Wednesday 15th June
13.00 – 16.30 NARTI research training workshop, Lincoln Business School
18.00 – 22.00 Social Entrepreneurship presentations and dinner, Hill Holt Wood
Paul Benneworth, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Nigel and Karen Lowthrop, Founders of Hill Holt Wood
Thursday 16th June (all events in “the Junxion” building, central Lincoln)
09.00 – 11.00 Registration will take place in the lobby of the Junxion
09.30 – 10.30 Opening welcomes and plenary session
“Opportunities and challenges in rural entrepreneurship”
Guest Speaker: Peter Couchman, CEO of The Plunkett Foundation
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Parallel track sessions
12.30 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 14.45 Parallel track session
15.00 – 17.30 Cultural Interlude (details to follow)
18.30 – 22.00 CONFERENCE DINNER. Minerva Building, University of Lincoln
Friday 17th June
09.15 – 10.30 Parallel track sessions (Junxion)
10.30 – 11.45 Global café session on rural data (Junxion)
11.50 – 12.50 Final Track sessions (Junxion)
13.00 – 15.00 Lincolnshire food and drink showcase with local producers (Minerva building) incorporating 2 closing keynote presentations:
“Collaboration in the Microbrewery sector – women do it best!” Victoria Ellis and Agnieszka Rydzik
“Local food networks – University and business collaboration” Martin Hingley and Gillian Richardson
15.00 – 16.00 Lincolnshire Business and Stakeholder group workshop “Developing entrepreneurial opportunities for Lincolnshire”
Geoff Whittam, David Charles
16.00 CLOSE