Geography Programme of Events

0900-1000

Registration

1000-1020

Welcome - Bernice McCabe

1020-1120

Pupil Panel Discussion - Inspiration, rigour and enrichment

1120-1150

Coffee

1150-1240

Keynote address: Mike Parker: Maps of a New World

1240-1325

Lunch

1325-1340

Schools Programme Overview - Stephen Miles

1340-1440

Group Workshop 1 – Why does Geography matter in a changing world? 

1440-1500

Break

1500-1600

Lecture: Prof Mike Hulme: Why climate change is not getting solved

1600-1700

Lecture: Dr Philippa Williams: The Politics of Development in India

1700-1830

Group Workshop 2 -  How do we teach controversial Geography issues?

1830-1930

Break

1930

Dinner and after-dinner speaker: Prof Gervase Phinn

0900-1000

Lecture: Prof David Lambert: In what way is Geography powerful knowledge?

1000-1100

Seminar: Christian Nold: Designing for the Senses

1100-1530

Field Visit incorporating techniques from earlier Seminar

1530-1630

Break

1630-1730

Group Workshop 3 - How do we combine modern and traditional fieldwork techniques?

1730-1830

Lecture: Professor Robert Allison: Hazard, risk and disaster: the consequences of living in dangerous placers

1830-1930

Break

1930

Dinner and after-dinner speaker: Dan Snow

9.00-10.00

Lecture: Dr Mark Mulligan: Recent advances in monitoring, modelling and management of tropical forests in a changing environment

10.00-11.00

Lecture: Professor Hazel Barrett:The Beginning of the End: HIV and AIDS in the 21st Century

11.00-11.30

Break

11.30-12.30

Seminar: Professor Hazel Barrett

12.30-13.30

Lunch

13.30-15.30

Report back on key themes

Plenary discussion with panel of educationalists:

Stephen Hillier, Chief Executive TDA

Jon Coles, DfE

Jean Humphrys, Ofsted

15.30-15.45

Evaluations

15.45

Depart