Programme
Every session of the Harbourline Forum 2027, with its time and room letter (sample).
Two days, five rooms. The letter after each session is the room it runs in; workshops in C need a Full pass and a place booked at the desk.
Wednesday 13 May
08:30
Doors open, badges at the registration desk
Coffee on the Market floor
DMarket floor
09:15
Opening keynote: the year on the high street
Ines Moreau, Moreau Ceramics (sample)
AMain hall
10:30
Pricing handmade work without apologising
Tom Achebe, Fold Studio (sample)
BRiver room
11:30
Workshop: your first wholesale price list
Hana Novak, Northbank Supply (sample)
CWorkshop studios
13:00
Lunch and the makers’ market
Forty stands, open until 14:15
DMarket floor
14:15
Panel: one shop, three channels
Four shop owners, chaired by Ruth Ellery (sample)
AMain hall
19:00
Forum dinner at the Grain Store
Three courses and the shop awards
EForum dinner
Thursday 14 May
08:30
Doors open, coffee
Market floor
DMarket floor
09:15
Keynote: hiring your first two people
Sam Okafor, Okafor & Daughters (sample)
AMain hall
10:30
Photographing products on a kitchen table
Lena Brandt, photographer (sample)
BRiver room
11:30
Workshop: a stock count that takes an hour
Priya Shah, Shah Books (sample)
CWorkshop studios
13:00
Lunch and the makers’ market
Market floor
DMarket floor
14:15
Closing keynote: the shop in ten years
Owen Marsh, Marsh Bicycles (sample)
AMain hall
Programme (sample), published in full six weeks before the forum.
The five zones
Every room has a letter. The same letter is printed on your badge, on the programme and on the signs at the Corn Exchange (sample), so the stewards on the doors know where your pass takes you.
A
Main hall
600 seats, keynotes and panels
Every pass
B
River room
180 seats, talks
Every pass
C
Workshop studios
Three studios of 24, places booked at the desk
Full pass, Full pass and dinner
D
Market floor
40 stands, coffee and lunch
Every pass
E
Forum dinner
The Grain Store, 220 seats, Wednesday 19:00
Full pass and dinner, or a dinner ticket
Your badge will be at the desk
Request tickets with the form or call the ticket desk. We confirm within one working day.