SHIFT HAPPENED: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, & How Your Brand Can Thrive
Amanda Schneider, Founder & President, ThinkLab

There have been profound shifts in the way business is done in this new hybrid era, and our traditionally analog industry is struggling to balance investments in the Physical-Digital Journey. Join ThinkLab as we explore data around the impact to the interior design industry and harness the silver linings of recent shifts through 5 Specifier Personas that will help your brand to scale your reps’ time, prioritize your investments, and personalize the customer experience.

Economy. Real Estate. Occupancy. Where Are We Headed?
Michael Hanson, Executive Director & Global Economist, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Sarah Bouzarouata, Senior Research Manager, JLL
Dan Kirschner, Global Head of Growth Strategy & Business Development, JLL

Michael believes the US economy is more resilient than many people think – and will explain why this creates a big challenge for the Fed as it tries to guide to a soft-ish landing. Dan and Sarah will discuss the latest data on real estate markets and trends in occupancy, from both a research and a business lens.

Workplace of Tomorrow: Insights from Future Forum and MillerKnoll
Mark Catchlove, Director, Global Insight Group, MillerKnoll

Far from a trend, the hybrid work phenomenon is upending long-held practices relative to work and workplace design. Rapidly evolving expectations of workers and organizational leaders are highlighting opportunities to create more equitable experiences, build more inclusive spaces, and foster a greater sense of belonging for all. Backed by new data from Future Forum—an interdisciplinary future-of-work consortium co-founded by Slack, Boston Consulting Group, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, and MillerKnoll—Mark will share insights on this global shift and touch upon the roles that textiles can play.

All the Rage! Hospitality’s Hip Influence in Every Segment of Design
Cindy Allen, Editor-in-Chief, Interior Design

There is no other category in design these days that is as pervasive—and persuasive—as the hospitality industry right now. Join Cindy Allen, Editor-in-Chief of Interior Design, as she spans the globe sharing the latest hospitality trends—that are sure to inspire!—as well as projects from other market segments you’d swear are hospitality, but are anything but!

Environmental Product Declarations: The Ins & Outs
Cara Vought, Technical Manager, Sustainable Solutions Corporation

Many large A&D firms are setting carbon neutrality goals or requiring specific carbon data from product manufacturers that can be a challenge to calculate. They might ask for a carbon footprint or an EPD or a Life Cycle Assessment. Cara will navigate the market drivers behind these requests, as well as explain EPDs, LCAs, PCRs, surrounding standards, and third-party verifications. Learn how organizations can benefit from leveraging the information from an LCA to innovate in product development and manufacturing.

Strategy in a World of Disruption
Shawn Kanungo, Innovation Strategist, Partner, Queen & Rook

The business world has fundamentally changed forever. The growth and adoption of new technologies is occurring at a dizzying pace. Customer and employee expectations have been pushed forward 10 years due to the pandemic. We are now looking for organizations to be fearless in a changing world. These drivers are forcing everyone to reimagine their entire organizations. How do we survive? How do we disrupt ourselves before someone else does? How do we deliver better experiences to our clients, customers, and teams? Today, we need to be bold, brave and experimental. In this awe-inspiring talk, Shawn provides an optimistic roadmap for the future. He explores how we can take unexpected approaches to innovation to remain competitive and relevant.

Amanda Schneider, Founder & President, ThinkLab 

Amanda, LEED AP, is a researcher, writer and strategic thinker with a strong background including industrial design, market research, product management, sales, and strategic launch practices with a breadth of companies within the interiors industry. Her creative process stems from her education in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, while her natural business sense is augmented by her MBA from the University of Iowa.

ASchneider@sandowdesign.com

Michael Hanson, Executive Director & Global Economist, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Michael conducts current, quantitative, and thematic research on global economic and policy issues at J.P. Morgan. He authors the firm’s Daily Economic Briefing and contributes to its weekly Global Data Watch. Previously, he was head of Global Macro Strategy at TD Securities; held senior economist positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers; and worked at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the New York Fed. Michael holds an M.S. in Mathematics from NYU and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He has taught at Wesleyan University and Yale School of Management. 

michael.s.hanson@jpmchase.com

Sarah Bouzarouata, Senior Research Manager, JLL

Sarah is a Senior Manager on JLL’s Americas Research & Strategy team, where she helps corporate occupiers, owners, and developers shape their growth strategies. Through research and data analyses, she gleans economic insights and produces outlooks that drive client acquisition and disposition decisions. Her current focus on occupier strategy centers around trends shaping the future of work. In her previous role at JLL, Sarah led the New York Office Research platform where she partnered with internal brokerage teams to identify leasing and investment opportunities.

Sarah.Bouzarouata@jll.com

Dan Kirschner, Global Head of Growth Strategy & Business Development, JLL

Dan leads growth strategy and business development for JLL’s Work Dynamics. He is responsible for aligning the firm’s growth with clients’ objectives and needs, bringing the scale and capabilities of JLL to meet marketplace demand for real estate and facilities management services. Dan previously spent 15 years at Honeywell. As vice president of global real estate he oversaw a $1 billion portfolio consisting of 52M SF and 1,000 sites, defining and executing a strategy that enabled transformation and delivery on growth objectives.

