IAgrE’s 2016 Landwards Conference seeks to address how to deal with the challenge of ensuring your new idea stays with you and is not stolen, how you can work with others openly and yet retain intellectual property, what challenges you will need to consider and where to find funding.

The conference takes place on Wednesday 16 November at Harper Adams University and seeks to equip delegates with the information and knowledge they will need to answer these questions.  They will also be able to listen to experts in research and development, copyrighting, intellectual property and patents who have dealt with these issues.

Andy Newbold, Director of Farm Smart Events will lead a panel discussion that will include, Toby Mottram, founder and chief engineer of eCow, Brian Knight, CEO and Chief Engineer, Knight Farm Machinery, John Baines, technical director of Fullwood and Richard Robinson founder of Autoguide Equipment.

Finally, there will be a round-up of recent case studies from HAU, SRUC and Cranfield on research council funded innovations which are at the point of moving mainstream. These will be announced over the summer.