Save 10% on your European Asbestos Forum booking in Brussels. We're sponsoring the EAF again this year

If you are considering attending the European Asbestos Forum (EAF) in Brussels in December, but still need to book your ticket, here's how to save 10% on your registration.

Start Software is an EAF sponsor again this year, enabling us to pass on a special deal to all Alpha Tracker software users.  Email your registration as normal but mention asbestos software Alpha Tracker in your booking request and ask for the 10% special offer discount.

Highlights from last year's EAF conference

We'll launch an update to our "Damage: The Poor Condition of Asbestos in our Schools, Hospitals and Houses" report at the EAF with the latest statistics about asbestos in schools, particularly.  We will be making this data available to Mesothelioma UK CEO Liz Darlison so that she has the latest information available for her talk on Day 2 (see https://www.europeanasbestosforum.org/programme-and-registration-2024/).

Watch out for our updated "Damage" report with the latest data about asbestos in UK schools

The European Asbestos Forum events are always such good value with high-quality presentations and - more importantly - opportunities to discuss asbestos with leading professionals from Europe and beyond.  In fact, it has become a global event with asbestos experts from every corner of the world attending.

Hope to see you there!

(read more about Alpha Tracker at EAF events here: https://blog.start-software.com/search?q=EAF)

Alpha Tracker at EAF 2023! We've thoroughly enjoyed the European Asbestos Forum conference and exploring the host city, Brussels

Alpha Tracker has been on the road this week, exhibiting at the European Asbestos Forum 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.

We've been meeting clients, talking to asbestos consultancies from Europe and beyond and listening to fascinating presentations from mesothelioma survivors and worldwide asbestos experts.

Some of the EAF 2023 highlights for the Alpha Tracker team

In addition, the conference organiser and host, EAF President Dr Yvonne Waterman, delivered a moving tribute to asbestos campaigner Mavis Nye in her opening remarks.  Mavis recently passed away after being diagnosed with Mesothelioma in 2009 and her portrait took pride of place on the conference stage.

The Alpha Tracker team with the portrait of Ray & Mavis Nye

After the conference, the portrait is heading to the Asbestos Museum in Rotterdam to be placed on display.  Mavis visited the museum last year and it made a huge impression on her and Ray.

Alpha Tracker is exhibiting at the European Asbestos Forum in Brussels. See you there!

We're big supporters of the European Asbestos Forum, an international gathering of asbestos professionals from Europe and beyond.  

This years event will be held in Brussels, Belgium, and the whole Alpha Tracker team will be there to showcase all of our innovations from 2023.

Alpha Tracker at the EAF 2023

The full programme for EAF is here https://www.europeanasbestosforum.org/programme-and-registration-2023/ including the instructions for registration.

That's a wrap! The European Asbestos Forum 2022 is over - what an incredible event and a force for good

The energy, focus, expertise and optimism shown by the speakers and delegates at the European Asbestos Forum in Amsterdam were incredible.  What an event, what a success, and huge congratulations to the event organiser and EAF President Dr Yvonne Waterman for bringing it all together.

The event was so positive!  Every presentation, every delegate and every conversation related to improving standards and increasing collaboration.  What a joy to have so many optimistic people in one room.

Alpha Tracker was an event sponsor and our director Robin was a speaker, talking about OpenAsbestos and the positive impact the initiative could make in the asbestos industry.

Robin delivering his OpenAsbestos presentation

Many of the Alpha Tracker asbestos software development team also attended the conference, making contacts, discussing ideas with delegates, and learning about the direction that asbestos regulation is taking across Europe and beyond.

Alpha Tracker specialist Kim talking to Ray Nye

Asbestos campaigners Ray & (the legendary) Mavis Nye

Yvonne, Robin & the Alpha Tracker asbestos software team

The Alpha Tracker team hard at work between presentations!

Alpha Tracker support techs Jamie & Zac talking to ABP's Sara Mason

Robin and the other speakers & panellists

With so many delegates travelling from (almost) every continent, could the EAF become the Worldwide Asbestos Forum in 2023?  We'll be there for sure!

No more European Asbestos Forum... welcome the Global Asbestos Forum. Big change after 10 years of EAF success

That's another EAF Conference wrapped-up after celebrating 10 years of sharing information, data, and fellowship amongst the asbestos community.

President Yvonne's final announcement was that the European Asbestos Forum will now become the Global Asbestos Forum, finally recognising the worldwide reach of her asbestos foundation.

