SNSS Future Landscape Conference 2026
The second Future Landscape Conference will be held at the SRUC Barony Campus this October. Held every two years the conference aims to promote innovation in the rural landscape to meet the needs of tomorrow.
This year’s conference is themed around “Innovation in Integration: Building resilient futures through collaboration”. It will be an opportunity to share research, and case studies from across the sector, as well as highlighting opportunities for collaboration between industries.
- Date: 16th October 2026
- Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm
- Location: Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway
- Type: Conference
- Subject area: Agriculture, Conservation, Environment & Sustainability, Forestry & Arboriculture, Horticulture & Landscaping
Contributors
We’re delighted to welcome the following organisations to this year’s conference:
- Peatland Action
- Nature Friendly Farming Network
- The Soil Association
- LANTRA
- Community Land Scotland
- Natural Capital Community Partnerships
- Buglife
- Bright Green Nature
- Southern Upland Partnership
- SWSEIC
- Scottish Agroecology Partnership
- NatureScot
- LUNZHUB
- JUSTLANZ
- Digital Dairy Nexus
- Chirrup.
We’re also thrilled to welcome presentations from researchers at the following institutions:
- SRUC School of Natural and Social Science.
- Rural Policy Centre.
- Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes, University of Edinburgh.
- SAC Consulting.
- Centre for Mountain Studies, University of Highlands and Islands, Scottish Association for Marine Science.
- University of Leeds and University Centre Bishop Burton.
The full agenda is available here: Future Landscape Conference agenda.
Time
Registration Opens: 9:30am
Conference Closes: 4:00pm
Ticket Sales
Tickets are available here: SRUC | Eventbrite
Tickets for students are available at a discount.
Full Price Public tickets: £45.67
Full Price Student tickets: £27.69
If you're interested in contributing, or wish to learn more contact the Conference Chair: Ely Blyth, Ely.Blyth@sruc.ac.uk