Conferences and activities: enhance your visit to FUNEXPO
Gain a fresh perspective on funeral practices and history, participate in a sculpture workshop, and network with industry professionals. Conferences, an introduction to facial reconstruction, a FFPF cocktail reception, and a graduation ceremony: these are just some of the opportunities to enrich your understanding and connect with others throughout the event.
The sculpture workshop
Introduction to facial reconstruction with Ugo Panico.
By attempting to create all or part of a hand, discover what the work of a thanatoplastic artist entails. This workshop offers a first practical approach to anatomical representation, guided by Ugo Panico.
Meet Ugo Panico
Illustrator, sculptor and teacher. Ugo Panico trained at the Emile Cohl school and has remained there as a sculpture teacher for 12 years.
He taught illustration and anatomy at the Brassart school, the first school of graphic design and digital creation, created 75 years ago and located in 15 regions in France.
Today, Ugo is working with AFITT to teach anatomical representation courses.
Furthermore, as a service provider in image and volume, he has created numerous sets for operas, theatres and amusement parks.
Workshop dates: Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th November
Free registration on site (stand number to be announced)
Conferences and highlights
> Wednesday, November 18
14:00 — Pet Funeral - Conference
A meeting dedicated to pet funerals, to shed light on this activity and its place in the profession.
(Conference room)
18:30 — FFPF Cocktail – Stand C99
The FFPF is extending its hours from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. On the program: cocktails and musical entertainment at its stand.
> Thursday, November 19
10:30 — Are all bodies presentable? - Conference
Speaker: Alain Koninckx
The presentation of the deceased plays a crucial role in supporting families. Through his experience with embalming, Alain Koninckx sheds light on the possibilities of presenting the body, the peaceful appearance of the deceased, and their role in the grieving process.
Passionate about embalming since his discovery of the funeral industry in 2003, he trained at the International College of Mortuary Sciences in Liège, with internships in England. Certified in 2007 by the European & International Examinations Board of Mortuary Science and a member of the British Institute of Embalmers, he worked for nine years in the anatomy laboratory of the Notre-Dame de la Paix University Faculties, focusing on body donation to science. Since 2008, he has worked as an independent embalmer, dedicated to the reconciliation of the living and the dead.
(Conference room)
14:00 — History of funeral homes and the "104" - Conference
Speaker: Bruno Bertherat
Explore the history of funeral homes and the "104" with Bruno Bertherat, lecturer at the University of Avignon. Author of a thesis on the Morgue in 19th-century Paris, he is a specialist in the history of funeral practices in the contemporary era.
(Conference room)
> Friday, November 20
14:00 — Alain Koninckx - Conference
Title coming soon.
15:00 — Graduation Ceremony – ENAMEF - Booth C99
An event to celebrate training paths and honor graduates.