the sleep event
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the sleep event
conference

european hotel design awards

10:30 Registration and Coffee

11:00 Rapid Eye Movement

Moderator: Guy Dittrich

Speakers include:
Caroline Smith, creative director, Wish London
Charles Leon, director, Charles Leon Associates
Duncan Mackenzie, partner, Mackenzie Wheeler
Greg Chikaher, director, Global Hotel & Leisure Business Leader, Arup
Inge Moore, principal, HBA London
Katy McCann, head of hotel partnerships, Mr & Mrs Smith
Mark Hensman, senior director, GIA Equation

12:00 Coffee

12:30 Stream 1a) The Heart of the Hotel – Developments in guest room design
Moderator: Guy Dittrich
- Nowhere in the hotel comes under such intense and personal scrutiny as the guest room
- What happened to the wardrobe? How much more can be stripped out of the guest room?
- Does size really matter or is it what you do with it?
- Twin or double? Privacy? Cultural angles explored?

Speakers include:
Jane Lawrence, director, Conran & Partners
Rob Wagemans, principal, Concrete
Simon Ford, vice president  global brand standards, IHG
Tassilo Bost, principal, Bost Design

12:30 Stream 1b) The value chain: is there sufficient capacity?

Moderator: Paul Nash, operations director & global head of hospitality & leisure, Cyril Sweett

- Will the hotel industry cope with the challenges of the next few years – what does the true and predicted demand look like?
- Operational costs – looking at the real costs of designing and building and the long-term operational needs
- Working with the supply chain to specify the most appropriate products from the start – providing a whole life cost analysis and the benefits of strategic outsourcing
- Effective procurement methods to deliver hotel building projects ahead of time – how to leverage strategic benefits from the procurement process

Speakers include:
Mark Forrest, national accounts manager, Karndean Designflooring
Kate Long, founder, Rethink Interiors
Paul Bellamy, director, Cyril Sweett
Kevin McManus, group purchasing manager, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Plc
 

13:15 Lunch

14:45 What makes a European Hotel Design of the year winner?
Guy Dittrich meets the design mind behind the winner of this year’s European Hotel Design of the Year

15:15 The contribution of new hotels to the immediate and wider context
Guest Moderator: James Dilley, associate director, Jestico & Whiles
- Cultural, social and environmental contribution
- Comparative benefits of budget, mid-range and high-end hotel
- Relative benefits of re-use and conversion or new-build
- Locations that gain most from new hotels
- Energy efficiency or contribution
- Common ground for the developer and planning authorities?

Speakers include:
Alexander Jurkowitsch, director, Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG
Murray Levinson, partner, Squire & Partners
Rosemarie MacQueen, strategic director for the built environment, Westminster City Council

16:30 Stream 2a) Eat, Drink and be Merry - the efficiencies of food & beverage design in the hospitality arena
Moderator: Guy Dittrich

- Whether a key element or a 'nice to have' F&B design can make or break a hotel
- What are the most important operational concerns facing the restaurant designer?
- Here today, gone tomorrow - how to achieve longevity in bar design?
- Is there time to tell a design story?  Is one necessary?
- What can we see developing internationally?

Speakers include:
Erik Nissan Johansen, founder & creative director, Stylt Trampoli
Peter Prescott, managing director, Prescott & Conran
Robbie Bargh, founder and creative, Gorgeous Group
Tim Mutton, co-founder and managing director, Blacksheep

16:30 Stream 2b) How can you deliver a cost-effective, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing solution for cladding in the construction and refurbishment of hotels?

Moderator: Gary Southgate, market development manager, Tata Steel

- Metal solutions for hotels and their intrinsic sustainability
- Creating contemporary design which is sympathetic to local surroundings

Speakers include:
Jon Dore, exective director - business development, Euroclad
Andrew Davidson, business development partner, Paul Davis + Partners

Graham Dodd, director, Arup

08:50 Grooming break

09:00 Round Tables
Introduction: Daniel Englender, Benjamin West

New for 2011 and kick-starting our Investment Briefing on Day 2 are Round Tables.
Following breakfast key senior executives from the industry - owners, investors, developers, and operators - will move from table to table discussing the latest issues.

