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Over two powerful days, the Barbican Centre will come alive with inspirational keynotes, provocative discussions, intimate conversations, dynamic workshops, book launches, unconferences, and hands-on activations.
Highlighted here is just a selection of our incredible speakers.
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With the effects of climate change more evident than ever, it’s time for designers and commissioners of design to take on their most critical brief to date; designing a regenerative future for all.
Over two days we will be exploring a range of powerful themes designed to inspire, challenge and mobilise you for action.
Hope isn’t just an aspiration, it’s a strategy. Pioneering ideas are already in action, and making a difference. They’re demonstrating that by interconnecting efforts across global borders, sectors and disciplines, we can tackle the Earth’s shared challenges.
Activists Brian Eno and Tori Tsui, Earthshot Prize winner Charlot Magayi, and Fairphone founder Bas van Abel and will explore repairable tech, zero-emission design solutions and how we can drive systemic change.
Waste is a design flaw. But it can be transformed into a valuable resource, adopting practices of reuse, repair, and repurposing as the new norm. Real-world examples show us how aligning economic incentives, supportive policies and industry partnerships can revolutionise practices and reshape industries.
Hear from economic powerhouses Kate Raworth and Mariana Mazzucato, plus inspirational panels featuring EdenLab, Decathlon and Simba.
The need to decarbonise at scale is critical. From transport to energy systems, there are cutting edge examples of how design is turning low-carbon technologies into widespread solutions, advancing net-zero emissions equitably through innovation, upskilling and policy collaboration.
Experts including Schneider Electrics, Lisa Lang and Sille Krukow, will share their insights on eliminating the carbon footprint, harnessing nature-positive materials, circularity, and AI-driven efficiencies.
We are at a pivotal moment where design must transcend sustainability. We need to design regenerative places that are in harmony with nature, integrating biomimicry and systems thinking, and collaborating with communities as stewards.
Global visionaries, Thomas Heatherwick and Mariam Issoufou along with sector leading Arup and Aecom, will explore reimagining biodiversity as a blueprint for resilient and regenerative design.
What are we all going to do to ensure these transformative ideas become reality?
Explore what’s needed to make it possible, including skills, collaboration, policy, finance, hope and determination. Voices including Leyla Acaroglu, Julia Watson, Indy Johar and Dassault Systèmes will challenge the design community and nations to turn insights into action, fostering a sense of collective agency and responsibility.
Together, we can design the path forward.
