An opportunity to learn about the diverse range of work undertaken within the Loddon catchment on Water, Environment, Climate, Governance and Heritage and to meet other people from the University and our External Partners.

12:30-14:30: Networking and poster lunch. Poster abstracts invited.

14:30-15:00: 3-5min 'madness' presentations. Abstracts invited.

15:00-16:00: Oral presentations. Abstracts invited. Confirmed speakers include:

• Professor Anne Verhoef (Geography & Environmental Science, University of Reading), on monitoring and prediction of pasture quality and productivity from satellites, a project undertaken at the University's Shinfield Farm.

• Jessica Ponting (Geography & Environmental Science, University of Reading), on her PhD project investigating the fate of potentially toxic elements in periodically flooded soils at the Loddon Floodplain Platform.

• Alister Leggatt (Affinity Water) and Amanda Ingham (Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust) on their Payment for Ecosystem Services project, developed to incentivise farmers as producers of clean water in catchment at risk of diffuse pollution upstream of drinking water pumping stations.