09:00: Registration & Expo Opens
09:45: Welcome and Introduction - Mark Shepherd, Director, MPA Precast and MPA Masonry
09:50: An Introduction to the new MPA CEO - Paul Adeleke, CEO, MPA
10:00: Safety is Personal: Protecting Lives, Supporting Minds
- Every Lock Has a Life Behind It - Reece Safety, To be confirmed
- Beyond the Data: Turning Mental Health Insight into Action - Lisa Saunders, Health & Safety Advisor, MPA
11:00: Seminar break
11:30: Standards and Regulatory updates
- Future standardisation – Construction Products Regulations (CPR) Aquis process what it is, why it is important - Mike Wharton, Director, Aggregates & Concrete Standards, MPA
- Future standardisation - new standards for precast - Tony Jones ,Technical Director, MPA The Concrete Centre
- What is PAS 8700:2025 Modern methods of construction for new build residential properties? - Suzanne Davenport, Associate, Studio Partington
12:30: Seminar break
13:15: The role of concrete producers in delivering climate resilience
- UKGBC Resilience Roadmap and the Stakeholder Action Plans - Philippa Birch-Wood, Head of Action, Resilience and Nature UK Green Building Council
- The role of concrete producers in delivering climate resilience - Panel discussion on the role of concrete producers in delivering climate resilience
- Philippa Birch-Wood, Head of Action, Resilience and Nature UKGBC
- David Manley, Head of Sustainability at Forterra
- Helen Raymond, Senior Sustainable Design Architect at MPA The Concrete Centre
14:00: Seminar break
14:30: Europe in transition – Challenges and opportunities for the precast concrete sector
- Alesio Rimoldi, General Secretary at BIBM
- Magdalena Herbik, Public Affairs & Communications Manager at BIBM
- Albanela Dulaj, Sustainability & Circularity Officer at BIBM
15:30: Exhibition Closes
18:00: Drinks Reception