - Conservative Party Charles Clarke - Labour Party Stuart Agnew - UKIP Martin Haworth - Director of Policy at the NFU Norman Lamb - Liberal Democrat Party Exhibitors Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers Limited (Downstairs) - www.alanboswell.co.uk Anglia Farmers Limited (Downstairs) - www.angliafarmers.co.uk Anglia Woodfuels Limited (Upstairs) - www.angliawoodfuels.co.uk Birketts Solicitors (Downstairs) - www.birketts.co.uk Brown & Co (Downstairs) - www.brown-co.com Business Link (Downstairs) - www.businesslink.gov.uk Calor Gas (Downstairs) - www.calor.co.uk CLA (Upstairs) - www.cla.org.uk Comm-Tech Martham Limited (Downstairs) - www.comm-tech.co.uk Eastern College (Upstairs) - wwww.easton-college.ac.uk Eastern Machinery Ring (Upstairs) - www.easternmachneryring.co.uk EFFP (Upstairs) - www.effp.com Farmplan (Downstairs) - www.farmplan.co.uk Frontier Agriculture Limited (Downstairs) - www.frontierag.co.uk FWAG (Norfolk) (Upstairs) - www.fwag.org.uk Greenvale AP (Upstairs) - www.greenvale.co.uk Intouch Systems Limited (Downstairs) - www.intouchsystems.co.uk J & H Bunn Limited (Downstairs) - www.jhbunn.co.uk Lovewell Blake (Downstairs) - www.lovewell-blake.co.uk National Westminster Bank Plc (Downstairs) - www.natwest.com Natural England (Upstairs) - www.naturalengland.org.uk Norfolk County Council (Upstairs) - www.norfolk.gov.uk NRBAS (Downstairs) - www.ruraladvice.co.uk RABI (Upstairs) - www.rabi.org.uk Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (Upstairs) - www.royalnorfolkshow.co.uk Sentry Farms Limited (Downstairs) - www.sentry.co.uk Shaping Norfolk's future (Downstairs) - www.shapingthefuture.org.uk University of East Anglia (Upstairs) - www.uea.ac.uk Vodafone (Downstairs) - www.vodafone.co.uk Please support the exhibitors by visiting their stands during the conference