Workspace Design Show

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.

William Knight,
Director, The Renew Consultancy

Katrina Kostic Samen,
Director and Head of Workplace Strategy & Design, KKS Savills

Jack Pringle,
Founder & Director, Studio Pringle

Lee Polisano,
Founding Partner & President, PLP Architecture

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?

Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplace Insight & IN Magazine

Paula Rowntree,
Head of Workplace Design, Lloyds Banking Group

Dom Dugan,
Creative Director, Oktra

Andy Smith,
Workplace & Facilities Lead, The John Lewis Partnership

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

May Fawzy,
Founder, MF Design Studio and President Elect, BIID

Staffan Tollgard,
Founder & Creative Director, Tollgard Studio

Matt Jackson,
Director & Head of Workplace, BDG architecture + design

Client,
Founder of UK FinTech Company

Designing for Talent

14:15-15:00, Design Talks Lounge

Bex Moorhouse,
Founder & Director, Invigorate Spaces

Amy Gargan,
Workplace & Interiors Sector Lead, Director, RKD Architects

Naomi Sakomoto,
Senior Associate, Gensler

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.

Hamish Kilburn,
Editor, Hotel Designs

Tina Norden,
Partner, Conran & Partners

Angela Bardino,
Design Principal Interiors, Jacobs

Maria Cheung,
Director of Interior Design, Squire & Partners

FFS – can we all just move on?

16:30 – 17:20, Design Talks Lounge

Amelia Saberwal,
Founder, Kinesthetica Coaching

Ana Rita Martins,
Senior Associate, Sustainability & Design, Woodalls

Adam Burtt-Jones,
Co-Founder, Burtt-Jones & Brewer

Neil Usher,
Chief Workplace & Change Strategist, GoSpace AI

Tara Hack,
Principal, Design, Woodalls

Agenda:

The future of the workplace; how architecture is adapting

10:00-10:45, Design Talks Lounge

Isabelle Priest,
Managing Editor, RIBA Journal

Annelie Kvick Thomson,
Partner, Grimshaw

Toni Riddiford,
Head of Office & Workplace, Stride Treglown

Sarah Brown,
Director, tp bennett

Going global but keeping it local in the era of hybrid working

11:00-11:45, Design Talks Lounge

Clare Dowdy,
Freelance Design & Architecture Journalist

Ed Hoban,
Associate Director, Head of Workplace, The Furniture Practice

Hannah Rummery,
Creative Director at Acrylicize

Joelle Laney,
Senior Associate at Perkins + Will.

Gemma Cook,
Head of Design + Construction EMEA, American Express

Designing coworking spaces for an uncertain future

12:00 – 12:45, Design Talks Lounge

Bernie Mitchell,
Coworking Advocate, Blogger, Podcaster

Scott Ellis,
Workspace Design Director at LABS

David Kent,
Senior Design Manager, The Office Group

Scott Rominger,
Creative Director, WeWork

Designing the Future Workspace Experience

13:05 – 13:50, Design Talks Lounge

Helen Parton,
Workplace Design Journalist

Charlotte McCarthy,
Head of Interiors, Heatherwick Studio

Grant Kanik,
Partner, Foster + Partners

Shannon Pope-Ellis,
Managing Director, MCM

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.

Nick Gaskell,
Partner, Hawkins Brown

Chris Hunt,
Director, V7

Michael Davis,
Founder & Head, JLL Unlimited

Rebecca Sleath,
Senior Commercial Manager, EDGE

Defining the Circularity of Light

15:05-16:00, Design Talks Lounge

Sarah Cullen,
Editor, darc magazine

Kael Gillam,
Principal Lighting Designer, Hoare Lea

Faye Robinson,
Founder, Treacle Studio

Tulin Kori,
Associate Partner, Foster + Partners

Tom Niven,
Associate, Lighting, BDP

How positive empathetic workplace environments promote employee wellbeing and motivation

16:15-16:50, Design Talks Lounge

Vanessa Champion,
Editorial Director, Journal of Biophilic Design

Mbali Chaise,
Associate Director, iPWC

Steve Brewer,
Founding Partner, Burtt-Jones & Brewer

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.