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EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AT LEARNING LIVE 2024

Hear directly from some of the biggest names in the grounds industry as they provide advice, insight, and real solutions to the biggest issues that the grounds management industry faces.

We’ll be hosting a series of sessions on three incredible stages, enabling visitors to hear directly from industry leaders, technical specialists, and experts from across the industry.

FREE to attend, these sessions are the perfect opportunity to hear the latest insights, build knowledge, and expand your knowledge!

LEARNING LIVE AGENDA 2024

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  • Location
    • Spotlight Stage
10:00
  1. Spotlight Stage
    30 mins
    • Pest and Disease Management
    This session gives practical advice on how to control two of the UK’s hardest to deal with soil pests.
10:45
  1. Spotlight Stage
    30 mins
    • Sustainable Practices
    This session looks at how environmental management systems can reduce operational costs, reduce the risk of prosecution, adapt to climate change, and enhance stakeholder engagement.
11:30
  1. Spotlight Stage
    30 mins
    • Management Principles
    This session offers an overview on how to assess the work place by looking for key areas often missed and provides practical guidance to assist with meeting compliance for staff, contractors and visitors.
12:15
  1. Spotlight Stage
    30 mins
    • Turf Management
    An update on artificial turf characteristics and the Football Foundation's organic infill pilot scheme in Sheffield.
13:45
  1. Spotlight Stage
    29 mins
    • Sustainable Practices
    For those engaged in amenity and sports turf management, it is important to both demonstrate and implement sustainable practices. This session will briefly review the policy drivers, the key elements to be considered and, importantly, how to develop an integrated approach to management and operational practice. It will also highlight examples of simple steps that can be taken in a number of amenity and sports surface situations as examples.
14:30
  1. Spotlight Stage
    30 mins
    • Sustainable Practices
    • Turf Management
    This session explains how Biofilm technology can enhance turf management through growth promotion and reduced chemical use, by emphasizing microbial nutrient recycling and improving turf quality and soil health.
12:15
  1. Spotlight Stage
    30 mins
    • Sustainable Practices
    A Q&A on what climate changes we are witnessing, how this affects turf management and what does the future look like.
13:45
  1. Spotlight Stage
    30 mins
    • Sustainable Practices
    Dr John Dempsey shares finding from his recent research studies.

LEARNING LIVE 2024 THEMES.

TURF MANAGEMENT.

Learn about pitch quality standards, innovative turf care techniques, and effective disease and pest control strategies.

MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES.

Enhance your leadership skills with workshops on effective communication, teamwork, safe work practices, and volunteer management.

SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.

Discover best practices for soil health, water management, and reducing turf grass damage. Gain insights on mitigating the impact of climate change and promoting biodiversity.

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

Explore grant opportunities, budgeting strategies, and cost-effective solutions to optimise your grounds management operations.

INDUSTRY LEADERS SPEAKING
AT SALTEX 2024.

 

CPD POINTS

BASIS

Claim 2 BASIS CPD points for just attending SALTEX this year and a point for each session you attend (up to four per day).

BASIS generates a unique code for each session and each day of the exhibition, which you can then input into your BASIS portal to claim the CPD points.

You can get a copy of the session code at the Learning LIVE Stages and at the GMA Hub.

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BIGGA

Claim 1 BIGGA Networking Credit for just attending SALTEX this year and a 1 BIGGA education credit per hour for each Learning LIVE seminar you attend.

You can input the session codes into your BIGGA CPD programme via your CPD account which can be accessed via the BIGGA website.

You can get a copy of the session code at the Learning LIVE Stages and at the GMA Hub.

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