The Hilton Newcastle Gateshead Hotel
Monday 12th, Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th November 2007
10.30 hrs
International Cremation Federation General Council Meeting
11.00 hrs
Opening of Exhibition
14.15 hrs
Opening of the Conference by Chairman, Revd Dr Peter Jupp, Chair of the Council of the Cremation Society of Great Britain
Environmental Impacts of Death by Dr Mark McLellan, BSc (Hons), PhD, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Consultation on Improving the Process of Death Certificate by Simon Bennett, Clinical Programmes Directorate, Department of Health
15.15 hrs
Refreshment Break and Exhibition
15.45 hrs
Country Reports: Japan by Dr Shoji Eguchi, President, Taiyo Chikuro Industries Co Ltd
France by Pierre Vidallet, Président et Directeur Général, La Société des Crématoriums de France
Germany by Dr Rolf Lichtner, Secretary-General, German Association of Funeral Directors
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Improving Facilities for All by Sharon Almond BA (Hons), DipLA,NRAC Consultant Member, Principal Access Consultant, JMU Access Partnership (part of RNIB�s Innovation and Disability Access Services)
The Work of the Burial and Cemeteries Advisory Group Robert Clifford OBE, BA (Hons), Head of Burials Team, Coroners Unit, Ministry of Justice
17.30 hrs
Drinks Reception and Exhibition
9.30 hrs
Chairman, Tony McCarthy, Member of the Council of the Cremation Society of Great Britain
Country Reports: United Kingdom by Duncan McCallum, Secretary, Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities
Up in Smoke or Six Feet Under by Andrew Mallalieu, Vice President Technical Affairs, Facultatieve Technologies
Resomation User - Mayo Clinic by Sandy Sullivan, BA (Hons), Managing Director, Resomation Ltd (intro), and Dean Fisher, BSc, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (main speaker)
10.30 hrs
Refreshment Break and Exhibition
11.00 hrs
Revitalising Cemeteries - New Ways Forward with the Old by Dr Julian Litten, PhD Hon D Art, FSA, FSA (SCOT), HonBIFD
Re-use The Australian Way by Peter D MacLean, AM, PSM, JP, FAIM, FLGMA Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Perth, Australia
12.30 hrs
Buffet Lunch
14.00 hrs
Chairman: Stephen White, Member of the Council of the Cremation Society of Great Britain
Cremation Regulations Consolidation and Modernisation by Bridget Prentice MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice of Great Britain
Biocides Directive - What is it and how does it work? by Adrian Haler, Chairperson of the European Federation of Funeral Services (EFFS) sub committee for Embalming/Thanatopraxy of Great Britain
Country Reports: Sweden by Ulf Lagerstrom, Managing Director, Swedish Federation of Cemeteries and Crematoria
15.15 hrs
Refreshment Break and Exhibition
15.45 hrs
Country Reports: Italy by Gabriele Righi, Chairman of Cremation Committee, SEFIT (Italian Federation of Funeral Public Services)
Turkey by Murat Arslanoglu, International Network Manager, Fempa LTD
International Question Time Moderator: Harvey Thomas CBE of Great Britain
Dr Rolf Lichtner (Germany)
Henry Keizer (Netherlands)
Roger Arber (UK)
Gerald Sullivan (USA)
17.30 hrs
Drinks Reception Break and Exhibition Kindly sponsored by Co-operative Funeralcare
09.30 hrs
Chairman: Adrian Britton, Deputy President of the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities
Country Reports: Australia by Peter MacLean, Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Perth
USA by Gerald Sullivan, International Delegate, Cremation Association of North America
CAMEO Update by Brendan J Day, MBA, FICCM(Dip), CAMEO Manager
Cremation: How the Churches got it Wrong by Revd. Dr. John Lampard, Vice-Chair, Ecumenical Churches Funerals Group
10.30 hrs
Refreshment Break and Exhibition
11.00 hrs
Country Reports: Netherlands by Henry Keizer, Secretary, Dutch National Association of Crematoria
"Crematoria to die for": Modernity over Burial in Glamorgan by Professor Hilary Grainger, BA (Hons), PhD, FRSA, Dean, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London
Sikhs say "No" to Open Air Funeral Pyres by Harmander Singh, Principal Adviser, Sikhs in England
12.30 hrs
Buffet Lunch and Exhibition
14.00 hrs
Chairman: John Rotherham, President of the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities
The Monitoring of Multiple Abatement Installations by Dr Clive T Chamberlain, BSc, PhD, CEng, FInstE, FIGasE
Pandemic Planning by Duncan McCallum, Secretary, Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities
15.15 hrs
Refreshment Break and Exhibition
15.45 hrs
Presidents' Panel, Moderator: Harvey Thomas CBE
Adrian Pink, British Institute of Funeral Directors
Darryl Smith, Co-operative Funeral Services Managers Association
John Rotherham, Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities
Penny Lymn Rose, National Association of Memorial Masons
Chas Nethercott, The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors.
17.00 hrs
Closing of Conference
20.00 hrs
Conference Banquet
