Programme
| TUESDAY 23RD JUNE | |
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| 09.00 hrs | FBCA National Executive Committee Meeting |
| 10.30 hrs | FBCA Annual General Meeting |
| 11.30–12.30 hrs | Delegate arrival and registration – Exhibition Opens |
| 12.30 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
| 13.30–14.00 hrs | Opening of Event by Professor Hilary Grainger OBE (Chair of The Cremation Society) Introduction to the work of the MND Association – CBCE 2026 Charity |
| 14.00–14.45 hrs | From McFunerals to Meaningful Farewells Alain Thys, Founder, The Transformation Architects and Tom Wustenberghs, LLM, EMBA, General Manager, Pontes, and Chairman of the Flemish Association of Public Crematoria |
| 14.45–15.30 hrs | From Curiosity to Capability: AI in Deathcare, One Year Later Katie Stanley, Commercial Enablement Manager and Courtney Kyle, Product Manager - PlotBox |
| 15.30 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
| 16.00–16.45 hrs | Update on Precision Organic Dispersal in UK and US Simon Holden, Faunus Group |
| 16.45–17.15 hrs | R Boreland, RS Bruce - Sponsor Spotlight Presentation Session |
| 17.15–18.15 hrs | Networking in Exhibition Area |
| Evening | Welcome Barbeque on Lakeview Terrace |
| WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE | |
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| 09.30–10.15 hrs | Insuring for the after-life: funeral practices through prehistory Dr John Mitchell, BA, MSt, DPhil (Oxon), Managing Director, Wessex Insurance Brokers Ltd |
| 10.15–11.00 hrs | CSGB and FBCA update |
| 11.00 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
| 11.30–12.15 hrs | Dying for Good Design: Can crematoria flex to accommodate everyone’s wishes? Jonathan Healiss, Regional Director, Stride Treglown Architects |
| 12.15–13.00 hrs | Scottish Regulations Update 2026 David McNaughton, NAFD (DipFA), QICCM (DipHons), National Operations Manager, Horizon Cremation |
| 13.00 hrs | Buffet Lunch in Exhibition Area |
| 14.00–14.45 hrs | Designing Change: Creating Cyprus’ First Crematorium in a Traditionally Burial-Led Culture Mark Doohan, BA(Hons), DipArch, RIBA, ARB, Managing Director, Benchmark Architects |
| 14.45–15.30 hrs | Overview of Department for Work & Pensions Employer Initiatives Lucy Bowman, National Recruitment and Partnership Consultant, Strategic Relationship Team, Department for Work and Pensions |
| 15.30 hrs | Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area |
| 16.00–16.45 hrs | Update on Burial, Cremation & New Funerary Methods project Law Commission |
| 16.45–17.15 hrs | S Gant, London Cremation Company - Sponsor Spotlight Presentation |
| 19.15 hrs | Pre-dinner Networking in Lakeview Terrace |
| 19.45 hrs | Event Dinner |
| From 22.30 | Post-banquet networking in Beefy’s Bar |
| THURSDAY 25th JUNE | |
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| 09.30–10.15 hrs | Coroners, Burial and Cremation Policy: Update and Forward Look Terry Davies, Deputy Director – Death Management, Inquiries and Coroner Policy, Ministry of Justice |
| 10.15–10.45 hrs | International Cremation Federation update Tom Wustenberghs, LLM, EMBA, General Manager, Pontes, and Chairman of the Flemish Association of Public Crematoria |
| 10.45–11.30 hrs | Marketing - supporting families to make informed choices Sophie Hadley – Sophie Hadley Marketing |
| 11.30-12.00 hrs | Refreshment Break – Last opportunity to visit Exhibition Area |
| 12.00–12.45 hrs | Aligning cemetery development and archaeology Katie Rees-Gill - Atkins Realis |
| 12.45–13.30 hrs | From Publication to Practice: Implementing the New Crematoria Guidance Note PG5/2(25) Richard Williams, BSc(Hons), EHRB, DipANC, Manager and Chidiebere Igwebuike, Senior Advisor, Local Authority Unit, Environment Agency |
| 13.30 hrs | Close of event – Alan Jose – President of FBCA |
| 13.45 hrs | ‘Lunch to Go’ from Registration Foyer |
(All timings are approximate. Programme and speakers are subject to change.)