The FORS Members’ Conference 2017 agenda can be seen below or downloaded here.
| 08:00 |
Exhibition opens |
| 08:00 – 09:30 |
Networking breakfast / product and service providers exhibition |
| 09:30 |
Conference starts |
| 09:30 – 09:40 |
- Welcome and introduction – Brian Weatherley, Conference Chairman
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| 09:40 – 09:50 |
- Why go beyond legal compliance – Keynote speaker Kevin Richardson, CILT
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| 09:50 – 10:10 |
- Governance and Standards Advisory Group (GSAG) – Safeguarding the FORS Standard – Steve Agg, GSAG Chairman
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| 10:10 – 10:30 |
- DVSA enforcement update – David Wood, DVSA
|
| 10:30 – 10:50 |
- Ensuring compliance and enforcing of the FORS Standard – Graham Holder, FORS
|
| 10:50 – 11:00 |
Panel discussion |
| 11:00 – 11: 30 |
Networking coffee break / product and service providers exhibition / surgeries |
| 11:30 – 11:50 |
- Getting FORS to work for you – Graham Bellman, Travis Perkins
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| 11:50 – 12:10 |
- Compliance with contract requirements – Gordon Sutherland, Tideway and High Speed 2 contractual compliance – Neil Cox, HS2
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| 12:10 – 12:30 |
- Implementing drug screening at the roadside – A roads policing perspective – Gareth Salisbury, D.Tec International and Paul Mountford, Merseyside Police
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| 12:30 – 12:40 |
Panel session |
| 12:40 – 12:50 |
Awards |
| 12:50 – 14:10 |
Networking lunch / product and service providers exhibition / surgeries |
| 14:10 – 14:30 |
- Bridge strikes – Mark Wheel, Network Rail
|
| 14:30 – 14:50 |
- Counter terrorism and HGVs – Wayne Watling, Counter Terror Focus Desk, Metropolitan Police Road and Transport Policing Command
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| 14:50 – 15:10 |
- FORS: Not just a badge – Jonathon Backhouse, Backhouse Jones Solicitors
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| 15:10 – 15:20 |
Panel discussion |
| 15:20 – 15:30 |
Chairman’s conclusion |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Refreshments / product and service providers exhibition / surgeries |
| 16:00 |
Exhibition closes |
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