Global Asbestos Forum

2017 Conference speakers

Ana Nogueira

Ana Nogueira works at the Portuguese Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, the Departamento de Saude Ambiental, Unidade de Ar e Saude Ocupational. In her

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Brendan J. Tully

Brendan is a partner at the American law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier Trial Lawyers in New York.  One of the leading trial lawyers in the

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Charles Pickles

With a background in asbestos consultancy, Charles co-founded Lucion Environmental in 2002, which at the time of his exit from the company in 2019, was

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Colette Willoughby

Colette Willoughy is a highly qualified health and safety professional with an MA in Health and Safety Law and Environmental Law and the Diploma in

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Dale M. Timmons, R.G.

Dale is the Technical Director of ARI Global Technologies – World-wide technology licensing for the destruction and recycling of asbestos. He has lead the global

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Dr. Penny Woods

Penny qualified as a doctor in 1987 and has an MA from Cambridge University and an MBA from INSEAD. She has many years’ experience working

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Dr. Yvonne Waterman FFAAM

Since 2000, Yvonne Waterman has visited and spoken at many asbestos conferences worldwide, from Washington to Yokohama and from Ottawa to Athens. All the time, she

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Geoff Fary

Geoff Fary has an unusual combination of background and experiences. Born and raised in rural Southern Australia, he has worked as a farm hand and

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Harry Steinberg QC

Harry Steinberg QC is a barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk. He specialises in asbestos litigation and private international group claims. Chambers & Partners described

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Hein Tersteeg

Hein Tersteeg is a highly experienced CINI international insulation inspector, scaffolding inspector and asbestos coordinator for the firm Asis-t. As such, he is presently active

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Jeroen Kersten

Nothing asbestos related ever happens (or should happen) at Schiphol Airport without being run by Jeroen Kersten first! An expert on asbestos and fire hazards,

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Mark Winter

Mark Winter has seen a fair bit of the world. Born in England, he has worked long stints in both South Africa and Australia. After

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Matthew Timms

Matthew Timms is the Director of Silverwood and formerly a Director at Shield On Site Services and KIWA UK Compliance. He has considerable knowledge and

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Mavis Nye BCAh

Mavis Nye will speak of her five year fight with an invariably fatal asbestos cancer, mesothelioma, which usually claims its victims within a year of

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Nick Pargeter

Nick leads BLM’s occupational disease team. His expertise lies in complex policy coverage issues, the apportionment of disease claims between insurers and strategic and test

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Professor Roger Willey

Roger graduated with a Degree in Physics, followed by a Doctorate in Materials Science. After a period in industrial research he joined academia where his

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Ron Symonds

Ron Symonds MBA MSc FRICS CMIOSH MIIRSM will be a Session Moderator at the conference. In 2016, he gave a well-received presentation for the EAF,

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Stephen Sadley

Stephen Sadley has been the Chief Executive of the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) since 2008, following joining ARCA in 2000 as Business Development Manager

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Terry Coleman

Terry Coleman, of Coleman Consulting Ltd and Pacifica Environmental Services Ltd Fiji, has decades of experience in both the demolition and asbestos industry. Known for

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Tony Rich

Tony Rich, also known under his alias Asbestos Hunter, has literally served ‘in the trenches’ as an industrial hygienist and environmental technician in the consulting

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More speakers to be announced soon...