CBCE 2024

Programme

MONDAY 24th 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
11.30 hrs The Medical Examiner System and Death Certificate Reforms
Dr Huw Twamley, FRCA, FFICM, FARSCI, RCPathME, Regional Medical Examiner Northwest, NHS Patient Safety
12.15 hrs Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area
13.30 hrs Authorising Burial Space Re-Use
Mustafa Latif-Aramesh, LLB (Hons), Partner and Parliamentary Agent, BDB Pitmans LLP
14.15 hrs ICF Country Report - Italy
Fabrizio Gombia
14.30 hrs ICF Country Report – USA & Canada
Barbara Kemmis
14.45 hrs Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
15.15 hrs The Funeral Process in Belgium - Practices and Challenges
Tom Wustenberghs, LLM, EMBA, General Manager, Pontes, and Chairman of the Flemish Association of Public Crematoria
16.00 hrs Recording someone’s last resting place in the modern age: The Ashes Register
Richard Martin, BSc, Director, Scattering Ashes
16.45–18.00 hrs Networking drinks and dinner in Exhibition Area*
19.00 Trip to the top of Blackpool Tower*
TUESDAY 25th JUNE
09.30 hrs Networking in exhibition area
10.15 hrs Update on Bereavement Awareness & Tools to Empower Important Conversations Throughout Society
By John Adams, Dip FAA, Dip FD, Cert. Ed., Funeral Director, Perry & Philips
Presented by Alan José, Group Ambassador, Westerleigh Group
11.00 hrs ICF Country – Australia
Steve Nobbs
11.15 hrs Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
11.45 hrs Effective communication with parents and carers following the death of a baby or child
Dr Sarah Turner, BA(Hons), MA, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Linguistics, Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities, Coventry University
12.30 hrs ICF Country Report - Belgium
Tom Wustenberghs
12.45 hrs Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area
14.00 hrs Grief and bereavement beyond the pandemic: Prolonged grief, the UK Commission of Bereavement and the development of the Grief Support Guide
Dr Emily Harrop, PhD, MSc, Research Fellow, Cardiff University
14.45 hrs 150 years Royal Facultatieve (1874 - 2024)
René Jansen, Board Member, Royal Facultatieve (The Netherlands)
15.15 hrs Cremation – yesterday, today, tomorrow
Thies Heinrich, Managing Director, CremTec GmbH
16.00 hrs ICF General Council Meeting
19.00 hrs Pre-dinner networking drinks*
19.30 hrs Event Dinner*
WEDNESDAY 26th JUNE
09.30 hrs Networking in exhibition area
10.00 hrs Catholics and Cremation – the story continues
Monsignor Kevin McGinnell, PhB, STB, PGCE, Chair of Liturgical Commission and Council of Priests, Dean of Luton & Dunstable, Diocese of Northampton
10.45 hrs Decarbonising energy-intensive industries
Nicole Kenny, Regional Development Manager, Cadent
11.30 hrs Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
12.00 hrs US and Canadian Cremation Trends and Consumer Attitudes Toward Cremation
Barbara Kemmis, Executive Director, Cremation Association of North America (CANA)
12.45 hrs ICF Country Report – Latin America
Andres Aguilar Heck
13.00 hrs 'Tender feeling & beautiful sentiment’: a brief history of humanist funerals
Madeleine Goodall, BA, MA, Humanist Heritage Coordinator, Humanists UK
13.45 hrs Closing speeches
14.00 hrs Buffet lunch in Exhibition Area
15.00 hrs Closing of the Event

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

*These activities are included in the delegate three day pass but are paid optional upgrades for all other attendees.