Events

You will get deep insights, fresh ideas and for sure get to know amazing people. Join epda activities in 2020.

epda LIVE FLASH

The epda LIVE FLASH invites you to meet us online. Every time we have a guest speaker giving a lively 30-minute presentation followed by an open, moderated online discussion with you all.

UPCOMING SESSIONS:

Sustainability 3(3): Sustainability, a game-changing agenda for breakthrough innovation, 1 September, 12 am to 1pm CET
The 20’s are being described as the #DecadetoDeliver on sustainability. This is urgent. The days for incrementalism and continuous improvement are over; sustainability is a radical agenda requiring disruptive, radical, breakthrough innovation. This final presentation will issue a call to arms to designers and creatives for a step change on sustainability, showing examples of brands and innovators doing this today. REGISTER HERE.

epda CONGRESS

We originally planned to hold our autumn event 2020 in Moscow. Given the current circumstances, however, we decided to postpone an event in Russia. Although the lockdown is progressively easing across Europe, the situation is still unstable and we can’t be sure that you could all join us or whether a conference could take place as we would plan it now, after all. It seems we have to be a patient and wait until we can be sure we spend the money in the best possible way to offer a conference with an interesting speaker portfolio and make it accessible for all. Analogue meetings is what epda stands for and we will invite to a next conference as soon as we can. And, we still hope to see you personally still this year! As we will stick to our plan of running a retail safari in London in October. Please read below.

epda TRENDSPOTTING
16 October 2020, London

The retail tour safari has been postponed and will take place in autumn – just as planned!

We have partnered with INSIDER TRENDS, a London-based trend research consultancy with deep knowledge and insights into online and offline retail developments, and invite you to join us for a 1-day event to discover what’s next in retail: Our tour guide Jack Stratten, Senior Trend Consultant, will take us through the capital’s retail hotspots. We will discover concepts and innovations that give clues to the future of retail, with high-tech and low-tech stores experimenting with branding, design, product displays, storytelling, service, omnichannel retail and more. And we will leave with new ideas, and a new understanding of where retail is headed next. A tour on foot for 4 hours with a little break to grab some food on the fly ..

11.15 h – Tour starts at Oxford Circus
15.30 h – Tour ends at Holborn, Covent Garden

Digest and socialise … To recap the day’s experience, to discuss and to network we would love to see you join us for a drink at TURNER DUCKWORTH agency right after the tour. For sure we will also get a glimpse of the agency’s latest success stories .. be curious ))

15.45 h – 40 Chancery Ln, Holborn, London WC2A 1JA
17.30h – Our joint venture officially ends at this point.

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PREVIOUS SESSIONS:

“How to collaborate effectively as a remote team”, 15 April 2020, 12 am to 1 pm CET
After we all took a huge effort to organise remote work places, we are now facing the challenge to work effectively together as a remote team. There are certainly more needs & opportunities than to just share presentations online. How to optimise work processes, team work, digital workshops and how to avoid misleading communication or lack of information. Franziska Palmberger and Karel Golta introduced us to tools that might help organise remote work more effectively. For more information: Tools of Innovators

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“Global retail trends throughout Europe”, 7 May 2020, 12 am to 1 pm CET
The current pandemic is affecting retail in far more ways than simply temporarily closing stores. Trends that have been building for years are now becoming established norms, and retailers are having to innovate and re-invent at a pace never seen before. In his presentation Jack examined some of the biggest trends in retail before the pandemic, and explained how those trends are playing out and changing course because of COVID-19. For more information: Jack Stratten, Insider Trends

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“Sustainability 1(3): How clients and brand leaders tackle sustainability”, 16 June 2020, 12 am to 1 pm CET
Sustainability has emerged as a new driver for growth and innovation, but one-size of sustainability does not fit all and clients and brands are tackling this in different ways. How do designers and creative consultants navigate through this? Chris’ unpacked the different business cases and client segments on sustainability and showed how practical case studies of how leading clients and brands are doing well by doing good. For more information: Chris Sherwin, Reboot Innovation

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Sustainability 2(3): How to design more sustainably – It’s time for humanity-centred design, 7 July, 12 am to 1pm CET
The world has declared a climate and ecological emergency, but is design really fit for this new sustainable future? This presentation revealed four ways to design for recyclability and showed how to use design to advance sustainable living. For more information: Chris Sherwin, Reboot Innovation