As a dedicated professional managing the grounds of educational institutions, you face unique challenges in maintaining grass, shrubs, and sports facilities. From ensuring lush, healthy lawns to effective grounds management in schools, private schools, colleges, and universities, your role is essential in creating vibrant, sustainable environments for learning and athletics.
SALTEX 2024 is your gateway to discovering innovative solutions and gaining the latest insights tailored specifically for educational grounds professionals. As Europe’s premier grounds management show, SALTEX offers a hub where industry expertise meets opportunity, providing the tools and knowledge you need to excel.
Whether you're seeking ways to enhance maintenance efficiency, implement sustainable practices, or stay informed about the latest trends, SALTEX provides a comprehensive platform designed to meet your needs.
TRANSFORM YOUR GREEN SPACES WITH INDUSTRY-LEADING EXHIBITORS.
HEAR FROM INDUSTRY THOUGHT LEADERS.
Join us for presentations and discussions on the latest trends and best practices in managing educational grounds. Gain practical insights from experts on overcoming challenges, including effective maintenance, sustainable practices, and ensuring the health and longevity of lawns and green areas in schools, private schools, colleges, and universities.
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Main Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
A review of the UEFA EURO 2024 Pitch Quality Support Program - the strategy, findings and learnings from stadia to training pitches -
Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Pest and Disease Management
This session gives practical advice on how to control two of the UK’s hardest to deal with soil pests.
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Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Sustainable Practices
This session looks at how environmental management systems can reduce operational costs, reduce the risk of prosecution, adapt to climate change, and enhance stakeholder engagement. -
Community Sport Stage30 mins
- Management Principles
Big projects require a lot of planning, money and time. This session offers constructive advice to ensure your club gets the best possible outcome from your investment. -
Main Stage60 mins
- Career Progression
An interactive session for GMA members and the wider industry.
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Spotlight Stage45 mins
- Management Principles
This session offers an overview on how to assess the work place by looking for key areas often missed and provides practical guidance to assist with meeting compliance for staff, contractors and visitors.
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Main Stage45 mins
- Sustainable Practices
Grounds managers at top sporting facilities share their tried and tested techniques to help reduce their carbon footprint.
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Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
An update on artificial turf characteristics and the Football Foundation's organic infill pilot scheme in Sheffield.
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Main Stage30 mins
- Career Progression
The expert panelists in this session will discuss the diverse opportunities the grounds sector offers young people - and how to encourage them to get started on a rewarding career
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Main Stage30 mins
- Management Principles
Head groundspersonnel from top sports facilities share proven examples of best practice in communication techniques for best results -
Spotlight Stage29 mins
- Sustainable Practices
For those engaged in amenity and sports turf management, it is important to both demonstrate and implement sustainable practices. This session will briefly review the policy drivers, the key elements to be considered and, importantly, how to develop an integrated approach to management and operational practice. It will also highlight examples of simple steps that can be taken in a number of amenity and sports surface situations as examples.
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Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Sustainable Practices
- Turf Management
This session explains how Biofilm technology can enhance turf management through growth promotion and reduced chemical use, by emphasizing microbial nutrient recycling and improving turf quality and soil health.
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Main Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
Through Labosport’s role as FIFA Research Institute, David works closely with FIFA to develop new standards and test methods for football infrastructure. This talk will provide an overview of FIFA’s approach to improving the quality of football turf surfaces and will highlight some of the latest developments in research and innovation. -
Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Sustainable Practices
Your chance to ask the experts! -
Community Sport Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
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Main Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
Head of grounds at Eton College, Repton School & Wesley College discuss multi-sport surface management - from sustainable solutions to effective team management principles -
Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Pest and Disease Management
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Community Sport Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
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Main Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
How climate change has led to adaptions in management procedures at top international stadia and training grounds. -
Community Sport Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
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Main Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
This session will cover the expanding grass court season; the characteristics of a grass court; grass roots venues; preparing for Wimbledon and growing the grass court - by using hybrid surfaces, warm-season grasses and new technologies. -
Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Sustainable Practices
A Q&A on what climate changes we are witnessing, how this affects turf management and what does the future look like. -
Community Sport Stage30 mins
- Turf Management
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Main Stage30 mins
- Management Principles
Business coach Jason Douglass asks grounds team managers to share their team motivation techniques and offers key coaching tips to encourage further engagement. -
Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Sustainable Practices
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Community Sport Stage30 mins
- Management Principles
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Main Stage30 mins
- Innovation
The session looks at the most advanced pitch testing techniques and how these are measured to ensure best effect. -
Spotlight Stage30 mins
- Sustainable Practices
Dr John Dempsey shares finding from his recent research studies.
SALTEX 2024 SHOW FEATURES.