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Monday, April 13, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration, Refreshments and Networking
 
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Address: The National Police Chiefs’ Council CCTV Portfolio

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Gilmer, South Wales Police, National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for CCTV

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Update on the Statutory Regulation of Forensic Science

Dr Marc Bailey, Forensic Science Regulator                                                                              

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
The Future Governance of Surveillance Cameras

Professor William Webster, Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Refreshments and Networking
 
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Sweden’s First School Shooting, Camera Analysis and Advanced Visualisation

Lotta Wijkström, Acting Head of the Media Analyst Unit, Police Region Bergslagen, Swedish Police Authority

Rebecca Tuvesson, Head of the Media Analyst Unit, Police Region Central, Swedish Police Authority                                                                                                                               

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
It's Not All About Face - AI Remote Weapons Detection and Stop and Search

Professor Marion Oswald MBA, Professor of Law, Northumbria Law School 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
 
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Working Together for a Safer Torbay: How CCTV Supports Crime Prevention and Protecting Vulnerable People

Beccy Wells, Corporate CCTV and Security Manager, Torbay Council

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Using Overt Surveillance Cameras to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls

Carlotta Blamey-Beccaria, Violence Against Women and Girls Special Project, Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner                                                                                                                                                                               

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Refreshments and Networking
 
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Facial Recognition Surveilance "Policing in the age of AI"

Professor Pete Fussey FAcSS

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Home Office Audio Visual Multi-Media (AVMM) Redaction Programme

T/Chief Inspector Dean Brown, Technology, Evidence and Capability Team, Home Office

Justin Norris, Accelerated Capabilities Environment (ACE) Representative, Home Office AVMM Redaction Programme

5:00 PM
Day 1 Close

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Gilmer, South Wales Police, National Police Chiefs’ Coucil Lead for CCTV

6:45 PM - 7:15 PM
Networking Drinks Reception

In association with 

7:15 PM
CCTV Conference Awards Dinner

Served in the Ballroom 

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration, Refreshments and Networking
 
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Video Analytics Data Sets

Toby Nortcliffe, Dstl
 

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
AI Under the Lens: Trust Through Testing

Harry Smallwood, Technical Manager, Nottinghamshire Police

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Audio Capabilities

Jason Rodgers MSc CFVT ACSFS, Police Scotland Specialist Crime Division

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Refreshments and Networking
 
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Securing the Golden Hour Against a Decade of Digital Deception

Colin Robinson, Programme Leader, Audio Video Forensics, Liverpool John Moors University

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Speech and Language Tools in Policing - Insights from Forensic Speech and Audio Practitioners

Dr Jessica Wormald, University of York

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
 
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Who's Listening? The Gap Between Voice Technology and Public Trust

Dr Jennifer Williams, Computer Science Lecturer, University of Southampton

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
NPCC AI Portfolio Coordinator Video Analytics Project

Jonathon Scott Ward

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Streamlined Forensic Reporting (SFR) and Its Use in CCTV Recovery

Paul Roberts, Scientific Officer, Forensic Capability Network

Karl Rowland, Regional Forensic Video and Audio Manager, South West Forensics

3:45 PM
Day 2 Closing Remarks

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Gilmer, South Wales Police, National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for CCTV

Refreshments available to take away