Join the Furniture Makers Company for a day of knowledge sharing on what the furnishing sector can do to reduce climate change.

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Thursday 16 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm, Furniture Makers’ Hall, London

Programme:

• 11.00am – Welcome – Tony Attard OBE DL, Master of The Furniture Makers’ Company
• 11.10am – Anticipated forthcoming legislation. The role of the British Furniture Confederation. Speakers: Jonathan Hindle, chairman, BFC Legislation update and Jessica Alexander, executive director of the National Bed Federation / BFC
• 11.30am – Coffee and networking
• 12.00pm – Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP) – an industry specific standard. Speaker: John Hubbard, technical consultant, FIRA International
• 12.15pm – Measuring your organisation’s carbon footprint – Nichola Pichel-Juan, sustainability manager at SATRA Technology
• 12.30pm – Capital investment in renewables. Speaker: Rollie Attard, CEO of Panaz
• 12.45pm – Lunch and networking
• 1.45pm – Packaging and sustainability, alternative solutions – John Hubbard, technical consultant, FIRA International
• 2.00pm – A circular approach. Speaker: Adnan Zeb-Khan, manager at Carpet Recycling UK
• 2.15pm – A circular approach. Speaker: Angela Moran, product strategy director at Silentnight
• 2.30pm – Biomaterials and circularity. Speaker: Richard Naylor, group sustainable development director at Hypnos Beds
• 2.45pm – Networking
• 3.15pm – Reuse and extending useful life. Speaker: Fiona Edwards, head of sustainability at JPA Workspaces
• 3.30pm – Design classics – maximising lifecycle through design. Speaker: Chris Black, managing director of Sound Leisure
• 3.45pm – Networking
• 5.00pm – Close

Guests are welcome to stay for a mixer event that will start at 5.30pm. Complimentary drinks and nibbles will be served.