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LEAF Day 2025

Date
Date
Monday 20 January 2025, 09:00-16:30
Location
Helix

We're excited to announce that we will be hosting a miniature conference on campus for those working with trees and forests on January 20th 2025!

The day will include a series of talks, highlighting the research being undertaken across the university and by select external partners. There will also be posters, opportunities to network (free lunch and refreshments!), and an afternoon session dedicated to improving the impact of your research through public engagement.

Our goal is to strengthen the links and potential for collaborations across schools and faculties by increasing awareness of relevant research being undertaken by other teams at the university.

Please save the date in your calendars and complete this sign-up form below to register your interest.

 

Schedule

9:00-9:30 - Registration and coffee

9:30 – 9:40 - Welcome + Intro

9:40-10:20 – 2 x 20  min talks: Theme 1 “Understanding threats to the world’s forests”

  •  “Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly” – Amy Bennett, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment
  •  “Drivers of tropical deforestation – a policy and governance perspective” – Monica di Gregorio, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment

10:20-10:40 – 20 min Panel for Theme 1 (with above speakers)

10:40 – 11:00 – Coffee

11:00 – 11:40 - 2 x 20 min talks: Theme 2 “Monitoring the world’s forests and tracking their impacts”

  • “Tree longevity-growth trade-offs and consequences for the carbon sink” - Roel Brienen, Ecology and Global Change, School of Geography
  • “Satellite remote sensing of tropical forest-climate interactions” -  Jess Baker, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment

11:40 – 12:00 – 20 min Panel for Theme 2 (with above speakers)

12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch + Posters

13:00 – 13:40 - 2 x 20 min talks: Theme 3 “Creating woodland and restoring landscapes”

  • “Evidence-based landscape restoration in the UK” – Dom Spracklen, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment
  • “Land-use change and net-zero in the UK” - Peter Coleman, Head of Land-Use, Department for Energy and Net-Zero, UK Government

13:40 – 14:00 – 20 min Panel for Theme 3 (with above speakers)

14:00 – 15:00 – Coffee + Posters

15:10 – 15:40 - Demonstrations of forest engagement activities

15:40 – 16:30: Workshop on engagement and outreach