Programme
| MONDAY 23RD JUNE | |
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| 09.00 hrs | FBCA National Executive Committee Meeting |
| 10.00 hrs onwards | Delegate arrival and registration |
| 10.30 hrs | FBCA Annual General Meeting |
| 11.00–12.00 hrs | ‘Meet your hosts’ – informal networking opportunity to meet the conference hosts over refreshments |
| 12.30 hrs | Exhibition opens Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
| 14.00 hrs | Opening of Event by Dave Clay – President of the FBCA Welcome by event sponsors - London Cremation Company |
| 14.15–15.00 hrs | The Environment Agency’s regulatory approach to cemetery developments Tommy Lowden, MSci (hons), Senior Advisor, Environment Agency |
| 15.00 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
| 15.30–16.15 hrs | The work of the International Cremation Federation (Technical Sub-Committee) – Advancing Sustainable Cremation Practices Tom Wustenberghs, LLM, EMBA, General Manager, Pontes, and Chairman of the Flemish Association of Public Crematoria |
| 16.15–17.00 hrs | Pioneering Zero Carbon Cremations: The Worthing Hydrogen Trial and Beyond Abigail Dombey, CEng, CEnv, MEI, MCIBSE, Principal Energy Engineer, Net Zero Associates; Matt Nixon, CEng, MIMechE, Project Manager – Carbon Reduction and James Thomas, Bereavement Operations & Business Manager, Adur & Worthing Councils |
| 17.00–18.00 hrs | Networking in Exhibition Area |
| Evening | Welcome Barbeque on Lakeview Terrace |
| TUESDAY 24th JUNE | |
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| 07.30 hrs | Women in Bereavement - Breakfast Chat and Networking |
| 09.15–10.00 hrs | Reflections on Italy’s cremation sector - post-pandemic response Fabrizio Gombia, General Manager, Società per la Cremazione di Torino and ICF Vice-President |
| 10.00–10.45 hrs | The landscape of regulation and commercial challenges for funeral directors across the UK Terry Tennens, BA (Hons); MICS, MTh, MBA. F.SAIF, Chief Executive, National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors |
| 10.45 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
| 11.15–12.00 hrs | Sustainability and the environment, from desire to delivery! Brendan Day, MBA, FICCM Dip, Director and Founder, Greener Globe Funeral Standard |
| 12.00–12.45 hrs | The English Devolution White Paper Alexander Howell, BA Hons, Adviser – Devolution and Local Growth, Local Government Association |
| 12.45 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
| 14.00–15.00 hrs | The Law Commission’s Burial, Cremation and New Funerary Methods Project Professor Alison Young, LLB, BCL, D Phil, LLD (hon), Law Commissioner and Andrew Bazeley, Lawyer, Law Commission of England and Wales |
| 15.00–15.30 hrs | Scottish Regulatory Update David McNaughton, NAFD(DipFA), QICCM(DipHons), Manager, Horizon Cremations Ltd |
| 15.30 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
| 16.00–16.45 hrs | In Sync: When Operator and Equipment Work as One Mike Hardaker, Sales Manager UK & Australasia, and Ashley Jessup, Systems Engineering Manager, Facultatieve Technologies |
| 19.15 hrs | Pre-dinner Networking in Beefy’s Bar |
| 19.45 hrs | Event Dinner |
| WEDNESDAY 25th JUNE | |
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| 09.30–10.15 hrs | Update on Medical Examiner System Dr Zoe Hemsley, MBChB, MRCP, MRCPathME, Regional Medical Examiner, South East of England, NHSE |
| 10.15–11.00 hrs | MoJ - Policy updates and key priorities Terence Davies, Deputy Director – Death Management, Inquiries and Coroner Policy, Ministry of Justice |
| 11.00 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
| 11.30–12.15 hrs | DEFRA – Process Guidance Notes update |
| 12.15–13.00 hrs | AI: Understanding its Role, Ethics and Impact on the Bereavement Sector Niall Adams, Solutions Consultant, PlotBox |
| 13.00 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
(All timings are approximate. Programme and speakers are subject to change.)