AGENDA

*Agenda subject to change at any point

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Registration, Refreshments and Networking

Served in the Exhibition Area

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
Welcome and Housekeeping

Dr Zoe Billings, Adapt and Evolve Consultancy

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Opening Address

Deputy Chief Constable Dave McLaren, Sussex Police, National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Intelligence

10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
The NCA

Oliver Higgins

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
SOC Portfolio

DCC Wendy Gunney and John Bragaglia 

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Principal Supporter: i2

12:20 PM - 1:20 PM
Lunch and Networking

Served in the Exhibition Area

1:20 PM - 2:30 PM
The Limits of 'Mechanical Ingenuity' and the Need to Reignite Intelligence

Jerry Ratcliffe, Professor, University of Pennsylvania

2:30 PM - 3:05 PM
TOEX: Putting Intelligence-led Policing at the Heart of GBCSE Investigations

Detective Chief Superintendent Kate Thacker KPM, Director, Tackling Organised Exploitation (TOEX) Programme

3:05 PM - 3:40 PM
Refreshment Break

Served in the Exhibition Area

3:40 PM - 4:50 PM
Operation Longacre - A Lone Wolf

Detective Sergeant Darren Murphy, Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Constabularies and Detective Inspector Lee Martin, Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Constabularies

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Day One Closing Remarks

Dr Zoe Billings, Adapt and Evolve Consultancy

6:45 PM - 7:30 PM
Drinks Reception

In association with 

7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
National Intelligence Awards Dinner

Served in the Queens Ballroom 

Wednesday, January 28, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration, Refreshments and Networking

Served in the Exhibition Area

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Welcome to Day Two

Dr Zoe Billings, Adapt and Evolve Consultancy

9:05 AM - 9:35 AM
JICC

Amy Clements, National Crime Agency 

9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
From Policing to Protection - Navigating the UK's Emerging Security Landscape

Detective Superintendent Nick Skipworth, Head of Crime, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, Ministry of Defence Police

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Probation Service Self-Service of Police Intelligence Requests in Essex Police

Detective Superintendent Rob Coan, Director of Intelligene, Essex and Kent Police

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM
Refreshment Break

Served in the Exhibition Area

11:05 AM - 11:35 AM
A High Street Paradise: Proving a Return on Financial Intelligence

Rob Offord, National Police Chiefs' Council Financial Intelligence Lead

11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Police Scotland Intelligence: The journey from local to national

Raymond Higgins, Police Scotland 

12:05 PM - 12:35 PM
Disrupting Ketamine Supply Through Awareness, Lived Experience and Community Reporting

Lydia Patsalides, East Midlands Regional Manager, Crimestoppers and Detective Sergeant Chris Chapman, Intelligence, Lincolnshire Police

12:35 PM - 1:05 PM
From Theory to Tradecraft: How Academic Research Enhances Intelligence Practice

Assistant Professor Ian Stanier, Buckingham Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies

1:05 PM - 2:05 PM
Lunch and Networking

Served in the Exhibition Area 

2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
IPP

Jenny Spencer, College of Policing 

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
The Power of PND

Denise Robbins, National PND Auditor and Subject Matter Expert, National Police Chiefs' Council Police National Database Team, North Wales Police

2:35 PM - 2:50 PM
Sensitive Intelligence Network

Scott Jones and Graham McFarlane, NPCC

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
Closing Remarks

DCC Dave McLaren, Sussex Police, NPCC Lead for Intelligence

3:00 PM
Refreshments Available to Takeaway