The Brussels conference was as lively and interesting as ever, and thanks again to Mesothelioma UK CEO Liz for presenting some of our "Damage" statistics in her enthralling and powerful talk.  We produced the update using the latest asbestos data from Alpha Tracker.

Here are some of the highlights:

Brussels at Christmas takes some beating

Meso UK Liz talking about asbestos in UK schools and hospitals

The Alpha Tracker "Damage" November 2024 update was on every table

Professor Roger Willey from ACS Risk and his enthralling presentation

The most moving moment - a tribute to Helen Bone

In the middle - Sam Collins (BOHS/IATP), Philip Hibbs (Hibbs Associates), Roger Willey (ACS)

Roger and Alpha Tracker's Robin

It wonderful to meet so many Alpha Tracker asbestos software users from around the world.  What a wonderful opportunity to talk asbestos in great company, with excellent food and a drink or three.

We have packed up at FAMANZ - come and find us at UKATA, Asbestonomy and EAF later this year

We love taking our Alpha Tracker stand to conferences and exhibitions.

Kim & Judy have just finished up at FAMANZ 2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand, and they met so many wonderful Australian and New Zealand Alpha Tracker users.

What a fabulous event FAMANZ was again this year

We'll be making an appearance at events organised by UKATA, Asbestonomy and EAF later this year, and elsewhere.  Come and find us, say hello, and find out what Alpha Tracker can do for your asbestos, water and fire consultancy.

Come and say hello at EAF in Brussels! Meet Jack, Judy, Kim & the whole Alpha Tracker team

The Alpha Tracker asbestos software team are exhibiting at the European Asbestos Forum in Brussels next week.  You'll be able to meet the whole UK team as well as Judy from our Adelaide office.  Do come and say hello!

Alpha Tracker is a sponsor and exhibitor at EAF 2023

Want to find out more or want to book your place?  Click https://www.europeanasbestosforum.org/programme-and-registration-2023/

Asbestos in UK schools - read about the future impact on lives from the latest JUAC report

The Daily Mail has published a story on the front page about the forthcoming "tsunami of deaths" from asbestos-related disease. 

The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) has published a report - "What Is The Real Risk From Asbestos In Schools?" - following an investigation by unions representing heads, teachers and support staff.  The report has concluded that hundreds of thousands of staff, exposed to asbestos in their schools, are predicated to die from mesothelioma.

The Daily Mail front page today

Journalists Steve Boggan and Chris Pollard have continued their previous work at The Times and elsewhere to initiate a new campaign through the Daily Mail.  The aim of the campaign is to strip asbestos from all public buildings - starting with schools and hospitals.

Here at Start Software, we produced our own report in 2023 called "Damage: The Poor Condition of Asbestos in our Schools, Hospitals & Houses" - which used data from more than 3 million asbestos samples from asbestos software Alpha Tracker.  Our report was launched at the Houses of Parliament with asbestos campaigners and Sir Stephen Timms, Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee.

Read our Damage asbestos report here

We're updating our report in time for the December 2024 European Asbestos Forum in Brussels.  Liz Darlison from Mesothelioma UK will be delivering a presentation about asbestos in UK schools and our updated report will be available for all EAF participants.

Finally, the Daily Mail's campaign is also proposing a national online database of every non-domestic building that contains asbestos - something that we have supported for many years.

Visit OpenAsbestos.org to find out more

Our OpenAsbestos asbestos data sharing protocol was built with this in mind and our long-term support for UKNAR - the UK National Asbestos Register - demonstrates our commitment here at Alpha Tracker. 

Robin to speak at the European Asbestos Forum - 10 & 11 November, 2022. The topic is OpenAsbestos, a new open standard for asbestos data sharing

Our director Robin is speaking at the European Asbestos Forum in Amsterdam on 10 & 11 November.

Read about the EAF conference speakers here

Robin is introducing a new industry initiative - OpenAsbestos - and how it could make asbestos data more widely available to all, no matter which asbestos system the data is stored in.  Start Software's Alpha Tracker asbestos software is already OpenAsbestos compliant, of course!

Read more about the European Asbestos Forum and how to register here.

Next stop Brussels! The update to our "Damage" report is on its way

Robin is on the Eurostar, taking an update to our "Damage" report to the EAF Conference in Brussels. The report update takes recent data from asbestos surveys and reinspections from asbestos software Alpha Tracker and examines the current condition of asbestos in UK schools and hospitals.

The report update is heading to Brussels (with Robin!)

We'll be sharing the data and report update with Mesothelioma UK's CEO Liz Darlison.  Liz is talking to the conference about asbestos in schools - so the update will be timely and relevant.