FIS Conference and AGM: Reframing Construction, building a resilient industry

Date: 7 November 2024

Location: University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7SH (Scarman Building)

Time: Registration from 09:30

Meeting: 10:00 – 16:30

Agenda

09.30 Registration and refreshments

10.00 FIS and the finishes and interiors landscape – Philip Brown, FIS President

The political and economic backdrop

10.05 Keynote: A New Government and what this means for UK construction – Fergus Harradence, Deputy Director, Infrastructure & Construction – Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

10.30 Prospects for the UK construction industry – Dr Noble Francis, Economics Director, Construction Products Association

11.00 Break

How we need to adapt to the new regulatory landscape

11.30 The developing regulatory framework for construction products – Geoffrey Brown, Assistant Director – Construction Products: Sector Compliance Team, Office for Product Safety and Standards

11.45 The competence conundrum: How we need to adapt to manage individual competence

  • Jon Vanstone, Chair, Industry Competence Committee, Competence, Regulation and how the Regulatory Approach to Competence is changing
  • Faye Burnett, Mace, Super Sector Chair, Installer Competence and Super Sectors

12.15 Getting  to grips with organisational capability – Paul Stevens, Aviso Consultancy

12.25 Panel discussion and Q&A (joining the panel will be James Parlour, FIS Vetting Manager).

LUNCH 12:40

Rethinking supply chains – The Responsible No

13.40 Building Resilient Businesses and Supply Chains – Richard Bartlett, Willmott Dixon

14.05 Conflict avoidance and better supply chain working – Len Bunton, Bunton Consulting

14.20 Standard form contracts, just  what the DOCTOR ordered: – Anthony Armitage, Thirdway

14.30 Panel discussion and Q&A

14.45 Break

A postcard from the future

15.00 Panel discussion hosted by the FIS Fit-Out Futures Network.  What construction nightmares do we need to consign to Room 101? Open debate on competency, risk changes to the construction landscape and the future of the fit-out sector.

15.50 We haven’t modernised yet, so how do we avoid dying…?  – Mark Farmer, CAST Consultancy

16.15 FIS Annual General Meeting, including the announcement of the elected Board members and new FIS President

16.30 Close and drinks reception

Richard Bartlett

Richard Bartlett

Willmott Dixon Interiors

Fergus Harradence

Fergus Harradence

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Professor Noble Francis

Professor Noble Francis

Construction Products Association

Jon Vanstone

Jon Vanstone

Industry Competence Committee

Len Bunton

Len Bunton

Bunton Consulting

Mark Farmer

Mark Farmer

Cast Consultancy

Geoffrey Brown

Geoffrey Brown

Office for Product Safety and Standards

Anthony Armitage

Anthony Armitage

Thirdway

Faye Burnett

Faye Burnett

Mace