2024 Hartpury Research Conference: Communication, Engagement and Impact.

Jonnie Hughes

Our morning keynote speaker is Jonnie Hughes, Jonnie Hughes has produced and directed science and natural history films for the BBC, Discovery, National Geographic and Netflix. He was Supervising Producer attached to Netflix’s Emmy award-winning Our Planet (2019) and producer/director on the multi-award winning David Attenborough A Life on Our Planet (2020). In October 2020, Jonnie joined forces with Colin Butfield, previously an Executive Director at WWF, to create Studio Silverback, an arm of Silverback Films with a mission to use the power of filmmaking to take the story of the urgent need for sustainability on Earth to as big an audience as possible. Jonnie was Series Producer on their first series, The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet featuring Prince William and Sir David Attenborough for BBC and Discovery+. He co-produced Sir David’s rousing address to 170 Heads of State in the Opening Ceremony of COP26. Jonnie has authored four books on science and the environment.

Professor Martin Jones

Our afternoon keynote speaker is Dr Martin Jones, Martin is a sport and exercise psychologist with more than 20 years of supporting athletes, coaches, performance directors and military personnel. He is a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society, a Science Council Chartered Scientist, and a Health and Care Professions Council Registered Practitioner Psychologist. Martin is an award-winning researcher and educator. He has graduate degrees (MSc and PhD) in sport psychology from Loughborough University and Sleep Medicine (MSc) from Oxford University. Martin holds holds a Visiting Professor role at the University of Exeter and is a visiting Professor at Hartpury University. He has published more than 45 peer-reviewed publications and recently moved into the defence and security sector to research sleep, fatigue, resilience, and human performance. He represented the UK MoD as the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s Principal Advisor on Human Performance and Human Augmentation and represented the UK as the principal member of the NATO human factors and medicine research panel. Martin actively advised and supported several human performance initiatives in the defence and security sector.