Herman Miller presents a line up of esteemed guest speakers

Studio 7.5
Design Group

There is nothing commonplace about this Berlin design group. They operate without bosses and titles and eat a home-cooked lunch together in the studio everyday. The four designers that make up Studio 7.5—Claudia Plikat, Roland Zwick, Carola Zwick, and Burkhard Schmitz—describe themselves as "partial anthropologists”, relying on the precise observation of the man-made environment. They find designing work chairs to be particularly rewarding—in part because of their experience working with Herman Miller on their award-winning Mirra and Setu chairs.

Mark Catchlove
Director Insight Group, EMEA.

Mark Catchlove has been working in the office interiors industry for over 25 years across a range of industries from finance to publishing, and supermarkets. Mark is responsible for commissioning as well as sharing Insight into the latest thinking in workplace design and issues. This ranges from Social Capital and Generations at Work to Creativity in the Workplace and Agile Working. Mark has delivered more than 200 seminars around the world and for a variety of organisations including: Coca-Cola, Shell, Goldman Sachs, W L Gore, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, BBC, AIG, Shell, and the Ministry of Defence, MacMillan Cancer Support, Roslin Institute and Bank Muscat.

Eames Demetrios
Principal Eames Office

Eames Demetrios is the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames and as principal of the Eames Office is active in preserving the Eames legacy. Demetrios was instrumental in creating the interactive version of the Eames' groundbreaking film Powers of Ten, is the creator of Kymaerica and the Kcymaerxthaere, an alternate history of the world and curates the online DASFilmFest, showcasing new films on Design, Architecture and Sustainability.

Renee Hytry Derrington
Group VP Design Laminex Group and Formica Group

Renee holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Masters in Industrial Design and has over 20 years experience in designing surfacing products for the Formica brand. As a former Board Director for Colour Marketing Group (international association for colour design professionals), Renee was recognised in 2008 for her role in expanding the organisation’s international activities. Renee gives trend presentations to design groups around the world and most recently has dedicated her time to a collaboration with Pentagram for a historic book on the 100 years of the Formica brand.

Luc Kamperman
Partner Veldhoen + Company

Luc Kamperman is a partner of Veldhoen + Company, a Dutch consultancy firm that originally developed the Activity Based Working (ABW) philosophy in the Netherlands in the early nineties. Luc has worked on the largest ABW implementations globally from the Rabobank Headquarters in the Netherlands to Commonwealth Bank in Sydney. Luc holds a Master in Business Management and focuses on effective transitions to future workstyles, primarily from a change management perspective. He believes that “logic can take you from A to B, but imagination can take you anywhere”.

Amanda Stanaway
Principal Woods Bagot

Amanda sits at the forefront of workplace design. As a principal of Woods Bagot, Amanda has a role which spans strategy and interior design. This, together with her strong architectural background allows Amanda to work across a broad spectrum of projects - commercial, lifestyle, public buildings. Her experience over two decades and her end-to-end approach of project strategy to delivery makes her a unique professional. Amanda has been instrumental in creating some of the most cutting edge workplaces in Australia and delivering real business advantage and change for the organisations within.