BAFE unveils speaker programme underpinning 2024 Conference

Justin Maltby-Smith, Group managing director for the BAFE Fire Safety Register, commented: “We are looking forward to discussing key topics within the fire safety industry and competency. The speakers taking part are all very well-respected individuals within the industry and further afield, ranging from representatives of the Home Office through to leading fire safety legal expert Warren Spencer and former MP Jim Fitzpatrick.”

Maltby-Smith added: “In BAFE’s 40th year of operation, it’s of vital importance to keep the conversation of competency moving forward. We hope you can join us and hear from our esteemed speakers.”

BAFE is serving as Headline Sponsor of the Fire and Security Matters Awards 2024, which also run at the CBS Arena in Coventry on 12 June.

Programme in full

09.45 am: Opening Address

*Douglas Barnett (chair, BAFE Fire Safety Register and director for mid-market and customer risk management, AXA Insurance (UK) plc)

10.05 am: The Current Landscape – Home Office Update

*Matthew Armer (head of fire risk assessment policy and practice, Home Office)

10.50 am: Competency in the Fire Safety Sector

*Dennis Davis (member of the Building Safety Regulator’s Industry Competence Committee and competency chair, Fire Sector Federation)

11.25 am: Panel Discussion – The Practice of Fire Risk Assessment in 2024

*Chair: Justin Maltby-Smith (Group managing director, BAFE Fire Safety Register). “Participants: Dennis Davis (competency chair, Fire Sector Federation), Colin Todd MBE (managing director, C. S. Todd & Associates), Lewis Ramsay (chair, FireQual)

1.10 pm: Fire Safety – A Legal View

*Warren Spencer (managing director, Blackhurst Budd Solicitors)

2.15 pm: Regulated Qualifications – A Key Element of Individual Competence

*Jim Fitzpatrick (Board member, FireQual)

2.45 pm: Closing Address

* Douglas Barnett (chair, BAFE Fire Safety Register and director for mid-market and customer risk management, AXA Insurance (UK) plc), Justin Maltby-Smith (Group managing director, BAFE Fire Safety Register)

*Register NOW to attend the BAFE Conference 2024