IAQmatters conference by Eurovent Breathing Achievement into Every Classroom

Event details

As a partner in the event, BESA, alongside Eurovent and CIBSE, will bring together a top line-up of speakers to explore the topic in depth. With IAQ affecting the health, comfort, and wellbeing of both learners and those working in education, the conference will consider a variety of factors to create good indoor environments. 

The conference will feature the very latest research, industry insights, and real-life stories on the impacts and benefits of IAQ. The keynote will be delivered by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on the results of their latest review into IAQ in educational buildings.  

Programme: 

12:00 Registration and light lunch        
13:00 Introduction and welcome remarks by the moderator        
13:05 Presentation on the UKHSA literature review by Sani Dimitroulopoulou, Duncan Grassie, and Kaja Milczewska | UKHSA research team    
13:45 Presentation by Catherine Noakes | Professor at the University of Leeds 
14:05 SAMHE air quality monitoring in more than 600 schools across the UK, including on ventilation rates and indoor pollution levels, by Henry Burridge | Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London     
14:25 What we know and should know about classroom air quality, ventilation, and thermal environment in relation to learning and monitoring, by Pawel Wargocki | Professor at Technical University of Denmark     
14:45 Indoor air quality in French schools: 15 years of research to improve knowledge, by Corinne Mandin | Environmental Health Researcher    
15:05 Coffee break        
15:25 Teachers' attitude to IAQ, and installation and maintenance concerns, by Adam Taylor | Chairman of the BESA group on IAQ     
15:45 Presentation by CIBSE    
16:05 Presentation by Dr Ali Alexandre Nour Eddine | Eurovent    and Eurovent Certification
16:25 Interview with Rosamund Kissi-Debrah CBE, from the Ella Roberta Foundation, moderated by Simon Jones    
16:45 Panel discussion and audience Q&A, moderated by Simon Jones
17:15 Networking drinks
19.00 Close

The event is free to attend, with spaces available on a first come first served basis. 
Don’t miss out.

Register now at https://tinyurl.com/IEQconference