| Day one – Wednesday 29 April 2026 |
| All presentations will take place in the Concorde Room (ground floor by the reception desk) |
| 08.30-09.30 | Registration, tea, coffee and biscuits – Concorde Room |
| 09.30-09.40 | Welcome address – Introduction to the programme | Tom Bertenshaw
GKN Aerospace Services Ltd, UK, and Chair of the West of England Branch
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| | Session 1A: State of the industry | Chair: To be confirmed |
| 09.40-10.00 | State of vision acuity and colour perception standard – How NANDTB UK perceives the current state | Patrick Boulton
BINDT, UK
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| 10.00-10.20 | Title to be confirmed | Chris Minton
South West School of NDT, UK |
| 10.20-11.00 | Exhibition, tea and coffee – Concorde Room
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| | Session 1B: State of the industry continued | Chair: To be confirmed |
| 11.00-11.20 | UK Update – State of industry | Tim Barden
Rolls-Royce plc, UK, and RCNDE |
| 11.20-11.40 | Title to be confirmed | Tom O’ Hare
Spirit AeroSystems, UK |
| 11.40-12.50 | Exhibitor spotlight session |
| 11.40-12.50 | 12.00-12.02
12.02-12.04
12.04-12.06
12.06-12.08
12.08-12.10
12.10-12.12
12.12-12.14
12.14-12.16
12.16-12.18
12.18-12.20
12.20-12.22
12.22-12.24
12.24-12.26
12.26-12.28
12.28-12.30
12.30-12.32
12.32-12.34
12.34-12.36
12.36-12.38
12.38-12.40
12.40-12.42
12.42-12.44
12.44-12.46
12.46-12.48
12.48-12.50
| Tieval Ltd
Argyll Ruane Ltd
JME Ltd
Foerster UK Ltd
Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch
Lavender International NDT Consultancy Services Ltd
HTSL
Eddyfi Technologies
ETher NDE
Baugh & Weedon Ltd
SREM Technologies
Peak NDT Ltd
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| 12.50-13.50 | Exhibition and lunch – Concorde Room |
| | Session 1C: State of the industry – Feedback session | Chair: Tom Bertenshaw |
| 13.50-14.10 | State of the industry open discussion | Tim Barden
Rolls-Royce plc, UK |
| | Session 2: NDT regulations | Chair: To be confirmed |
| 14.10-14.30 | Title to be confirmed | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 14.30-14.50 | Title to be confirmed | Tony Warren
Airbus, UK
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| 14.50-15.10 | Revision of TR14748 – Qualification of NDT | Tom Bertenshaw
On behalf of BSI Group, UK
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| 15.10-15.30 | Exhibition, tea and coffee – Concorde Room |
| | Session 2: NDT regulations continued |
| 15.30-15.50 | Title to be confirmed | Rob Rose
National Composites Centre, UK |
| 15.50-16.10 | Online remote training – Procedures put in place following COVID-19 | Patrick Boulton
BINDT, UK
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| 16.10-16.30 | Title to be confirmed | Howard Garlick
BINDT, UK
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| 16.30-17.00 | Q&A session |
| 17.00 | Day one raffle and closing address |
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| Day two – Thursday 30 April 2026 |
08.30-09.30
| Registration, tea, coffee and biscuits – Concorde Room |
| 09.30-09.40 | Welcome address – Introduction to the programme | Tom Bertenshaw
GKN Aerospace Services Ltd, UK, and Chair of the West of England Branch
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| | Session 4A: Changes in the air and NDT of new materials and processes | Chair: To be confirmed |
| 12.10-12.30 | Addressing non-conformity between the digital twin and reality on complex-shaped parts | Thomas Gramberger
Fill GmbH, Austria
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| 12.30-12.50 | From sound to sight: bringing defects into focus with 4D views and advanced POD techniques | Matt Day
Dolphitech Ltd, UK
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| 12.50-13.10 | Title to be confirmed | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 13.10-13.30 | Robotised laser-excited UT for contact-free and water-free composite inspection
| Stefan Wunderl
XARION Laser Acoustics GmbH, Austria
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| 13.30-13.40 | Q&A session |
| 13.40-14.40 | Exhibition and lunch – Concorde Room |
| | Session 6: Quantum leaps – academic research in NDT
| Chair: To be confirmed |
| 14.40-15.00 | Embedded self-sensing overload sensing for composite structures
| Meisam Jalalvand
University of Southampton, UK
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| 15.00-15.20 | Title to be confirmed | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 15.20-15.40 | Title to be confirmed | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 15.40-16.00 | Title to be confirmed | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 16.00-16.10 | Q&A session |
| 16.10 | Day two raffle and closing address of event |
