Event information
26th–27th April 2023
Leeds
AFN Network+ Big Tent 2023
The first annual meeting of the Network brought together researchers and stakeholders from across UK agri-food for two days of learning, collaboration and networking.
Keynote speakers included:
- Daniel Zeichner MP, Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Anthea Stephenson, Founder of Willow
- Gerard Davies, UKRI
Watch the keynote speech
Daniel Zeichner, Shadow Minister for Environment gave the opening keynote speech. If you missed it, you can watch it again in full here:
Listen to a special edition of the AFN Network+ podcast recorded at the Big Tent:
Sessions run across the two days included:
- Presentation by co-lead Tim Benton on the future scenarios work being carried out by the Network and research priorities
- Break sessions with the Network Champions on their six themes – Sustainable Production System, Land for Sequestration and Biodiversity, Consumers and Supply Chains, Novel Technologies and Analytics, Systems Interaction and Complexity and Individual and Institutional Behaviour
- Funding opportunities
“It was great to feel that my contributions were part of a bigger and cohesive whole. an absolutely inspiring and energising event that demonstrated the benefit of face to face interactive sessions and a flat and inclusive governance structure in large network programs.”
