Thank you for attending this year’s BPMA Annual Conference.

Speaker presentations and information can be found below.

Winterlake (Main Room)

Timings Agenda
9:00am Conference Opens with networking breakfast
10:00am Welcome
with BPMA CEO Phil Goodman
10:30am Layers of Identity
Mabinty Esho, Head of Diversity at Comic Relief
Comic Relief Mabinty Esho BPMa Conference 2025
11:15am Coffee Break
11:30am Comic Relief Product Design Challenge
Phil Goodman, CEO, BPMA
12:00pm Managing Risk under General Product Safety
Rob Hitchcliffe, SGS UK Hardlines Manager, SGS
SGS Rob Hinchcliffe Risk and GPSR BPMA Conference 2025
12:25pm Generating Impact For Your Business On TikTok
Melina Lee, Nonsensical
Generating Impact For Your Business On TikTok
12:45pm Lunch in restaurant
1:45pm Keynote Speaker
An Inventor’s Tale – Tom’s Epic Journey from WakeYoo to Wonder: How Imagination Inspires Creativity, Unlocks Genius, and Builds a Sustainable Future, Together

Tom Lawton, Maverick Inventor
Tom Lawton Keynote BPMA Conference 2025

Lakeside 3

Timings Agenda
10:30am Putting the IP in Promotion
Understanding Intellectual Property (IP) in the Promotional Merchandising Industry
Laura Newbold Breen, CEO, ACID
ACID Laura Newbold Breen BPMA Conference
11:30am Innovate UK Business Growth – Support to help businesses grow and scale
Graeme Beever, Innovate UK
Innovate UK Graeme Beever Business Growth intro BPMA Conference
12:00pm Reviewing Progress Halfway Through a Decade of Critical Climate Action
James Shorey, Partnerships Manager, Planet Mark
Planet Mark James Shorey BPMA Conference 2025
12:25pm Inheritance Tax – What’s next for your business?
Simon Cook, Director, Strata Financial Limited
Strata Simon Cook Inheritance Tax – Whats Next for Your Business June 2025

Riverside 4

Timings Agenda
10:30am How to make impactful video with your smartphone
Melina Lee, Nonsensical
How to make impactful video with your smartphone
11:30am Deaf Awareness to Business
Nancy Weatherson, Director, Feel Hear
FeelHear Nancy Weatherson Deaf Awareness BPMA Conference 2025
12:00pm Tips and tools for workplace wellbeing
Robert Rowe, Relationship Manager, The Printing Charity
The Printing Charity Robert Rowe BPMA Conference 2025 2
12:25pm Growing your business through international trade
Angus Murray, International Trade Adviser, Department for Business and Trade
DBT Angus Murray BPMA Conference 2025