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About Cleaning Interactive

Cleaning Interactive 2020 is now closed. We would like to thank our sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and media partners for their participation.

If you had registered for the event you can still view the on-demand seminars by logging in here. Alternatively you can register now to view the speaker presentations at your convenience and interact with our exhibitors.

News Release - World-first high tech event for the cleaning industry, Cleaning Interactive reconnects the disconnected to overcome COVID-19 challenges.  Meet valuable new customers, suppliers and VIP’s safely and effectively at Cleaning Interactive – an exciting new high-tech virtual event and world first for the cleaning and hygiene industry.

FREE to Attend Seminar Programme – click here for details. The finals of an exclusive, invitation-only Meet the Buyer competition were also held on day two.

Programme highlights included:

  • COVID-19 – what are the opportunities and pitfalls and how can we apply the lessons learned?
  • Discoving new ways of ‘Smarter cleaning for better infection control’
  • Understand how to promote the value of investing in well equipped, well-trained and well managed cleaning services during the pandemic
  • What is your role in creating the new era of cleaning and hygiene post Covid?
  • Plus, award-winning speaker Marcus Child discussed resetting your mindset today to maximise business resilience

Register today for free, and you can get up close and personal and interact like never before.   

Combining mixed-reality technology with an intuitive, user-friendly interface, the event delivered all the standard features of a live trade show whilst enabling companies and visitors to create true engagement with valuable customers and suppliers on a remote basis.

Visit exhibitor stands, see innovations, watch demos, schedule face to face appointments, fill your swag bag, consume content live and on-demand from two stages, try our scavenger hunt and get social in the networking lounge.

Special features included an Interactive Stage, with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) for an almost full sensory experience. Top tier participants demonstrated their products in a bespoke 3D end user environment, with AR elements to add impact. Visitors stepped into the presenter’s world virtually, with questions being answered there and then. This real-time contact between the presenter and their audience enabled instant engagement and discussion.

The Indie Stage provided a second space for participating companies to deliver flexible format sessions including private online meetings, panel discussions, corporate presentations, product demonstrations and more.

Take a fresh approach to boosting your business without leaving your desk. Step into Cleaning Interactive’s new virtual world of cleaning. You are just one click away!

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Content will be available on-demand for 60 days post event.

Participants

Indie Stage

The Indie Stage provided a second space for participating companies to deliver a wide range of content live, semi-live and pre-recorded. The format of each session is bespoke to the participating company and can include private online meetings, panel discussions, corporate presentations, product demonstrations and more.

Pop-up announcements will advise in advance of sessions starting. Visitors enter the sessions directly by clicking on the Indie Stage door. They will be able to contribute to live Q&A sessions via online audio chat and text applications.

Indie Stage Agenda

The Indie stage programme provided a mixture of flexible format sessions including panel discussions, corporate presentations, product demonstrations, private online meetings, and more. 

The seminar programme included representatives from Kärcher, ISSA, Denis Rawlins, BICSc, Hillbrush , Purex , Toucan Eco, Sitemark, Positive Reframe, Savortex, Unger, SoftBank Robotics, Campbell Institute, Biomaster, Knittler Medien and more.

 

DAY ONE

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09:30 - 09:40
Ceris Burns, Founder, CBI VR Experiences Limited
Welcome to Cleaning Interactive

09:40 - 09:50
Marcus Heap, Sales Director - Professional Direct at
Kärcher UK
Welcome from our Headline Sponsor

A warm welcome from Kärcher UK.

09:50 – REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:10 - 10:50
Dianna Steinbach, Vice President of International Services, ISSA
Your Role in Creating the New Era of Cleaning & Hygiene Post-Covid

Dianna Steinbach will share global insights to help you apply lessons learned for local impact. Steinbach will discuss the opportunities that have arisen as well as the pitfalls that still need to be addressed as the cleaning and hygiene profession continues to help economies around the world enter the recovery phase.

INNOVATION ZONE: THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES AROUND SHOWCASE THEIR NEW & INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS THAT WILL RE-INVENT THE INDUSTRY

11:05 - 11:45
James White, Managing Director, and Werner du Plessis, Sales Manager, Denis Rawlins
Remove, Improve, Protect

Encouraging a science-led, results-driven approach to cleaning.

