LEAF Day 2026!
- Date
- Friday 23 January 2026, 9:00
LEAF Day is back for 2026! Our miniature conference on campus for those working with trees and forests will take place on Friday, January 23rd!
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 opportunities to network (free lunch and refreshments!), a panel discussion, and an exciting afternoon session dedicated to improving note-taking and knowledge distillation skills.
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.
If you have not already registered for the event, please sign up here!
Schedule
9:00-9:30 - Registration, coffee, and pastries
9:30 – 9:35 - Welcome + Intro
9:35-10:35 – Presentation Session 1:
- “Restoring the Greater Udzungwa Landscape, Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities” – Robin Loveridge, Reforest Africa
- “Are Woodland Creation Schemes Effective? National LiDAR data evaluation of woodland establishment in England” – Ian Willey, University of Leeds
- “Landscape scale restoration projects in the upland Yorkshire Dales” – Robyn Wrigley, University of Leeds
10:35 – 11:00 – Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 – Presentation Session 2
- “Woodland creation project in the Yorkshire Dales targets tree planting to lowest soil carbon stocks” - Francesca Darvill, University of Leeds
- “Diversity vs. density: what matters for resource partitioning?” - Alice Gauthey, University of Birmingham
- “Satellite Observations of the impact of volcanic eruptions and emission on forests ” - Susanna Ebmeier, University of Leeds
12:00 – 12:10 – Pre-lunch summary and introduction to our afternoon workshop
12:10 – 13:00 – Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 - Workshop on effective visual notetaking and knowledge synthesis - Laura Evans-Hill, Nifty Fox Creative
14:30 – 15:00 – Coffee
15:00 – 15:40 - Panel discussion of key themes - Cat Scott (Panel Chair), Tim Baker, Pippa Chapman, and David Williams.
15:40 – 16:00 - Summary of discussions and workshop - Laura Evans-Hill, Nifty Fox Creative
16:00 - 16:05 - Closing remarks