Sessions will include papers on IoT and Technology, Engineering and Energy, Maintenance and Safety. Plus a panel discussion on 'Post-COVID: the impact on building and vertical transportation design'.

This year's confirmed exhibitors are: Lester Controls Systems, Digital Advanced Control, Safeline, Drucegrove, CP Automation and Kollmorgen UK Ltd

The seminar programme will cover the latest standards and regulations and implications of The Buildings Safety Bill. Plus, issues like Net Zero, connectivity, evacuation, safety and modernisation.

This year's seminars include:

• The impact of digital telephone lines on lift alarms - Matthew Davies, European Lift Association TELCO Working Group.

• Evacuation lifts, fire and disabled people - Nick Mellor, LEIA.

• Lifts for use of the fire and rescue service - Matthew Canham, National Fire Chiefs Council, Protection Policy and Reform Unit (PPRU) Building Safety Programme (BSP).

• UKCA: product compliance and marking post-Brexit - Paul Clifton, LEIA Quality & Technical Committee.

• The London Plan & evacuation lifts - Adam J Scott, CIBSE Lifts Group, Chair and Codes & Standards Representative.

In addition to the free seminars, over 100 exhibitors will be on display, including several joining LIFTEX for the first time, such as Otis, Schindler and TKE. Visitors will find a breadth of industry representation including contractors, service companies, component suppliers and organisations from support services.