12:00 - 12:40
Dietmar Bernstein, Head of Marketing & Product Management and Ewan Dowson, UK Country Manager, Unger
Smarter Cleaning for better Infection control

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12:40 – LUNCH BREAK

13:15 - 13:55
Jason Tallamy, Global CEO & Carwyn Humphreys, Regional Principle, Purex
How Clean is your 'Clean'?

Learn about the importance of cleaning as a two-stage process, and how to guarantee a safe working environment.

14:10 - 14:50
Mike Boxall, Managing Director, Sitemark
Benchmarking During a Pandemic

The world of cleaning and hygiene has changed. Now is our opportunity to put ourselves forward as the short, medium and long term solution to workplace confidence and productivity. In this session Mike Boxall, Managing Director of Sitemark Limited, will share his recent experience of service provider best practice so that delegates can identify the areas that need to be addressed, and learn how others are adapting to a focus on hygiene cleaning standards and not just visual ones. Now is the time to move away from dated productivity calculations and finally to a position where we can demonstrate the value of investing in well equipped, well- trained and well manged cleaning service so that we can reduce our overall cost of cleaning.

15:05 - 15:15
Reinhard Knittler, Publisher & Chief Editor, Knittler Medien
An Introduction to Knittler Medien

Founded in 2001 Knittler Medien is now located in Egenhausen in the Northern Black Forest (Germany). The media house publishes the cleaning industry trade magazine Reinigungs Markt, international edition Cleaning World, contract cleaner magazine Gebäudereiniger and the ergonomics industry magazine Ergonomie Markt.

15:15 - 15:55
Chris Ryan, Head of International Business, BICSc
The Importance of Industry Training – Lessons of a Global Pandemic

As we look to manage the virus in respect of mitigating associated risk, cleaning has an imperative role to play in implementing and delivering one of the key control measures.  Industry training is essential and adopting the right process and methodology will support the challenge in keeping buildings open, safe and fully operational through the provision of a creditable service delivery.

16:10 - 16:50
John Dony, Director at Campbell Institute
A SAFER Tomorrow: Navigating the Changed World of Work

An already rapidly-changing world of work has been drastically accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This session offers a look at pre-COVID workplace environmental, health, and safety (EHS) trends, then overlays new findings from an employer survey and future of work research effort (Safe Actions for Employee Returns) initiative. Topics covered will include safety technology, demographics, health and wellbeing, COVID-19 response successes and challenges, and the emerging "new normal."

16:55 - 17:15
Daniel Took, Head of Product Marketing - Professional at Kärcher UK
The Latest Innovations from Kärcher UK - Kärcher Product Range

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17:15 – CLOSE OF DAY ONE

DAY TWO

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09:30 - 09:40
Ceris Burns, Founder, CBI VR Experiences Limited
Welcome and Opening Address

09:40 - 09:50
Marcus Heap, Sales Director - Professional at Kärcher UK
Welcome from our Headline Sponsor

A warm welcome to Day 2 from Kärcher.

09:50 – REFRESHMENT BREAK

INNOVATION ZONE: THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES AROUND SHOWCASE THEIR NEW & INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS THAT WILL RE-INVENT THE INDUSTRY

10:10 - 10:50
Syed Ahmed, Founder, Savortex
Safest & Smartest Workplaces in Fighting Covid-19, getting Britain back to Work

...

11:05 - 11:45
Rob James, Head of Sales, Hillbrush & Paul Morris, Founder and CEO, Biomaster
Targeted Hygiene – Cleaning For the Future

Cleaning is a fundamental requirement for all companies. With time and cost pressures versus customer and third party audit requirements, there remains a need for all companies to be up-to-date with the latest technologies, science and methods to ensure their cleaning is effective, efficient and evolving. Hillbrush discuss the difference between clean surfaces and hygienic surfaces and how new innovative technology can help both the food industry and the general public.

11:45 – REFRESHMENT BREAK

12:15 - 12:35
Steve Courtney, Product Specialist, Toucan Eco
Revolutionising the Way We Clean and Disinfect with Hypochlorous Acid

Steve Courtney will demo Toucan Eco, explain the technology behind it, and share examples of where it’s being used here in the UK, as well as in developing countries to turn polluted water into safe drinking water.

