Events: 2018

Details of field demonstrations and indoor displays etc will be published in due course. Watch this space!

If you are planning to attend this year’s Royal Highland Show, you could join us for our networking event celebrating the place of young people in Scotland’s land based industries.

The Rowett-INRA 2018 conference will be the 11th joint symposium on gut microbiology organised by the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, and l'Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Theix, Clermont-Ferrand. 

Globally we face significant food challenges, such as the need to produce more food, for a growing population, with less available resources, and within the context of a changing climate and geo-political circumstances. Our scientists are focusing on innovation right across Scotland's food supply chain.

NSA Scotsheep is Scotland's one-day premier specialist sheep event organised by the Scottish region of the National Sheep Association.

This year’s conference will focus on identifying the most valued public environmental goods and exploring how land managers can be encouraged and incentivised to prioritise and deliver these public goods. Abstracts and papers centred on these themes should be submitted by the 15th of June 2018.

The programme can be found here and will cover the following five sessions:

This conference will be of interest to all horse and pony owners as well as professionals and students working in the equine industry. Proposed programme:

NHS Health Scotland estimates that obesity currently costs the economy, both directly and indirectly, up to £4.6 billion per year, with Scotland now boasting the highest incidences of obesity for both men and women among OECD countries. 

Our scientists are bringing a series of free pop-up presentations and fun, hands-on activities explaining the nature of the food on our plates.