This CPD seminar explains how interior designers can successfully incorporate smart home technology into residential projects, while understanding the technical requirements, potential risks, legal responsibilities and design considerations.
This seminar is about understanding that smart home technology is not simply an additional feature or luxury element; it is part of the building's infrastructure.
Buffet breakfast provided.
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SBID Members earn 4 x CPD points for attending!
Gaggenau is renowned within the prime and super-prime residential development market for its luxury appliances. Having relocated, we invite you to view our range of beautiful kitchen appliances in the historic 1929 Portman Square building.
Kindly confirm your attendance by 11 November 2026. Please use the email subject line “Gaggenau Event – 17 November”
SBID Members earn 2 x CPD points for attending!
- Gaggenau: Designing Luxury Appliances into Domestic Kitchens During the CPD we explore the kitchen’s historical context, its role in homes, and its transformation to enhance modern living. We will cover various product categories, discussing dimensions, practical aspects, style and installation consideration.
- SieMatic: The Science of Colour SieMatic’s approach to “the science of colour” refers to its highly curated system of kitchen colours, materials, and sensory design, where colour is treated as an emotional and functional design element grounded in composition, perception, and neurasthenic principles.
Lunch provided, please advise of any dietary requirements.
This is a CPD session that traces the evolution of the domestic kitchen—from its historical origins and changing social functions to its current role as the heart of contemporary living—and provides practical strategies for seamlessly integrating luxury appliances to enhance both form and function.
Zip's Head of Residential, Nick Taylor, will deliver the SBID-accredited Understanding Drinking Water Quality CPD. From wellness and sustainability to easy integration in the home, the session shares practical insights on specifying solutions across a variety of spaces.
Guests are also invited to explore the showroom to experience the full product range, including the new Accessibility Controller and the latest HyrdoTap finish, Brushed Brass.
You will explore how to design residential cinema rooms that feel beautiful, comfortable and immersive — while avoiding the common mistakes that can compromise the interior. Cinema rooms are one of the most desirable features in high-end residential design — but they are also one of the easiest spaces to get wrong.
From screen size and seating position to acoustics, lighting, ventilation, speaker placement and finishes, every decision affects how the room looks, feels and performs. This SBID-Accredited CPD will help you understand what to look out for, what questions to ask and how to protect the design intent while delivering a genuinely immersive experience.
What you’ll learn: - How room proportions affect comfort, sightlines and immersion - Where interiors and performance can clash - Why acoustics can change the finished room - How to avoid common design compromises - How to protect the design intent
- Tuesday 16 June 2026, 9:30 am or 11 am or 2 pm - Wednesday 17 June 2026, 9:30 am or 11 am or 2 pm - Thursday 18 June 2026, 9:30 am or 11 am or 2 pm
Each session is 1 hour long.
This virtual conference will officially launch the Gaggenau Minimalistic Series. It will also celebrate the Gaggenau brand, offering thought leadership and design-focused content to reinforce our position as a global authority in luxury kitchen design and modern living.
Key Highlights Include: - An interactive panel discussion featuring: Sven Baacke, Head of Design, Alex Stuhler, Industrial Designer, Sören Strayle, User Interaction and Interface Designer, and Marine Danze, Product Manager - A pre-recorded message from Peter Goetz, Managing Director
There is lots of narrative in the media about water quality in the UK, making it a hot topic for the industry. As experts in drinking water, Zip Water want to remove any ambiguity on the topic and give clear research-backed insights on the current processes and regulations in the UK, so you can specify with confidence.
Zip is the creator of drinking water solutions that deliver water at its best. They’re committed to providing fellow professionals in the industry with informative and educational CPDs, sharing their broad experience to help advance knowledge within the sector.
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