We have listened to your feedback and we’re making changes for 2024 to continue to give you the best learning and development opportunities as possible.
3 days of learning & networking opportunities
Ask The Expert – a speed learning activity
Supplier Showcase – learn what’s new from our exhibitors
Guest speakers you really won’t want to miss!
Presentations from ICCM Officers on real world challenges
Presentations from industry insiders
A comprehensive exhibition of products and services
Lots of time for networking with colleagues from across the industry
Fabulous Awards Dinner and Disco
11.00 am - Registration Opens - Book your Ask the Expert slots, collect your goodie bag, conference guide and name badge
11.15 am - Exhibition Opens - Time to have a look around our amazing exhibitors stands
12.30 pm - Lunch - A great time to network with fellow delegates and exhibitors
1.30 pm - Opening & President’s Address - in the main hall
1.45 pm - ICCM AGM
2.00 pm - Ask the Expert - The first of our Speed Learning sessions, make sure you have booked your slots
3.00 pm - Refreshments - served in the Exhibition area
3.30 pm - Enabling Burial Space Reuse - a presentaion by Mustafa Latif-Aramesh
4.00 pm - Regulating Care of the Deceased - a presentation by Ben Whitworth
4.45 pm - Death with Dummies - a presentation by Angie McLachlan
5.15 pm - Opportunity to visit the Exhibition
7.00 pm - Bar Opens in Exhibition area
7.15 pm - Dinner
9.30 am - Social Media Top Tips - a presentation by Eimer Duffy
10.00 am - Public Sector Genealogy - a presentation by Nick Betham
10.30 am - Refreshments - served in the Exhibition area
11.00 am - Me and Dee Charity - a presentation by Maria Hanson MBE
11.30 am - Brief Lives Remembered - a presentation by Paula Jackson
12.00 pm - Children’s Funeral Fund - a presentation by Ann Barber
12.30 pm - Lunch - A great time to network with fellow delegates and exhibitors
1.30 pm - Ask the Expert - The second of our Speed Learning sessions, make sure you have booked your slots
2.30 pm - Cemetery of the Year Awards 2023 - Memorial Awareness Board
3.00 pm - Refreshments - served in the Exhibition area
6.30 pm - Wine Reception - served in the Exhibition area
7.00 pm - ICCM Awards Dinner and Disco
12.15 am - End of evening
9.30 am - Burial and Cremation Law Review - a presentation by Law Commission
10.00 am - Emerging Technologies Law Review - a presentation by Law Commission
10.30 am - Refreshments - Last chance to visit the Exhibition
11.00 am - The Farewell Flowers Directory - Gill Hodgson & Carole Patilla
11.30 am - The Environmental Impact of Granite - a presentation by Justin Smith
12.00 pm - 20/20 – an environmental success story - a presentation by TBA
12.30 pm - Close of Convention
12.45 pm - Final Lunch
NEW for 2024
A fast, fun way to get your key questions answered on a wide range of topics and meet other delegates you might not otherwise get to talk to.
What is it? 10 experts 10 tables 15 minutes
During a fifteen minute session each expert will take as many questions as they can 9 delegates per table who get to do the asking
Learn the answer to your question
Learn from the answers for others
How will it work? When you arrive you’ll be able to register for up to 8 sessions of your choice
Make a note of what you’ve signed up for (there’s a place in your guide for that)
Be at your first session table on time ready to go
After 15 minutes there will be a signal the session is over and you move to the next one as quickly as you can.
Operational Manager for Bereavement and Registration Services in Cardiff. Martin has over 30 years’ experience in the industry undertaking everyrole from grave digger and cremator technician to senior management roles and has worked at a number of Authorities.
As a former archaeologist and bereavement services manager, Julie has plenty of experience of exhumation and has helped many families follow the legal and practical processes required. Julie also developed and has been providing the ICCM training course on exhumation since 2008.
Mat will be waiting for you to pick his brains on cremation best practices.
Having run cemeteries and crematoria in both the private and public sector, Sofia has a vast experience of granting and transferring exclusive rights of burials. Sofia also responds to member queries on this topic on a daily basis; there aren’t many scenarios that she hasn’t come across!
A former analyst, statistician and now Finance manager, Trevor has been working on donations, processing requests and talking about the metals recycling scheme with non-members, members, charities and funerals directors since 2006.
Ian has over 30 years’ experience in helping organisations achieve their objectives through great design in print and online.
Carole has 15 years teaching grief resolution and working to improve emotional health.
Maria is a trained journalist and has been a PR specialist for decades. For the last year she has been responsible for helping the ICCM voice beheard across press and radio.
Eimer has a wealth of experience helping bereavement professionals utilise social media to best effect.
Cath is a global LGBTQ+ education facilitator, mentor and artist. She is passionate about creating safe spaces for open conversations about diversity and inclusion more broadly.
Here is some of the feedback from last year, this year is going to be even better
A fantastic event catching up with friends old and new. Collaboration is key to providing the best possible service for bereaved people, and our event is a perfect example of what it looks like to come together and celebrate this. Thanks to all the delegates, staff and suppliers and see you all again soon.
Also to say thank you for an excellent event. It made a welcome change for a recent event to be commercially worthwhile and really enjoyable. Not easy in these times. Thank you again
Thank you for all the hard work that went into making the convention it was really enjoyable
and I got a lot out of it...
Great conference. Excellent work.
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