Protecting our Plant Supply Chain and your Business
This Retailer Plant Health Day, Wednesday 5 March 2025, the HTA along with APHA and Defra will be hosting a seminar event focusing on "Protecting our Plant Supply Chain and your Business". This event is available for delegates to book one place per company. If you wish to bring more than one person from your company, we can add them to a waitlist.
The day will start with a welcome from Fran Barnes & key points from Nicola Spence. It will be a useful, information-packed day with expert speakers and topics covered to include high-risk pests and emerging biosecurity threats, updates on plant passporting, APHA’s surveillance work and pest and disease interceptions, CITES, & the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM).
In addition we will discuss the work being done to raise consumer awareness of biosecurity, and also certification schemes and the role they play in biosecurity.
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09:30 |
Refreshments |
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10:00 – 10:05 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Fran Barnes, HTA |
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10:05 – 10:20 |
The Need for Good Biosecurity |
Nicola Spence, Defra |
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10:20 – 10:50 |
Current High Risk Pests and Emerging Threats |
Duncan Allen, Defra |
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10:50 |
Break |
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11:05 – 11:45 |
Plant Passporting, Surveillance and Action on Interceptions |
Derek McCann, APHA Ed Birchall, APHA |
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11:45 – 12:20 |
Certification Schemes Malcolm Catlin, Plant Healthy Wayne Brough, OHAS Geoff Caesar, Allensmore Nurseries |
Pippa Greenwood, HTA (Chair) |
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12:20 |
Lunch & Networking |
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13:05 – 13:35 |
Raising Consumer Awareness David Denny, HTA Jake Morris, Defra |
David Denny, HTA Jake Morris, Defra |
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13:35-14:05 |
Plant Health Information Service |
Robert Worth, Defra |
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14:05 – 14:35 |
Importing and trading endangered (CITES) plants |
Lydia Andrews, APHA |
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14:35 – 15:15 |
The Border Target Operating Model Discussion Panel: Jason Pollock, Defra Mark Donegan, APHA Simon Hudson, APHA Sally Cullimore, HTA |
Boyd Douglas-Davies, The Boyd Partnership (Chair)
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15:15 – 15:30 |
Summing up and Closing Remarks |
APHA and HTA
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Retailer Plant Health Day Booking Form
Please complete the booking form with all the necessary details to book on the event. Should you have any question or queries, please contact the events team who will be happy to assist you further.