Land with Certainty
Audience
Objectives
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Complimentary groups and bodies advocating for the value of professional land referencing
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Geographers committed to common professional standards
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Foster collaboration; bring together diverse perspectives
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Present a unified identity and value proposition for Land Referencing, positioning professional geographers at the heart of infrastructure development and project teams
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Position land referencing as an inclusive, innovative, and impactful service, integral to infrastructure development
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Communicate the purpose of professional collaboration
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Provide assessed CPD opportunity for all attendees
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Facilitate networking and knowledge exchange
London Evening Networking Event
Our London evening networking reception will be held aboard the Tattershall Castle, Victoria Embankment directly following the conference with food and drinks provided.
Tickets
Tickets are available for SoLR members (discounted to £89.99) and non-members of SoLR (£140).
If you are a SoLR member, your discount will be applied once you login to your account.
Tickets to our London Evening Networking event are limited to 200, so please only add this option if you would like to attend.
Please contact hello@solr.org.uk if you would like to bulk purchase tickets or pay via invoice.
Membership OfferThu 18 SeptRoyal Geographical Society (with IBG)The Society of Land Referencers is proud to present the second annual Land with Certainty Conference.
Agenda
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10:00 - 10:30
Arrival & Refreshments
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10:30 - 10:45
Chair
Welcome and Conference Chair
Jim Harvey
Managing Director, The Message Business
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10:45 - 11:00
Session 1a
Optioneering (Land inputs into the Optioneering Process and Technology)
Duncan O’Connor
Partner TLT LLP
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11:00 - 11:20
Session 1b
Optioneering (Land inputs into the Optioneering Process and Technology)
Adam Anyszewski
Co-Founder and CPO, Continuum Industries (Optioneer)
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11:30 - 12:30
Session 2a
Panel Discussion on Pre – Application (Setting up your project for success)
Tom Dix
Project Director, Turner and Townsend
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11:30 - 12:30
Session 2b
Panel Discussion on Pre – Application (Setting up your project for success)
Caitlin Wentworth
Lands Senior Project Manager at National Grid
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11:30 - 12:30
Session 2a
Panel Discussion on Pre – Application (Setting up your project for success)
Ashley Parry Jones
Head of Land, WSP
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11:30 - 12:30
Session 2b
Panel Discussion on Pre – Application (Setting up your project for success)
Adam Lakin
Project Director, Bentley Project Management
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12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
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13:30 - 14:00
Session 3a
Post-Submission to Consent (Managing Relationships through the Rigours of the Process)
Tom Mothersole
Associate Director, Counter Context
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14:10 - 14:40
Session 3b
Post-Submission to Consent (Managing Relationships through the Rigours of the Process)
Olivia White
Director, Cavendish Consulting
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14:40 - 15:10
Refreshments
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15:10 - 15:45
Session 4a
Delivery (Land team role in Delivery)
Martin Follmer
Community Engagement Manager at Kier
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16:20 - 16:30
Closing Remarks
SoLR
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Evening
London Networking Event
Tattershall Castle, Victoria Embankment
SoLR Land with Certainty Conference 2024
On Thursday 24th October, in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society at their South Kensington building, SoLR held our inaugural Land with Certainty conference. This gathering brought together professionals from various land referencing disciplines, highlighting the significance of our industry and the extensive topics we had to discuss as a unified group.
An industry conference has been an ambition of the SoLR board and wider industry members for many years. Following SoLR's collaborative industry workshop in June 2023 and the creation of our sub-committees, the Professional Engagement sub-committee took ownership of bringing this ambition to life. Planning for the event started back in November 2023, with wider support from SoLR's members in February supporting the conference organisation coming together. With the commitment, organisation and support of SoLR members the conference was a great success.
The conference brought together 100 attendees from over 20 land referencing organisations to listen and discuss relevant and important topics. Speakers from 9 different organisations, including consultancies, charities, legal and client entities discussed key topics such as consenting regimes throughout the UK and delivering projects sustainably with emphasis on people and the legacy the projects will leave behind. The conference was opened by Mike Crowther, the Chair of SoLR's Identity sub-committee, discussing the importance of our industry and the need for us to collectively agree our identity going forwards. Catherine Souch, the RGS' Head of Research and Higher Education, followed this up by discussing professional geography and accreditation routes available to those in our industry. These opening talks brought together the synergies that exist between land referencing and professional geographers and were echoed throughout the day by all of the speakers.
Key takeaways from the conference sessions included:
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The importance and need for us to agree our land referencing identity
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Legislative and standard recommendations that we can promote as a society
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Our continued commitment to collaborating with complementary organisations and industries such as the RGS
The day was superbly chaired by Jim Harvey, a long-term supporter of SoLR and member of our identity sub-committee.
We see this event as a major success and the start of an annual event for members. We have ambitions to make this event bigger, with more topics discussed and an even more diverse set of speakers in 2025. As with any initial event, we have been, and continue to be, interested in collecting feedback from attendees. We are currently reviewing feedback collected from those who attended the conference, and please get in touch at hello@solr.org.uk if you would like to provide any additional feedback or suggestions for our 2025 conference.
Finally, we would like to express our thanks to everyone who made this event happen. From the attendees, speakers, sponsors, and every wider SoLR members who dedicated their time to put this event together.