Event programme
The 2025 event programme will be updated on the lead up to the event. To understand the event structure, find below the 2024 event programme.
The 2024 programme:
Opening times - 09:00 – 15.30
Press breakfast - 08:00 – 09:00
Event opens - 09:00
Seminar session 1 - 10.30 – 11.00
Seminar session 2 - 11.30 – 12.00
Seminar session 3 - 13:30 – 14:00
Seminar session 4 - 14:30 – 15:00
Event closes - 15:30
Seminar times:
Seminar session 1: 10.30 – 11.00: Supporting our future industry
The National Potato Innovation Centre: Grower concerns and potential solutions (Speaker: Ian Toth, James Hutton Institute)
GB Potatoes: An update (Speaker: Mark Taylor, GB Potatoes Chair)
Seed Potato Organisation: An update (Speaker: Mark Clark, Seed Potato Organisation)
Session 2: 11.30 – 12.00: Virus, the problem and how to control it.
Virus – an agronomy perspective (Speaker: Graham Tomlin, VCS Potatoes)
Breeding for virus resistance (Speaker: Drummond Todd, James Hutton Limited)
Seminar session 3: 13:30 – 14:00: Innovation in potato
B-Hive Innovations: Accelerating Innovation in Agriculture (Speaker: Mercedes Torres Torres, B-Hive Innovations)
Future Proofing Potato Production: Agri-Tech Approaches to Cultivation, Crop Protection and Storage
(Speaker: Alexander McCormack, UK Agri-Tech Centre – UK ATC)
Seminar session 4: 14:30 – 15:00: Late blight and an update to fungicide guidelines
Fight against blight (Speaker: David Cooke, James Hutton Institute)
An update to fungicide resistance guidelines (Speaker: Faye Richie, ADAS)
