| 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: Neal Goodman |
| 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: Tom O'Hare |
| 11.00-11.20 | UK Update – State of industry | Tim Barden
Rolls-Royce plc, UK, and RCNDE |
| 11.20-11.40 | Managing change within aerospace NDE and measurement | Tom O’ Hare
Short Brothers plc, a Boeing Company, UK
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| 11.40-12.12 | Exhibitor spotlight session |
| 11.40-11.42
11.42-11.44
11.44-11.46
11.46-11.48
11.48-11.50
11.50-11.52
11.52-11.54
11.54-11.56
11.56-11.58
12.58-12.00
12.00-12.02
12.02-12.04
12.04-12.06
12.06-12.08
12.08-12.10
12.10-12.12
| Tieval Ltd
JME Ltd
Foerster UK Ltd
Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch
HTSL
Eddyfi Technologies
ETher NDE
Baugh & Weedon Ltd
SREM Technologies
Peak NDT Ltd
Scantron Industrial Products Ltd
TPAC NDT UK Ltd
Dakota NDT
Sonaxis SA
VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH
JR Technology Ltd
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| 12.12-13.50 | Exhibition and lunch – Concorde Room |
| | Session 1C: State of the industry – Feedback session | Chair: Tom Bertenshaw |
| 13.50-14.10 | Panel session: state of the industry open discussion | Tim Barden
Rolls-Royce plc, UK |
| | Session 2A: NDT regulations | Chair: Chris Minton |
| 14.10-14.30 | Updates to EN4179 | Kevin Pickup
BAE Systems, UK |
| 14.30-14.50 | Revision of TR14748 – Qualification of NDT | Tom Bertenshaw
On behalf of BSI Group, UK
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| 14.50-15.10 | Penetrant testing: advantages of using biodegradable fluorescent penetrant in the aerospace industry (health, safety, environment)
| Fabien Cormier
SREM Technologies, France
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| 15.10-15.30 | Exhibition, tea and coffee – Concorde Room |
| | Session 2B: NDT regulations continued |
| 15.30-15.50 | Composite conversion for NDT technicians | 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 | ET requirements and syllabus development update: the introduction of learning outcomes and progress on the expansion to scope | 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 3A: Changes in the air and NDT of new materials and processes | Chair: Tom O'Hare |
| 09.40-10.00 | Beyond the capillary: the evolution of surface inspection from ancient metallurgy to nano liquids and digital physics | Hasan Yasin Celik
WiNDT, UK
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| 10.00-10.20 | From tradition to automation: tap testing for today’s materials
| Sam Hurrell
TWI, UK |
| 10.20-10.40 | Cart/AGV approach with aerospace water wedge | Etienne Grondin
Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch |
| 10.40-11.00 | µ-VIS X-ray imaging centre computed tomography facility: a focus on best practice, training and certification
| Katy Rankin
University of Southampton, UK |
| 11.00-11.20 | Shearography | John Tyrer
Laser Optical Engineering Ltd |
| 11.20-11.30 | Q&A session |
| 11.30-12.10 | Exhibition, tea and coffee – Concorde Room |
| | Session 3B: Changes in the air and NDT of new materials and processes continued
| Chair: Tom O'Hare |
| 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 | Robotised laser-excited UT for contact-free and water-free composite inspection | Stefan Wunderl
XARION Laser Acoustics GmbH, Austria
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| 13.10-13.30 | Embedded self-sensing overload sensing for composite structures
| Meisam Jalalvand
University of Southampton, UK
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| 13.30-13.40 | Q&A session |
| 13.40-14.40 | Exhibition and lunch – Concorde Room |
| | Session 4: Quantum leaps – academic research in NDT
| Chair: Tom O'Hare |
| 14.40-15.00 | Ultrasonic inspection of fastener-hole cracks using a 2D array | Yanghao Wu
University of Bristol, UK
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| 15.00-15.20 | Case studies of laminography in aerospace | James Bennett
Co-Lab Consulting, UK
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| 15.20-15.40 | Electromagnetic testing – Securing technological advancement for the inspection of layered structures | Apostolos Kotouzas and Xenia Merivani
Technology & Quality Control Centre (TQCC)
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| 15.40-16.00 | Q&A session |
| 16.00 | Day two raffle and closing address of event |
