We invite all partners, academics, stakeholders and those with an interest in catchment management to join us for Confluence 2020.

The two themed webinars will each cover several iCASP and iCASP-partner projects, including the links between them and impacts achieved to date, as well as providing an opportunity for a Q&A session and discussion of future project ideas, priorities and ways to maximise impact.

The video updates will outline progress on projects not covered in the webinars and will be made available on the iCASP website for anyone to view from 26 June onwards. The webinars will be recorded and made available online afterwards. A summary of the Q&As submitted and discussed during the webinars will also be made available.

Confluence 2020 Programme:

Webinar 1: Increasing the climate resilience of Yorkshire’s cities, towns and villages

Friday 26 June, 14.00-16.00

Webinar 2: Where next for Yorkshire’s soils?

Tuesday 30 June 09.30 – 11.30

Video updates of iCASP projects

Agenda for Webinar 2: Where next for Yorkshire’s soils?

Tuesday 30 June 09.30 – 11.30

09.30 – 11.00 – Themed session on ‘Where next for Yorkshire’s soils’

• Introduction (Jonathan Leake)
• Session 1: public goods – soil health (Pippa Chapman)
• Session 2: payment for outcomes – soil and NFM (Elizabeth Sullivan)
• Session 3: CONSOLE – learning from the EU about agri-environmental schemes (Manolis Tyllianakis)
• Session 4: integrated nitrogen management – supporting national policy development (Kevin Hicks)
• Q&A and discussion

11.00 – 11.30 – Wrap-up and summary of the issues covered in this webinar and the previous one to outline ways forward and future project opportunities

We are keen that these are interactive sessions allowing a range of voices and views to be heard. We invite you to submit questions in advance that you would like to see addressed – you will also have the opportunity during the webinars to ask questions and also to answer those that others have raised.

We would be particularly interested to hear your views on potential projects relating to Covid-19 and how existing research can be translated to address problems arising within catchments – for example, how might infrastructure planning be impacted by a future need for social distancing?