Seminars & Discussion Area

Event Seminars

Our 2025 seminars are now available to watch below. We also have our recorded sessions we enjoyed in 2023. 

You don't need to book to attend the seminars, they will all be held in the seminar room. All seminars will have a Q and A session at the end for any questions you may have. 

2027 seminar details will be announced closer to the event. 

British Potato Event Seminars 2025

Wednesday 19th

Managing the threat from a changing late blight landscape

10:30 | Wednesday 19th

Chair: Prof. Ian Toth – The James Hutton Institute

Speaker: Dr. David Cooke – Senior Plant Pathologist at JHI

Speaker: Dan Milbourne – Plant geneticist, Teagasc

Speaker: Andy Cunningham – Potato Technical Manager, Syngenta UK

FMC COMMERCIAL TALK

Cyazypyr® active ingredient, FMC’s anthranilic diamide insecticide.

11:15 - 11:45 | Wednesday 19th

Speaker: Antonia Walker – Commercial Technical Manager for the North

Securing the potato's place on the plate

11:45 | Wednesday 19th

Chair: James Young - McCains

Speaker: Prof. David Hughes (Dr Food)

Speaker: Cedric Porter - World Potato Markets

Official release of PCN Action Scotland’s decision support system for PCN management

13:00 - 13:30 | Wednesday 19th

Speaker: Dr James A. Price, The James Hutton Institute

 

Future Changes to UK’s Supply of Seed Potatoes

14:00 | Wednesday 19th

Chair: Richard Baker, Managing Director of HZPC UK Ltd.

Speaker: Phil McCaul, Operations and Commercial Director, Greenvale

Speaker: Mike Wilson, Chair of the SPO and Aberdeenshire seed grower

Thursday 20th

Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes

10:30 | Thursday 20th

Chair: Simon Fox, Director & Founder of Emerald Research

Speaker: Dr. Katherine Steele, Reader in sustainable crop production, Bangor University

Speaker: Chris Dustow, Colwith Farm, Cornwall

Maris Piper Has Had its Day, or Has It?

13:00 | Thursday 20th

Chair: Alex Godfrey, Chair of GB Potatoes

Speaker: Katy Pook, Head of Brand and Marketing, Greenvale

Speaker: Gordon Stark, Director, Taygrow

Managing the threat from a changing late blight landscape
Official release of PCN Action Scotland’s decision support system for PCN management
Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes (TRIP Project) Results Overview
Securing the potato's place on the plate
Future Changes to UK’s Supply of Seed Potatoes
Maris Piper Has Had its Day, or Has It

British Potato Event Seminars 2023

Applying agri-Tech solutions to potato production: Rosie Bryson
Tackling storage challenges on energy and sprout suppression: Adrian Cunnington
The British potato market trends and prospects with Cedric Porter
How science organisations can work better with industry to help potato production in the future
Turning challenges into opportunities: GB Potatoes

Are you BASIS or NRoSO registered?

BASIS REG POINTS

Claim up to a maximum of 6 points per day! 

Show Attendance: 2 Points Per Day Available.

Up to a maximum of an additional 4 points per day for taking part in the BASIS Knowledge Trail OR the seminars (1 point each)

NROSO CPD POINTS

Claim up to a maximum of 6 CPD points for 1 day only.

Show Attendance: 2 Points Per Day Available.

Up to a maximum of an additional 4 points for 1 day only for taking part in the BASIS Knowledge Trail OR the seminars (1 point each)

Please collect your KT card from the BASIS Stand 199, when you register for your attendance.

Sponsor’s Discussion Area;

Our sponsors are invited to use the discussion area to hold commercial talks and meetings with their customers and invite new customers to come along and hear what they have to say.

We will look too release a timetable of sponsor commercial talks and meetings closer to the time of the event. 

If you would like to book a slot in the Sponsors Discussion Area contact Sally below. 
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