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SIGBI Birmingham Conference 2025

31 October - 2 November 2025 at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre (BCEC)

Conference Programme

The Programme for the Conference is shown below. The Saturday will be taken up by Workshops, which are shown on the Workshops page of this website. You need to select one each from Workshops 1, 2, 3 and 4, so please read all the descriptions and make your choice before booking for conference.

Watch this helpful video which explains how to register: https://youtu.be/kZSiYQFe1lM

Friday 31 October 2025

12:30 Coffee on arrival
14:00 Opening ceremony
14:30 Keynote Speaker: Professor Suzie Imber
15:30 Comfort Break
15:50 From Me to You
16:20 Shazia Choudhry – The Family Justice Response to Domestic Abuse – Recent European Research
17:20 Announcements and close

Saturday 1 November 2025

09:30 Workshop One
10:30 Coffee
11:15 Workshop Two
12:15 Lunch
13:45 Workshop Three
14:45 Coffee
15:45 Workshop Four

Sunday 2 November 2025

09:30 Round up of workshops and calls to action
10:00 Best Practice Awards
11:00 AGM
11:30 “Town Hall event – Ask the Board
12:15 Comfort Break
12:30 Change of Insignia and New President Address
13:15 Thank you and close