Regenerative Supply Chains - curated by Woodknowledge Wales

12 May 2026
Buildings and Materials Stage

How can the demand and supply of regenerative materials be accelerated? How can clients procure more regenerative approaches so that design aspirations can be met in practice? How can we build sufficient scale and confidence in the bio-based and circular supply chains to unlock investment?

This session will explore these challenging questions through a lively panel debate.
Chair: Dave Gudgeon (reconomy): Regenerative products and supply chains

Speaker: Clara Koehler, Architecture & Design, Woodknowledge Wales: How we can shift from extractive to regenerative products
Speaker: Ben Holmes (Elliott Wood): Why timber is as THE exemplar regenerative material
Speaker: David Shields (Value Match and ex Cabinet Office): Dynamic Marketplace - enabling the procurement of regenerative practice and circular economy

Chair
Dave Gudgeon
Dave Gudgeon, Head of External Affairs - Reconomy
Speaker
Ben Holmes
Ben Holmes, Associate Director | Head of Sustainability - Elliott Wood
Clara Koehler
Clara Koehler, Architecture & Design - Woodknowledge Wales
David Shields
David Shields, CEO - Value Match