Seminars

Caroline Cole, Founder & Director of Colander will provide insight into how to navigate the new economy and maximise emerging business opportunities.

Laura Noctor, Director – Corporate Responsibility, Mark Hanlon, Director of Engineering EMEA and Gordon Anderson, Director of Projects Procurement, EMEA, InterContinental Hotels Group will present their approach to balancing design, innovation and sustainability.

Kit Kemp, Interior Design Director, Firmdale Hotel Group will be interviewed live on-stage by Bethan Ryder, news and travel editor, Living etc about her inspirations for transforming buildings and space.

Marco Rebora, Founder of the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is joined by winning restaurant and bar designers from DesignLSM, Outline Design and Macaulay Sinclair to shed light on what makes a winning design and the future prospects and challenges of design in this market.

Peter Murray, writer, communicator and architectural impresario will chair a lively question time session including input from Iqbal Latif, Developer of the renowned Hotel Rafayel, Stephan Oberwegner, MD, at Max Bentheim and Dexter Moren of Dexter Moren Associates

Linda Hewson and Simone McEwan from Selfridges will talk about the roles creativity, innovation and design play in wowing customers and ensuring this centenary-old brand remains just as relevant and exciting today.

A fantastic retail interiors panel chaired by Retail Focus magazine, including both retailer and designer perspectives from Levi Strauss, Timberland, Barclay’s, Checkland Kindleysides and Campaign design

A view of the workplace of the future. Chaired by renowned thought-leader and writer Professor Jeremy Myerson with input from careyjones interiors, BDG Workfutures and Open-City.

Three leading designers from PortlandDesign, Spacetherapy and Dalziel and Pow Design Consultants, with experience of successful international commercial interiors projects, led by Christine Losecaat of UKTI will share their hints and tips on taking British design abroad.

Stylesight’s, Vice President of Global Trends will provide insight into mega trends for commercial space 2011-12.

John Bain, Global Design Director of Brintons Commercial will give a global perspective on the crucial topic of finding, nurturing and keeping new design talent.

Arturo alvarez, Bene and Kotta Furniture will showcase some of their outstanding designs for international commercial interiors with both public and private sector clients.