BSBI Forum: 1, 2, 3 March 2022

Purpose

The Forum will be an opportunity for conversations across BSBI to:

  • Celebrate what’s good – showcasing what we’ve done for botanists, wild plants and botany
    over the previous year
  • Discuss the future – open space for free flow of ideas – what could we do for the Society,
    plants and botany
  • Explore what this means in terms of actions for the next year

Programme Agenda

1 March: Learning from each other about what works for botanists, wild plants & botany

10.00 Introductions and overview of the programme and this session
10.10 Celebrate our work and draw out learning from what is already happening in the Society
11.00 Break
11.10 Share what we could do to build on the learning
11.50 Summary, links to next session, and close at 12 noon

2 March: New ideas: creative thinking about innovations for botanists, wild plants & botany

15.00 Introductions, overview of this session and links to the last
15.15 Innovation – new ideas to pilot, with an emphasis on gaps/new things to be done for botanists, wild plants and botany
16.00 Break
16.10 Find the best ideas – our seedlings!
16.50 Summary, links to next session, and close at 17.00

3 March: Nurturing our seedlings and looking to the future

18.00 Introductions, overview of this session and links to the last
18.10 Ways of working together with a focus on Inclusivity
19.20 Break
19.30 Celebrate our work this week for botanists, wild plants and botany
19.50 Summary of what we’ve achieved and what next
Call to action; close at 20.00

Zoom link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88229382092?pwd=UWtuRFM1R0dNbkF1VHNSNUUxdVpiQT09
Meeting ID: 882 2938 2092 Passcode: 111206

(Same for all three days.)