ROOTS 2008 - the RICS rural research conference
The tenth annual ROOTS conference will be held on Monday 17 - Tuesday 18 March 2008 at Trinity College, Oxford.
The conference will run from 2.00pm on Monday 17 March to 5.00pm on Tuesday 18 March. The programme is as follows:
Monday 17 March 2008
Corporate social responsibility and the rural estate
Charles Cowap, Harper Adams University College
The financial implications of ELS participation: Results of a case based assessment of farms in Gloucestershire
Peter Grey, Bruton Knowles and James Jones, Royal Agricultural College
Compensation culture: coming or going? A review of civil and criminal liability for personal injury in the light of the Compensation Act 2006 and a number of recent court decisions
Carrie de Silva, Harper Adams University College
Systems design application for a rural sustainable development
Clara Ceppa, Politecnic of Turín, Italy
Tuesday 18 March 2008
Key-note paper
Shifting ground: perspectives on land tenure and the new land debate
Michael Winter, University of Exeter
Developing a greater understanding of agricultural tenants
Jason Beedell, Smiths Gore
The role of the horse industry in farm diversification
Georgina Crossman, University of Exeter, and Rita Walsh, Royal Agricultural College
The key effects of the horseracing industry on the North Wessex Downs AONB
Jason Beedel , Smiths Gore and Gavin Parker, The University of Reading
Survival strategies of dairy farmers
Caroline Stanford-Billington, Harper Adams University College
Key-note paper
Time to take stock? – a review of prospects for livestock auction markets
James Jones, Royal Agricultural College
Estimating farmland prices and Sales in England
Jason Beedell, Smiths Gore
A comparison of farmland returns in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA
Chris Eves, Lincoln University, New Zealand, and Marv Painter, Edwards School of Business, Canada
Assessing the impacts of a wind farm on house prices in the United Kingdom
Peter Dent and Sally Sims, Oxford Brookes University
Expanding anaerobic digestion plants in the UK: the challenges of perception and planning.
Allan Butler, University of Exeter
Technical problems facing the combined heat and power unit for pioneering electricity and hot water production at Harper Adams University College
Simon Keeble, Harper Adams University College
The delegate fee for ROOTS 2008 is £100 + VAT. This includes conference attendance, overnight accommodation on the night of 17 March and all refreshments during the conference, It does not include the conference dinner on 17 March.
To book a place, please contact;
Stephen Brown
sbrown@rics.org
020 7334 3725
