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”
  • Katie Clark – Senior Grant Making Manager, The National Lottery Community Fund – “National Lottery Awards for All England Environment”
  • Emily Field – Sector Lead – Food & Nature, British Standards Institution – “From ambition to action: the role of standards in building resilience through nature”.
  • 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 – Executive Director, Association of Local Environmental Records Centres – “Data to Decisions: Local Evidence in Action”
  • 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”
  • David Shenton – Panel Discussion – “Verification – challenges and opportunities”
  • Alison Smith – Senior Researcher in Nature Recovery, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, University of Oxford – “Nature for resilience and security: evidence for smarter policymaking”
  • Sarah Staunton-Lamb – Head of Learning and Engagement, Earthwatch Europe – “Communities and citizen science”
  • Joe Taylor – Biodiversity Indicators Manager, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) – “Biodiversity data in action”
  • Gareth Thomas – NBN Trust CEO, closing remarks