The BSBI organises an annual meeting for botanists in Wales. This year it will be an online event. Everyone, including all BSBI members and interested non-members - whether resident in Wales or not - is very welcome!

Provisional Programme

10:30 Annual Meeting opens to all members and supporters – Welcome

10:35 Address by BSBI Chief Executive Julia Hanmer

10:45 Barbara Jones - Conserving upland plants: Barbara will talk about conserving and restoring upland plants with a focus on Wales

11:15 Stuart Smith - Grassland plants of the British and Irish lowlands: Stuart will talk about the work underlying the recently published BSBI book on Grassland plants of the British and Irish lowlands

11:45 Discussion - a panel comprising the previous three speakers will answer questions on their presentations

12:15 Close

Welsh AGM

The 2021 the Welsh AGM will be held online from 09.30 to 10.15 (just before the Wales Annual Meeting) and all BSBI members who are resident in Wales are very welcome. When booking if you tick the box "BSBI resident in Wales" you will automatically receive an invitation to the Welsh AGM.

Registration

Registration is essential - so we can email the Zoom link - but there is no fee. However we would be delighted if you would make a small donation to help cover our organisation and admin costs. The Zoom link will be emailed out on Wednesday 30 June.

Starting Time

You will be able to join up to 10 minutes before the starting times, so you have a little time to sort things out if there any problems. 

Questions

We would love to hear your questions. The speakers have allowed a few minutes for questions.  We will use Zoom in webinar mode which means that while you can see the speakers, they won't be able to see you! So, if you'd like to ask a question, please type it into Zoom's Q&A box and the chair will relay it to the speaker.

Recording

The talks will be recorded and we will upload them to the BSBI YouTube channel shortly after the event - watch out for the links on the BSBI Welsh Annual Meeting page. 

Social media

Use #BSBIWelshMeeting and the BSBI account @BSBIbotany to follow the action on Twitter. 

Photo Credit

Many thanks to Sarah Lambert for her splendid spring photo above of Pyramidal Orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis) against a blue sky, an entry to the BSBI Photographic Competition in 2015.