March 2022

Contract Glazing Summit Talk 2022
BUILDING UP MOMENTUM
After two years away due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Glazing Summit made a triumphant
return in October last year. Below, we preview the 2022 event which is already taking shape...
One of the most important dates in the
fenestration industry calendar is all set
for this year with the return of the Glazing
Summit – after its hugely successful third outing
last year.
Founded in 2018, its mix of on-point discussions
and debates, networking, and the Glazing Summit
Dinner in the evening has been a big hit with
fabricators, installers, glass companies and
component suppliers.
The fourth Glazing Summit will take place on
Tuesday, October 18 at Edgbaston Stadium and
Conference Centre.
Glazing Summit Founder, and CEO of Purplex
Marketing and Insight Data, Andrew Scott
reflected on the event: “The idea was simple –
fenestration faced big challenges and even bigger
opportunities.
“By gathering the sector’s key decision makers in
one place once a year, we could pool our talents
and resources, overcome those challenges, and
take full advantage of those opportunities for the
benefit of everyone in our industry.
“Our industry needs a platform for leaders and
CEOs from across the glass and glazing industry
to come together to learn and share ideas,
thoughts and opinions, and every year the Glazing
Summit is growing, getting better, and becoming
more important.”
Indeed, in just four years the Glazing Summit has
quickly established itself as the biggest one-day
conference in the fenestration industry.
Big names and a packed venue
With more than 400 leaders from across the
industry coming together, the Glazing Summit,
which was backed by 25 big-name sponsors, sold
out yet again last year.
Across a day of debates, discussions and
Above: Andrew Scott speaking at the 2021 event
insightful presentations, fenestration’s best and
brightest pondered the huge challenges glass and
glazing currently faces – and how to make the
most of its enormous opportunities.
Keynotes included Andrew Scott on the dramatic
changes the sector has been through over the last
ten years; David Borland, Senior Technical Officer
at the GGF, on the ever-changing regulatory
minefield; Bloomberg correspondent and Chief
Investment Officer Greg Perdon on Britain’s
economic outlook; and international business
consultant Geoff Burch on growth through
leadership.
Panel debates featuring sector VIPs tackled the
industry’s biggest issues, including the soaring
cost of materials, the supply chain crisis, the
growing number of mergers and acquisitions,
and whether the industry’s much talked-about
commitment to sustainability is just a box-ticking
exercise.
Andrew said: “We welcomed over 400 of glass
and glazing’s most influential people for a
phenomenal day of insight, debate and discussion
at Glazing Summit 2021.
“There was an extra buzz at last year’s event too
as it provided the first opportunity to connect in
person for almost two years and it showed the
industry’s appetite for live events.”
“Our industry needs a
platform for leaders
and CEOs from across
the glass and glazing
industry to come
together to learn and
share ideas”
An even better experience
Momentum is already building for Glazing
Summit 2022, with some of the industry’s
biggest names already on board and more
queuing up to get involved.
Lock experts Yale are confirmed as headline
sponsors, while others signed up include
the likes of MACO, Exlabesa, Unique Window
Systems, Glazpart, Carl F Groupco Limited,
Shelforce, Caribbean Blinds, Business Pilot and
Chase Taylor Recruitment.
For Andrew and his team, it’s all about building
on last year’s success.
“The support we have had since we launched
the Glazing Summit has been incredible and the
challenge now is to raise the bar again,” said
Andrew.
“We are planning to make this year’s Glazing
Summit bigger and better than last year, with an
even better line-up of speakers and an agenda
which will tackle all of the big topics head-on
“We’re really excited about continuing to
shape the event and helping to drive the sector
forward – and if last year was anything to go by,
2022 will sell out fast.”
Contact Glazing Summit:
01934 808293
www.glazingsummit.co.uk
@GlazingSummit
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