Cremation and Burial Communication and Education 2017

in association with:

The Cremation Society of Great Britain

The Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities
Programme
MONDAY 3rd JULY – Sessions sponsored by APCC | |
---|---|
09.30 hrs onwards | Arrival and registration |
11.00 hrs | Exhibition opens |
12.30 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
14.15 hrs |
Opening of Event by Harvey Thomas CBE, Chairman, The Cremation Society of Great Britain and Councillor Edward Latham, President, The Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities |
14.25 hrs | CBCE 2017 Bursaries |
14.30 hrs |
CWGC – The Centenary. Community Engagement in the UK Jennie Sweeney, BA (Hons), Head of Community Engagement, Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
15.15 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
15.45 hrs |
Investing in your future James Penney, MSc, Chairman, Darwin Alternative Investment Management Limited |
16.30 hrs |
Updated Guidelines for Groundwater Protection in Cemeteries Simon Holbrook, Local Authority Unit (LAU) Manager, The Environment Agency |
17.00 – 18.00 hrs | End of Session – Drinks reception in Exhibition Area |
19.30 hrs | Welcome BBQ and disco at the Stratford Manor Hotel |
TUESDAY 4th JULY – Sessions sponsored by NAFD | |
---|---|
09.30 hrs |
The Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 – Shaping the future of bereavement services in Scotland by Gareth Brown, Deputy Director, Health Protection and Public Health Reform, Scottish Government |
10.15 hrs |
Learning from the past: your energy future Martin Nicholson, BSc, Group Services Manager and Thomas Bates, Sales Manager, Northern Gas & Power Ltd |
10.45 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
11.15 hrs |
Sensitive handling of pregnancy loss Helene Marshall, BSc, RGN, SCM, Educational Project Manager Midwifery, NHS Education for Scotland |
11.45 hrs |
Grief Across Communities Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, FMedSci Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well |
12.30 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
14.00 hrs |
Making a positive impact through shared knowledge Alison Crake, MBA, FCMI, President, National Association of Funeral Directors |
14.45 hrs |
Catholics and Cremation 2017 Monsignor Kevin McGinnell, PhB, STB, PGCE, Joint Liturgical Group (GB) |
15.15 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
15.45 – 16.45 hrs |
Presidents’ Panel Chaired by Harvey Thomas CBE Presidents: |
19.15 hrs | Pre-dinner Drinks Reception sponsored by London Cremation Company |
19.45 hrs | Event Banquet at Stratford Manor Hotel |
WEDNESDAY 5th JULY – Sessions sponsored by Fraser and Fraser | |
---|---|
09.30 hrs |
Running out of space? The Legal and Practical Aspects of the Re-Use of Burial Sites Nicholas Evans, LLB (Hons), LLM, Partner and Roll A Parliamentary Agent and Mustafa Latif-Aramesh, LLB (Hons), Solicitor, Bircham Dyson Bell LLP; and Peter Mitchell, FICCM (Dip), Principal, Peter Mitchell Associates |
10.15 hrs |
Funeral Arrangements and Feuding Families: Who has the Legal Right to Decide? Dr Heather Conway, LLB, PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queens University Belfast |
11.00 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
11.30 hrs |
Systemic Radiation Treatment and Cremation Paul Hinton, MSc, CSci, CPhys, Consultant Clinical Scientist, British Nuclear Medicine Society/Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine |
12.15 hrs |
Ministry of Justice update Judith Bernstein, MA (Oxon), LLM, Joint Head of Coroners, Burial, Cremation and Inquiries Policy Team, Ministry of Justice |
13.00 hrs |
End of Event Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
(All timings are approximate. Programme and speakers are subject to change.)