Daniel.Kirschner@jll.com

Mark Catchlove, Director, Global Insight Group, MillerKnoll

Mark leads the MillerKnoll Global Insight Group, which shares the latest thinking in workplace design and related issues. He has been with the company for over 24 years and employed in the office interiors industry over 35 years. A respected contributor to the workplace community, Mark has run in-house workshops and seminars for a variety of leading organisations–large and small; worked on projects with prominent organisations—public and private; and delivered more than 700 talks around the world.

mark_catchlove@hermanmiller.com

Cindy Allen, Editor-in-Chief, Interior Design

Cindy is widely lauded as one of the most influential advocates for the interior design profession. With almost two decades as editor-in-chief of Interior Design, she champions the industry, promoting both the giants of design and its rising stars.

A self-proclaimed design junkie and early adopter of alternate platforms, Cindy has published 10 books on design, made more than 90 short documentaries on industry icons and regularly interviews industry leaders live on DesignTV by SANDOW.

Cindy received Honorary Doctorates from the New York School of Interior Design in 2010 and from the San Francisco Academy of Art in 2012. Among her awards: the 2009 Alpha (Alpha Workshops), 2010 Circle of Excellence (IFDA), 2014 Honoree (Open House New York), 2015 Scroll (Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation), and 2019 Stephen A. Kliment Oculus (AIA). In 2020 she was honored at the LongHouse Winter Benefit.

As chairman of the national board of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids), Cindy is committed to helping those in need and galvanizing the design community to push the boundaries of what is possible.

callen@interiordesign.net
@thecindygram

Cara Vought, Technical Manager, Sustainable Solutions Corporation

Cara is a Life Cycle Assessment Certified Professional (LCACP) and LEED AP with more than a decade of experience in sustainability initiatives conducting life cycle assessments, sustainable operations assessments, carbon footprint analyses, and developing health product declarations. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Delaware, where she minored in sustainable energy technology and environmental engineering. Cara spent four years at Jefferson University (formerly Philadelphia University) teaching Design of Green Materials.

cara@sustainablesolutionscorporation.com

Shawn Kanungo, Innovation Strategist, Partner, Queen & Rook 

As a globally recognized innovation and disruption strategist, Shawn Kanungo works at the intersection of creativity, business, and technology. In his high energy keynotes, Shawn provides audiences with an optimistic roadmap for the future; one that embraces unexpected approaches to innovation to remain competitive and relevant. In 2021, Forbes called Shawn Kanungo the “best virtual keynote speaker I’ve ever seen”.

After more than a decade of experience at Deloitte, Shawn founded Queen & Rook where he has worked with hundreds of organizations on their journey to digital transformation. He has led complex projects incorporating artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, behavioural economics, Web3, and more. His work has been featured in the Globe and Mail, The Guardian, CBC, and CTV. Shawn has been recognized by Avenue Magazine in their “Top 40 Under 40” and by Inc. magazine in their “100 Most Innovative Leaders.”

Shawn’s content on innovation has garnered millions of views across LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook. His first book, The Bold Ones: Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable, will be available in December 2022.

shawnkanungo@shawnkanungo.com
shawnkanungo.com
linkedin.com/in/shawnkanungo

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Francesca Robledo
Barbara Weber

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Susan Green
Kathrin Hagge
Ashley McAlpin

C.F. Stinson/Anzea
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Lori Roop
Anna Stinson

Camira Group
Amy Baldwin
Gracie Cunningham
Jennifer Lampani Karel
Dena Molnar

Carnegie
Chase Taylor
Charles Griffin

Charles Samelson
Phil Landau

Chilewich
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Rich Doorn
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Lori Solomon
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Douglass Industries
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HBF Textiles
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KB Contract
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Brooke Kahn

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Sina Pearson
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P/Kaufmann Contract
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Leigh Douglass
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Paul Brayton Designs
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Pointe International
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Ed Marquez
Naoko Tanabe

Pollack/Weitzner
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Jenia Myagkov

Richloom Fabrics Group
Lisa Craft
Robyne Peterson
Lauren Pelusio

Standard Textile
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Jax Painter Hamm

Thibaut
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Unika Vaev
Jessica Lawton

United Fabrics
Kait Mears
Scott Warwick

Valley Forge Fabrics
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Wolf-Gordon
Nicole Layne
Michael Loughlin
Frank Marchese
Shashi Sirsi

Global Furniture Group
Samira Aslanzadeh

Haworth
Liz Johnson
Andrea Nelson

Herman Miller
Andrea Haggerty
Laura Leon

HNI
Kurt Sanger
Sasha Shpak-Greenfield
Marcus Simpao
Kandice Tjebkes

Novawall Systems
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Bill Rankin

