British APCO Autumn Event 2024

Royal Armouries, Leeds, 14-15 November 2024

We are delighted to announce that we are taking our ever-popular Autumn Event on the road, and this year will be welcoming you to the vibrant city of Leeds. The event will take place in the Royal Armouries, right in the city centre and close to all that it has to offer.

Programme

We're thrilled to share the following schedule and themes for the two days. Please click on Speakers' names for more details.

Thursday 14th November

Time Session Theme
10.30 Welcome refreshments and Exhibition
11.15 - 12.20

Control Rooms of the Future

Andrew LanghornPrincipal Solutions Architect, National Security, Defence & Public Safety, UK Public Sector, Amazon Web Services

Looking to the Future - how is industry innovating?

User safety features

Tony O'Brien, Safety & Location, Apple

12.20 - 12.30

The 2024 World's Toughest Row Atlantic Challenge - One boat, three paramedics, three thousand miles

parOARmedics Team 2024

12.30 Lunch and Exhibition
13.30 - 15.00

LAS and Noggin: Elevating Incident Management through Real-Time Data and Decision-Making

Stephen Foreman, Account Executive, Noggin IT
Ian Williams, Software Consultant EMEA, Motorola Solutions

Bringing AI to Public Safety

The importance of assuring AI

Kim Seward, Head of Capability Development, Digital & Data, Leonardo
Chowdhury Rahman, Managing Consultant, Leonardo

15.00 Refreshments and Exhibition
16.00 - 17.00

Dynamic AI on the Beat

Robert Hogg, Black Marble

Using AI for Public Safety
17.00 - 17.25 British APCO Update
17.30 -  British APCO Social - Drinks and Food at Fearns - Free for all attendees

Friday 15th November

Time Session Theme
08.30 Welcome refreshments and Exhibition
09.00 - 10.00

ESN - Delivery & Migration

Programme and Mobilisation update
Niall Stokoe,
Dir Delivery & Deployment
Leanne Almond, Transformation Lead, Home Office ESMCP Team

Airwave update
Hengameh Delfaninejad, 
Deputy Dir Live Services, Home Office ESMCP Team

Looking to Deliver and Migrate onto ESN
10.00  Refreshments and Exhibition
10.45 - 11.30

Mark Swift, Control Room Business Development Director, Motorola Solutions

Dave King, Head of Sales (UK & Ireland), Frequentis

Claire Lindsay, Head of Service Delivery & Quality - EOC, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Chris Norbury, West Yorks Police & OCIP Control Rooms Lead

Julie Grosert, NFCC Business Change and Assurances Manager at Home Office

Representative from ESMC Programme - Niall Stokoe

Panel Session - Evolving Control Rooms

Chair: Robin Davis, Actica
 

11.30 - 12.15

Barry Zielinski, Strategy & Development Director, Telent Technology Services

Peter Hudson, Chief Technology Officer, Sepura

David Gibbs, Senior Regional Product Manager, Zebra

Representative from ESMC Programme - Wayne Williams

Panel Session - Choosing Mobile Devices

Chair: Aaron Page, Actica

12.15 - 13.00 Exhibition

Registration

Registration to the event includes refreshments on both days, access to the full programme and exhibition, lunch at the start of Day One and the drinks reception at the end of Day One. All delegates also receive a copy of the printed programme upon arrival.

Registration is FREE to Members. To attend the event, you must be a registered British APCO Member. For Public Sector workers, membership is free, and just requires completion of a short registration form. Commercial attendees can also register as Members, which is just £100 for a year, significantly less than our previous Non-Member Commercial rates for our events.

All Membership information, and registration is available here: British APCO Membership | BAPCO

Members can book to attend the event here:


What can you expect?

  • Two half days of sessions
  • British APCO Social to relax, have some food and drinks, and catch up after Day 1
  • Refreshments including a lunch on arrival on Day 1
  • Exhibition with leading industry suppliers
  • Networking opportunities throughout the event
  • Unique city centre venue with onsite parking

Once you're booked to attend, head over to our venue information page where you can take advantage of local hotel deals we've put in place for British APCO Delegates: Venue | BAPCO


Data Protection Information

During the event you will likely visit one or more exhibitors on their stand and allow your badge to be scanned by an exhibitor. The exhibitor will have access to your name and contact information which you provided during this registration process in order for them to follow up post-event.


To become a British APCO Member and attend for free, click here.

Questions?

Contact: Dorothy Inverarity at dorothy.inverarity@bapco.org.uk or call 0191 241 4523