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BAFE Conference 2024

Wednesday 3rd April 2024
The BAFE Conference 2024 is to be held at FSM Live June 12, Coventry

BAFE are pleased to announce as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations that they shall be holding a BAFE Conference at FSM Live in June.

Dr Justin Maltby-Smith, Group Managing Director - BAFE, comments “We are looking forward to discussing key topics within the fire safety industry and competency. The speakers who are participating are all very well respected individuals within the industry and further afield, ranging from the Home Office, to leading fire safety legal expert Warren Spencer, and former MP Jim Fitzpatrick.

In BAFE’s 40th year in operation it is of vital importance to keep the conversation of competency moving forward. We hope you can join us and hear from our esteemed speakers that we are pleased to be working with to deliver an informative day.”

BAFE Conference 2024 - Seminar Programme

09:45 - Opening Address

Douglas Barnett, Chair - BAFE Fire Safety Register/Director Mid-Market and Customer Risk Management - AXA Insurance (UK) plc

10:05 - Current Landscape: Home Office Update

Matthew Armer, Head of Fire Risk Assessment Policy and Practice - Home Office

10:50 - Competency in the Fire Safety Sector

Dennis Davis, Member - Building Safety Regulator’s Industry Competence Committee (ICC)/Competency Chair - Fire Sector Federation (FSF)

11:25 - The Practice of Fire Risk Assessment in 2024 (Panel Session)

Chair: Dr Justin Maltby-Smith, Group Managing Director - BAFE Fire Safety Register

Dennis Davis, Competency Chair - Fire Sector Federation

Colin Todd MBE, Managing Director - C. S. Todd & Associates Ltd

Lewis Ramsay, Chair - FireQual

13:10 - Fire Safety: A Legal View

Warren Spencer

Managing Director - Blackhurst Budd Solicitors

14:15 - Regulated Qualifications: A Key Element of Individual Competence

Jim Fitzpatrick, Board Member - FireQual

14:45 - Closing Address

Douglas Barnett, Chair - BAFE Fire Safety Register/Director Mid-Market and Customer Risk Management - AXA Insurance (UK) plc

Dr Justin Maltby-Smith, Group Managing Director - BAFE Fire Safety Register