10.00am Welcome
Joe Smith and Stephen Jones
10.10am Opening address
James Borrell
10.30am Cyclops Mountains Expedition, Indonesian New Guinea
James Kempton, Max Webb, Madeleine Foote and Leonidas Romanos Davranoglou
11.00am Explore what matters: getting the most from the weekend
Scotty Johnson
11.15am Break
11.45am Expedition planning
Stephen Jones
12.05pm Expedition medical preparation
Lucy Obolensky
12.25pm Finance and fundraising top tips
Ricardo Rocha, Julian Martin, Eleanor Drinkwater, Oliver Steeds and others
12.45pm Q&A and introduction to the exhibitors
1.00pm Lunch with Firepot
Networking and advice desks
2.15pm Expedition leadership and team building
James Dyer
2.30pm Field safety management
Stephen Jones
2.50pm Dreams to reality: peer to peer problem solving
Introduction to the workshops by Scotty Johnson
3.10pm Break
3.30pm Expedition logistics workshops (please select one):
Mountain and trekking expeditions
Polar and arctic environments
- Chaired by Roger Alcock
- Martin Hartley
- Marlon Clark
Tropical forest expeditions
Ocean and river projects
- Chaired by Oliver Beardon
- Spike Reid
- Imogen Peckett
- Imara Gluning
Desert and savannah environments
Responsible travel
Challenging road trips
Inclusive expeditions
4.45pm Feedback from workshops / Ask the experts / Pitch your plans
5.15pm Film screening: The Big Steppe: cultural change in Mongolia
Sean Lovell, Bob Walley, Hattie Field
6.00pm Explorers' bar (followed by optional supper at Wagamama from 9.00pm)