CEDIA's Business Development Manager, Steven Carter, will welcome delegates to the summit and give an update on the association's activities, efforts, and benefits. Join us to discover how CEDIA membership helps support your business success and underpins the smart home profession. 

Speaker

Steven Carter

Senior Manager, Business Development EMEA

The most successful projects are the ones where architects, interior designers, and developers collaborate with integrators from the very beginning. This panel brings together leading voices from within the property sector to explore how early alignment on design intent, spatial planning, and technology integration can dramatically improve outcomes. Attendees will gain practical insights into balancing aesthetics with functionality, advice on navigating the communication gaps between the different disciplines and dealing with the pain-points that often arise on a project. The conversation will highlight real project examples, key decision points, and proven workflows that keep budgets on track while elevating the final user experience.

Moderator & Panelists

Jeff Hayward

Wildwood, CCO

Jackie Fisken

Design Director, Ampersand Interiors

Chris Taylor

Director, Home Control Scotland

With over 25 years in the home automation industry, Stuart Lillis brings a wealth of hands-on experience spanning installation, lighting control, home cinema, and building automation. Having worked across every level of the industry — from small custom installers and large national companies through to manufacturers and distributors — he has developed a uniquely broad perspective on smart technology and how it is specified, sold, and deployed in the real world.

Career highlights include managing technology and automation within Scotland's largest connected home project, and founding Limitless Automation, his own successful integration business, which he has led for the past eight years.

A passionate advocate for well-designed, intuitive lighting control, Stuart Lillis brings practical, real-world insight to everything he does — making him ideally placed to guide today's session on smart lighting.

Speaker

Stuart Lillis

Limitless Automation