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FIS: Interiors Insight Live

Workspace Design Show partners with the FIS, the not for profit representative body for the £10 billion finishes and interiors sector in the UK. The organisation exists to support its members, improve safety, minimise risk, enhance productivity and drive innovation in the sector.

FIS: Interiors Insight Live offers a series of panel discussions, revealing the latest industry thinking from the finishes and interiors sector. Speakers include experts from organisations such as AHMM, Workplace Futures Group, JLL, British Land, Grigoriou Interiors, Unispace, British Land.

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2026 FIS: Interiors Insight Live Agenda

25 February

Making sustainability your superpower – discussing a value based approach

10.30 – 11.30

Strategies to embed sustainability into every stage of fit-out—turning compliance into competitive edge.

CHAIR

Flavie Lowres, FIS Sustainability Champion

Panellist

Georgina Smith, Director, Broadbase

Panellist

Penelope McCallum, Sustainability Director, Unipsace

Panellist

Patrick Ames, Director, Claremont Group Interiors

Panel discussion

Opening the door to a circular future with better design

11.50 – 12.50

How something as simple as a door can lead the way in reuse and sustainability.

CHAIR

Iain McIlwee, FIS Chief Executive

Panellist

Debbie Ward, Director, Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP)

Panellist

Darcy Arnold-Jones, Architect and Circular Economy Lead, Marks Barfield Architects

Panellist

Will Hunnam, Managing Director, Forza Doors

Panel discussion

Pods – furniture or construction? Understanding the risk
13.10 – 13.50
Do Pods create a rift in regulation? From reaction to fire to interaction with active fire protection, do some pods sound too good to be true?.
CHAIR

James Parlour, FIS Head of Technical

Panellist

Andrew Parkin, Partner, Global Head of Acoustics, Cundall

Panellist

Neil Badley, Head of Technical Standards and Learning & Development – Sweco

Measuring the impact of fit-out
Understand the numbers, the challenges, and the solutions for reducing embodied carbon in interiors.
14:10 – 15:20
CHAIR

Flavie Lowres, FIS Sustainability Champion

Panellist

Emily Samoluk, Senior Sustainability Manager, British Land

Panellist

Ella Smith, Building Performance Analyst, AHMM

Panellist

Beth Jepson, Senior Sustainability Manager, Parkeray

Panel discussion

Putting reuse first
15.40 – 16.50
Is it really too complicated, is it really too expensive and is it really too time consuming? How re-use can help us rethink construction and save time and money!
CHAIR

Nikhil Dhumma, Director, JLL Corporate Real Estate

Panellist

Stuart Cochrane, Workplace Sustainability Lead, JLL UK Commercial Real Estate

Panellist

Simon Patterson, Director, JLL

Panellist

Conrad Stone, Associate Director, Cundall

Panellist

Will Belfield, Environmental & Sustainability Manager, Overbury

Panel discussion

26 February

Taking the plunge – what we have learned from FIS Project Re-use

10.15 – 11.15

FIS Project Re-use is a live programme monitoring real world re-use. What have we learned from Phase 1 about how to make urban mining and re-use work together
CHAIR

Hattie Emmerson, FIS Project Reuse Lead

Panellist

Matt Robinson, Head of Sustainability, Workplace Futures Group

Panellist

David Hughes, Operations Director, Blackstone Strip Out

Panellist

Luke Wills, Operations Manager, Space Interior Systems

Panellist

Nigel Harvey, CEO, Recolight

Panellist

Theo Simondetti, Reusefully

Panel discussion

Nature-driven design for better workplaces

Exploring biophilic principles and how nature-inspired spaces boost wellbeing and productivity.

11.35 – 12.35
CHAIR

Iain McIlwee, FIS Chief Executive

Panellist

Emma Keyes, Head of Business Development, Overbury

Panellist

Emma Jefferson, Director of Partnerships, RIOS

Panellist

Paul Westwood, Design Director, RIOS

Panellist

Kunle Barker, Founder, Natural Places

Panellist

Dr. Tamara Russell, Director, Difference Dynamics

Panel discussion

Tech That Transforms: improving sustainability and productivity
Discover how technology is streamlining design, boosting collaboration, and enabling smarter spaces.
13.40 – 14.40
CHAIR

Iain McIlwee, FIS Chief Executive

Panellist

Brett King, Director, Industry Transformation EMEA, Procore Technologies

Panellist

Jade Cohen, Co-founder and CPO, Qflow

Panellist

Stephen Hamil, Innovation Director, Hubexo

Navigating the future: the triple bottom line in design and fit-out
Unpacking how SKA ratings and wellbeing principles can elevate your projects.

15.00 – 16.00

CHAIR

Flavie Lowres, FIS Sustainability Champion

Panellist

Elina Grigoriou, Design & Sustainability Director, Grigoriou Interiors

Panel discussion

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Space Design by Broadbase Furniture

Broadbase delivers a layout for the FIS Interiors Insight LIVE conference space that combines circular design with conference functionality and the comfort of a modern workplace environment.

The space is developed in collaboration with FIS to support both structured conference activity and informal interaction throughout the show. The main seating area incorporates a variety of options — from high-end chairs and upholstered stools to meeting room and stacking chairs — softening the feel of a traditional conference layout while meeting headcount and practical requirements. In addition, the layout introduces two informal meeting areas to provide flexible spaces for breakout conversations and multi-use activity throughout the show.

Furnished entirely with quality used items through our Continu approach, the environment demonstrates how thoughtful reuse can create a workspace that is comfortable, design-led, and sustainable. We look forward to seeing the space brought to life by the FIS community throughout the show.

2026 Speakers

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Penelope McCallum,
Sustainability Director, Unispace

Nikhil Dhumma,
Director, JLL Corporate Real Estate

Workplace Sustainability Lead,
 JLL UK Commercial Real Estate

Emily Samoluk,
Senior Sustainability Manager, British Land

Darcy Arnold-Jones,
Architect and Circular Economy Lead, Marks Barfield Architects

Paul Gaughan,
Founder, Lumybel

Georgina Smith,
Director, Broadbase Furniture Solutions

Jade Cohen,
Cohen Co-founder and CPO, Qflow

Elina Grigoriou,
Design & Sustainability Director, Grigoriou Interiors

Debbie Ward,
Director, Alliance for Sustainable Building Products

Stephen Hamil,
Innovation Director, Hubexo

Brett King,
Director, Industry Transformation EMEA, Procore Technologies

David Hughes,
Operations Director, Blackstone Strip Out

Luke Wills,
Operations Manager, Space Interior Systems

Nigel Harvey,
CEO, Recolight

Ella Smith,
Building Performance Analyst, AHMM

Matt Robinson,
Head of Sustainability, Workplace Futures Group

Iain McIlwee,
FIS Chief Executive

Debbie Ward,
Director, Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP)

Flavie Lowres,
FIS Sustainability Champion

Hattie Emmerson,
FIS Project Reuse Lead

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