UK-AFI AGM & ATC 2025

The UK-AFI welcomes you to register for our 22nd AGM and Annual Training Conference:

"Fire Investigations on Land and Water"

To be held on 27 and 28 January 2025 at the:

Crowne Plaza,

2 St Nicholas Place,

Liverpool 

Thanks to our Sponsors:

Registration is open until 12/01/25. 

Early-bird member rate until 30/11/24:   £395 (after which it goes to £470)

Non-member rate: £650

Note the hotel has parking for an additional £19 per day which is not included in the conference price.   

Draft conference line up looks like this:

Day 1:

Conference Opening – CFO Merseyside Phil Garrigan

Introduction to SOLAS and ISM – Mike Wisekal, Jensen Hughes

Marine fires, the investigative approach with case study – Prof James Lygate

MV Syn Zania Explosion - Marine Case Study – Richard Hagger

Lithium Battery fire and explosions, what we have learned so far – Dr Wojciech Mrozik

Accreditation to 17020 and Transformation of fire forensics to meet modern standards – Jonathan Northey, Matthew Ling, Jennifer Guest

Day 2:

Case Study: Lithium-Ion Batteries – Andrew Earl & Lauren Webb, Hampshire & IOW FRS

Office for Product Safety and Standards – Andrew Vaughan Davies

Overcoming data collection issues, while undertaking experimental compartment fires – Nick Carey, Prof. Niamh Nic Daeid & Graham Strong

Case Study, Redwood Grove – Trevor Gradwell Smith, Claire Firth, Steve Sugars

Self-Heating Fires – Dai Hancock

Conference Package:

Conference registration includes the two-day conference programme, Monday night accommodation with breakfast, conference Gala dinner, and refreshments throughout both days.  Parking is NOT included.  

Gala Dinner Dress Code : Dress Smart.

Additional accommodation can be booked directly with the hotel.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BOOK ADDITIONAL ACCOMODATION FOR THE NIGHT OF MONDAY 27th JANUARY, THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE BOOKING.

Terms & Conditions

Conference booking can be ordered and paid for with Debit or Credit Card via UK-AFI website. UK-AFI members need to log in to the member's area of the UK-AFI website to secure the member's rate. Members from our Partner Chapters should contact [email protected] to request a PayNow invoice. Corporate booking for individual or multiple delegate spaces can request an invoice from [email protected]. All corporate booking requests for invoices need to be submitted before 1st November 2024, thereafter payment will be via PayNow.

Please note a cancellation policy is in place.

All views and opinions expressed by our speakers are their own and not that of the UK-AFI.