12:50 - 13:30
Nils van der Zijl, VP Sales and Marketing, SoftBank Robotics EMEA
Meeting the Challenge of COVID-19 with Cobotics

The shift to cobotics (the collaboration of humans and robots) within FM and cleaning is gathering pace as businesses look for innovative solutions to meet heightened demand for cleaning services in the face of COVID-19. In this session, we will introduce the concept of cobotics and explore the benefits that cobots can deliver, driving cleaning performance and consistency, increasing productivity and freeing up time for frontline staff to focus on the deep sanitisation of hard surfaces. We’ll also show how Whiz, our cobotic vacuum sweeper, is helping cleaning contractors to drive innovation, improve staff engagement and transform their operating models in a cost-effective and highly measurable way. 

13:45 - 14:25
Marcus Child, Founder, Positive Reframe
Reset your Mindset Today to Maximise Business Resilience

Award-winning inspirational speaker, Marcus Child, Founder of Positive Reframe will speak about resetting your mindset, leading for resilience, resourcefulness and getting positive business results post COVID-19. Marcus has won 32 awards, worked in 36 countries and enjoyed 24 years of speaking to business leaders. He inspires confidence, wholeheartedness and courage, and is known for helping thousands of people in hundreds of big brands and SMEs embrace daily life and times of change, positively and successfully. In stirring conversations with his audiences, he kindles resourcefulness and self-belief in individuals, positivity between colleagues and trust between organisations and their customers.

15:00 - 18:00
MEET THE BUYER COMPETITION FINALS
(INVITATION ONLY)
The buyer panel includes: Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies, CBRE, Churchill Group Services and Incentive QAS.


Live auditions from our finalists:
Audition 1 - Purex
Audition 2 - The Cheeky Panda
Audition 3 - Spacevac International
Audition 4 - JVD Hygiene

The buyer panel judges will make final decision.
One winner and one runner up will be announced.

18:00 - CLOSE OF DAY TWO AND EVENT

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Interactive Stage

The Interactive Stage is a special feature of Cleaning Interactive and a world first for the cleaning industry.

A mixed reality immersive studio with bespoke 3D sets and virtual and augmented reality elements for full impact, it places the presenter in a dynamic, 360-degree virtual studio environment, which is visible in real-time to visitors online.

Visitors simply dial in via Zoom, on entering the stage they connect with the presenter and other attendees, cohabiting the same space for natural engagement. They make eye contact, engage and enjoy live Q&A just like they would in a traditional business environment. It’s virtually reality!

A programme of live, semi-live and pre-recorded demonstrations and presentations will run on the stage across both days. Not to be missed! The immersive set provides an almost full sensory experience.


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Interactive Stage - A world-first for the cleaning industry!

A mixed reality immersive studio with bespoke 3D sets and virtual and augmented reality elements for full impact, it places the presenter in a dynamic, 360-degree virtual studio environment, which is visible in real-time to visitors online. Visitors simply dial in via Zoom, then on entering the stage they connect with the presenter and other attendees, cohabiting the same space for natural engagement. They make eye contact, engage and enjoy live Q&A just like they would in a traditional business environment. It’s virtually reality!

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: Re-building and regenerating the professional cleaning & hygiene industry

A programme of live, semi-live and pre-recorded demonstrations and presentations will run on the stage across both days. Sessions will last approximately 40 minutes each, starting at 9.00am and closing at 4.30pm.


Key themes to be covered included:

  • Infection prevention and control: what can we learn from the current pandemic to protect future generations
  • The “New Normal”: what does it really look like and how can we adapt to not only survive but thrive
  • “Back to….the future”: as people the world over return to their desks, the most innovative companies have been developing new products to re-invent the industry. This session will introduce a number of exciting product launches from some of the most innovative companies
  • Looking to the future: industry leaders predict the future: 12 months and 5 years from now.
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Meet the Buyer Competition

On 7th October the final of an exclusive, invitation-only Meet the Buyer competition will be held on the Interactive Stage.

Five high profile buyers will invite 20 companies to hone their pitches and take part in a competition for the accolade of best innovation, with tips and advice provided on how to attract customers.

Following a challenging process, a shortlist of five finalists will present to the buyers live on the Interactive Stage, with the opportunity to gain top contracts.

The buyer panel will dial into the Interactive Stage and put the presenters through their paces. The session will conclude with one winner and two runners up being announced and contracts awarded.

The competition will be supported by a high-profile PR campaign.

For further information or to be considered to join the buying panel please email ceris@cleaninginteractive.com

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Why attend Cleaning Interactive?

