An early start was never going to deter you fabulous Salon Smart goers and Monday kicked off with a packed out audience. Pearls of business wisdom were flowing along with honest accounts of trouble and triumph along with a dose of future forecasting from the on-hand experts including Simon Tickler of Salon Success, Larry King, Sarah Guild of BRANDstand Communications, L’Oréal Professionnel’s Monica Teodoro and team Simon Webster Hair. Alan Edwards and Zoë Vears headed up two interactive workshops and The Working Lunch offered the opportunity to pow-wow with top industry brands. A delve into a man’s world proved thought-provoking and the live panel debate on Only The Young, made clear that apprenticeships and driving new talent is a hot industry topic. It was then over to Sam McKnight to close the occasion by sharing his oh-so inspiring story.