9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AGM – British Marine Midlands and British Marine Inland

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Welcome
Speaker: Ashley Giles MBE – CEO, WCCC and Former England Cricketer

10:15 AM – 10:40 AM

Key Organisations Briefing 
Speakers:

• Matthew Symmonds – Canal & Rivers Trust
• Lesley Robinson – British Marine
• Andrew Pearce – Environment Agency

10:40 AM – 11:10 AM

Navigation Authorities Update
Speakers:

• Gareth Stephens – Canal & Rivers Trust

• Julian Kennard – Environment Agency

11:10 AM – 11:30 AM

Refreshment Break

11:30 AM – 11:45 PM

Jeopardy: for canals - or for boating businesses?
Speaker: Nigel Stevens 

11.45 PM – 12:30 PM

Industry Updates
Speakers: Jon White and Ed Tuite
Topics:

• Boat Safety Scheme
• ISO Standards (new & revised developments)
• Decarbonisation across the industry
• Stability, electric propulsion
• TYHA & Marina Update

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Breakout Sessions (Refreshment break included)
Locations: Beard Terrace / Graeme Hick Pavilion

1. Ross Wombwell – Digitising the Hire Experience
2. Ed Tuite – QAB, Hire Boat Code, RCD
3. PKF Francis Clark – VAT and the Inland Sector
4. Jon White – TYHA Code of Practice

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Training Pathways and Marine Employment Trends
Speaker: James Ward

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Tourism Trends, Marketing and Plans for 2025
Speaker: Nigel Richards – Waterways Holidays

4:30 PM

Closing Remarks
Speaker: Robert Parton – British Marine President

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Networking Drinks

Evening Schedule

7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Evening Supper and Quiz