Programme

9.30      Registration

10.00    Introduction and welcome from ALGE Chair

            Liz Milne, Kent County Council

10.10    How Will The British Standard BS 42020 Drive Up Standards?

            Mike Oxford, ALGE Project Officer and Chair of BSI Biodiversity Technical Committee

10.35    What Will Chartered Status And Better Defined Competence Mean For The Ecological Profession?

            Sally Hayns, Chief Executive of IEEM

11.00    Q&A

11.15    Tea and coffee break

11.45    Three Year’s Of Biodiversity Offsetting – The Verdict So Far From Scotland?

            Andy Tharme, Scottish Borders Council

12.15    New Opportunities For Working With Academia

            Speaker from Southampton University and Lindsay McCulloch Southampton City Council

12.45    Q&A

13.00    LUNCH

13.45    ALGE AGM

14.15    Managing ecological expertise I

The Habitat Directive Implementation Review – Practical Implications for LPAs

            Chris de Grouchy, Deputy Director for Biodiversity Programme, Defra.

15.10    Judicial Review and Public Inquiry Decisions in Support of Biodiversity

            Laura Thompson, Kent County Council

15.25    Q&A

15.30    Managing ecological expertise II

            Case study: Public And Private Sector Partnerships

Tessa Harding and Stephanie McGibbon, Thames Tideway Tunnel

16.00    Managing ecological expertise III

            A New Approach to EPS and Local Authority Responsibilities – The Dorset Protocol

            Phil Sterling, Dorset County Council

16.30    Q&A

16.45    ALGE Chair’s remarks and close