Practitioner day programme
Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 September 2025
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), UK

Free tuition sessions for practitioners |
The 21st International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset Management (CM 2025) will be co-located with the 62nd Annual British Conference on NDT (NDT 2025). Running alongside the conferences will be a day devoted to tuition sessions for practitioners on a variety of subjects including methods, training, accreditation and the future of CM and NDT. |
• Earn PCN renewal points • Learn new applications • CPD points awarded The sessions will be hosted by the Practitioner Committee chaired by S Cunningham |
Tuesday 9 September 2025 | |||
Time | Presentation | Speaker | |
11.00-11.05 | Introduction | Sam Cunningham Lavender International NDT Consultancy Services Ltd, UK | |
11.05-11.25 | PCN update | Patrick Boulton BINDT, UK | |
11.25-11.45 | PCN update | Joe Heigold BINDT, UK | |
11.45-12.05 | PCN update | Jennifer Cook BINDT, UK | |
12.05-12.20 | Panel session – What affects each person in the aerospace, oil & gas and power generation sectors | Paul Wilkinson, Wilkinson Coutts, UK, Conor Douglas, BP, UK, and speaker to be confirmed | |
12.20-13.50 | Lunch and exhibition | ||
13.50-14.10 | Human factors in NDT | Mike Sim Inspection Body UK Ltd, UK | |
14.10-14.30 | Practitioner Award comprising an informal discussion with Q&A | David Nelson Applus UK Ltd, UK | |
14.30-14.50 | CM update | Will Ocean Maintain Reliability Ltd, UK | |
14.50-15.10 | SHM update | Cailean Forrester Inspectahire Instrument Co Ltd, UK | |
15.10-15.30 | Mentorship programme | Sam Cunningham Lavender International NDT Consultancy Services Ltd, UK |
All presentations are aimed to meet the Level 2 technical syllabus content.
For further information contact: Events and Awards Department, The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing,
Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1604 438300; Email: conf@bindt.org; Web: www.cm-mfpt.org