The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces 2025, the UK’s premier event dedicated to natural stone and hard surfaces, returns to ExCeL London from May 7–9, 2025, with a powerful line-up of free-to-attend seminars and expert keynote speakers, exploring a myriad topics including the future of sustainable design, quarrying innovation, and material-led architecture.
Co-located with UK Construction Week, the 2025 seminar programme is being curated in collaboration with The Stone Federation Great Britain and Historic England, bringing authoritative guidance, best practices, and sector insight from two of the UK’s most respected industry bodies.
Sam Patel, Director of Global Markets at Media 10 commented: “This year’s seminar series has been developed to reflect the challenges and opportunities facing both the natural stone industry and the wider built environment. The input from Stone Federation and Historic England ensures that we’re addressing not only innovation and sustainability but also heritage, standards, and skills,”
Curated themes and seminar highlights include:
- Natural Stone: The Low Carbon Construction Solution
Curated by Stone Federation, this session outlines how natural stone is helping decarbonise the built environment, backed by new data and real-world case studies. - Uncovering the UK’s Forgotten Stones
In collaboration with Historic England, this talk explores heritage stone types, indigenous supply chains, and how reintroducing historic materials can support conservation and new build projects alike. - Using Standards to Deliver Sustainable Projects
Led by experts from The Stone Federation, attendees will get practical guidance on British Standards and best practice for specifying stone in sustainable architecture.
The speaker line-up Includes:
- Amin Taha, Chair of Groupwork
Celebrated for his work on 15 Clerkenwell Close and Finchley Road, award-winning British architect Amin will explore the resurgence of loadbearing structural stone in low-carbon architecture. - Marcus Paine, Managing Director, Hutton Stone
Marcus will speak on the carbon-cutting benefits of British stone bricks, detailing how they outperform traditional clay bricks by up to 75% in embodied carbon. - Peter Harrison, Director, Harrison Goldman
A leading figure in stone consultancy, Peter will share insights on retrofitting with natural stone and integrating traditional materials with modern performance standards. - Nina Ventresca, Historic England
Nina will delve into the rediscovery and reuse of forgotten UK stones, and how they support conservation-led design, bridging the gap between sustainability and heritage. - Susannah Streeter, BBC Broadcaster and Sustainability Commentator
Hosting the first two days, Susannah will moderate key sessions and panels, bringing clarity and insight to the most pressing environmental and technical discussions.
Additional seminar topics and events include:
- 2024 Natural Stone Awards: The Industry Choice
- Stone Federation Student Architect Prize
- The Changing Face of UK Quarrying
- Natural Stone and Retrofit: A Natural Fit
- Structural Stone: The New Horizon
- Emerging Talent Award: Celebrating the Next Generation
The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces remains a cornerstone event for architects, specifiers, fabricators, contractors, and designers, providing direct access to the latest materials, technologies, and training.
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Join thousands of industry professionals exploring the materials and ideas shaping the future of the built environment; the event is free to attend, and registration is now open https://forms.reg.buzz/stone-show-and-hard-surfaces/stone-content-press
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