BOHS and FAAM to Host Asbestos 2026 Conference in Birmingham

Conference Overview

The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) and the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM) will host the Asbestos 2026 Conference. According to BOHS, the event will gather researchers, regulators, industry leaders, and practitioners to discuss developments in the assessment, control, and management of asbestos risks.

The organisation stated the conference follows recent warnings regarding asbestos contamination in children’s play sand, fraudulent asbestos surveyors, and gaps in national oversight of asbestos risks in schools. Planned topics include advances in surveying techniques, competence standards, remediation challenges, technological innovations, and regulatory approaches.

"The annual FAAM conference brings the latest insights on the detection of asbestos to a broad audience in an understandable way. As the only non-commercial and science-led event in the asbestos field, it provides definitive access to the information we need to support the control of the UK’s biggest man-made environmental cancer risk," stated FAAM Registrar Jonathan Grant.

When: 29–30 April 2026

Where: Birmingham, UK

Registration

More information and registration details are available at https://events.bohs.org/event/asbestos-2026.