Event Programme and Timetables
PROGRAMME
Please note that the final programme may be subject to change on the day. Click here to view the event map.
09:00 - Registration and start of event
09:30 - Guided whistle-stop tours of demo plots – each tour starts at the seminar marquee and takes about 60 minutes
- Tour 1 – Variety Plots 1-11
- Tour 2 – Agronomy Plots 12-27
09.45 - Official event welcome
10.00 - Seminar marquee: Seed Potato Organisation - Introduction to a New Organisation for Seed Potato Growers: This year, Potatoes in Practice will host a meeting of the new Seed Potato Organisation, an initiative currently in development which aims to support the seed potato industry. Views are being sought from seed potato growers; visit the Seed Potato Organisation website to learn more.
10.45 - Live machinery demonstration
11.00 - Seminar marquee: Professor Lesley Torrance, James Hutton Institute - A World Leading International Potato Innovation Centre
12.00 - Seminar marquee: Dr Philip Burgess, ScottishPotatoes.org - Bringing “PCN Action Scotland” to Life
13.30 - Guided Whistle-Stop Tours of Demo Plots – each tour starts at the seminar marquee and takes about 60 minutes
- Tour 1 – Variety Plots 1-11
- Tour 2 – Agronomy Plots 12-27
14.00 - Live machinery demonstration
14.30 - Seminar Marquee: Archie Gibson - Centre For Agricultural Sustainable Innovation (CASI) Crop Quality Centre for the UK Potato Industry.
16.00 - Event Closes
One NRoSO and five BASIS points are available at this event.
