AIC Dinner & Conference 2023: Full speaker line up and programme revealed
With just over a month until the AIC Dinner & Conference, a full programme of speakers and topics for 2023 has been revealed setting out what is set to be a thought-provoking agenda and valuable networking opportunity for our Members, stakeholders and agri-food industries.
On 14 November, the Conference Dinner will feature as guest speaker the Rt Hon George Eustice MP - the former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - who will share his reflections on the past and future opportunities for UK agriculture.
The black-tie evening event will celebrate 20 years of the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) as the leading voice of the UK's agri-supply sector.
The following day (15 November) will see an array of major political, industry and academic speakers discuss this year's AIC Conference theme of "Working with Natural Capital within the agri-food supply chain".
John Kelley, AIC's Chief Operating Officer, said: "Never has this year's AIC Conference theme of natural capital been more relevant to our agri-supply industry Members, with the pressure of the competing priorities of food production and environmental management building exponentially.
"The AIC Conference will assess how this theme translates nationally and beyond, with speakers from all UK nations and Europe to examine their approach in the critical areas of land use."
Key speakers include:
- Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State, Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Defra
- Minette Batters, President, National Farmers' Union (NFU)
- Professor Sir Charles Godfray, Director, University of Oxford
- Adam White, Head of Agriculture, Barclays UK
To view the full programme, please visit the AIC Dinner & Conference website.
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Notes for editors
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) is the UK’s leading trade association, representing agricultural supply chain sectors including arable marketing, crop protection, agronomy, feed, fertiliser, and seed.
Formed in 2003, AIC has over 230 Members in the agri-supply trade which are responsible for £9 billion of annual farm trade.
AIC is marking 20 years as the leading voice of the UK agri-supply industry, working in support of modern, sustainable, commercial agriculture. Visit the website to find out more.
Political lobbying and policy influencing is a major part of its work, as well as supporting Members with technical information.
AIC Services, which is the professional services arm of the AIC, manages a range of services, including Assurance Schemes recognised by UK government as essential tools to underpin feed and food safety alongside fertiliser security. These include:
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Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS)
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Feed Adviser Register (FAR)
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Forage Assurance Scheme (FAA)
Visit the AIC website to find out more.
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Oli Hill
As Head of Communications, Oli creates and oversees the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media. A qualified multimedia journalist, he previously spent six years working at Farmers Weekly magazine as a Senior Reporter on the arable team, and latterly as Community Editor. More recently he was Communications Manager at Red Tractor.
