2009 Speakers

Speakers giving key lecturers and involved in workshop panels include.
More detailed information on the speakers is given in the PDF document  which can be downloaded from the right hand roolbar.

 John Adams  John has recently retired from the Army's Accident Investigation Team, he was Chairman of the BS 8848 technical committee.

 Dr Arita Baaijens  Arita has extensive knowledge of nomadic travel and desert environments. She is also a keen photographer.

 Sarah Batten  Sarah is the chief instructor for Land Rover Experience, Eastnor.

 Gavin Booth  Gavin completed an unsupported expedition to the Geographic South Pole in 2008. He adventures in his spare time whilst working in London to earn his keep.

 Yuri Boyanin  Yuri has just graduated from Newcastle University. He is founder of the Bulgarian Oral History Association and in the summer of 2009 he led an expedition to Kyrgyzstan to study the nomadic settlement and collectivization of the 1930s.

 Ollie Bray  Ollie champions technology in the classroom, in particular supporting Scottish schools

 Jamie Buchanan-Dunlop  Jamie is interested in the meeting of education, exploration and technology. He is a teacher, expedition leader and is director of a series of social enterprises looking to enhance young people's emotional engagement with the wider world.

 Stephen Burgess  When not farming Steve is travelling, he has an impressive number of countries under his belt which he has travelled through by vehicle and dug out canoe!

 Dr Bill Burnett  Now Head of Biology at St Paul's School. Bill has in the past worked on numerous marine conservation expeditions and continues to adventure through DofE expeditions and as a trustee of the Marine Education Trust.

 Luce Choules  A fine art landscape photographer and managing director of Foldedsheet, Luce is a specialist in information mapping, editorial photography, graphic design and visual communication.

 Phil Coates  Phil is a Producer / Director & location Cameraman with over 15 year’s experience of working across all 7 continents, from minus 40 C to 50 C and up to 8,000m.

 Dr Robert Conway  Rob is currently acting as chair of Blue Ventures Conservation, an award winning charity working to increase the awareness of threatened coral reefs.

 Dr Alan Crofts  Alan has had a lifetime fascination of desert environments that has led him to organise exploration and mapping expeditions in the African, Asian, Arabian and American deserts. He has crossed the Sahara three times, including routes through the western, eastern and central areas.

 Jacquelyn Crofts  Jacquelyn's main passion is climbing and she has undertaken a number of climbing expeditions in Europe and further afield.

 Matthew Davies  Matt is an expeditioner and also a Partner at top 40 Law Firm Hill Dickinson LLP. He specializes in  advising travel and leisure companies, including providing expedition companies with  legal, safety and crisis response  advice, and training.

 Roger Daynes  Roger's own Polar experience led him to set up Snowsled Polar Ltd, manufacturing and supplying cold climate and mountain rescue equipment and clothing.

 Josie Dew  Josie has spent over fifteen years cycling in fits and starts, mostly alone, around the world.

 Matthew Fielding  Matt is the UK representative of CREES Expeditions and an active researcher and expeditioner in his own right.

 Charles Foster  Charles has extensive desert expedition experience.

 Dr Rita Gardner  Rita is the Director of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

 Anthony Geffen  Anthony Geffen is one of the world's leading documentary producers and film makers. Anthony is currently working on a major theatrical documentary retracing the steps of George Mallory, the legendary British explorer who may have the first man to summit Mount Everest.

 Paul Goodyer  Paul Goodyer is the CEO of Nomad Travellers Store & Medical Centres.

 Paul Gowen  Paul works for the RAC and is an expert on vehicle carnets for expeditions.

 Elizabeth Gowing  Elizabeth works for the Balkans Peace Park Project.

 Dominic Hall  Dom runs Fieldskills UK, providing training and logistical support for  expeditioners both in the UK and in North Borneo.

 Paul Harris  Paul Harris has been a freelance documentary, travel and expedition photographer for over 20 years. His particular interest has always been in people, culture and the impact we have on the environment.

 Martin Hartley  One of the world’s leading expedition photographers, Martin has won 5 international awards for his adventure photography and to date has documented 19 major polar expeditions and is one of the only professional photographers to have crossed the Arctic Ocean on foot and with dogs.

 Alex Hibbert  Alex recently led the Tiso Trans Greenland Expedition which, at 1374 miles, which is claimed to be the longest fully unsupported polar expedition in history.

 Frazer Higgins  Frazer Higgins has recently completed a six week RGS supported expedition to  the Mahamavo dry forest and associated wetlands in the west of  Madagascar, conducting a biodiversity survey.

 Peter Holland  Peter is a winner of the round 1 Learning and Leading Gap Scolarship programme. He used his sponsorship to map game reserves, track and monitor animals in South Africa. He has now begun a degree in Geomatics at Newcastle University where he hopes to apply his new found knowledge.

