Biodiversity Symposium

 We have some exciting speakers and activities in store for you 

You are welcome to come for all or part of the day, but please let us know in advance which sessions you will be attending so we can arrange access and catering accordingly.  

The timings are:

14:00 - 14:15 - Arrive at Porter's Lodge to collect passes 

14:15 - 14:30 - move to STEM Building
14.30 - 14.50 - Introduction (online) from Geraldine Vuillet and Quynh Bui of La Fresque de la Biodiversite

14:50 - 15:15 - get to know your fellow facilitators

15:15 - 16:15 - Speaker: Matt Phelps, Chief Ecologist at Knepp Rewilding Estate

16:15 - 16:30 - TEA BREAK (refreshments kindly provided by Eton College)

16:30 - 17:30 - Fireside Chat, moderated by our very own Liz Corse, with Neil Melleney of Ecosulis, Alistair Young of River Wey Trust and Charlie Sheldon of HF Environment who will be talking about their experiences of measuring biodiversity in the field.

17:30 - 19:00 - Workshops: Domino demo; New Starters; New Actions Method; Junior version demo - facilitated by our more experienced Fresquistes!

19:00 - 19.20 - walk to Windsor
19.20 - 20.10 - Dinner at Other Space Arts (vegan cafe in Windsor) - food included in ticket price, drinks at own expense
20.10 - 20.30 - Return to Eton College

20.30 - 21.30: Keynote Speaker at Eton College Theatre: Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE, is an explorer with a conscience.  He has spent much of his life travelling in the world's rainforests and deserts and campaigning to protect both them and their people

from London Waterloo via Windsor Eton & Riverside or 

from Reading or Paddington to Windsor & Eton Central via Slough

It's a 10-15 minute walk from the station to the College.

If you are intending to drive, there is limited parking available at Eton.  Please message us to request a parking spot.