Director | Mike Barry Eco Limited
Value chain collaboration to deliver healthy and sustainable diets
I'm Mike, led sustainability at M&S for 19 years and co-chaired the Consumer Goods Forum's sustainability work (bringing together the world's largest food/drink brands/retailers). Now freelancing across the economy but with a particular focus on and passion for a food system that needs to transform urgently
Specialist | Environment Agency
Project Associate | Lifegate Communities
Sustainable Soil Management Framework for UK Soil Carbon & Soil Market Prospect for UK Biodiversity Net-Zero Gain
Toyin Oshaniwa is an Agro-Ecologist by profession with over 10 years working experience in carbon credit project development. Academic qualification includes B.Sc Applied Biology, PGD in Environmental Management, M.Sc Agricultural Geography.
Project Director | SEAD Artists
We have a consortium that can offer multple facets based on the use of drones. It can be spraying, seeding, surveying, data collection etc. It's a mix of academia, business, fund raising and drone ops.
We have a number of USPs including Senior academics in robotics and automation, the only spraying permission in the UK, working with the Civil Aviation Authority to generate long-range (BVLOS) operations.
Doctoral Researcher, Sustainable Food Supply Chains | Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME), Aston University
I am interested in inter-disciplinary and multidisciplinary research projects on sustainable agri-food systems, livestocks, sustainable livelihoods, climate change and environmental mangement.
I am passionate about sustainable food systems, food policy, inclusion, food value chain development, equality, climate change adaptation, agribusiness and community engagement. I am proficient in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, as well as innovative transdisciplinary research approaches aimed at tackling urgent societal, environmental, and economic issues
CEO and Co-founder | Two Drifters Distillery Ltd
Innovation in decarbonising our supply chain and processes
Russ is the CEO and Co-Founder of Two Drifters Distillery in Devon, UK a rum distillery producing rum from scratch with a carbon negative footprint. Russ's academic career focused on chemistry research into carbon capture, storage and utilisation and trying to make CO2 have value. It's often hard to visualise CO2 as an issue, it is a colourless gas that has a dramatic effect on the planet's atmosphere but is often overlooked in lots of areas of life, because you can't see an invisible pile of CO2 building up in the sky. Raising awareness of this issue is the passion and mission for Russ and now Two Drifters. At the core of Two Drifters is the constant desire to improve. To strive for perfection in their rums, to constantly search out and implement new or improved sustainable technologies and to inspire others to be more sustainable. Since 2019, Two Drifters Distillery has permanently removed over 35 tonnes of CO2 through Direct Air Capture, avoided creating over 170 tonnes of CO2, increased capacity to over 2,500 bottles of rum a week and achieved B Corp Certification in January 2022. With award-winning rums and a genuine carbon negative footprint, Two Drifters are showing the drinks industry that more can, and must, be done to avoid, reduce and remove CO2.
Crop Physiologist | ADAS
I am a Associate Managing Director of the Sustainable Agricultural Systems business in ADAS. Our business provides independent applied research along with strategic and policy consultancy focusing on sustainable food production and the rural environment. My technical expertise focuses on Crop Physiology, including crop nutrition and precision farming and I enjoy looking for opportunities to work collaboratively with farmers and advisors to advance knowledge and understanding.
Senior Lecturer and MSc PM programme Leader | Manchester Metropolitan University
I am eager to collaborate with other team members on knowledge transfer partnerships and research-based activities in areas related to Agile and sustainable project management, business development, and productivity. If you have any opportunities or projects in these fields, I would be enthusiastic about contributing and working together.
Dr. Amin Akhavan Tabassi is a Senior Lecturer at the Business School of Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the MSc Project Management Programme leader. Previously an Associate Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, he holds a Ph.D. in Project Management, a graduate degree in Project Management, and an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. With over 20 years of experience in civil engineering and project management, Amin earned the PMP credential from PMI in 2013. His research spans leadership, conflict management, contract and procurement management, human resource development, teamwork, and sustainable business development. Additionally, he has provided academic support and supervision for three KTP projects.
Head of Bid Development | UK Agri-Tech Centre
Developing ideas for impactful research, especially those involving farmers and growers.
As Head of Bid Development at UK Agri-Tech Centre I support our internal teams and external partners to develop project ideas, consortia and applications for public and private funding to support the development and adoption of agri-tech innovations.
Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management | Manchester Metropolitan University
Supply Chain - Traders - Business Relationship Management- Addressing Advocacy in the supply chain through digitalisation
Prof Iain Reid is recognised strength is grounded in Operational Agility, specifically Small Mediums Enterprises (SMEs). He has a talent for Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTPs), securing funding in the region of £2M, developing new collaborative partnerships across a number of industry sectors, predominately with manufacturing SMEs and more recently legal services. Iain’s research is focus stems from Operational Agility, Industry 4.0, Knowledge Transfer in SMEs and new Innovations Professional Services, specifically legal technologies. His work has over 70 articles, including the International Journal of Production Research, Int. J. Supply Chain Management, Production Planning and Control, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Int. J. Services and Operations Management; Educational Technology Research and Development, and the Journal of Quality Engineering and Reliability. He has undertaken research collaborations with universities across the world, including the University of Baltimore (USA), Swinburne University (Australia), University of Palemo (Italy) and University of Athabasca (Canada). Iain has also held faculty positions at both the University of Huddersfield and University of Liverpool. Prior to joining academia Iain was a mechanical engineer before becoming the Senior Projects Manager for the University of Liverpool’s Agility facilitating an EU funded ERDF project supporting over 150 SMEs manufacturers over a six-year period
Policy Manager | Business Board Network
Policy work to drive the economy. Net zero. Skills
Passionate about the agriculture sector and climate change. Vast experience of the education sector, previous FE lecturer and agricultural graduate.
Advanced Research Fellow | University of Aberdeen
reducing the overall GHG emission footprint and work towards sustainable food systems
My research interests evolve around climate change and understanding the impacts of human activities on the environment, specifically emitted greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, grasslands and land use change, impacts on soil (soil organic carbon, soil health) and possible mitigation options (including biochar). My work includes modelling GHG emissions from agriculture and explore mitigation options by using and developing easy to use tools like the Cool Farm Tool (developed for the use of farmers, https://coolfarmtool.org/) and the CCAFS-MOT (developed for policy advisors, https://ccafs.cgiar.org/research/projects/mitigation-options-tool-agriculture-ccafs-mot) and processed based modelling with ECOSSE and DailyDayCent.
