• • 16:00
    • Registration & sign-in open
    • Shop opens
    Arena & Forum entrance area
  • Members’ Bar opens
    Arena
  • Food area opens
    Arena (upstairs)
• 17:45
  Maltings Beer Festival Group meet
  Riviera Centre entrance
• • 18:00
    Trip to Bay’s Brewery departs*
    Coach departure point
  • Conference Procedures Committee meeting
    Arena Bar
  • Cider Talk & Tasting*
    Grace Murrell Suite
  • Fringe Activity: The State of UK Brewing with Tim Webb
    Grace Murrell Suite
  • CPC meeting
    Arena Bar
• 19:00
  National Executive Committee meeting
  Arena Bar
• 20:00
  Registration closes
• 21:00
  • Shop closes
  • Food area closes
• 23:00
  Members’ Bar closes

• • 8:30
    • Registration & sign-in open
    • Shop opens
    Arena & Forum entrance area
  • Food area opens
    Arena (upstairs)
• 9:30
  AGM opens

  • Chairman's opening remarks
  • Appointment of tellers
  • Housekeeping
  • Apologies for absence
  • Notice of AGM
  • Minutes of the 2024 AGM
  • Finance Director’s Report
  • Adoption of 2024 Accounts
  • Appointment of Auditors
  • Authorise the National Executive to set the renumeration of Auditors
  Forum
• 10:15
  AGM closes
• • 10:20
    Conference opens

    • CPC Chairman’s opening remarks
    • Appointment of Conference Tellers
    • Motions for debate
• 11:00
  Keynote Speaker: Steve Darling MP
• 11:30
  Presentation: Good Beer Guide Review
• 12:15
  Speech: Ash Corbett-Collins CAMRA Chairman
• 12.45
  Lunch. Members’ Bar opens. Shop opens.
• 14:00
  Motions for debate
• 15:00
  Presentation: Inclusion and Activation
• 15:30
  Fringe Activities
  Grace Murrell Suite & Burdett Room
• 18:00
  Beer & Music Matching Activity
  Burdett Room
• 18:00
  Registration closes
• 18:00
  Cider Talk & Tasting*
  Grace Murrell Suite
• 21:00
  • Shop closes
  • Food area closes
• 23:00
  Members’ Bar closes

Please note: you will need to show your badge for entry on Sunday morning. The food area will be open from 8.30am for breakfast snacks, hot drinks etc.

• 9:00
  Shop opens
  Arena & Forum entrance
• 9:30
  • Conference opens
  • Motions for debate
  Forum
• 10:00
  Fringe Activities feedback
• 10:20
  Presentation: Campaigning Strategy
• 10:40
  Motions for debate
• 11:00
  Speech: Tom Stainer, CAMRA Chief Executive
• 11:20
  Motions for debate
• 12:30
  Conference closes
• 12:30
  Members’ Bar opens
  Arena
• 14:00
  Shop closes
• 16:00
  Members’ Bar & food area closes
• 17:00
  Venue closes

• Bays Brewery (Paignton) Brewery Trip £30

  Ticket includes (wheelchair accessible) bus travel to/from the brewery, tour of brewery, beer and pasty (vegetarian/vegan options to be ordered in advance). There is a disabled toilet at the brewery, but the upstairs area is not accessible. Ticket holders must be at the meeting point outside the Riviera Centre at least 10 minutes before departure.

  Important information regarding accessibility for this trip

• Maltings Beer Festival (Group event) £18 (leaving from outside the Riviera Centre at 17:45 to walk to station)

  Ticket includes entry to the beer festival, glass, programme and 5 half pint tokens. This is part of a Group activity and ticket holders will have access to a dedicated seating area in the festival. Details about train times/tickets please read this important note.

  The price includes lots of extras which aren't included in the general festival entrance price.

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• Cider Talk & Tasting £15.00 (Grace Murrell Suite).

  As 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of CAMRA promoting real cider and perry this is a great opportunity to hear from Devon producers and sample their products. Come and hear from Devon producers Courtney’s, Hunt’s, Bulkamore Orchards and Sam’s and sample their ciders.

  This session lasts approximately 2 hours.

