Brian Garrison is President of Value Retail International, which is responsible for the design and development of all Value Retail projects worldwide. Value Retail is a leading developer and operator of retail and leisure destinations focused on luxury and premium fashion brands across Europe, China and the US. Brian also serves as Director of US-based S.D. Malkin Properties, the principle shareholder of Value Retail. S.D. Malkin Properties are experts in the creation of experiential, retail and hospitality-led environments that embrace the digital future. Previously, Brian’s career has included senior positions with U.S. developer Forest City Enterprises, Canadian developer Reichmann International, merchant bank Dumas West & Co., New York-based W&M Properties and Japanese developer Kumagai Gumi.

Barbara A. Knoflach is Co-Founder of tinyBE gGmbH, a non-profit company with the goal to create an interactive and inspiring field of experimentation and experience for potential living models in the future. From 2015 to 2019 Barbara was Deputy Chief Executive and Global Head of Investment Management of BNP Paribas Real Estate. She was responsible for defining the strategy for the Investment Management business line and leading its effective execution in eight countries: France, Italy, Germany, United-Kingdom, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Under her leadership assets under management grew from € 22bn to € 30bn in Institutional Funds, Retail Funds and Separate Accounts/Mandates. The Retail Funds received several performance awards. Prior to joining BNP Paribas Real Estate, Barbara was CEO of SEB Asset Management AG from 2005 to 2015 and Managing Director of the investment company SEB Investment GmbH since 1999. She oversaw the Global Real Estate activities of the group with Assets under Management of € 12bn invested in over 20 countries on three continents. She was awarded best fund manager in several categories for almost 10 years in a row. Barbara joined SEB Bank in 1994. From 1986 to 1993 she worked for Deutsche Bank thereof five years as analyst in International Project Financing. Barbara has served on several supervisory boards: from 2016 to 2019 as Chair/Member of the board of the Private Equity company HQ Capital, from 2011 to 2016 as Board Member of CA Immo, from 2011 to 2013 as Chair of the Board of TLG Immobilien (appointed by the Ministry of Finance in Germany for the privatization of the company, completed in 2013) and from 2006 to 2013 as Member of the Board of the consulting and research company bulwiengesa. Barbara Knoflach is involved in numerous associations and organizations in the real estate industry. She was Board Member of AFIRE and Trustee of ULI. She is Member of the Executive Committee of ZIA Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e.V and Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of IREBS International Real Estate Business School at Regensburg University. Barbara holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz. She was elected a fellow of RICS in 2018.

Jett is the UK lead for Sound Diplomacy. He oversees the research into and creation of various music & night time economy strategies across the UK, working with cities, councils and policy makers. Jett leads Sound Diplomacy’s infrastructure and real estate division, working closely with private developers on the design, masterplanning, operations and feasibility of new music and cultural infrastructure. Including creating meanwhile strategies, supporting planning applications and managing stakeholder engagement. Sound Diplomacy is the Global Expert in delivering economic growth strategies to cities and regions, and the tourism and real estate sectors using strategies focussed on music and the night time economy. Their work has helped define the ‘music cities movement’ and been delivered in over 20 countries and 50 cities around the world.

Sebastian Lyall is arguably among the hospitality industry’s most creative brains, launching Lollipop in 2015, which has seen experiences created in bar, restaurant and escape room settings, including award-winning WW2 inspired bar, The Bletchley, where customers crack codes to devise their own cocktails and which is the group’s most profitable site. He is an operator not afraid of turning traditional bar operating processes and experiences on their head and breaking boundaries, with creative and sometimes controversial pop-ups also including naked restaurant The Bunyadi (which he hopes to bring back as a permanent site) and a pop-up owl café. Lollipop, which has grown this far without any external investment, was going from strength to strength before the COVID-19 lockdown, operating four different concepts, including two funhouses in Hackney and Chelsea which both house three different venues, an ABQ bar in Paris and The Grid escape room in Southwark. Group sales have flourished from 500k in 2015/16 to a predicted £3m in 2020 (pre-COVID-19 crisis estimate), through a business model which rests on higher margins and high spend per head, with average 30% site EBITDA from sites.

An experienced urbanist and researcher, Kat has worked in London politics, planning and policy for the past eight years. Her research interests include urban economies, transport, and the relationship between technology and the built environment. Kat has authored a number of reports and articles on urban development in London and regularly appears as a commentator on urban affairs across a range of publications, media, and events. Kat joined Lendlease in April 2019 as masterplan strategist for the 60 acre Euston over-site development. Her role focuses on developing the masterplan vision and ensuring both the plan and the project itself respond to trends and innovations in urban development, transport and technology.