| 0900 | Breakfast Reception | |
| 0930 | Conference Welcome from Chair. | Claire Saunders. Trustee & Chair of Conservation and Research Committee, RBST. |
| 0935 | Keynote Speech | Mairi McAllan MSP. Minister for the Environment, Biodiversity and Land reform, Scottish Government |
| 0950 | “Soil – The Basis of Everything” | Panel Chair: David McKay, Head of Policy Scotland, Soil Association Panellists: Dr Roy Nielson, James Hutton Institute. Doug Christie, Durie Farm Eleanor Kay, Scottish Land & Estates Tom Booth, East Neuk Market Garden |
| 1040 | Coffee / networking break | |
| 1055 | “The Farm of 2040” | Panel Chair: Prof. Tim Morris. Chair, Expert Advisory Panel RBST Panellists: Lucy Mitchell, National Chair, Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs & Events and engagement manager, James Hutton Institute Robert Ramsay, SAC Consulting Dr Miranda Geelhoed, Scottish Crofting Federation Rosie Jack, Balcaskie Estate |
| 1145 | Networking Break | |
| 1200 | “Why Biodiversity matters to the way we farm” | Panel Chair: Rosemary Champion, The Accidental Smallholder. Founder of Scottish Smallholder Festival and Smallholding Scotland Panellists: Nikki Yoxall, Grampian Graziers Adele Jones, Sustainable Food Trust Dr Caroline Robinson, SRUC Vets Tara Wight, Land Workers Alliance |
| 1250 | Lunch including the opportunity to view the Lincoln Red Herd at Balcaskie | |
| 1330 | The launch of the RBST Scotland Food and Farming Sustainability Awards 2023 | Christopher Price, CEO RBST |
| 1340 | Afternoon programme welcome | Claire Saunders |
| 1350 | “Carbon – The whole story” | Panel Chair: Roger Baird, Chair, Scottish Organic Producers Association Panellists: Christopher Price, RBST Dr Tim Geraghty, SRUC Vets Lesley Wylie, SAC Consulting |
| 1440 | Networking break | |
| 1450 | “The Livestock Food Chain – the real economics and why it matters” | Panel Chair: Adam Forrest, Organics Development Manager, Scotland Food & Drink Panellists: Prof. Tim Morris, Abattoir Support Group Sam Parsons, Balcaskie Estates John McMaster, ABP Group Fergus Younger, SAOS John Armour, Scottish Government |
| 1540 | Tea / networking break | |
| 1550 | “Why Farmers need to be Marketers” | Panel Chair: Ceri Ritchie, Head of Food and Enterprise, SAC Consulting. Panellists: Sascha Grierson, Hugh Grierson Organic Jock Gibson, Edenvale Farm & Macbeths Anna Lamotte, Guardswell Farm |
| 1640 | Conference Summary | Claire Saunders |
| 1655 | Conference Close and networking reception | |