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• The State of UK Brewing (Grace Murrell Suite)

  It used to be that six large British firms produced 70% of the beer and owned half of the pubs in the UK. Fifty years on, four gigantic foreign firms control most of the UK beer business, from brewhouse to bar top, in a way that might be illegal. Use this session to understand who owns what, how their control works in practice, and what is needed to make vital changes to the current market. It is also a chance to get up to date with what has been happening to beer the UK, and to hear about some of the new ways in which CAMRA proposes to deal with the industry that supplies it. From the bigger picture to important local details – a CAMRA beer strategy to educate, and appeal to, the beer lovers of the future.

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  Presented by Tim Webb, Beer Writer & Vice Chair RACPC.

• Beer & Music Matching £10 (Burdett Room)

  Join us for an electrifying event with award-winning beer writer Pete Brown, as he takes you on a captivating journey through the world of beer and music. The event is a dazzling audio-visual experience that blends passionate fandom, engaging storytelling, and genuine neuroscientific insights. Taste a selection of expertly crafted ales, paired perfectly with songs from a breadth of genres to bring out flavours and feelings you’d never expect. Over the past decade this event has captivated thousands, and CAMRA will be publishing Pete’s book on this phenomenon, Tasting Notes, later this year.

  Book your tickets

• The State of UK Brewing (Grace Murrell Suite).

  It used to be that six large British firms produced 70% of the beer and owned half of the pubs in the UK. Fifty years on, four gigantic foreign firms control most of the UK beer business, from brewhouse to bar top, in a way that might be illegal. Use this session to understand who owns what, how their control works in practice, and what is needed to make vital changes to the current market. It is also a chance to get up to date with what has been happening to beer the UK, and to hear about some of the new ways in which CAMRA proposes to deal with the industry that supplies it. From the bigger picture to important local details – a CAMRA beer strategy to educate, and appeal to, the beer lovers of the future.

  Book your tickets

  Presented by Tim Webb, Beer Writer & Vice Chair RACPC.

• Maximising New Member Recruitment at CAMRA Festivals (Grace Murrell Suite)

  Come and hear about some easy wins for getting festival goers to join CAMRA, see the resources available, share best practice, and fire us some FAQs at this inter-active session. There might even be some role playing (if you are up for that). By the end of the session, we hope you will see that membership recruitment is not daunting and can be fun - with the right attitude and resources to hand (whether that includes wearing a wacky hat, dishing out free pints, or just being able to enthuse about how great CAMRA is to strangers). We promise that no idea is too ridiculous as long as it works (and is legal)!

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  Presented by Laura Coles, Event Recruitment Officer and Val Langford, Volunteer Support Manager.

• Branch and festival marketing: Working together for a stronger future (Grace Murrell suite)

  Join us as we explore how to get the best from our collective marketing and communication approaches. This session will look at how we engage and encourage more people to get involved in CAMRA events and campaigns. This will include discussions on various channels, online platforms, tools and resources which are readily available to our volunteers. It will also celebrate and share great examples of Branch communications and approaches, while offering tactical help and support. Get involved in this engaging session on how we can attract more people to support a range of CAMRA local and national initiatives and events, including campaigning, marketing and membership messages.

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  Presented by Dean Barrett, CAMRA Commercial Director, assisted by Jane Eason, Chief of Campaigns & Communications.

• Cider Talk & Tasting £15 (Grace Murrell Suite)

  As 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of CAMRA promoting real cider and perry this is a great opportunity to hear from Devon cider makers and sample their products. We are delighted to welcome Rull Orchards, Yarde, and Bollhayes to this session.

  This session lasts approximately 2 hours.

  Book your tickets

• Beer & Music Matching £10 (Burdett Room)

  Join us for an electrifying event with award-winning beer writer Pete Brown, as he takes you on a captivating journey through the world of beer and music. The event is a dazzling audio-visual experience that blends passionate fandom, engaging storytelling, and genuine neuroscientific insights. Taste a selection of expertly crafted ales, paired perfectly with songs from a breadth of genres to bring out flavours and feelings you’d never expect. Over the past decade this event has captivated thousands, and CAMRA will be publishing Pete’s book on this phenomenon, Tasting Notes, later this year.

  Book your tickets