Going beyond the usual networking events, the hour-long Round Tables session will see some seven to eight table rotations give delegates the chance to explore the state of the industry with a variety of leaders from different backgrounds.

Round table hosts include:
George Panayiotou, head of business development, The Ability Group
Grace Leo, chairman & CEO, GLA Hotels
Irene Hoek, vice president development, InterContinental Hotel Group
Josh Wyatt, investment director, Hospitality & Leisure, Patron Capital
Margaret McMahon, director, Wimberley Interiors
Phil Golding, partner, Cedar Capital Partners
Simon Naudi, executive director, International Hotel Investment
Tim Smith, director, HVS

10:00 Coffee

10:30 Distinguishing brands with design - what does and does not matter
Moderator: Andrew Sangster, editor, Hotel Analyst

- How important is design in helping to attract guests to a hotel property? - How important is design when attracting owners and franchisees to sign-up with a particular operator?
- When presented with innovative design ideas at the property level, will a brand bend to accommodate them?
- How should designers employed by an owner work with the design team of the brand?
- How do international brands reflect the provenance of the locality where the property is based?

Speakers include:
Dexter Moren, director, Dexter Moren Associates
Martin Armitstead, senior vice president development, EMEA, Wyndham Hotel Group
Patrick Fitzgibbon, SVP Development - Europe & Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Timothy Walton, vice president development - UK & Ireland, Marriott Hotels International

11:30 Making design deliver - assessing the returns from investing in design
Moderator: Andrew Sangster, editor, Hotel Analyst

- People rarely seem to challenge lawyers’ fees and yet the perception is that designers’ fees are under enormous pressure. Are designers less important than lawyers?
- Is the most important element about appointing a designer their previous work?
- Do brands allow property owners enough freedom to be creative with design?

Speakers include:
Phil Golding, partner, Cedar Capital Partners
Simon Naudi, executive director, International Hotel Investments
Tim Smith, director, HVS

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Sleep Talking
Guy Dittrich in conversation with Rosita Missoni, Missoni Hotels

14:30 The Squeezed Middle - the challenges faced by the mid-market
Moderator: Guy Dittrich

- So often overlooked, what are the particular hurdles mid market hotels have to overcome
- How can you create authentic experiences within stifling brand standards
- Refurbishment - how to deal with the legacy hotels
- New Build - what lessons are being applied here?

Speakers include:
Celia Geyer, senior director architecture, Hilton Worldwide
Koen Van Malder, project director, design construction and engineering EMEA, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Stuart Bradbury, founder & managing director, ADS Design

15:45 Stream 1a) Fresh Eyes - new perspectives in hotel design
Moderator: Guy Dittrich

- Award-winning designs by newcomers and non-specialists
- What works and what doesn't? Applying experience in other design fields to hotels
- What can the mainstream hotel industry learn from one-off designs? Are they scalable?
- Hotel design innovation. Does hotel design influence other design fields?

Speakers include:
Ann Marie Ekroth, architect & interior designer, Koncept
Christophe Pillet, designer, Christophe Pillet Agency
Nathalie Rosencwajg, architect - director, Rare

15:45 Stream 1b) Hotel development outlook: where is the demand

Moderator: Simon Hudspeth, Hotel Investment and Asset Management

- What is demand dictating?
- What will the hotel of the future look like which offers guest a unique experience?  Are high-tech specifications driving change?
- Innovative design solutions are imperative if the hotel sector is to differentiate itself and to improve the experience of the consumer but how is this being achieved?
- Problem areas – mid-market, underinvestment and underperformance

Speakers include:
Konstanze Auernheimer, director of marketing & analysis, STR Global
Ian Springford, director, Ian Springford Architects
Angela Dingle, creative director and founder, Hughan Design
Chris Langdon, development director, Ardmore Construction