Professor Brian Cox OBE, Dame Kelly Holmes and Simon Weston CBE have been confirmed as keynote speakers for IFSEC and FIREX International 2017.
As well as presenting numerous TV and radio programmes (like Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage) Cox is professor of particle physics at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.
He is also the author of bestsellers Why Does E=mc²? and The Quantum Universe, while 950 scientific publications bear his name.
A far cry from the archetypal, elbow-patch wearing physicist, Cox was, incongruously, also a keyboard player for bands D:Ream and Dare in the 1990s and has become something of a pin-up.
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Holmes, who for several years combined athletics with being a Sergeant Class 1 PTI in the army, has admitted to suffering from depression.
In 2008, Holmes founded the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, to “support and develop athletes beyond sport, who then deliver on every single one of their transformational mentoring programmes for young people facing disadvantage.”
Dame Kelly has agreed to share her struggles on a mental health discussion panel following her keynote speech. This will take place within Safety & Health Expo, co-located with IFSEC International, and is included with your free IFSEC visitor’s pass.
Weston was awarded an OBE in 1992 in recognition of charity work, notably in founding ‘The Weston Spirit’, a Liverpool-based young people’s charity.
He was also voted as one of the ‘Top 100 Welsh Heroes’ in a 2004 online poll and in 2014 was voted the UK’s most heroic figure.
All three speakers will present in the Keynote Theatre, which is sponsored by Honeywell.
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