FIS Conference and AGM
The Build UK Construction Conundrum, Compliance and Culture
Suzannah Nichol OBE, Chief Executive at Build UK
How Building Regulatory Reform is changing the construction process and what to expect for 2026
- The new Building Control Process, a new way of thinking for Construction, Geoff Wilkinson.
- Individual Competence and Organisational Capability, Daniel Barrowcliffe from the Building Safety Division at the HSE
- Design in the supply chain – who is doing what, where and how. Dr Hywel Davies, Head of Insight at CABE
- Panel Discission including Q&A from the audience
Construction in the finishes and interiors sector: How the market is shaping up for 2026
Ed Griffiths, Head of Business & Client Analytics at Barbour ABI
Solving the Skills Conundrum: How we make the Construction Skills Mission Board work for us
This panel discussion was led by FIS Chief Executive Iain McIlwee with panel members:
- John Sinfield from the Construction Mission Board
- Sam Downton, Managing Director at The Skills Centre
- Jade Sandhu, Chair of the FIS Skills Board
- Mark Crosby, Head of Strategic Engagement CITB.
Save Construction Initiative - Operationalising Organisational Resilience in UK construction sector firms
Tim Whitehill, Chief Executive Officer at Saible
Innovating our future
Stephen Wightman, Atkins Realis
Modern methods of procurement and contracting
Chaired by Iain McIlwee, with panel members: Sally Guyer of WorldCC, Mike Stark of the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry (AWCI), Sam Nichols from Hill Dickinson and Emily King of NHS England
