Speakers 2026

Jeannie Barr

Chair, EPS

Jo Hodson

Head of Contingency Planning, North West Ambulance Service

Joe Crook

National Ambulance Volunteer Lead, AACE

John Lord

CEO, Simtrainer

John Roberts

Chief Fire Officer, West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service

Jon Charles

Station Officer, London Fire Brigade

Jon Charters

CFO, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

Jon Freegard

Client Delivery Director, Workforce Development Trust

Jon Goddard

Vehicle Lead Officer, Mountain Rescue England & Wales

Jon Linde

Prevention Crew Manager, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service

Jon Rawling

Commercial Director, BlueLight Commercial

Jonathan Smith

London Fire Brigade

Julie Burns

Endometriosis Friendly Employer Scheme Manager, Endometriosis UK

Kathryn Cobley

Head of Inclusion and Engagement, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

Keith Dorrington

Assistant Director Digital - Chief Clinical Information Officer, Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust

Keith Nevitt

Founder/Director, Excalibur EPRR

Keith Still

Professor of Crowd Science, Crowd Risk Analysis

Lanna Deamer

Deputy Editor, Emergency Services Times

Laura Schell

Workforce Development Trust

Laura Southgate

Senior Lecturer - Politics and International Relations, Aston University

Lauren Merritt

Health and Wellbeing Manager, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Lee Berry

ACC, National Police Air Service

Lorna Hayes

Head of Community Response, East of England Ambulance Service

Lottie Robinson

Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue

Luca Alfatti

Co-Founder, World Extreme Medicine Fund

Lucy Easthope

Professor in Practice, Whatevernext

Lucy Macleod

Borough Commander, London Fire Brigade

Luke Martin

Local Resilience Forum Coordinator, West Midlands Police

Lynn Thomas

Medical Director, St John Ambulance

Mark Evans

North West Ambulance Service

Mark Hannaford

Founder & CEO, World Extreme Medicine

Mark Jarman-Howe

Chief Executive, Essex and Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT)

Mark Marsden

Emergency Medical Practitioner | UNISON representative & Joint Chair, Service Partnership Forum | Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust

Martin Leslie

Head of Coastguard resources, HM Coastguard

Matt Barker

Head of Procurement, Yorkshire Ambulance Service

Matt Cullen

Watch Manager, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service

Matt Tully

Lead Incident Response Manager, Elizabeth Line

Matthew Hopley

National Police Chaplain, National Police Chiefs' Council

Michael Ayres

Managing Director, Flexible Power Systems

Nathan Hazlehurst

Worcestershire County Council