  • Cleaning Interactive offers you a free to attend and safe environment to do business
  • Expand your network – and meet valuable new suppliers, customers, influencers and VIP’s
  • Gain access to over 15 key industry speakers and update your knowledge by joining the seminar sessions online or on-demand!
  • A world first – conveniently visit 50+ cleaning and hygiene industry companies from around the world all in one online space without leaving the office!
  • Check out innovations, get industry updates, see demos, have 1-1 face to face video, audio and chat meetings
  • Fill your swag bag with on-demand content – video, PDF brochures, try your luck at the scavenger hunt to win prizes and get social in the networking lounge

Step into Cleaning Interactive’s new virtual world of cleaning.


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Why exhibit at Cleaning Interactive?

A world first for the cleaning industry – raise your profile at Cleaning Interactive by engaging real-time with visitors from the UK and worldwide with bespoke 3D environments and mixed reality. Engage with influential buyers and influencers from the cleaning and FM industries.

You can organise private group meetings, panel discussions, corporate presentations, product demonstrations and more by signing up today. To find out more and reserve your exhibition stand contact us today on +44 (0) 1825 729941 or email marketing@cleaninginteractive.com


Step into Cleaning Interactive’s new virtual world of cleaning


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Cleaning Interactive FAQs

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Cleaning Interactive is a new high-tech virtual event which provides you with an online industry showcase and means to effectively boost business and maximise interaction on a remote basis. It provides a platform to engage with participating companies at their stands as well as offering a full programme of demos, presentations, private online meetings, panel discussions and more. The event has two stages, a state-of-the-art virtual studio environment – Interactive Stage and The Indie Stage which allows companies flexible format sessions live, semi-live and pre-recorded.
Cleaning Interactive is complemented by a Meet the Buyer competition which concludes on the Interactive Stage on 7th of October.
To view the stands you will just need a standard web browser and a stable internet connection. To join the Interactive Stage sessions you will need to use Zoom.
You will be able to view and participate in a whole range of event features including:

  • Network with valuable new suppliers, customers, influencers and VIP’s
  • Visit 50+ cleaning and hygiene industry companies
  • Engage real-time with presenters during live demo/presentation sessions on the industry first Interactive Stage
  • Get as close to in-person physical meetings as you can through state-of-the-art technology
  • Join sessions on The Indie Stage – panel discussions, private group meetings, corporate presentations, product demonstrations and more.
  • Check out innovations, get industry updates, see demos, have 1-1 face to face video, audio and chat meetings, fill your swag bag with on-demand content – video, PDF brochures, try your luck at the scavenger hunt to win prizes and get social in the networking lounge.
  • View content on-demand 60 days post-event – if you miss a session, catch it later.
    The Interactive Stage is a special feature of Cleaning Interactive and a world first for the cleaning industry. In effect a virtual broadcast studio, live and pre-recorded demonstrations and presentations will run across both days on stage and enable selected participants to demonstrate their products/present in a bespoke 3D end user environment, with augmented reality elements for added impact.
    Visitors simply dial into the sessions via Zoom and step into the presenter’s world virtually, with their questions answered in real-time. The visitor can see themselves on screen in the presenter’s set which is a fresh and engaging experience.
    This is an online event so you can participate from anywhere that you have internet access. It is accessible on desktop, tablet and mobile devices.
    Simply register for free entry by completing the registration form on the homepage of this event website. Your login details will then be emailed to you.
    Google Chrome. If you don’t have Google Chrome download it here.
    Yes, you will be able to add documents to your virtual swag bag and then email them to yourself.
    A swag bag is like a virtual briefcase where you can save documents from the companies you visit. You can access files for 2 weeks after the event and email them to yourself and others.
    There are two help desks which can be found in the entrance hall. The virtual ‘Info Desk’ can help with general event enquiries. For any technical issues you should contact the ‘Technical Help Desk’.
    Yes, the event will be open 24 hours on both of the event days. Recorded content from the sessions will also be available on-demand for 60 days post-event for you to view.
    You need a web browser and stable internet connection. You will then dial in via Zoom which enables you to be able to ask questions and interact.
    Simply click on the "Join" button next to the session title which appear at the session start time.
    The Meet The Buyer Competition is an exclusive invitation only event. You can learn more about the innovative contestants at their stands and in the event press coverage.
    Your login details will be emailed to you ahead of the event.
    You will be able to chat with the participating companies by visiting their stands. You can also preschedule calls at the stands and these can be in video, audio or text chat format. You will also be able to have private and group chats in the networking lounge.
    Yes, only the company or individual communicating with you will be able to see/hear the conversation.
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