HARP 2nd Symposium on Accounting for Biodiversity

Date: Tuesday 14th January

Location: LG01 IRC Seminar Room - Henley Business School

Registration: If interested in participating, please contact Gunanr Rimmel <g.rimmel@henley.ac.uk>

AGENDA

Monday 13th January

Socialising Early Bird Dinner & Drinks (somewhere in Reading – own pockets dinner)

Tuesday 14th January

9.00 – 9.30 Tea/Coffee

9.30 – 11.15 Session 1: Current research in accounting for biodiversity

• All participants to speak for approx. 5 minutes to briefly outline: - what they see as the purpose of research in accounting for biodiversity; - a research project they are currently working on or planning; and - how this research project does/will contribute to this purpose.

11.15 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee

11.30 – 13.00 Session 2: Theoretical/conceptual approaches and the development of the field

• Tom Cuckston on SEAJ commentary that tries to set up the vision for the research programme in Accounting and Conservation

• Madlen Sobkowiak – Constructing a national account of biodiversity

• Mira Lieberman-Boyd – Mass extinction, Integrated Reports & Hedgehogs?

• Madlen & Mira “Out of an Early Scholars view”

• Professor Jill Atkins / Martina Macpherson on a new book on extinction accounting – from theory to practice & AAAJ Special Issue

13.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.30 Session 3: Future directions for research in accounting for biodiversity

• Question for discussion:

• (i) What theoretical/conceptual approaches might enable researchers in accounting for biodiversity to respond to the visions set out in these papers?

• (ii) Group discussion on what more we can do to facilitate further development of the accounting for biodiversity research field.

• More time for the new extinction book

15.30 Closing & Rolling home