UK Certification 2016
22-23 March 2016, Hilton Garden Inn Luton North Hotel, Butterfield Hitchin Road, Stopsley, Luton
The UK Conference on Certification and Standardisation in NDT/CM took place in Luton on 22-23 March 2016.
About the conference
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) is pleased to announce the following event, which was of interest to, and is in response to a demand from, a wide range of people and organisations involved in the NDT/CM supply and value chains:
Regulators, accreditation services and certification bodies- End user’ organisations
- Insurers
- Equipment and service providers
- Researchers
- Educators, trainers and examiners
- Standards organisations
- Structural integrity engineers.
- To inform attendees about recent changes to the PCN Scheme
- To demonstrate the new online examination system
- To describe the past, present and future of NDT/CM personnel certification from various perspectives
- To consult with attendees about future developments of NDT/CM personnel certification.
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The above prices covered attendance at the two day event including all lunches, tea/coffee breaks and a conference dinner on the evening of 22 March at 19h00.
Venue and AccommodationDiscover a comfortable home on the road at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Luton, located ten minutes from one of the UK's busiest airports. The Luton hotel guests enjoy access to ample free parking and complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the building. Relax in a spacious guest room, furnished with modern conveniences. A locally-sourced menu is served in the hotel restaurant and the Pavilion Lounge serves a tempting bar menu until ten o'clock in the evening.
Bedfordshire is an excellent area for sightseeing just outside London, with fifteenth-century architecture and modern concert and theatre productions. Hilton Garden Inn is a short drive from a number of shopping malls, golf courses and the University of Bedfordshire.
For directions to the Hilton Garden Inn Luton North Hotel, click here.
Hotel contact details:
Natalya Tsygankova
Hilton Garden Inn Luton North Hotel, Butterfield Hitchin Road, Stopsley, Luton LU2 8DD, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1582 435300
Fax: +44 (0)1582 435350
| Tuesday 22 March 2016 – All presentations will take place in the Shires Suite | |||
| Time | Title | Covering |
Speaker |
| 09.30-10.00 | Registration, tea, coffee and exhibition (Harlington Suite) | ||
| 10.00-10.20 | Welcome to UK Certification 2016 | Overview of the conference | C Sinclair BINDT |
| 10.20-10.50 | Update on PCN | Growth, strengthening and new developments | N Scutt BINDT |
| 10.50-11.20 | Working groups | Outlining the work of the WGs | J Moody BINDT |
| 11.20-11.50 | Composite development | Update on composite development and certification | P Boulton BINDT |
| 11.50-12.30 | Online examinations | Update on the roll out of online exams | N Scutt and S McNally BINDT |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch (Hotel Restaurant) followed by tea and coffee (Harlington Suite) | ||
| 13.30-14.00 | Apprenticeship scheme | Update on the apprenticeship scheme | R Lyon BINDT |
| 14.00-14.30 | The role of the lead provider | BINDT apprenticeship scheme | S Lavender Lavender International |
| 14.30-15.00 | Routes to Engineering Council Registration | Qualification mapping | G Elliott Lavender International |
| 15.00-15.30 | Tea and coffee (Harlington Suite) | ||
| 15.30-16.00 | Acceptance in the Middle East | Review of NDT personnel certification and its acceptance by industry in the Middle East region | B Kumar and R Raghunathan WENS Quality Assurance (S) Pte Ltd |
| 16.00-16.30 | BINDT's point of view paper | Certification for NDT and CM | C Sinclair BINDT |
| 19.00-23.00 | PCN is sponsoring the conference dinner in acknowledgement of the continued support given to the PCN Scheme (Shires Suite) | ||
| Wednesday 23 March 2016 – All presentations will take place in the Shires Suite | |||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 08.30-09.00 | Registration, tea and coffee (outside Shires Suite) | ||
| 09.00-09.20 | Introduction to industry | J Heigold Tata Steel | |
| 09.20-09.40 | Oil & gas | B Brown TRAC Oil & Gas Ltd | |
| 09.40-10.00 | Aerospace | J Biddulph Rolls-Royce plc | |
| 10.00-10.20 | Power generation | R Day RWE | |
| 10.20-10.40 | Nuclear | J Pearce EDF Energy | |
| 10.40-11.00 | Tea and coffee (outside Shires Suite) | ||
| 11.00-11.30 | A proposal: Optical NDT for marine composite inspection | J Tyrer Loughborough University | |
| 11.30-12.00 | ICNDT update | M Farley ICNDT Chair | |
| 12.00-12.30 | Future of ISO 9712 | R Holstein DGZfP | |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch (Hotel Restaurant) | ||
| 13.30-15.00 | Industry feedback and discussion | C Sinclair, N Scutt and J Moody BINDT | |
| 15.00 | Closing words | J Heigold Tata Steel | |
For further information, contact:
The Conferences and Events Department, The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing,
Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1604 438300; Fax: +44 (0)1604 438301; Email: karen.cambridge@bindt.org
