08:30 - Registration and refreshments

09:20 - Opening address from the chair

Richard Beastall, Principal Director
Bennett Interior Design

09:30 - Setting the scene: exploring current trends in workplace interior design

• Understanding the requirements and implications of designing for flexible working patterns
• Examining the importance of spatial planning in creating varied work spaces: informal and formal
• Defining brand through design
• Developing a design response to client business requirements

Jeremy Myerson, Professor of Design Studies and Director of Helen Hamlyn Centre
Royal College of Art

10.00 - Workplace psychology: latest research

• Exploring the findings of ‘Generations at work’ and ‘Personalities at work’
• Using quality design to bridge the gap between varied working styles and different age groups
• Encouraging productivity and increasing motivation through the creation of stimulating workplaces

Zoe Humphries, Senior Workplace Consultant
Steelcase

10:30 - Questions and answer session

10:40 - Morning refreshments

11:10 - Connecting the office: designing for technological developments in our working environments

• Hardwire versus wireless – exploring the interior design challenges
• Gaining an insight into current office technology
• How can designers cater for ongoing technological development and changing working trends?

Angela Sasso, Director of Commercial Interiors
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects

11:40 - City Central, Adelaide: harnessing the potential of green workplace interior design

• Exploring the business case for going green and how far clients are willing to go
• Specifying sustainable materials for office interior fit-outs – what are the issues?
• Working closely with building services and facilities managers to ensure energy efficiency
• Being creative with green design

Also speaking, Rosina Di Maria, Senior Associate, Wood Bagot

Earle Arney, Director
Woods Bagot

12:10 - Questions and answer session

12:20 - Lunch

13:35 - Adapting lighting design to meet the needs of changing working patterns

• Examining how lighting affects workforce productivity
• Exploring developments in quality energy efficient lighting solutions
• Ensuring the required balance of luminance is achieved
• Marrying practical with creative lighting design

Dominic Meyrick, Lighting Principal
Hoare Lea Lighting

14:05 - Barclays Capital: global workplace design of a financial institution – client perspective

• Understanding how a financial institution functions and the impact on design requirements
• Exploring the objectives and motivations behind the workplace design
• Highlighting what a client wants from the interior design team
• Examining client limitations in relation to sustainability
• Analysing the effect of the workplace on the end-users
• Designing global but acting local

Neil Rebeugeot, Director, Corporate Real Estate Services
Barclays Capital

14:35 - Questions and answer session

14:45 - Afternoon refreshments

15:15 - Shaping a building to suit a legal organisation

• Maximising floor plate efficiency and improving overall occupation strategy to create an efficient legal space
• Embracing the CAT A and understanding the M&E strategy
• Designing for people: strategies for creating an aspirational legal environment

Helen Berresford, Head of Interior Design
ID:SR

15:45 - Nokia Music: creating a funky vibrant workplace

• Understanding the brand and current working ethos
• Involving the workforce in the design decision making process
• Utilising colour as a motivational tool
• Obtaining post-occupancy feedback from end-users to ensure the ongoing success of a project

Sarah-Jane Osborne, Design Director
Claremont Group Interiors

16:15 - Question and answer session

16:25 - Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference