Speakers 2026

Nick Searle

Chief Fire Officer, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service

Paige Williams

Station Manager, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Pat Goulbourne

Assistant Commissioner for Operational Resilience and Control, London Fire Brigade

Peter Arnevall

Chief Fire Officer, Stockholm Fire Brigade

Richard Lewis

Chief Operating Officer, World Extreme Medicine

Richard Wood

Director, Weber Rescue UK

Rob Grayston

Facilitator, Independent

Rob MacIntosh

Head of Fleet, London Ambulance Service

Robyn Knox

Director, VCS Emergencies Partnership

Roger Abbott

Senior Research Associate in Natural Disasters, The Faraday Institute, Cambridge

Ryan MacDonald

Former police officer, author, speaker, advisor

Sara Mills

Head of Culture and OD, Welsh Ambulance Service

Simon Petts

Chief Fire Officer, Gatwick Airport Fire Service

Sophy Brough

Deputy Paddlecraft Lead, High Risk Search Team, Hampshire Search and Rescue

Steph Parker

Assistant Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police

Stephanie Buller

Co-Chair for Disaster Science, ICPEM

Stephen Arundell

Head of Civil Protection Service, EPS

Stewart Nicholson

Chief Fire Officer, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service

Stu Holliday

Strategic Head of EPPR, NEAS

Tom Hales

Director, Technical Rescue International

Vanessa Miles

Station Manager in Fire Service, London Biggin Hill Airport

Wayne Swales

AM, Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service

Will Oliver

Water Officer, MREW