IBERS Events

Internal Events - Events at IBERS

 

Date

Event

Location

23rd January 2025

Biomass Connect Webinar - Tools for the Biomass Trade – Envirocrops and Farm Carbon Toolkit Online

13th February

Growing Opportunities for Welsh Farmers in the Biomass Industry IBERS, Aberystwyth

7th - 10th April 2025

MONOGRAM 2025 Medrus, Penglais Campus

9th July 2025

British Grassland Society AGM IBERS, Aberystwyth

5th August 2025

Oat Industry Day IBERS, Aberystwyth

2nd-5th Sept. 2025

36th EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section Conference Aberystwyth, Wales

External Events

IBERS and teams from within IBERS are often present at shows and events around the UK and further afield. Here are just a few that we will be attending/organising in the coming months.

Date

Event

Location

10th-15th Jan 2025

Plant and Genome Conference

Several members of IBERS will be attending, including Prof. Iain Donnison and Dr. Kerrie Farrar

San Diego, USA.
5th-6th March 2025

Low Carbon Agriculture Show

IBERS will have an exciting stand at LCA 2025. As with previous years, we look forward to meeting regulars and newcomers to the show alike. 

NAEC Stoneleigh
28th-30th March 2025

Connecting Research Culture Conference 2025

A number of IBERS staff members will be attending

John Innes Conference Centre, Norwich
21st-22nd May

Chem UK

The UK’s largest B2B trade show supporting the chemicals, process engineering, and formulated product industries.

The biorefining team from IBERS will be at ChemUK with an exciting stand showcasing their cutting-edge capabilities housed at AberInnovation, an innovation facility that also houses the Future Foods and Advanced Analytics Centres. Discover their latest projects, explore innovative biorefining solutions, and chat with the team about how they can support your work. Don’t miss the chance to connect—visit their stand and see what they can do for you!

NEC Birmingham
11th-12th June 2025

Cereals 2025

The UK’s flagship arable event driving knowledge and innovation

Leadenham, Lincs.
2nd-3rd July 2025

Groundswell

The Regenerative Agriculture Festival

The Groundswell Festival provides a forum for farmers, growers, or anyone interested in food production and the environment to learn about the theory and practical applications of regenerative farming systems.

Lannock Farm, Hertfordshire.
21st - 24th July 2025

The Royal Welsh Show

Always a favourite. IBERS will have stands at the show and plenty for people to engage with.

Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys
TBC The Royal Welsh Winter Fair Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys

Talks/Seminar Series

IBERS hold regular talks and seminars and also participate in University-wide events.

IBERS Science Forums

Weekly Science Talks.

Date 

Topic

Lead / Contact

13 January 2025

MONOGRAM 2025 session

Dr. Aiswarya Girija

20 January 2025

Meet the institute Support Team - drop-in clinic

Caron Jones

27 January 2025

Research culture session

Dr. Jo Walker

03 February 2025

Pwllpeiran / S America update

Prof. Mariecia Fraser

10 February 2025

Outreach and KE session

Mark Needham, Marty Spittle

17 February 2025

Biorefining and bioconversion

Dr. Ana Winters

24 February 2025

Introduction to Canva software

Lucy Kemish

03 March 2025

Crop genomics

Dr. Kerrie Farrar

10 March 2025

Grains for Health

Dr. Catherine Howarth

17 March 2025

Agricultural Systems

Dr. Christina Marley

24 March 2025

Phenomics

Prof. John Doonan

31 March 2025

Industrial crops

Dr. Paul Robson

07 April 2025

Art-Science collaboration and impact session

Miranda Whall (School of Art)

14 April 2025

EASTER BREAK