Can't make NFU Conference? Don't worry.
We successfully trialled live web streaming in 2009 and saw large numbers of you take to the technology for last year’s event. We'll be broadcasting from the Birmingham Hilton Metropole again this year and you can tune in through the site.
The following sessions will be streamed live and you can also 'watch again', using the same links, later on:
Tuesday February 15
10.15am
Peter Kendall's opening speech. Watch this session live (and watch again) here.
10.45am
Political session: Chairman, Peter Kendall, President, NFU; Speaker - Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State, Defra. Watch this session live (and watch again) here.
1.30pm
Business - Challenges in a global market: Chairman, Meurig Raymond MBE, Deputy President, NFU; Speakers - Paul Conway OBE, Senior Vice President, Cargill; Dennis Turner, Chief Economist, HSBC Bank Plc; Graham Bartlett, Managing Director, E.ON Energy Solutions; Prof Ian Crute CBE, Chief Scientist, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Watch this session live (and watch again) here.
Wednesday February 16
9.15am
Workshop - the CAP: Speakers - Gwilym Jones, Member of Commissioner Ciolos Cabinet, European Commission; Martin Nesbit, Director, EU, International and Evidence Base, Defra; Tom Hind, Head of Economics and International Affairs, NFU; Gwyn Jones, Vice President, NFU. Watch this session live (and watch again) here.
11.15am
Question Time - Is modern agriculture palatable?: Introduced by Gwyn Jones, Vice President, NFU; Chairman Tom Heap, Broadcaster; Speakers - Rt Hon Jim Paice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food; Rt Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, Chairman, Sancroft International; Jay Rayner, Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster; Patrick Holden CBE, Director, Sustainable Food Trust; Peter Kendall, President, NFU. Watch this session live (and watch again) here.
Sticking with the techy side of things, anyone who has a Twitter account can tweet about the event, whether you are in attendance or not, by using the hashtag #NFU11. If you’re not signed up, you can join here, if you are signed up then follow NFUTweets here.
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