December BMC Open Forum
As part of our ongoing commitment in creating new opportunities for members to keep up to date with BMC news and activities we are running a series of BMC Open Forum sessions.
These forums present an opportunity to engage in a Q&A session with BMC CEO, Paul Ratcliffe, and a variety of BMC staff and board members.
When?
Wednesday 11 December 2024 | 18:30 | Online
Registering for the Forum
Upon registering you will be asked to enter:
- First name
- Surname
- Email address
Note: Registration closes at noon on the day of the forum.
Submitting questions
If you wish to submit questions in advance, please email events@thebmc.co.uk. The deadline for submitting questions is 48 hours prior to the forum. We strongly encourage submitting any questions you may have beforehand. This allows us to provide you with the most up-to-date information and helps us adhere to our schedule. Live Q&A will commence once all pre-submitted questions are addressed.
Points to note:
- You will receive a link the join the meeting once the registration closes (on the day of the event).
- To allow us to answer as many as possible, we would ask that you limit your questions to a maximum of three per person.
Headline speaker
An interview with Adriana Brownlee - the youngest woman to Summit all 14 8,000m peaks
Join us at the start of the Forum where we will be interviewing Adriana Brownlee who will be sharing her experience of summiting the 14 highest peaks in the world - all at the age of 23 - last month.
DRAFT AGENDA
Chair: Dominic Oughton
Host: Mary-Ann Ochota
Panel: Paul Ratcliffe, Laura Needham, John Wilmott (Interim Chair)
Guests: Robert Blackhall-Miles, Adriana Brownlee
Welcome and Overview - 5 minutes
Celebrating 80 years of the BMC - Reflection over the past 8 decades with Dom Oughton and Paul Ratcliffe - 10 minutes
Winter Monitoring with BMC Access Officer Tom Carrick and Robert Blackhall-Miles - An interactive talk about the Ecological reasons behind the BMC winter monitoring programme - 15 minutes
CEO Update - LA2028, Plans to capitalise on the funding and the Para programme. BMC HQ Status update. Strategy refresh. Q&A - 25 minutes
14 x 8000m Peaks - A Q&A with British mountaineer Adriana Brownlee, the youngest woman to summit all 14 8000m peaks - 15 minutes
Membership restructure - 10 minutes
Q&A - 10 minutes
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