Saturday & Sunday @ 10:30am, with Ross Stokes
Want to plan your dream home? SelfBuild & Design Editor Ross Stokes offers a beginner's guide to self build, from finding a plot and gaining planning permission, to design and procurement. This is your opportunity to see the overall picture of a self build, and hear about the process in simple terms from start to finish. At the end of the seminar, there'll be the opportunity to question Ross about all the elements you want to know more about.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
SelfBuild & Design  Editor Ross Stokes was born and raised in Perth, Australia, where building your own home is considered as normal as beating poms at cricket. He moved to the UK in the 80s and worked briefly in the London building industry before resuming his journalistic career. He has renovated several period properties, and now lives in a converted water mill in Shropshire.
 

Saturday @ 11:30am, with Rachel Pyne
One of the main hurdles self builders face is finding enough money to keep their project running smoothly.  This presentation will give you the low-down on securing - and managing - the funding for your self build or renovation project.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rachel Pyne is the Director of Financial Services at Buildstore, and is CeMAP (Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice) qualified, with 15 years experience in Financial Services. She has worked in Self Build finance for BuildStore for over ten years. During this time, she has worked with a diverse portfolio of mortgage lenders on whole of market and exclusive self build and renovation mortgage products, which are sold both direct and via intermediaries. Rachel was also part of the team that created BuildStore's exclusive Accelerator mortgage.

Saturday & Sunday @ 12:30pm, with Matt Slader

The seminar will discuss the Hanse Haus Passivhaus - first and foremost a house which achieves outstanding thermal insulation, as well as an extremely low space heating requirement of only 15 kWh per square metre of floor area per annum, producing exceptionally low running costs.  Be inspired by Matt, as he talks about a recent Passivhaus build and Hanse Haus' expertise in the field of pre-manufactured house construction.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matt founded MJS Planning and Design in Teignmouth in 2008 after working in local authority planning since 2003. Following success on a number of projects such as barn conversions, new builds, commercial, agricultural and residential schemes MJS took on responsibility for Design, Planning and Building Regulations for Hanse Haus within the UK Market and were responsible for securing planning permission for the UK's first Hanse Haus Passive Haus in West Somerset.

Saturday @ 1:30pm, Mark Kingsley
'Outrigger' is a contemporary dwelling in Cornwall, The Daily Telegraph H & R Award winner 2009. The dwelling is energy efficient, selfbuild procured and designed by Mark Kingsley Architects. This seminar will provide the attendee with an insight into the dwelling's design & construction.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mark Kingsley is the Director of Mark Kingsley Architects Ltd, Chartered Architect with an MSc in Energy Efficient & Sustainable Building. Mark has designed a number of award winning dwellings & buildings. He is an Environmental Consultant and active Conference Lecturer (Ecobuild & Grand Designs).

Saturday @ 2:30pm, with Robert Bedner
A building project of any size can be as exciting as it is daunting -getting professional support and advice makes all the difference, and this seminar will guide you on how a Chartered Architectural Technologist can help you.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robert Bedner MCIAT, is the Director of Devon-based Research + Design with over 20 years of experience. The practice received the Abercrombie Award 2011 for 'Best Minor Development'. Robert is also a lecturer at the University of Plymouth.
 

Saturday @ 3:30pm, with Valerie Bearne
You can gain from joining or starting a self build group, even if you are building alone. The seminar will discuss self build associations in general, and the kind of support available from other self builders. More importantly, how self build associations can provide you with key sources of information, and contact to the experts in the field. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Valerie Bearne founded and runs the very popular Build a Dream Self Build Association (which started out as the Bath & District Self Build Association).  Members often remark that joining BADSBA was the best thing they did for their self build project.

Sunday @ 11:30am, with Robin van der Bij
Do you want your dream home to save you money in energy bills in the long term? Ecohouse director Robin van der Bij explains how to prioritise to make your home as sustainable and energy efficient as possible.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robin van der Bij founded specialist design and build company Ecohouse six years ago after developing an obsession with sustainable building whilst designing his own home. Recently appearing on Grand Designs, he has grown something of a reputation as a "green guru" when it comes to home building in Cornwall.

Sunday @ 1:30pm, with Stephen Smith
Were you thinking of managing your own project...? Then it could be a good idea to listen to an in-depth appraisal of this subject. Stephen Smith will attempt to enlighten you to the whys and wherefores of this much maligned professional service and demonstrate how it could help your own self build project.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen Smith used to run his own main contracting building company in Dorset and Hampshire. About nine years ago he "came over from the dark side" and began acting directly for clients as their project manager. He says "This enables me to be totally honest in my advice to clients without any hidden, profit driven agendas". He is self taught with many years of experiential training in the field and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute Of Building, which he gained from an Experienced Practitioner Assessment. 

Sunday @ 2:30pm, with Dan Smith
Speaking on behalf of Source Energy, the South West's leading renewable energy company, Dan Smith will cover all aspects of heat pumps, telling you how they can provide low carbon heating and hot water for your home. Attend the seminar for a simple guide to successful implementation, and find out how to claim up to £1250.00 and get paid to keep warm for the next 20 years!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Smith is an experienced Technical Sales Manager with over 5 years experience of delivering high quality technical design and specification solutions to the heat pump sector in Cornwall. Dan works with both domestic and commercial clients and specialises in providing robust, technical solutions to meet their expectations. Dan's previous life was involved with delivering robust engineering solutions to the water treatment sector.