10th International Tall Building Fire Safety Conference 20 & 21st May 2026 Programme:

Day 1

08:00 Reception is open

08:45 Delegates to be seated

09:00 Housekeeping

09:05 Welcome to Canary Wharf – Canary Wharf Safety Director

09:15 Day 1 AM Chair NFCC Phil Garrigan

9:30 Opening Address – Victoria Molho, Deputy Director, Technical Policy and Professional Standards, BSR.
10:40 Facade fire testing and flammability: What are we measuring and why?  Matthew Bonner MSci (Hons) PhD AIFireE Trigon Fire

11:10  Case Study - Hotspur Press fire in Manchester  Tom Moran, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service

11:40 Tea Break

12:00  Golden Thread, Governance for Building Safety Risk Management & RPEEPS

Ben Blackwood CEng MEng(hons) FIMechE MIFireE Ballymore Asset Management

12:30  AI in Fire Engineering: A Practitioner-Led View from the SFPE UK Chapter.  Dr. Simón Santamaria & Gabriel Risco

13:00 Lunch break

13:45 PM Chair – Richard Mills (retired LFB Dep Commisioner)

14:00 ‘Tech, Trust, and Transparency: Exploring futures for fire safety equity’ – Mike Deevy Arup Fire

14:40  Fire Engineering & AI Keith Plowman Global & Dr Ogerta Elezaj – Associate Professor in Computer Science  at Birmingham City University and a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute

15:10 Break

15:25 BIM & Creating digital twins Joey Wilkinson Matterport

15:55 Latest developments in High Rise Firefighting Brent Brooks Toronto Fire Service

16:25 Question Time Panel Dr Barbara Lane Arup, Elspeth Grant, Victoria Molho, Anna O’Donnel

Day 2

08:45 Delegates to be seated

09:00 Housekeeping

09:05 Welcome to Canary Wharf – Adam Robinson Operations Director

09:15 Day 2 Chair Dr Gavin Dunn CEO FPA

9:30  Hong Kong, the city with the most high-rise buildings. Oscar KWAN Chi-kong Assistant Divisional Officer (HKFSD)

10:40 Tall Building Design and Construction: Insights from an Expert Witness Christina Knorr, MD of CJK fire safety consultancy operating across Australia

11:10 Using AI in Fire Safety – Risks and benefits Tom Lawrence Tennyson Suite

11:40 Tea Break

12:00 Preparing Building Safety Cases Emily Harbottle

12:30 CTBUH Fire & Life Safety Committee Dr Cristian Maluk Technical Director

13:00 Lunch break

13:45 PM Chair Ian Moore CEO FIA

14:00 Predicting toxic species generation resulting from external cladding fires Prof Ed Galea BSc, Dip.Ed, PhD, CMath, FIMA, CEng, FIFireE

14:40 IFE Presentation James Lane International President IFE

15:10 Break

15:25 Update on High Rise Fire Safety Development Work Paul Bussey, Andrew Gausden and Brad Crisp, Steven Atrill

16:25 Question Time Panel James lane, Ross O’Loughlin, Gavin Dunne, Aman Sharma