The future of work is on everyone’s agenda. This event brings thought leaders together to share cutting edge ideas on the future, from both a people and technology perspective. It will allow an understanding of the key drivers of change and enablers of innovation that will shape how, where and when work takes place. Our conference programme will explore future technologies, cutting edge award-winning workplaces and people, change and engagement.
Conference Agenda
Conference Agenda
Welcome from our moderator
Welcome from our hosts
The New World of Work: Challenges & Emerging Trends
The pandemic has been a catalyst of re-shaping and re-thinking a new world of work. We examine what’s on the horizon for the future of work, looking at how business leaders should respond and what should they prioritise in the months ahead?
Navigating the Future of Work Today
The future of work is being shaped by transformative trends such as distributed work and AI. Drawing on his extensive experience with leading companies, Oscar will explore how these and other trends are reshaping the world of work. Join Oscar as he shares insights on the challenges and opportunities that business leaders must prioritise to become future-fit, and how to approach them effectively. Understand the key trends and how they are revolutionizing work as we know it and learn about the challenges these trends bring.
Managing Workplace Experience: Lessons from Retail
The digital world has revolutionised how consumers shop. Digital retailers have rethought the customer experience across channels and devices, and have empowered the customer. With retail much further down the digital transformation road, what lessons can other businesses learn? How can real estate leaders reimagine workplace? How can we seek to improve workplace experiences in hybrid work-from-home models?
Coffee and Networking
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Workplace Experience
Companies are accelerating plans to invest in new technology, create flexible working environments and make the office a destination. We examine the latest workplace technologies and innovations that will support workplace experience and the built environment in 2024 and beyond.
Fireside Chat: Rethinking Real Estate
With unprecedented levels of uncertainty shaping the landscape of the CRE market, a shift has emerged, characterised by a notable absence of significant asset movement. Companies, rather than embarking on traditional real estate investments, are increasingly opting to refurbish and refit. This session explores how best to navigate an ever-evolving business environment, with emphasis on integration of energy optimisation and smart solutions. We offer valuable insights into innovative approaches for long-term resilience and sustainability whilst cost saving during execution and operation.
Innovation Platform - The Data-Driven Workplace: Practical Applications for Saving Cost Using Sensors
In the workplace of the future, employees feel at home and businesses gain an edge. Modern workspaces waste no real estate, replacing fixed desks with flexible, collaborative areas. But how do we optimise these spaces while cutting costs? The answer is data. Sensor data shows how spaces are used, but knowing what is only half the battle. In this eBook, we explore how to turn this data into actionable insights for real cost savings and better returns on investment. Discover the future of efficient and effective workplaces.
Expert Panel: Re-Shaping the Way We Work
In the age of the “anywhere office”, people, place and technology will play a more vital role than ever. It is now crucial for businesses to understand how people are using workspaces with technologies that will keep teams connected, organised with an enhanced experience. Our expert panel shares how some of the largest and most innovative global companies revolutionise how they use technology and how they attract and retain talent.
Lunch
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People Centred Workplaces: Cultivating Culture & Engagement
How can companies make the office an attractive proposition to employees who now have more choice in where and how they work? We examine the post pandemic impact on work, space, buildings and the effects on employee and company productivity and well-being, behaviour and culture
Unleashing Power in the Workplace: Food
Adriana will take you behind-the-scenes at Lieferando/Just Eat Takeaway.com and demonstrate the effect of food on both employees and company's ROI. She will explore and question the overload of benefits as well as the importance of taking the individuality of each employee into account. With different use case studies and testimonials, she offers insight into the power of food and its potential in the workplace.
Making light work - From the Space Station to the Workstation.
Discover how lighting designed for the space station is transforming the future of the workplace down here on Earth. Learn how these discoveries are shaping the next generation of technologies, standards and regulations. Take away practical tips for your home office to improve productivity, sleep - and even help you look better on Zoom.
Smart Office Approach at DeLaval – New Ways of Working
Join us for an in-depth exploration of how DeLaval is pioneering the future of work through innovative office redesigns and cutting-edge technology solutions. Hear how DeLaval is preparing to rebuild their HQ office in Q4 2024, and are deeply engaged in integrating Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams Rooms, and Smart Office technologies including Sony Nimway and the new Microsoft Places.
Expert Panel Debate: Workplace Innovation – Data, Sensors and Benchmarking
Moderated by Philip Tidd, his dynamic panel explores the transformative impact of data, sensors, and benchmarking in the modern workplace. Industry experts discuss how the integration of advanced sensors and data analytics is revolutionizing operational efficiency, employee productivity, and business strategies. The panel will explore the role of benchmarking in setting performance standards, driving continuous improvement, and fostering a culture of innovation. Attendees will gain valuable insights into leveraging these technologies to create smarter, more responsive work environments.
Coffee and Networking
Welcome Back
The New Workplace Revolution
What does the future of work and workplace look like? What strategies are organisations adopting and what is the impact on the built environment and commercial real estate?
The Gym and the Pitch, or How the Workplace Enables Individual and Collective Progress
What if our workplaces could catalyse both individual progress (or mastery) and collective progress (or cohesion)? We’ve heard the workplace described as a hospitality experience, social club, or boutique hotel; but if our aim is mastery, then the best analogue may be the gym—an environment designed for deliberate, focused practice on challenges beyond our skill. These divergent masteries must then come together on the pitch, where constructive disagreement allows us to progress towards a shared goal.
Disruptive Future - A World in Constant Change!
Many things that seem obvious in our world today were, not so long ago, considered crazy. Wearing small communication units as a watch around our wrists, flying objects transporting people between cities globally through the air — lots of innovations that we used to think of as alien are now part of most people’s everyday life. Today, we work, socialize, meet partners, and plan our lives in radically different ways than we used to. In this lecture, we philosophize about this hazy, fickle, and fast-approaching future.