10.00am Coffee and registration
10.30am Introduction – Jim Gardiner, Director Horticulture, RHS
David Winn – to chair
10.35am Kate Lowe – Perceptions on current horticultural issues
10.55am Madge Moore – The Skills White Paper
11.15am Richard Welburn – The state of the parks from a skills and apprenticeship
perspective
11.25am Coffee Break
12.00pm Chris Moody, Landex – The new qualification framework and funding implications, what is the impact on land based colleges.
12.20pm Mike Hall – Horticulture and HE
12.40pm Questions from the floor
1.00pm Lunch
Colin Buttery – to chair
1.45pm Laura Drew – Food security and the NFU skills strategy.
2.05pm Dr. Theresa Huxley – Encouraging skills in the commercial sector.
2.25pm Phil Jones, ISS Landscapes – Why contractors are taking training in-house.
2.45pm Tom Salmon - An apprenticeship strategy.
3.05pm Sue Minter, President IoH – Response to IoH letter to the Prime Minister
3.20pm Questions from the floor
3.40pm Next steps and Close John Watkins
4.00pm Close
Published: 08/03/2011
