Sustainability Talks 2025 - Workspace Design Show

Sustainability Talks

Sustainability Talks is a series of talks, discussions and interviews, bringing together a selection of key figures behind the workplace market’s leading sustainable initiatives and projects.

Hear from leading figures at GSK, Perkins&Will, BDG architecture + design, MCM, Oxygen, HLW, AECOM and many more.

2025 Sustainability Talks Agenda

26 February

The adaptive reuse of Canary Wharf

10:00 – 10:45

Mick Jordan, Editor, Works Magazine

Colin Macgadie, Founding Director, FEL

Ellie Sharpe, Global Client Engagement Director, Perkins&Will

Jeremy Lacey, Development Director, Quadrant Estates

Sustainable Design; Integrating ESG, Longevity & Social Value

11:05 – 11:50

TBC

Cat Hoad, Chair, Absolute Project Management

Helen Gordon, Founder & Creative Director, Nested Living

Ana Rita Martins, Sustainability Lead & Architect, MCM

Kill or Cure – Sustainability + AI

12:10 – 12:55

Helen Parton, Freelance Journalist

Adam Strudwick, Principal, Perkins + Wills

Alison Grant, Associate Director, Siren Design

Angela Vico Correas, Director, StudioNWA

Systematic Change – Developers Drive to Net Zero

13:15 – 14:00

Anna King, Informare, Founder & Director

Amber Luscombe, Senior Development Manager, Head of ESG, Oxygen

Duncan Scott, Board Director, chapmanbdsp

Lydia Randall, Head of Sustainability, BDG architecture + design

Global Sustainbility – People, Power, Policy

14:20 – 15:05

Joanna Knight, Co-Founder, SDC – The Sustainable Design Collective

Lee Roberts, Director, Zebra Global

Deborah Allen, Founder, Douglas Jane

David Cheshire, Sustainability Director, AECOM

Hero Bennett, Director of Sustainability, Partner, Max Fordham

The shift in perception – Generational Sustainability

15:25 – 16:10

Mark Eltringham, Publisher, Workplace Insight

Lee Penson, CEO, Penson

Barbara Chandler, Founder / Curator, GREEN GRADS

Oliver Hall, Partner, Make Architects

Oliver Lloyd, Freelancer Designer & GREEN GRAD of 2023

Healthy Cities and Healthy Offices

16:30 – 17:15

Jeremy Myerson, RCA, Professor Emeritus

Steve Wright, Director of Workplace Design and Change Management, GSK & Chair of CoreNet Communities, UK Chapter

Chris Higgins, Head of EMEA, Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities, GSK

Ellie Caley, Senior Workplace and Wellbeing Consultant at ART Health Solutions

2025 Speakers

Steve Wright,
Global Director Design and Change Management, GSK. Chair of Communities and Director, CoreNet UK Chapter

Ana Rita Martins,
Sustainability Lead & Architect, MCM

Adam Strudwick,
Principal, Perkins&Will

Lydia Randall,
Director, BDG architecture + design

Amber Luscombe,
Senior Development Manager, Head of ESG, Oxygen Asset Management

Jeremy Myerson,
Professor Emeritus, Royal College of Art

Alison Grant,
Associate Director, Siren Design

Angela Vico Correas,
Director, StudioNWA

Jeremy Lacey,
Development Director, Quadrant Estates

Joanna Knight,
Co-Founder, SDC – The Sustainable Design Collective

Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplace Insight

Cat Hoad,
Chair, Absolute Project Management

Helen Gordon,
Founder & Creative Director, Nested Living

Colin Macgadie,
Founding Director, FEL

Lee Penson,
CEO, Penson

Lee Roberts,
Director, Zebra Global

David Cheshire,
Sustainability Director

Hero Bennett,
Director of Sustainability, Partner, Max Fordham

Chris Higgins,
Head of EMEA, Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities, GSK

Ellie Caley,
Senior Workplace and Wellbeing Consultant, ART Health Solutions

Ellie Sharpe,
Global Client Engagement Director, Perkins&Will

Anna King,
Founder & CEO, Informare

Oliver Hall,
Partner, Make Architects

Barbara Chandler,
Founder / Curator, GREEN GRADS

Oliver Lloyd,
Freelancer Designer & GREEN GRAD of 2023

Duncan Scott,
Board Director, chapmanbdsp

Deborah Allen,
Founder, Douglas Jane

Jeremy Lacey,
Development Director, Quadrant Estates

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