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Cross-pollination Conference 10th/11th November 2017
Day 1: Friday 10th November 2017, 10.00am – 5.30pm at the Reading room, Alex Design Exchange, Swansea College of Art, UWTSD, Swansea SA1 5DU
10.00 Coffee
10.30 Welcome
10.40 Introduction to the Project – Professor Andrea Liggins, UWTSD.
11.00 Keynote from the Science perspective – Multiple stresses on bees and multiple solutions to improve pollinator health: New York as an emerging success story – Dr Scott McArt, Cornell University, New York, USA
11.30 Keynote from the Arts Perspective – Catching light – Seeing more than meets the eye – Dr Mark Cocks, UWTSD
12.00 Working with Artists – Mike Harrap, Bristol Bee Lab, University of Bristol
12.25 Communicating Cross-pollination – Dr Paul Thompson, University of Birmingham
12.50 Beyond Bees: the role of hoverflies in pollination – Andrew Lucas, Natural Resources Wales
13.15 Lunch and networking, slide show of artworks
14.00 A panel discussion about the experiences of the project and impact, with Dr Paul Jeff, Dr Tyra Oseng-Rees, Dr Sarah Beynon, Sinead Lynch, Prof Mike Christie, Sarah Tombs (Chair)
14.45 Crop Pollination – lessons learned across borders – Dr Tom Breeze, University of Reading
15.10 When Less is More – Professor Karen Ingham, UWTSD and Swansea University
15.35 Coffee
16.00 Every Last Mouthful – Chatwin and Martin
16.25 Remembering Forgotten Landscapes – Professor Andrea Liggins, UWTSD
16.50 Research, Festivals and Art: bringing research to the wider public – Duncan Coston, University of Reading
17.15 Round up discussions and thoughts to take to Day Two
17.40 Close
Cross-pollination Conference 10th/11th November 2017
Day 2: Saturday 11th November 2017, 11am – 5pm, Dr Beynons Bug Farm, St Davids, Pembrokeshire SA62 6BX
11.00 Coffee
11.20 Introduction to Policy for Pollinators – Professor Mike Christie, Aberystwyth University
11.50 Environment and Rural Affairs Policy development in the aftermath of the vote to leave the EU – Ann Humble, Head of Evidence and Analysis, ERA EU Exit Division, Welsh Government
12.20 The Pollinator Trail – Dr Sarah Beynon, Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm and Oxford University
12.50 Breaking the rules of science communication to better communicate science – Dr Peter Graystock, Cornell University, New York, USA
13.15 Lunch
14.00 Arts event – Sarah Tombs, UWTSD and Daniel Trivedy, Arts Council of Wales
14.15 The Process of Making – Dr Shelley Doolan, UWTSD
14.40 The Idea of Cross-pollination, from conceptual art to the concept of food – Dr Paul Jeff (UWTSD)
15.00 Questions and Discussions (with coffee/tea)– Professor Mike Christie (Chair)
15.50 Round up and close – Professor Mike Christie and Professor Andrea Liggins
16.15 Private View and Tour of Exhibition with the artists/scientists – led by Professor Andrea Liggins and Dr Tyra Oseng-Rees
18.30 approximately – Pollinator Feast and entertainment
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