MEET THE NEUROPLACES CONFERENCE 2026 SPEAKERS
Learn from the leading voices shaping the future of neuroinclusive and accessible design.

Prof. Amanda Kirby MBBS MRCGP PhD FCGI
Emeritus Professor, Honorary Professor, Visiting Professor, Founder & CEO • Do-IT Solutions
Opening Keynote Day 1: Neuroinclusive design – passing trend or fundamental shift?
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Oliver Heath Ba (Hons), Dip Arch (UCL)
Honorary Fellow, Founder & Director • Oliver Heath Design
Opening Keynote Day 2: The connection with nature – a real-world look at the growth of biophilic design + panel
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Professor Jean Hewitt
Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist • Buro Happold, BSI Tech
Author of PAS 6463
Panel discussion: BSI panel: Evolving accessibility standards for the built environment
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Ross Calladine
Accessibility & Regenerative Tourism Lead • VisitEngland
A Practical Toolkit for Neuroinclusive Tourism
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Dr Shelley James
Founder • Age of Light Innovations
Biophilic panel: Designing for human flourishing
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Ana Gorriti
Director DEI for the Built Environment Lead Consulting • JLL
Fireside chat: Inside the shift: Delivering neuroinclusive workplaces in practice
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Georgia Collard-Watson
BSc (Hons), DipArch
RIBA, ARB Associate Principal • Grimshaw, Co-chair • Architects' Mental Wellbeing Forum
Workshop. Designing neuroinclusive journeys: From access to action
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Tim Hatton
Principal, Interior Practice Leader • HOK
The biological imperative: Crafting high-impact places through neuroinclusion and neuroaesthetics + workshop
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Alex Lawlor
Regional Director • AtkinsRéalis
Presentation: Designing inclusion at scale - inside GSK's headquarters transformation
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Allison Peter
Vice Chair • TfL's Independent Disability Advisory Group
Case study panel: Designing for neurodivergence – inclusive transport environments
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Andrew Nelson
Workplace Design Manager • Government Property Agency
Fireside chat: Inside the shift: Delivering neuroinclusive workplaces in practice
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Ann-Marie Aguilar
Senior Vice President, EMEA • International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
WELL Equity Rating – a framework for designing places where everyone can thrive
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Ariane Sanders
Interior Designer & Founder • Sonda Studio
Panel discussion: Neurodesign myth-busting: Misconceptions about inclusive design
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Bobbie Hickey
Events & PR Manager • Mobility Mojo
Presentation: Accessibility at scale – Making inclusion measurable across global portfolios
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Dr Cathy Dalton
Inclusive Designer, Digital Tech Cnnovator/ Consultant • Muse Design
Panel discussion: Designing sensory environments: Lighting, acoustics and colour in practice
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Dan Bailey
Associate Director, Acoustician • Buro Happold
Panel discussion: Designing sensory environments: Lighting, acoustics and colour in practice
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Freyja Sewell
CEO • Huus Design
Biophilic panel: Designing for human flourishing
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Gayle McGuinn
Associate Director Sales • Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC)
Workshop. Designing neuroinclusive events – From venue to visitor experience
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Graham Flisher
Biophilia & Environment Consultant • Urban Planters
Biophilic panel: Designing for Human Flourishing
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Jason Slocombe
Senior Inclusive Design Consultant • Motionspot
Fireside chat: Designing inclusive spaces for neurodiversity - Creating environments where everyone can thrive
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Jenny Gardner
Director of Development and Construction • Advanced Research Clusters (ARC)
Fireside chat: Designing inclusive spaces for neurodiversity - Creating environments where everyone can thrive
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Jenny Offord
Head of Meridian Water • Enfield Council & Co-Founder • Neurodiversity in Planning
Workshop. Neurodiversity – A material consideration within planning and architectural design
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Jo Williams
Client Relationship & Communications Manager • Motionspot
Fireside chat: Designing inclusive spaces for neurodiversity - Creating environments where everyone can thrive
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Jon Hunter
Head of Design • TfL
Case study panel: Designing for neurodivergence – inclusive transport environments
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Madeleine Granland
Senior Accessibility and Inclusive Design Consultant • Mima
Workshop. Sensory mapping; Designing more predicatable and inclusive experiences
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Mark Rintoul
Senior Associate & Social Value and Inclusive Design Champion • RSHP
Case Study & Panel: Ruthlessly inclusive – lessons from the Hammersmith & Fulham Civic Campus
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Mary Noble
Manager of the Built Environment • RNIB & NRAC-accredited Access Consultant
Best practice presentation: Designing for inclusion in practice: lessons from the Grimaldi Building
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Neil Smith MRTPI,
NRAC
Mayor's Design Advocate
Panel discussion: BSI panel: Evolving accessibility standards for the built environment
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Rachel Jackson
Neuroinclusive Design Consultant • Rachel Jackson Design
Fireside chat/panel: Small changes, big impact: Designing neuroinclusive spaces without major renovation + workshop
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Rebecca Adda
Inclusive Environments Consultant • Buro Happold
Sensory mapping: the value of predictability in the built environment
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Rebecca Jilks
Neurodivergent Architectural Designer • Baily Garner Architects
Workshop. Neurodiversity – A material consideration within planning and architectural design
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Rob Turpin
Head of Healthcare Standards • BSI
Panel discussion: BSI panel: Evolving accessibility standards for the built environment
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Shaz Hawkins
Head of Marketing UK & IE • Tarkett
Human conscious design: Creating spaces that work for every mind
RIBA Accredited CPD
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Sian Thomas
Head of Corporate Engagement & Events • UCISA
Workshop. Designing neuroinclusive events – From venue to visitor experience
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Simone West BSc (hons), MSc, MRICS, NRAC
Principal Engineer for Inclusive Design • TfL
Case study panel discussion: Designing for neurodivergence – inclusive transport environments
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Steven Souter
Global Insight Programme Manager • Colebrook Bosson Saunders
Cognition in the office of the future: Decoding how environments influence our performance
CPD Certified (RIBA, AIA & IDCEC)
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Tricia Marie Smikle
Former RNIB Programme Lead & Project Lead for the multi-award-winning Grimaldi Building project
Panel discussion: BSI panel: Evolving accessibility standards for the built environment
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Dr Vanessa Champion
Editor • Journal of Biophilic Design
Biophilic panel: Designing for human flourishing




