Sustainability Talks
Agenda 2026
Wednesday 25 February
09:30 – 10:15
Abundance & Scarcity
- Chair Anna King Founder, Informare
- Panellist Colin Macgadie Co-Founder, For Everyday Life
- Panellist Vitor Freire Creative Director, Imagination of Things
- Panellist Roddy Bow Designer & Director, IDK
10:40 – 11:25
Reconnecting design and nature: Purpose, people, and the challenges of biophilia
- Chair Vanessa Champion Editor, The Journal of Biophilic Design
- Panellist Nicola Tomkins Head of Design for Major Projects, Overbury
- Panellist Lidia Johansen Associate Environmental Consultant, chapmanbdsp
- Panellist Paulo Ribeiro Head of Interior Design, AECOM
11:50 – 12:35
Reworking London: How adaptive reuse is powering net zero workplaces
- Chair Frances Brown Partner, Cundall and Panellist on the NLA Expert Panel on Work
- Panellist Hannah Baker Sustainability Strategy Chair, EPR Architects
- Panellist Kiru Balson Materials and Circular Economy Leader, Max Fordham
- Panellist Jonathan Allwood Director and Sustainability Lead, Barr Gazetas
- Panellist Gregor Haran Sustainability Manager, Landsec
12:55 – 13:40
Reuse – A new era for creative design
- Chair Harsha Kotak Founder WOD Women in Office Design and Co-Founder The Sustainable Design Collective
- Panellist Joanna Knight Co-Founder, The Sustainable Design Collective
- Panellist Ana Rita Martins Sustainability Lead – Architect, MCM
- Panellist Asif Din Director of Regenerative Design, Perkins & Will
- Panellist Lucy Bagshaw Project Director and Sustainable Designer, tp bennett
- Panellist Deborah Allen Founder, Douglas Jane Studio
14:00 – 14:45
AI and Sustainability in Design: Help or Hinderance?
- Chair Helen Parton Editorial and Content Consultant within the design, architecture and built environment sectors, Freelance
- Panellist Joanne Sanger Creative Director, Resonate
- Panellist Russell Glover Group Design Director, Peldon Rose
- Panellist Nimit Raval Sustainability Lead, Pascall + Watson
- Panellist Charlie Brett Senior Architect, LOM
15:05 – 15:50
Why Workplace Design leads on Sustainability
- Chair Anna King Founder, Informare
- Panellist James White Associate Director, Zebra
- Panellist Timothy Shepherd Founder & Managing Director, Shepherd&
- Panellist Simon Laker Founder, VIVE Capital Partners Limited
- Panellist Besjana Krasniqi Sustainability Advocate, Senior Sustainability Engineer, Twin and Earth
16:10 – 16:55
How do you differentiate as a UK developer when sustainability is now a matter of compliance?
- Chair Lydia Randall Director of Sustainability, BDG architecture + design
- Panellist Luisa Ramos Steiner Global Carbon Lead, Edge
- Panellist Cornelia de Boinville Commercial Director, Edge
- Panellist Matthew Brinklow Head of Sustainability, Mace