The UK’s largest asbestos safety management conference for industry professionals will again examine the critical issues affecting the sector and highlight the latest technologies that are driving improvements.

Organiser Lucion Services has issued the call for papers for its Asbestos the Truth conference (24 October in Birmingham) – now in its ninth year – which is expected to see keynote presentations by several leading industry experts, including occupational hygiene and asbestos specialists.

The conference is aimed at connecting industry experts and opinion formers while offering the chance for people to find out more about changes to legislation and new developments that can improve the management of asbestos in the workplace.

Delegates will be able to attend sector specific workshops this year, which will be focused around technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) – Lucion will be demonstrating its Asbestos Management VR – and cloud management systems. There will also be a seminar on asbestos in soil and a series of case studies examining the management of asbestos in listed buildings.

The national asbestos market for surveying and air testing work is worth more than £240 million and is expected to increase in line with growing demand for industry expertise and specialised advice.