Conferences, events, meetings and other get-togethers are the lifeblood of specialist sectors like construction, health and safety, and asbestos. Every one is a chance to make contacts, learn from the experts, and share your own insight and experience. Here’s our list of all the essential meetings, briefings and other dates for your diary.
28-29 October 2026
Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes, France
The international asbestos community gathers for a day and a half of conferences, networking and knowledge-sharing at Asbestonomy, which brings together professionals from across the contamination, remediation and hazardous materials sectors.
3-19 November 2026
Various and remote
The autumn ARCA regionals are taking place in November, with the usual range of locations covering most of Britain. If you can’t make it along in person, sign up for the remote meeting on 19 November, which takes place over Zoom. Watch out, though – the south east meeting clashes with the Global Asbestos Forum conference in Birmingham.
16-17 November 2026
Location – the Library of Birmingham
Returning after last year’s triumph in Norway, the Global Asbestos Forum takes place during November this year. Expect the usual mix of incredible speakers, thought-provoking content, and a truly world-class venue in the Library of Birmingham. We’ll post more details here when we get them!
9-10 February 2027
Manchester Central, Manchester
SHW Live brings together the health and safety community for two days of learning, networking and product discovery. The event features multiple conference streams including a one-day IOSH conference, NEBOSH Live, the HSE Experience with HSE inspectors and specialists, a PPE Forum for equipment specifiers, and a Fire Safety Live conference covering building safety and golden thread compliance. Free CPD-accredited seminars run throughout, alongside an exhibition of 120+ suppliers showcasing the latest safety products and solutions.
27-29 April 2027
NEC Birmingham
Billing itself as the UK’s premier health and safety exhibition, the Health & Safety Event is supported by BSIF and IOSH. With hundreds of exhibitors, free CPD-accredited seminars and multiple themed theatres including the IOSH Keynote Theatre, NEBOSH Theatre and HSE Theatre, the event covers workplace safety, fire protection, lone worker safety, PPE and driver safety.
22-23 June 2027
Excel, London
The London edition of SHW Live moves to Excel for 2027. The event brings together 250+ exhibitors and 200+ speakers across 16 conference arenas, covering occupational health and safety, wellbeing and fire risk management. Conference streams include the IOSH 1-Day Conference, NEBOSH Live and the Fire Safety Live Conference, with all seminar sessions CPD-accredited.
15-16 September 2027
NEC Birmingham
The once Hazardous Materials Expo has been through a few iterations in recent years. It’s now part of the ESS Expo, a large umbrella event gathering experts and workers in fields from energy and air quality, through recycling and contamination. Now the Contamination and Land Remediation Expo (CLR), it promises opportunities to network, collaborate, and learn through discussions, workshops and expert panels.
If you’re hosting, postponing or cancelling an event you’d like us to list here, please get in touch.
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