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DCF Annual Conference 2026 - Your Conference Experience

DCF Annual Conference 2026 - Your Conference Experience

Thank you for joining us at the DCF Conference 2026 at Kingston Maurward.

We hope you found the day engaging and inspiring, and that you left with new insights, skills, and valuable connections.

To help us shape future events and continue improving how we deliver our conferences, we’d be very grateful if you could take a few moments to complete our feedback form.

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How would you rate the overall benefit of your conference experience?

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Which presentations were most beneficial to you? Please select your top 5.

Dorset Coast Forum highlights, Toni Powell

What Can the UK Learn from Overseas? A New Approach to Coastal Resilience, Hamish Hall

Shifting Shores: Adapting to Coastal Change at Studland Bay and Hive Beach, National Trust

Future Coast Dorset, supporting communities in adapting to change, Matt Smith

Making Way for the Sea: The Moors at Arne Transformation, Neil Watson

The eco-tourism benefits of protecting Poole Harbour as a natural space, Mya Banbrick

Inshore Fisheries and Local Governance in a Changing Climate, Emily Bulled

Navigating shared seas: collaborative black seabream management, Pia Bateman & Sarah Birchenough

Workshop: Preparing Dorset for the future: Working together on climate adaptation

An update on Channel Gateway and wind energy opportunities offshore Portland, Ian Selby

An Exploration of Sculpture and Creative Practice, John Maine

Communities discovering the story beneath Weymouth, Richard McConnell

Implementing the vision of making Dorset the Inclusive Blue Space Capital of the UK, Will Behenna, Ben Heath & Alex Brocklesby

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How do you plan to apply the knowledge, ideas and connections you gained from the conference?

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What themes or presentations would you like to see featured at future DCF conferences?

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We'd love to hear any further thoughts your conference experience. Are there any comments or suggestions you would like to share about the venue, speakers, format or organisation of the day?

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Thank you for attending the DCF Conference 2026 and for sharing your feedback. Your comments will help shape future events, and we hope to see you again at next year's conference.