RENEW Biodiversity Parliament 2026
03 November 2026 - 04 November 2026
03 November 2026 - 04 November 2026Published on 15 July 2026
We’re excited to announce that our final RENEW Biodiversity Parliament event will be taking place this autumn!
Sheepdrove Organic Farm & Green Events Venue, Lambourn, Berkshire
As RENEW draws to a close after a busy five years, we are excited to host our final Biodiversity Parliament event. This annual gathering brings together researchers, practitioners, and support staff in the RENEW community to connect, reflect, and drive change towards a fairer and greener future.
In our final project event, we will be sharing insights, strengthening connections, and collaboratively shaping what follows. This event is all about celebrating our collective successes over the past five years and building a lasting legacy for RENEW!
Expect two days of hands-on, engaging activity, including: reflections on RENEW’s aims and impact, inspiring provocations, thought-provoking sessions and workshops, a guided farm tour, and an interactive carousel of demonstrations and exhibits, all designed to spark ideas and create space for discussion and exchange.
Times and sessions may be subject to change
Day One – Tuesday 3rd November
10:00-10:30 Registration & tea/coffee
10:30-10:45 Welcome & introduction
10:45-12:00 Provocations and Q&A – Three talks from diverse perspectives to spark thinking and debate, covering nature connection, community/participatory engagement & land management
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-13:30 ReBLS & Personalised Ecology (panel/workshop)
13:30-14:15 ExCASES method & lessons learned (panel/workshop)
14:15-15:00 Break / Farm Tour
15:00-15:45 Decision support tools for biodiversity renewal – An overview session, with demo breakouts to follow in exhibition
15:45-16:45 Exhibition & networking with mix of stalls, posters & demos – Showcase of our interdisciplinary work, partnerships, published outputs & next-generation thinking from our Early Career Researchers
16:45-17:30 Collaboration beyond RENEW (panel/workshop)
17:30-20:15 Drinks reception & dinner
20.20-20.30 Transport departs for hotels
Day Two – Wednesday 4th November
10:00-10:30 Registration & tea/coffee
10:30-10:45 Welcome & re-introduction
10:45-11:30 Knowledge cultures (panel/workshop) – Looking at systems of meaning and knowledge with our collaboration in practice team
11:30-12:15 Advancing justice, renewing biodiversity: next steps and new challenges (panel/workshop)
12:15-13:30 Lunch & exhibition
13:30-14:30 Reflections, lessons learned & what next in Changing the Environment (panel/workshop)
14:30-14:55 Break
14:55-15:30 Event close & film screening
15:30/1545 Transport departs
Please note, this is an invite-only event, open to researchers, partners, collaborators, and support staff in the RENEW community. You will receive Eventbrite registration details via email.
The event will take place at Sheepdrove Organic Farm near Hungerford, Berkshire, well known for sustainable, regenerative and organic farming, with two thousand acres of green pastures, wildflower meadows and ancient woodland dedicated to biodiversity conservation. Transport will be provided to and from the venue from Hungerford and Newbury stations at the start and end of each day of the event. Transport times and hotel options will be provided in due course.
For more information about the event, please contact: renew@exeter.ac.uk
Banner image credit: Sheepdrove Organic Farm
