1:15 – 1:30 Morning Session Summary, Guy Beggs
1:30 – 2:30 Accessing Funding
Toyin Laketu (UKTI) will be talking about access to funding for trade fairs and other opportunities through UKTI; Madeleine Furness (Crafts Council) will discuss the Crafts Council Development Grant; Ryan Frank (Ryan Frank Ltd) will be talking about his experience of accessing funding to exhibit abroad.
2:30 – 3:30 Parallel Sessions:
1. Prototypes
Daniel Charmy (Aram Gallery) will discuss the exhibition ‘Prototypes and Experiments’ which was held at the Aram Gallery; Gitta Gschwendtner will be talking about her experience of participating in the Prototypes and Experiments exhibition; Matthew Lewis (Metropolitan Works) will discuss facilities for prototyping at Metropolitan Works.
2. Trends in the Recession
Fionnuala Johnston (B&Q) will be talking about trend forecasts; Justine Fox (Global Colour Research) will discuss design trends and colour research; Gian Luca Amadei (Blueprint) will be talking about product forecasts from Milan.
3:30 Break
3:45 – 4:45 Sustainable Future
Jason Allcorn ([WE]Make) will be talking about the initiatives of [Re]Design; Paul Micklethwaite PhD (Kingston University) will discuss designing for more sustainable behavior; David Colwell (Trannon Design) will be talking about Trannon Design’s sustainable range.
4:45 – 5:15 Interactive Session
Unique Problem Solving, including topics from throughout the day.
5:15 – 5:30 Day’s Summary, Guy Beggs