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The Harbourline Forum, 13 and 14 May 2027, Corn Exchange (sample)

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The Harbourline Forum 2027

Two days of talks, workshops and a makers’ market for people who run independent shops, studios and small makers’ businesses. At the Corn Exchange, Springfield (sample).

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Dates

13 and 14 May 2027

Venue

Corn Exchange

Doors

08:30 both days

Harbourline Forum 2027

Day pass

Wednesday 13 or Thursday 14 May

$190

Opens Main hall, River room, Market floor

Opens Main hall, River room and Market floor.

Harbourline Forum 2027

Full pass

Both days, workshops included

$340

Opens Main hall, River room, Workshop studios, Market floor

Opens Main hall, River room, Workshop studios and Market floor.

Harbourline Forum 2027

Full pass and dinner

Both days and the Forum dinner

$415

Opens Main hall, River room, Workshop studios, Market floor, Forum dinner

Opens Main hall, River room, Workshop studios, Market floor and Forum dinner.

Three passes, one badge each. A solid letter is a room your pass opens; the key to the letters is on the venue plan below. Example prices.

Programme

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.

Full programme
A full conference hall seen from the back rows, the audience facing a lit stage and screens

Speakers who run shops themselves

No motivational speakers and no sponsored slots. Every speaker runs, or has run, a small business, and every talk ends with fifteen minutes of questions.

All speakers

Ines Moreau

Moreau Ceramics (sample)

The year on the high street

Tom Achebe

Fold Studio (sample)

Pricing handmade work

Hana Novak

Northbank Supply (sample)

Your first wholesale price list

Ruth Ellery

Ellery Goods (sample)

Chairs the shop owners’ panel

Sam Okafor

Okafor & Daughters (sample)

Hiring your first two people

Lena Brandt

Product photographer (sample)

Photographing on a kitchen table

Priya Shah

Shah Books (sample)

A stock count in an hour

Owen Marsh

Marsh Bicycles (sample)

The shop in ten years

Tickets and passes

Day pass

Wednesday or Thursday

Opens Main hall, River room, Market floor

$190

Full pass

Both days, a workshop place each day

Opens Main hall, River room, Workshop studios, Market floor

$340

Full pass and dinner

Both days and the Forum dinner

Opens Main hall, River room, Workshop studios, Market floor, Forum dinner

$415

Starter day pass

Students and businesses in their first year

Opens Main hall, River room, Market floor

$95

Dinner only

Wednesday 19:00, the Grain Store

Opens Forum dinner

$85

Example prices, including tax. Groups of five or more from one business get 15% off every pass.

How booking works

1

Send the request

Use the form or call the ticket desk with the pass and the names for the badges.

2

Get the confirmation

Within one working day: your booking by email and an invoice to pay by card link or bank transfer.

3

Collect your badge

At the registration desk from 08:30. Give your name; no printout needed.

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Plan of the Corn Exchange: Main hall A, River room B, Workshop studios C, Market floor D, and the Grain Store E across the courtyard, with the registration desk by the Wharf Street entrance

The Corn Exchange

Wharf Street, Springfield (sample). Four rooms under one roof and the Grain Store across the courtyard for the dinner.

  • Ten minutes' walk from Springfield station; buses 4 and 12 stop on Wharf Street
  • Step-free entrance, lifts to every room and accessible toilets on both floors
  • Hearing loops in A and B, live captions on the main screen
  • A quiet room next to the registration desk, open all day
Venue and travel

Running an event of your own?

The team behind the forum plans and runs events for companies, trade bodies and charities: from the first budget to the last box out of the venue.

Conferences

Venue search, programme, speakers, registration desk, stage and sound, delegate care.

80 to 800 delegates

Launches and showcases

A room that suits the product, the running order, press and guest lists.

50 to 300 guests

Awards and dinners

Seating plans, the awards running order, host and stage, catering and wine.

100 to 400 guests

Away days and AGMs

Rooms, voting and timings for the formal part; food and an activity for the rest.

20 to 200 people

Sizes we usually run (sample).

Brief us on your event

News from the organisers

All news

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The Harbourline Forum, 13 and 14 May 2027, Corn Exchange (sample)

Ticket desk (555) 014-2700

[email protected]

Request tickets