Cremation and Burial Communication and Education 2016
The Holiday Inn Stratford-upon-Avon, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6YR
Monday 4th, Tuesday 5th & Wednesday 6th July 2016
Programme
Monday 4th 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 Event by Harvey Thomas CBE, Chairman, The Cremation Society of Great Britain and Adrian Britton, President, The Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities |
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14.25 hrs | CBCE 2016 Bursary Lindsay Udall, PhD Candidate Archaeology & Anthropology University of Bristol 2010-2016; AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award in partnership with the Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust |
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14.30 hrs | All Things Dead are New Again: Debating Death’s Future(s) since 1970 Dr John Troyer PhD, Director, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath. |
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15.15 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
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15.45 hrs | Funeral Directors and the Promotion of Cremation: A Regional Perspective Dr Brian Parsons BA, PhD, Dip FD, MBIFD, MBIE, Funeral Service Training (London) |
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16.30 hrs | Resomation has the least impact on the environment Sandy Sullivan BSc (Hons), Founder and Director, Resomation Ltd |
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17.00 – 18.00 hrs | End of Session - Drinks reception in Exhibition Area |
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Evening | Dinner |
Tuesday 5th July | |
09.30 hrs | ecoLation Tony Ennis, CEO, ecoLegacy |
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10.15 hrs | The Future: ‘Memorial Park 2026’ Leona McAllister BA (Hons), Commercial Director, PlotBox |
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10.45 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
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11.15 hrs | The Modern Community Mausoleum D Scott Odom, RA, Director/Architect, GoldenAge - Mausoleum Solutions Ltd |
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11.45 hrs | Responding to the Bonomy Report in Scotland Dr Mary Ross-Davie, RM, MA, PhD, FHEA, Education Project Manager Maternal Health, NHS Education for Scotland |
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12.30 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
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14.00 hrs | Dealing with Disaster: Implications for death care professionals Dr Anne Eyre PhD, Independent Consultant, Trauma Training |
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14.45 hrs | Safeguarding our digital legacy James Norris, BA (Hons), Founder, Digital Legacy Association & DeadSocial.org |
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15.15 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
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15.45 – 16.45 hrs | Presidents’ Panel |
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19.45 hrs | Event Banquet in Ballroom |
Wednesday 6th July | |
09.30 hrs | Review of Crematoria Provision and Facilities Suzanne Kochanowski, BA (Hons), MSc, Head of Race and Faith, Integration and Faith Division, Department for Communities and Local Government |
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10.15 hrs | Introduction of Medical Examiners and Reforms to Death Certification in England and Wales Carolyn Heaney, Deputy Director, Portfolio Management, Public & International Health Directorate, Department of Health and Dr Alan Fletcher, B Med Sci (Hons), MB ChB, FRCEM, FRCP, MRCPath (Affiliate), Medical Examiner and Consultant Emergency Physician, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
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11.00 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
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11.30 hrs | Ministry of Justice Update Judith Bernstein, MA (Oxon), LLM, Joint Head of Coroners, Burials, Cremation and Inquiries Policy Team, Ministry of Justice |
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12.15 hrs | The Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Dr Simon Cuthbert-Kerr MA, PhD, Senior Policy Lead, Burial and Cremation, Scottish Government |
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13.00 hrs | End of Event Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
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(All timings are approximate and programme and speakers are subject to change) |