Programme
Wild salmon are in crisis,
but there is hope.
27 January
Inspiring People
Telling the story of wild salmon and nature to inspire urgent action.
9:30 am Registration Opens
10:30 am Conference Begins
Opening Addresses:
Fawn Sharp, Quinault Tribal member and former President of the National Congress of American Indians
Thames Salmon School
Wild Salmon in Crisis
Keynote Address:
Professor Sir Dieter Helm, University of Oxford - Wild Salmon: Critical Natural Capital
The State of Pacific Salmon in Canada
Katrina Connors, Pacific Salmon Foundation
The State of Wild Salmon Populations in the Atlantic
Alan Walker, Chair of ICES Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon
Audience Q&A
In Conversation: Thames Salmon School Children
Facilitated by Ella McSweeney
12:45 - 1:45 pm LUNCH
The Health of our Natural Environment
The Health of our Oceans and Coasts
Louie Porta, Atlantic Salmon Federation
The State of Our Rivers
Mark Lloyd, The Rivers Trust
Panel Discussion
The Value of Salmon and their Habitat
Nature Recovery and Connection at a Watershed-Scale: A Place-Based Perspective
Elle Adams, Findhorn Watershed Initiative
The Value of Angling
Stuart Singleton-White, Angling Trust & Robert Otto, Atlantic Salmon Federation
Cultural Conversation:
Fawn Sharp & Ella McSweeney & Lara Stroh
BREAK
Hope! Thriving Wild Salmon at the Heart of Healthy Ecosystems
Thriving Wild Salmon and Habitat
Guðni Guðbergsson, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland
The Recovery of the Tyne: A UK Rural-Urban Watershed
Jack Bloomer, Tyne Rivers Trust
The Urgent Action Needed
Next Steps
Kat Gillbe, Missing Salmon Alliance
5:15 pm CLOSE
5:30 pm Wild Salmon Connections Reception
Thames Salmon School; Joseph Rossano, International Environmental Artist &
Scott Schuyler, Skagit Watershed Council
7:00 pm Reception Ends
28 January
Environmental Leadership
Enabling positive solutions to accelerate wild salmon recovery.
8:30 am Registration Opens
9:00 am Conference Begins
Keynote Addresses:
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment
Mairi Gougeon, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands
Addressing Climate Change
Steering Towards Better Outcomes: Salmon Climate Adaptation
Jason Hwang, Pacific Salmon Foundation
Is the World too Hot for Atlantic Salmon?
Valerie Ouellet, Atlantic Salmon Federation
Salish Sea Marine Survival Program
Jacques White, Long Live the Kings
BREAK
Fisheries and Bycatch - A Problem for Wild Salmon?
International Legal Duties in Relation to Bycatch
Penny Gane, Fish Legal
Bycatch: The Challenge and Potential Solutions
Sophie Elliott, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Interactions between Inshore Fisheries and Wild Salmon
Hannah Rudd, Angling Trust
Fisheries Observer Programmes: An Example from France
TBC
Pressures in our Coastal Waters
The Biggest Threat to Wild Atlantic Salmon in Norway: Urgent Action Needed
Nils Olav Gjone, Co-Chair of NASCO Accredited NGOs
TBC
Can Salmon Farming Coexist with and Protect Wild Salmon Populations?
Sondre Eide, Eide Fjordbruk
Audience Q&A
1:15 - 2:15 pm LUNCH
Cold, Clean Water in Free-Flowing Rivers
Saving England's Chalk Stream Salmon
Alison Matthews, The Rivers Trust & Jim Murray, Actor
Hydropower and Wild Atlantic Salmon in Norwegian Rivers
Torfinn Evensen, Norske Lakseelver
A Whole Catchment Approach in the Face of Climate Change
Lorraine Hawkins, Dee District Salmon Fishery Board
Wild Salmon and Habitats in the Western Atlantic
Nathan Wilbur, Atlantic Salmon Federation
Leadership for Salmon, People and the Planet
Informing the Future: Supporting Solutions in our Catchments and Oceans
Kathryn Berry, BECI and PICES & Jon Emery, Atlantic Salmon Trust
In an Uncertain World, is the Road to Resilience a River?
Christine Colvin, WWF International
Enhanced Collaboration to Meet a Shared Goal
Kim Damon-Randall, North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization & Alan Wells, Missing Salmon Alliance
5:15pm CLOSE
7:00 pm Wild Salmon Connections Banquet
In Conversation: Jim Murray & Dominic West
9:30 pm Banquet Ends
29 January
Focussing for the Future
Nature restoration for salmon, people, communities and the Planet.
8:30 am Registration Opens
9:00 am Conference Begins
Keynote Address:
Alastair Fothergill, Director and co-founder of Silverback Films, with productions including Sir David Attenborough’s 'Wild Isles’ and ‘Our Planet' documentaries
Scaling Up River Restoration
Nature Restoration and Convention on Biological Diversity
James Dalton, International Union for Conservation of Nature
Dams and the US Endangered Species Protection Act
Ann Willis, American Rivers
Salmon for People
Mike Meneer, Pacific Salmon Foundation
Scaling up Through Environmental and Farmer Groups
Teresa Dent, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
BREAK
‘Investment Ready’ for Nature Finance
Six Rivers Iceland
Peter Williams, Six Rivers
Philanthropic Positives and Pitfalls
Allison Collina, Pacific Salmon Foundation
Mobilising Nature Finance for Watershed Restoration
Alex Adam, Rivers Trust with Natalie Campbell, BELU & Claire Bidell, Amazon Web Services
Panel Discussion
The Power of Collaboration
Collaboration: Building on Solid Foundations
Mark Saunders, International Year of the Salmon
Next Steps for Missing Salmon Alliance and Wild Salmon Connections
Kat Gillbe, Missing Salmon Alliance
Thanks and Close
Pedro Landale, Missing Salmon Alliance
1:30 pm LUNCH
NETWORKING & MEETINGS
4:00 pm CLOSE
Films, project stands, art installations, refreshments and opportunities for connections and conversations will be available throughout Wild Salmon Connections.
This programme is subject to change.
Wild Salmon Connections is generously supported by The Fishmongers’ Company, Newcore Capital and YETI.
