8.00 – 9.00

Registration & Breakfast

9.00 – 9.15

Stephen Lipscombe, Chairman GGF
MENA & Conference Chair
“Welcome & Opening”

9.15 – 9.45

Aaron Vanney, Senior Consultant Rolf Jensen & Associates
“The New Era of Developing Fire Strategies in the UAE"

9.45 – 10.15

Amir Toma, Engineering & Training – Firestop, Hilti
“Perimeter Joint Fire Protection in Curtain Walls”

10.15 – 10.45

V Jagdish, Business Head, UL - Underwriters Laboratories
“Cable Safety and Fire in Buildings”

10.45 – 11.00

Imad Al-Khatib, Business Development Executive, NAFFCO
“Requirements for Fire Rated Door Assemblies”

11.00 – 11.15

Panel Discussion
“Stepping up Fire Prevention and Safety Planning in the UAE”

Moderation: Andy Dean, GM Exova & ME Chapter Committee Member Society of Façade Engineering

Coffee Break

11.45 – 12.15

Irving Schnider, Façade Cladding Advisor
“Specifications & Value Engineering”

12.15 – 12.45

Kevin Hulin, Chairman Fire Resistant Glazing Group GGF UK
“Fire Prevention and Barriers in Glass Design” (CPD RIBA certified lecture)

12.45 – 13.15

Panel Discussion
“The next level of Safety Specification Standards”

Moderation: Richard Gulliver, Technical Chairman, Glass & Glazing Federation Middle East

Lunch Break