We are delighted that the following individuals and organisations will be participating in this year’s NBN Conference. Please click on the names for more information and details of the individual speakers and their presentations. New information is being added all the while:

  • Hollie Alhasan-Warman – Projects Manager – West, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust – “INNS Mapper – recording invasive non-native species – management, sightings, and surveys”
  • Keiron Brown – Senior Naturalist, Biological Recording Company – Panel Discussion – “Verification – challenges and opportunities”
  • Julie Bunt – Senior Data Officer at The UK Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH), The Marine Biological Association – “DASSH and the NBN: Enhancing Two-Way Marine Data Integration”
  • Phil Bysh / Josh Keenan – NBN Record Manager – Programme Manager / Full Stack Developer – “NBN Record Manager – a new system for managing, curating and sharing biological records”
  • Emily Field – British Standards Institution – BSI is the UK’s national standards body, helping organisations worldwide build trust, improve performance and drive sustainability through standards, assurance, training and consulting.
  • Becky Garden – Senior Partnership Officer (Communications), Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL) – “Delivering a Biodiversity Audit for South Kensington’s Culture Quarter”
  • Dr Abigail Lowe – Interdisciplinary Ecologist, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology – Panel Discussion – “Verification – challenges and opportunities”
  • Will Millard – Data & Analytics Manager, NBN Trust – “Recent enhancements to the NBN Atlas”
  • Deb Muscat – Association of Local Environmental Records Centres
  • Juliette Perche – Senior Nature Consultant, Natcap – “Understanding Nature’s ROI: Practical examples of business opportunities in nature action”
  • Alex Rabeau. PhD – Postdoctoral Researcher, SPHERE-PPL (Imperial College London) – “Applying AI Forecasting to Species Distribution Modelling Using the NBN Atlas”
  • Jamie Robins – Programmes Manager, Buglife – “Important Invertebrate Areas – Putting Bugs on the Map”
  • Tree Robinson – Biodiversity Indicators Adviser, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) – “Biodiversity data in action”
  • Alison Smith – Senior Researcher in Nature Recovery, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, University of Oxford – “Nature for resilience and security: evidence for smarter policymaking”
  • Joe Taylor – Biodiversity Indicators Manager, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) – “Biodiversity data in action”
  • Gareth Thomas – NBN Trust CEO