Conference Organisers

Dr. Kerry Meakin

BA (Hons), MA, PhD, Honorary Fellow of the British Display Society. Kerry is a lecturer in Visual Merchandising at TU Dublin

Iain Kimmins

Director & Chair of The British Display Society and Fellow of the British Display Society. Iain is also the owner/founder of Creative Download.

Thank you to Kerry Meakin for providing the space at TU Dublin in order to hold this conference. TU Dublin is a BDS Centre of Excellence college.

The BDS offers a ‘Centre of Excellence’ recognition to colleges and retail in-house training schemes offering courses in the field of Visual Merchandising, Display, Exhibition Design, Retail Fashion, 3-D Design, Interior Design and other related professions.

A big thank you goes to:

Michelle Lalor, Anthony O’Connor, Dr. Neville Knott, Tracey Dalton, Katriona Flynn, and Donal Lally.

Thanks to the TU Dublin School Exec for providing the Sign Language Interpreters. Thanks to the Session Chairs, Donal Lally, Ed Stammers, Katriona Flynn and Barbara Chapman.

Thanks to the speakers - Tim Radley, Barbara Chapman, Heidi Svendsen, Sue Robinson, Dr. Neville Knott, Tracey Dalton, Michelle Lalor, Pilar Escolano, Leo van der Polder, John Abbate, Erika Scharff, and our Keynote Eric Feigenbaum.

Thank you to our fantastic students for their input.

Thanks to those who attended from industry and thank you to all our online attendees.

What happens when you bring a bunch of Visual Merchandisers together? Some great discussions, insights and solutions, and a lot of fun!

Welcome

Welcome from Dr. Kerry Meakin Programme Chair BA Visual Merchandising & Display, TU Dublin School of Art + Design and Iain Kimmins - Chair of the British Display Society.

Kerry Meakin

Dr. Kerry Meakin BA (Hons), MA, PhD, Honorary Fellow of the British Display Society Hons FBDS.

Dr. Kerry Meakin has over 35 years Visual Merchandising and design experience in the retail sectors in Dublin, Ireland and London, England. She has an honours degree in Interior Design (2008), and a Master of Arts in Higher Education (2011). Kerry has been the Programme Chair of the BA Visual Merchandising & Display at the TU Dublin School of Art + Design since 2014. She has been the WorldSkills Ireland Expert since 2013, responsible for running the annual competition, and has represented Ireland as a VM Expert at WorldSkills competitions in Abu Dhabi and Kazan, Russia.

Ed Stammers

Edward Stammers MA, PG Cert Programme Director - Fashion Marketing, Branding Fashion Marketing, Branding & Visual Merchandising

British Display Society Director & Chair Visual Merchandising Consultant