Event Programme

Tuesday 5 October 2021

10.00 - 10.45  Registration + tea/coffee
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10.45 - 10.55  Civic Welcome
Provost Dennis Melloy, Provost of Perth and Kinross
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10.55 - 11.05  The 20th anniversary of the Centre for Mountain Studies
Martin Price, Centre for Mountain Studies
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11.05 - 11.10  Introduction to the forum
Rosalind Bryce, Centre for Mountain Studies
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11.10 - 11.40  Partnerships and reconciling priorities in the mountains of Norway
Kari Randen, Norwegian Mountain Network
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11.40 - 12.00  Key issues in Scotland’s uplands
Charles Warren, University of St Andrews
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12.00 - 12.20  Scotland’s uplands: The policy context
Ross Lilley, NatureScot 
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12.20 - 12.40  Delivering multiple benefits: informing land use decision-making
Alison Hester, James Hutton Institute
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12.40 - 12.55  Addressing issues of polarisation in upland management 
Anna Lawrence, Centre for Mountain Studies
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12.55- 13.10  Comments/questions
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13.10 - 14.10  Lunch
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14.10 - 14.15  Introduction to the process for the rest of the forum
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14.15 - 15.05  Scotland-wide initiatives
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14.15 – 14.25  Futureproofing hill farming
Davy McCracken, Scotland’s Rural College

14.25 – 14.35  REVIVE: The coalition for grouse moor reform
Max Wiszniewski, REVIVE

14.35 – 14.45  An integrated approach to upland management
Dee Ward, Scottish Land and Estates & Rottal Estate

14.45 – 14.55  Rewilding in Scotland - What would you choose?
Steve Mickelwright, Scottish Rewilding Alliance

14.55 – 15.05  What are our uplands for?
Anne Gray, The Heather Trust
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15.05 - 15.15  Comments/questions
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15.15 - 15.45  Tea/coffee
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15.45 - 17.00  Place-based initiatives
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15.45 – 15.55  The role of Biospheres
Natasha Hutchison, Wester Ross Biosphere

15.55 – 16.05  MOVING project: Developing a community of practice for upland value chains 
Kirsty Blackstock, The James Hutton Institute

16.05 – 16.25  National Parks
Upland Futures: Reflections from Scotland's National Parks
Simon Jones, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority
Challenging Upland Futures in the Cairngorms National Park
Pete Mayhew, Cairngorms National Park Authority

16.25 - 17.00 Development of partnerships in the South of Scotland - Regional case study 
McNabb Laurie, Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership
Ed Forrest, Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Biosphere
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17.00 - 17.30  Comments/questions
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17.30 - 19.00  Reception: time to network, look at posters and talk to Mandy Haggith, our poet in residence
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Wednesday 6 October 2021

09.00 - 09.15  Introduction to day 2, including brief reflections on previous day on cross-cutting challenges and learning points
Rosalind Bryce and Mandy Haggith

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09.15 - 10.45  Four facilitated working groups to identify common ground and suggest priority actions:

• 1: Addressing climate change and biodiversity objectives in upland initiatives (Facilitator: Christiane Valluri-Nitsch)
• 2: Good practice community engagement in the uplands (Facilitator: Annie McKee)
• 3: Finding optimum spatial scales to deliver multiple benefits in the uplands and for integrating policy objectives (Facilitator: Rob Mc Morran)  
• 4: Contributions of the uplands to a Just Transition (Facilitator: Bobby Macaulay)

Participants will sign up to working groups on Tuesday morning; breakout rooms to be confirmed

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10.45 - 11.15  Tea/coffee
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11.15 - 11.45  Feedback from working groups
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11.45 - 12.00  Reflections
Kari Randen, Norwegian Mountain Network
Hamish Trench, Scottish Land Commission
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12.00 - 12.15  Proposals for priority actions
Sarah Skerratt, Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Consortium for Rural Research
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