 Lyn Hughes  Lyn is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Wanderlust magazine

 Alastair Humphreys  Alistair has cycled around the world, walked across India and competed in the Marathon des Sables. He has written 3 books about his adventures and works as a motivational speaker when he is not on the road.

 Charlie Jaques (CJ)  CJ is an overlander with impressive experience in expedition leadership.

 Josh Levene  Josh has worked in international development and humanitarian relief for 14 years. He has worked extensively in participartory practicies and is currently putting together the Voice of the Nile expedition.

 Robert Lilwall  Rob spent 3 years cycling back from Siberia to the UK in 2004. Since then he has been writing a book, working with National Geographic on a TV project and lecturing at schools and travel clubs.

 Jessamy Marsden  Having undertaken several research expeditions and with a particular passion for frogs and the tropics she has recently begun an MSc in Outdoor Environmental and Sustainable Education.

 Mac Mackenney  Mac is an overland expedition leader his passion for vehicles has taken him across the world on many exciting and record breaking adventures.

 Bryony Morgan Bryony undertook a number of undergraduate expeditions. Following this she worked on a variety of project for the World Bank and has recently begun an MSc at Oxford's Centre for the Environment.

 Tim Moss  Tim is always looking for a new challenge and hopes that by undertaking as many adventures as possible he can inspire others to achieve their own challenges.

 Dr Mark Mulligan  Mark is an active researcher at the Department of Geography, King's College London. He promotes the importance of field research as fundamental to understanding and better managing environments and ecosystems.

 Hallam Murray  Hallum has travelled the world by bike including several expeditions with his family. He is currently Chairman of the Anglo-Peruvian Society.

 Willow Murton  Willow worked on the series Tribes and Amazon with Bruce Parry and continues to be involved in interesting projects

 Toby Nowlan  Toby has undertaken a number of undergraduate expeditions including winning awards for his work.

 Sarah Outen  Sarah rowed across the Indian Ocean solo in 2009.

 Edward Parsons  Ed Parsons is the Geospatial Technologist of Google, with responsibility for evangelising Google’s mission to organise the world’s information using geography, and tools including Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Maps for Mobile.

 Richard Pattison  Richard has undertaken a number of expeditions on the Antarctic continent and in South Georgia.

 Roger Payne  Roger Payne is a climber and mountain guide with first-ascents in 4 continents and over 25 expeditions to remote and difficult mountains.

 Alistair Philip  Alistair studied Geology at the Royal School of Mines before Joining the Royal Navy in '95. Sub-specialised as a hydrographic surveyor, he has served as navigating officer of two warships and has conducted survey operations in a variety of riverine, beach, littoral and marine environments.

 Dr Tariq Qureshi  Tariq Qureshi is the Medical Adviser to Oxford University Expeditions Council, a body of academics which considers whether to give the University’s formal approval to student-led expeditions and is a contributing author to the Oxford Handbook of Expedition Medicine.

 Rosalind Savage  Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. She recently completed the second of 3 stages in her bid to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.

 James Sawyer  James’ experience of the expeditions covers almost a decade having worked in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Philippines, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, he has specific expertise in both rainforest and diving expeditions. James currently works as a Disaster Relief Operations Manager.

 Dr Ivan Scales  Ivan is a lecturer in Human Geography at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the socio-economic dimensions of deforestation in western Madagascar and his interests lie within the broad themes of tropical deforestation, community based conservation and rural livelihoods in Africa.

 Chris Scott  Since 1982 Chris Scott has undertaken over thirty expeditions through the Sahara by motorcycle, 4WD, Mercedes sedan, MAN truck and most recently, camel.

 Mark Smith  Mark is Head of Biology, The Grammar School at Leeds, and has twenty years experience of running expedition field projects with the Yorkshire Schools Exploring Society, British Schools Exploring Society and Brathay Exploration Group in mangrove, desert, savanna and afro-alpine ecosystems.

 Nick Smith  Nick is a freelance photojournalist. He is the UK editor of the Explorers Journal as well as being a columnist on Outdoor Photography Magazine. He is regular travel writer for the Daily Telegraph and a former editor of Geographical magazine.

 Dr Catherine Souch  Catherine is Head of Research and Higher Education at the RGS-IBG.

 Daniel Stoker  Daniel works for the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in their Research and Higher Education Department. He has also undertaken a number of marine conservation expeditions.

 Simon Thompson  Simon is the Business Development Manager of Applied Satellite Technology

 Dr Craig Turner  Craig runs an ecological consultancy, focussing on ecological work in the UK and supporting overseas conservation and environmental management work.

 Paul Walker  Paul is the world's most experienced leader of mountaineering expeditions to Arctic Greenland including over 150 expeditions.

 Prof David Warrell  David is a world expert on tropical medicine, he has practiced and taught tropical medicine and travelled extensively alongside this work.

 Steve Watkins  Steve is the editor of Outdoor Photography magazine having travelled and photographed extensively for years himself.

 Nigel Winser  Nigel is Exectutive Director of the Earthwatch Institute.