Fourth annual mini-conference on Building Safety (online)

Dame Judith Hackitt, author of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and chair of the Industry Safety Steering Group will again be the keynote speaker at this year's mini-conference on Building Safety which runs over two days - Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th October between 10am - 12pm on both days.

We will be running virtual bitesize sessions over two days, focusing on the following areas:

• Competency and culture: what changes are needed?

• Principal Accountable Person: duties and obligations explained

• Practical impact of Gateway 3 on construction projects

• The data challenge for landlords: maintaining the golden thread

• Looking forward not back: recovering the costs of compliance with the new regime

• Is design and build as a method of procurement still feasible?

• The sessions will be of significant importance to decision-makers across the residential real estate sector.

Chaired by Rebecca Rees, Head of our Cross-Firm Building Safety Team, details of the confirmed speakers so far are listed below.

• Dame Judith Hackitt
• Peter Apps, Deputy Editor at Inside Housing  
• Andrew Mellor, Senior Partner at PRP Architects  
• Richard Harral, Head of Technical Policy at UK Department for Communities and Local Government 
• Amanda Stubbs, Partner at Trowers & Hamlins  
• Assad Maqbool, Partner at Trowers & Hamlins  
• Douglas Rhodes, Partner at Trowers & Hamlins