Cremation & Burial Conference & Exhibition 2014
Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th & Wednesday 9th July 2014 – Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon
Programme
| Monday 7 July | |
| 09.30 hrs onwards | Arrival and Registration |
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| 11.00 hrs | Exhibition opens |
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| 12.30 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
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| 14.15 hrs | Opening of Conference |
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| 14.30 hrs | Tracing Next of Kin and Reuniting Families by Daniel Curran, Managing Director, Finders |
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| 15.15 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
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| 15.45 hrs | Burial and Cremation Authorities in the 21st Century by Tina Cook, Chief Executive, Ethical Management Consulting and Robert Barr, AICCM, CMS, CFSMA, General Manager, Manchester Crematorium Ltd |
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| 16.30 hrs | Performance Benchmarking for Cemeteries and Crematoria by Robert Bailey, MBA, BEng (Hons), LLB (Hons), CEng, MIET, MCIMSPA, Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) |
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| 17.00 hrs | End of Session - Drinks reception in Exhibition Area |
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| Evening | Dinner |
| Tuesday 8 July | |
| 09.30 hrs | Musings of a Secretary – A look back over four decades of the cremation movement by Roger Arber, Secretary, The Cremation Society of Great Britain |
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| 10.00 hrs | CAMEO – the waiting is over! by Brendan Day, MBA, Dip ICCM, CAMEO Manager |
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| 10.30 hrs | Refreshment Break & Exhibition |
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| 11.00 hrs | The Gas Industry – Are you getting the best from it? Victor Levison, BA(Hons), National Account Manager, and Darren Holman, MSc, AIEMA, Energy Services Product and Compliance Manager, Total Gas and Power |
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| 11.45 hrs | Coffin Accreditation Programme – 'The Pace Quickens' Panel Members: Richard Barradell (Co-ordinator) – Secretary/Treasurer, Association of Private Crematoria and Cemeteries Rick Powell – Secretary, The Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities David Crampton – President, Funeral Furnishing Manufacturers' Association Tim Morris, Chief Executive, Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management Alan Slater, Chief Executive, National Association of Funeral Directors Mark Woollard, President, National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors |
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| 12.30 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
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| 14.00 hrs | Licensing of Funeral Directors – A Sector Perspective by Mervyn Pilley, FSBP, AICCM, Associate BIFD, British Institute of Funeral Directors |
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| 14.30 hrs | Ministry of Justice Update by Judith Bernstein, MA, LLM, Head of Coroners, Burials, Cremation and Inquiries Team, Access to Justice, Justice Policy Group, Ministry of Justice |
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| 15.15 hrs | Refreshment Break & Exhibition |
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| 15.45 hrs | New Styles of Funerals Civil Funerals and Funeral Celebrancy by Anne Barber, MBA (OU), BA (Hons), Dip MRS, PTTLS, FICF, Managing Director, Civil Ceremonies Ltd, 1500 years of funeral service: the Church of England, the same yet different Revd Dr Sandra Millar, BA (Hons), MA, PhD, Dip Theol, DipMin, Church of England, Celebrating and Letting Go – A Humanist Approach to Funerals Isabel Russo, Head of Ceremonies, British Humanist Association |
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| 17.00 hrs | End of Session – Drinks reception in Exhibition Area |
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| Evening | Dinner |
| Wednesday 9 July | |
| 09.30 hrs | PlayDNA – Genetic Memorials for the 21st Century? by Dr Samantha Decombel, BSc, PhD, Director, PlayDNA Ltd |
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| 10.00 hrs | Digital Autopsy by Jon Nottingham, National Operations Manager. iGene® London Ltd and Dr Vinay Hallikeri, MBBS, MD, Senior Forensic Research Scientist, iGene® Sdn Bhd Kuala Lumpur |
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| 10.30 hrs | Refreshment Break & Exhibition |
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| 11.00 hrs | Infant Cremation Commission – 'An exclusive video interview for CBCE 2014' The Rt Hon Lord Bonomy, LL.D, Chairman, Infant Cremation Commission interviewed by Harvey Thomas CBE, Chairman, Cremation Society of Great Britain |
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| 12.00 hrs | A New Way of Delivering Bereavement Services by Kevin Melling, Orbitas Bereavement Services Ltd |
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| 12.30 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
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| 14.00 hrs | Celebration of the Catholic Church's 1964 Decision by Monsignor Kevin McGinnell, PhB, STB, PGCE, Roman Catholic Church |
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| 14.45 hrs | What is the future for Highgate Cemetery? by Dr Ian Dungavell, BA (Hons), PhD, MScCHE, FSA, Chief Executive, Friends of the Highgate Cemetery Trust |
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| 15.15 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
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| 15.45 hrs | Presidents' Panel A lively question and answer session involving Presidents from leading organizations within the death care profession. Panel: Miriam Deacon, Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities Paul Cuthell, National Association of Funeral Directors Yvonne Wilson, National Association of Memorial Masons Mark Woollard, National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors Chairman: Harvey Thomas CBE |
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| 16.45 hrs | End of Conference |
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| 19.45 hrs | Conference Banquet in Ballroom |
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| (All timings are approximate and programme and speakers are subject to change) | |
