5th November at SNH Battleby Conference Centre, Perth.
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PROGRAMME (Subject to change)
08.30 Exhibitors & organisers setting up
09.15 General Arrival – tea & coffee while viewing exhibits
10.15 Welcome & Introduction – John Faulkner, BSBI President
10.25 The BSBI Scottish Year – Robin Payne, BSBI Scottish Chair
10.50 The BSS Report – John Grace, BSS President
11.00 Morning coffee & tea
11.30 Atlas 2020 – Progress Report – Jim McIntosh, BSBI Scottish Officer
11.45 Atlas Recording in the Cairngorm National Park – Andy Amphlett, BSBI Recorder for Banff
12.00 Buffer Lunch and view exhibits
13.00 Mini-workshops – choice of:
- Distinguishing Scaly Male-ferns, Fred Rumsey
- An Introduction to Sedges, Chris Metherell
- An Introduction to Stoneworts, Claudia Ferguson-Smyth
- Microscope techniques, Sandy Edwards & Jay McKinnon
- Identifying Bents (Agrostis), Arthur Copping
- BSBI Review, Jane Houldsworth & John Faulkner
14.00 Afternoon short talk session
14.00 How I became a botanist – Michael Braithwaite, BSBI Recorder emeritus BSBI
14.15 The sunny sides of summits – Jay Mackinnon, Edinburgh Napier University
14.30 A year in the life of a Scottish Recorder, Stephen Bungard, BSBI Recorder Skye, Raasay & the Small Isles
14.45 The biggest problems in European fern taxonomy? – Fred Rumsey, NHM & BPS President
15.00 Afternoon tea/coffee
15.30 Mini-workshops – repeat of above selection
16.30 Question & Answer session – a chance to have your say!
17.00 Main talk: Aliens in the British Flora, Professor Mick Crawley
18.00 Photographic Competition Results & Close
18.15 Conference Dinner – in the foyer
