CBCE 2023

Programme

MONDAY 26th JUNE
08.30 hrs FBCA Executive Committee meeting
09.00 hrs onwards Arrival and registration
09.30 hrs FBCA Annual General Meeting
10.00 hrs Exhibition Opens
11.00 hrs Opening of Event
11.10 hrs Cremation Society - CBCE Bursary 2023
11.15 hrs An update on the current status of the Medical Examiner system in England & Wales
Dr Zoe Hemsley, Regional Medical Examiner for South East England
12.00 hrs Ministry of Justice’s progress report on coroner, burials and cremation policy
By the Burial, Cremation & Funeral Sector Policy Team
This presentation will provide a progress update on the department’s activities within the death management space and present a forward look on what we hope to deliver over the coming months.
12.30 hrs Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area
13.30 hrs A global view on improving the family experience
James Crossland, BSc, Managing Director, Obitus
14.15 hrs Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
14.45 hrs Funeral Industry in Scotland
Robert Swanson QPM, Senior Inspector of Burial, Cremation & Funeral Directors (Scotland), Scottish Government
15.30 hrs Trends in Crematorium Design
Mark Doohan, BA (Hons), DipArch RIBA, Managing Director, Benchmark Architects
16.15–17.30 hrs Networking in Exhibition Area
Evening Welcome Barbeque on Lakeview Terrace
TUESDAY 27th JUNE
07.30 hrs Women in Business
Networking Breakfast
Led by Kate Davidson, MBA, MBE, CEO of Dignity Plc
09.15 hrs Developing a modern legal framework for burial, cremation and new funerary methods Professor Nick Hopkins, LLB, Law Commissioner, Law Commission
10.00 hrs The Reuse of Graves
Julie Dunk, BA (Hons), FICCM (Dip), Chief Executive, Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management
10.45 hrs Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
11.15 hrs Crematorium Staff and the Covid-19 Crisis
Professor Douglas Davies, FBA, BA, MLitt., PhD., D.Litt., Honorary DTheol, Director, Centre for Death-Life Studies, Durham University
12.00 hrs Getting to Grips with ESG
Stephen Byfield, Director, Horizon Cremation
12.45 hrs Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area
14.00–16.00 hrs Visit to Test Valley Crematorium, Romsey
19.15 hrs Pre-dinner Networking in Beefy’s Bar
19.45 hrs Event Dinner
WEDNESDAY 28th JUNE
07.30 hrs ‘Pacemakers – should we remove?’ – Breakfast discussion and Networking
Brendan Day, MBA, FICCM (Dip), Secretary to the FBCA
09.15 hrs Climate Change – do our children understand it better than we do?
Michael Birkinshaw, Bereavement Services Manager, Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils
10.00 hrs The history and evolution of electric cremators in the UK
Lee Snashfold, AICCM – Lee Snashfold Crematoria Management & Consultancy
10.45 hrs Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
11.15 hrs Faith in funerals – religious and spiritual content in everyday funerals
Dr Naomi Thompson, PhD, MA, BA, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies, Goldsmiths University of London
12.00 hrs Should we learn about death in schools?
John Adams, DipFAA, DipFD, Cert Ed, Funeral Director and Past President of the NAFD, National Association of Funeral Directors
12.30 hrs Exhibitors’ Raffle
12.45 hrs FBCA handover of Presidential Chain and Closing of Event
13.00 hrs Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area

(All timings are approximate. Programme and speakers are subject to change.)