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Scottish country sports and tourism to meet up

Scottish landowners and tourism stakeholders will come together next month to discuss expanding country sports tourism, an industry worth over £240million per year to the Scottish economy.   The event, sponsored by Bell Ingram, will be held at Finzean, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire on Tuesday 15 May.  The event begins at 9.30am, opening with registration and refreshments, and will finish at around 3.00pm following an optional site visit. To register attendance please contact Joyce Karch at Scottish Land & Estates on 0131 653 5400.
 
FC Wales smooths passage to important woodland

With its fascinating historical features, enchanting scenery and strong links to the end of the last major ice age, i Parkwood on the Gower is a popular tourist location. Forestry Commission Wales has stepped in to ensure a smoother passage into this environmental jewel after the Welsh Government woodland became the victim of its own alluring beauty. The road allowing access to the site of special scientific interest (SSSI) was showing signs of serious wear and tear, with badly pot-holed areas testifying to Parkwood’s popularity.
 
Saffery Champness comment on CAP Reform announcement

Commenting on the announcement on CAP Reform by EU Farm Minister, Dacian Ciolos, Andrew Arnott, a partner of  Saffery Champness Landed Estates & Rural Business Group says: “There was not much in the announcement that had not already been leaked. However, it confirms the intention to distribute subsidies more evenly by way of a cap on payments to farmers at 300,000 euros (£261,240) per year.  A progressive levy, to be applied on all payments exceeding 150,000 euros (£130,620), was also announced as a proposal. Assuming that the proposals will be approved by both the EU parliament and all member states, this will be bad news for many large arable farmers and some medium scale farming businesses, including those in the uplands.It remains to be seen whether the ‘sustainable and inclusive growth’ for European agriculture can really be achieved through these proposals.  I think they could, as they stand, have the opposite effect, acting as a disincentive to invest for farm businesses that are highly-mechanised with lower staffing levels”.
 

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Event: 'Where2.0Now? Harrogate'
Conference/seminar
Conference/seminar
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 At 08:00 AM
Duration: 8 Hours
Contact Info:
For further information please contact Rollo Home
Email: rollo.home@metgeoinfo.com
URL: http://www.agi.org.uk/events

Where2.0Now?

AGI Northern Group Event

1 day conference

Bilton Court, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK 

Where2.0Now? is a one day (10th November) conference hosted by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Northern Group (#AGI_NG) in partnership with the Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy (CSAP) at the University of Leeds addressing the current big issue within the GI industry: neo geography and it's impact in the work place.

The packed day has speakers confirmed from Google, Microsoft, Ordnance Survey, 1Spatial, GeoVation, CloudMade and Yahoo!. Case studies of neo at work are given by Litchfield Council, Calderdale Council as well as examples from public participation exercises (Manchester University), transport (Ito World) and national archives (GeoThings/New York Public Library).

We are especially pleased to be able to announce our key note speaker as Prof. Henk Scholten, CEO of Geodan and recent recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Jack Dangermond (ESRI President). Henk will be providing us with a longer term perspective on neo geography, and Web2.0 GIS tools and providing the perfect base from which to examine their impact on our daily work. ..If you've can't describe what "Neo" Geography or "Web2.0" is, or decide if any of it is relevant to your work, then this is the event for you!

The conference is being held at Bilton Court, home to Geoplan, in the wonderful spa town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire. So why not make a trip of it and take advantage of our post conference networking drinks event?  

Places are strictly limited; early booking is recommended. Full conference details can be found on the AGI website. Corporate sponsorship opportunities are still available ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The event is being organised under the banner of the Association for Geographic Information Northern Group and the Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy (CSAP www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/csap/) by Rollo Home, as Chair of the Northern Group (www.linkedin.com/in/rollohome) and Prof John Stillwell, CSAP Cluster Leader (www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/jstillwell.html).

Speakers include:

Chris Osborne - ITO

Chris Parker - Ordnance Survey/GeoVations

Craig Moulding - Calderdale CC

Dr Michael Sanderson - 1Spatial

Dr. Richard Kingston - Manchester University

Ed Parsons - Google

Gary Gale - Yahoo

Harry Wood - CloudMade

Jo Cook - Oxford Archaeology (North)/OSGeo UK chapter

John Fagan - Microsoft

John McKerrell - MapMe.at

Prof. Henk Scholten - Geodan

Stuart Harrison - Litchfield DC

Tim Warr - Axon Active

Tim Waters - OSM

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