Workspace Design Talks
27 - 28 February
The Workspace Design Talks brings the commercial interior design industry’s most inspiring and creative leaders to explore the latest trends and insights in workplace design, strategy and culture.
Top-level industry speakers attend Workspace Design Show from organizations such as Gensler, BDP, Hawkins Brown, tp bennett, Grimshaw, Foster + Partners, Squire & Partners, KKS Savills, Stride Treglown, Hawkins\Brown, PLP Architecture, Oktra and many more.
2023 Speakers
Grant Kanik,
Partner at Foster + Partners
Maria Cheung,
Director of Interior Design at Squire & Partners
Katrina Kostic Samen,
Director and Head Of Workplace Strategy & Design at KKS Savills
Toni Riddiford,
Head of Office & Workplace at Stride Treglown
Nick Gaskell,
Partner, Workplace Sector Lead at Hawkins\Brown
Dr. Vanessa Champion,
Partner, Editor and Founder at Journal of Biophilic Design
Steve Brewer,
Founding Partner at Burtt-Jones & Brewer
Mbali Chaise,
Associate Director at iPWC
Lee Polisano,
Founding Partner & President at PLP Architecture
Dom Dugan,
Creative Director at Oktra
Dr. Vanessa Brady OBE,
Founder & CEO at The Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID)
Ed Hoban,
Associate Director – Head of Workplace at The Furniture Practice
Tulin Kori,
Associate Partner at Foster & Partners
May Fawzy,
Founder at MF Design Studio
Faye Robinson,
Founder at Treacle Studio
Hamish Kilburn,
Editor at Hotel Designs
Adam Burtt-Jones,
Co-Founder at Burtt-Jones & Brewer
Jack Pringle,
Founder & Director at Studio Pringle
Kael Gillam,
Principal Lighting Designer at Hoare Lea
Lewis Barker MCRw,
Director of Workplace & Real Estate EMEA at ServiceNow
Sarah Cullen,
Editor at darc magazine
Annelie Kvick Thompson,
Partner at Grimshaw
Amy Gargan,
Workplace + Interiors Sector Lead, Director at RKD Architects
Neil Usher,
Chief Workplace & Change Strategist at GoSpace AI
Scott Rominger,
Creative Director at WeWork
Sarah Brown,
Director at tp bennett
Staffan Tollgård,
Founder & Creative Director at Tollgård Studio
Naomi Sakomoto,
Senior Associate at Gensler
Michael Dowds MRICS,
Head of Workplace Design Standards at Department for Work & Pensions
Ana Rita Martins,
Senior Associate, Sustainability & Design at Woodalls
Tina Norden,
Partner at Conran & Partners
Bernie Mitchell,
Coworking Advocate, Blogger & Podcaster
Charlotte McCarthy,
Head of Interiors at Heatherwick Studio
Angela Bardino,
Design Principal at Jacobs
Tom Niven,
Associate, Lighting at BDP
Tara Hack,
Principal, Design at Woodalls
Yaara Gooner,
Head of Architecture and Design at LabTech
Shannon Pope-Ellis,
Managing Director at MCM
Matt Jackson,
Director, Head of Workplace at BDG architecture + design
Amelia Saberwal,
Founder at Kinesthetica Coaching
Chris Hunt,
Co-Founder & Director at V7
Becky Sleath,
Senior Commercial Manager at EDGE
Michael Davis,
Founder & Head at JLL Unlimited
Paula Rowntree,
Head of Workplace Design at Lloyds Banking Group
Bex Moorhouse,
Founder & Director at Invigorate Spaces
David Kent,
Senior Design Manager at The Office Group
Helen Parton,
Workplace Design Journalist
Gemma Cook,
Head of Design & Construction EMEA at American Express
Andrew Nelson,
Workplace Design Manager at Government Property Agency
Andy Smith,
Workplace & Facilities Lead at The John Lewis Partnership
Isabelle Priest,
Managing Editor at RIBA Journal
Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplace Insight & IN Magazine
Hannah Rummery,
Creative Director at Acrylicize
Joelle Laney,
Senior Associate at Perkins + Will.
Clare Dowdy,
Freelance Design & Architecture Journalist
Agenda:
Legacy & Progress
10:00 – 10:45, Design Talks Lounge
A discussion surrounding the journey and transition our speakers addressed. Learn how they manoeuvred through barriers and how to avoid them and how their vision for change to working and living environments has created new opportunities.
Divine Sparks
11:00 – 11:45, Design Talks Lounge
Are creativity and innovation the same thing? And if not, does the office sector place too much emphasis on the former as an argument in favour of in-person working and not enough on the latter?
Is it possible to optimise real estate while improving the employee experience?
12:05-12:50, Design Talks Lounge
Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplace Insight & IN Magazine
Michael Dowds,
Head of Workplace Design Standards, Department for Work & Pensions
Andrew Nelson,
Workplace Design Manager, Government Property Agency
Lewis Barker,
Director of Workplace & Real Estate EMEA, ServiceNow
Combining Structure and Chaos for a FinTech – Designing a functional workplace built around adaptability
13:10 – 13:55, Design Talks Lounge
Finding common ground: when workspace hospitality and residential design collide
15:20-16:10, Design Talks Lounge
Hamish Kilburn, who is a podcast host (Travel By Design by Marriott Bonvoy and DESIGN POD) and the Editor of Hotel Designs, will welcome two interior designers and an operator – Tina Norden, Partner, Conran & Partners and Angela Bardino, Principal Interior Designer, Jacobs and Lola Hoya, Design Leader, Real Estate Services at Ernst & Young – to explore, from all corners of the industry, how to confront the challenge of designing flexible public spaces that work for everyone and identify what all three sectors (hospitality, workspace and residential) look and feel like in 2023 and beyond.
FFS – can we all just move on?
16:30 – 17:20, Design Talks Lounge
Agenda:
The future of the workplace; how architecture is adapting
10:00-10:45, Design Talks Lounge
Going global but keeping it local in the era of hybrid working
11:00-11:45, Design Talks Lounge
Designing coworking spaces for an uncertain future
12:00 – 12:45, Design Talks Lounge
The developer-tenant relationship is changing – what does this mean for the way we design workplaces?
14:05-14:50, Design Talks Lounge
The historic disconnect between speculative office developers and their future tenants is being eroded. Response to unprecedented global upheaval – the climate crisis, social justice movements, pandemic response – requires an open and joined up conversation between those building offices, and those occupying them. In turn this is transforming project briefs and design strategies, contributing to the emergence of amenity-rich, sustainable, and healthy workplaces. In this session we will discuss how the developer-tenant relationship is changing, and the direct impact this is having on the best examples of speculative workplace design.
Defining the Circularity of Light
15:05-16:00, Design Talks Lounge
How positive empathetic workplace environments promote employee wellbeing and motivation
16:15-16:50, Design Talks Lounge
Attend Workspace Design Show
Workspace Design Show is the networking platform for architects, designers and end-user occupiers, looking to equip themselves with the latest and most insightful trends around workplace interiors. Register now for a complimentary visitor pass and attend Workspace Design Show from 27 – 28 February 2024 at the Business Design Centre.