Exploring the Future of Lowland Agricultural Peat 2025

This event is hosted by Fenland SOIL to bring together those with an interest in lowland agricultural peat to explore the current thinking, gaps in knowledge, proposed policy changes and future work needed in this area. This workshop will be interactive and encourage collaborations with a focus on networking and discussions.

Hosted at the Maltings in Ely, in the heart of the Fens, with easy access by rail and car.

All participants from research, academia, business and industry, farmers, growers, policy makers, NGOs, and local communities are welcome with the conference being particularly catered to the farming industry.

Researchers, policy makers, stakeholders and industry experts will share their insights, including an international perspective and delegates will be able to take part in group workshops and discussions.

The conference will take place over two days and will include a conference dinner with speaker and breakfast sessions.

More information including the full event programme and sponsors coming soon!

Invitation to submit abstracts

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for both oral and poster presenations fitting into one of the six conference themes:

1. Future Scenarios and Climate in the Fens
2. How do we change the way we manage water on Lowland Peat?
3. We need to talk about regen - what does sustainable farming look like on lowland peat?
4. Systems Thinking - An integrated approach to manage lowland agricultural peat landscapes
5. Governance and stakeholder engagement on lowland agricultural peat
6. Economics and Finance - how do we make sustainable farming viable?

Please Contact the Fenland SOIL team ([email protected]) by no later than 1st November to submit an abstract to the panel.

Please note: Abstracts will only be considered if they meet the following criteria:
• Length: Maximum of 300 words
• Keywords: Up to 10 descriptive ‘search’ keywords must be included
• Details: Lead author’s organisation and email details must be included

Focus the weight of the abstract on the content of your presentation and not the background and context.
In the interest of fairness, all abstracts will be blind reviewed. Please do not include your name, institution or other identifying characteristics in the 300-word abstract.
Poster presenters will be expected to be available at their posters during the designated poster view times during the conference.

If you are currently working on your project and will be collecting results later in the year, you can still submit now and have the chance to amend your presentation closer to the conference if it is selected.

Please note we are only able to accommodate A1 PORTRAIT format poster. Submission of a poster will not guarantee its display in the venue, however we will be able to circulate all posters in the post conference communications.

Host or Publisher Fenland SOIL