Applied Textiles
John Schroeter

Burlington Contract Fabrics
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Jenny Durham
Abe Howell
Keith Ogden
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Crypton
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Lisa Hennigar
Lance Keziah
Rebecca Lee
Kevin Nichols
Barbara Nymark
Nikki Rubalcaba

Culp Contract
Shawn Dave
David Wells

David Rothschild Co.
Walter Rothschild

Dominion Sample
Jacob Edwards
Ben Mazor

Duvaltex
Brent Early
Nancy Eiseman
Billy Ford
Ann Reinhard
John Rowan
Joel Sergerie
Martin Bourque
Irene Miller

Enduratex
James McKeon

Foresight Management
Amy Robertson
Wendy Schlett

Geo. Sheard Fabrics
Perihan Sheard

Glen Raven
Heather Covert
Susan Goldstein
Tracy Greene
Allen Hawks

Hopetex
Sarah Wolfe

JB Martin
Michael Benjamin

KM Fabrics
Dawn Pechin

Lady Fabrics
David Baecker
Jeffrey Irwin

Leslie Jee Textiles
Leslie Jee

Material Bank
Taylor Sticklin
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Mercato Place
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Milliken
Benji Bagwell
Karen Sawdy

Morbern
John Weaver
Amanda Wilkins

MTL
JoMarie Battle
Thomas Hillebrand
Brian Kunetz
Joy McGruther Alaoui
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Cigdem Ozturk

My Resource Library
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Nassimi
Larry Barbash
Noah Barbash
Joseph Filippi
Debbye Lustig
Edward Nassimi
Iwan Nassimi
Bill O’Connor
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Omnova Solutions
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Steve Rye

Sattler/Outdura
Ari Gasner
Ulrich Tombuelt

SGS North America
Simon Mo

Spradling International
Deborah Lanzner
Tim O’Keefe

Suzanne Tick
Hammad Abid
Carol Lindsey
Suzanne Tick

Swavelle Group
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Jeremy Brown
Salman Chaudhry
Josh Gladke
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The Mitchell Group
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Catherine Schneider

Thoroughbred Fulfillment
Ray Sayers

Trevira
Celeste Ramsey

TSG Finishing
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Brian Rosenstein

Ultrafabrics
Kelly Benke
Janet Kuntz
Roslyn Muney
Danielle O’Kane

Unifi
Chad Bolick

Valdese Weavers Contract
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Dave Freund
Rosemary Harley
Peter Kuklinski
Jacquelyn London
Crystal Sigmon
Bill Snyder

Vartest Laboratories
Trevor Trapp
Adam Varley

Vescom Textiles
Jason Romero
Christine Wekilsky

York Wallcoverings
Luise Stromberg

Annette Schaich Consulting
Annette Schaich

Collection 280
Amy Pisansky

Dawn Hettrich Design
Dawn Hettrich

Dorothy Cosonas Consulting
Dorothy Cosonas

Elisabeth Karp Consulting
Elisabeth Karp

Ellen Shultz Consulting
Ellen Shultz

IV Sales and Consulting
Ivy Berman

Ken Wolf Textiles
Kenneth Wolf

Limn + Loom
Geraldine Blanchot Fortier
Veronique Bouche-Rouet

MLB Textile Sales & Consultant
Margaret Blum

Mixed Bag
Kathy Carr Rickwood

MJP Textiles
Michael Paul

North Coast Design Studio
Jay Correia

P. Carlton Associates
Robert Carlton

Samantha Gore Interiors + Design
Sarah Nestel

Covington Fabric & Design
Larry Shapiro

Edpa USA
Alp Benedrete
Elyse Berkman

Erica Shamrock Textiles
Taylor McMahon

Interior Design
Annie Block
Tina Brennan
Kelly Cannon Buchsbaum
Carol Cisco
Vivian Cohen
Erica Holborn
Kathryn Kerns
Georgina McWhirter
Helene Oberman
Laura Steele

Rubelli USA
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ThinkLab
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Jennifer Rabiah
Lynne Willis

Gerald Forster Studio
Gerald Forster

JW Writing
Judy Wood

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Bernhardt Textiles
Brentano
Burch
C.F. Stinson/Anzea
Camira Group
Carnegie
Charles Samelson
Chilewich
Concertex

Designtex
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Fabric Innovations
Fabricut Contract
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HBF Textiles
KB Contract
KnollTextiles
Kravet Contract
Kvadrat

LDI Interiors
Lebatex
Luum Textiles
Maharam
Mayer Fabrics
Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering
P/Kaufmann Contract
Pallas Textiles
Paul Brayton Designs
Pindler
Pollack/Weitzner

Posh Textiles
Richloom Fabrics Group
Standard Textile
Textile Mania
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Unika Vaev
United Fabrics
Valley Forge
Willow Tex
Wolf-Gordon

Global Furniture Group
Gus* Design Group
Haworth
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Irwin Seating Company
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Steelcase
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