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The Workplace Event
30 April - 2 May 2024
NEC, Birmingham

The Workplace Leaders Summit

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The Workplace Leaders Summit

The Workplace Leaders SummitSPONSORED BY    emcor

The Workplace Event is proud to launch The Workplace Leaders Summit. Free to attend, this high-level conference will bring together practitioners from multiple disciplines to discuss and explore the current challenges facing the workplace. From what is the point of workplace? Where is the workplace - where does it start and finish? Integration of professions and much more! We will address the hard-hitting questions that every workplace and FM professional is facing today.

In a closed-door format, no holds barred - this conference will be like no other. 

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10:30
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    30 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit

    Diversity and inclusion are no longer nice-to-haves but necessities to grow your people and profits by 30%. 75% of genz and millennial talent want to work with companies that have purpose-based business values and 80% are even willing to take a pay cut in these organisations. This session will give you the insights to attract, retain and grow diverse talent in an ever-competitive workforce, ensuring you stand out from the crowd and place yourself as the go-to employer. Hear from Sonya Barlow, the Founder & CEO of @LMFNetwork, a talent network and inclusion consultancy.

11:15
  1. Hybrid Working
    Workplace Leaders Summit
    60 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit

    How can we most successfully implement any type of hybrid working? This session will share the learning points from those who have been directly involved with the practicalities of its implementation in both public and private sector organisations

12:15
  1. Panel: Four Better or Four Worse
    Workplace Leaders Summit
    60 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit

    This session focuses on an analysis of the well-publicised and recently conducted, 4-day week pilot where 100 UK businesses have signed up to the working pattern. We will be hearing from the 4-day week campaign team, one of the biggest companies who signed up, and from a well-known researcher in the field.

14:00
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    120 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit
    Bringing about breakthrough-thinking, this immersive and creative problem-solving workshop uses the Hackathon technique to innovate on some of the Workplace Experiences more wicked problems.
10:30
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    40 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit
    With work and life entering a new post-pandemic era, we have a historic opportunity to re-imagine the role of the modern workplace. This talk from MillerKnoll can help your organisation seize this opportunity while reinvigorating your culture, improving the health and productivity of your teams, and fostering a greater sense of belonging among your people.
11:10
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    45 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit
    Operational net zero is a target we should all be aiming for, and there are numerous ways of achieving it. Hear from Steph Welch (Head of Workplace & FM at Arup) on her approach to navigating the net zero journey.
12:00
  1. Work(s)p(l)ace of The Future
    Workplace Leaders Summit
    60 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit

    This session explores what we need to know when we are planning our future workplace. What are the scenarios that will help us map our way forward? What do we need to consider so we can be ready with our people and place?

13:00
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    30 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit
    Coined as one of the UK’s ‘coolest offices’, with its own treehouse, on-site pub and more, this session is centred on the design and build of Moneypenny HQ by Aew Architects. Created with their employees' wish list in mind, we’ll explore how the unique features of Moneypenny’s workspace contribute to their award-winning culture.
14:00
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    120 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit
    A comedy quiz show that grills our contestants on the workplace's top stories and news of the year.
    Hosted by the Workplace Geeks, Chris Moriarty and Ian Ellison, join Simone Fenton-Jarvis (Chief Workplace Officer - The Human-Centric Workplace), Steve Roots (Head of Estates - iQ Student Accommodation), Nicola Lathbury (Managing Director - Hexagon FM) and Ian Baker (Head of Workplace - EMCOR UK) for a session not to be missed!
10:30
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    40 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit
    Workplace experience takes into account how the design of your space and technology can drive better outcomes for your business from employee engagement and productivity to talent retention and lower real estate costs.
    Join Chris Moriarty and Ian Ellison as they share with us Audiem, a workplace experience analytics platform that uses cutting edge technology to uncover actionable insights from employee feedback.
11:15
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    40 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit
    In this discussion we will delve into where each of our panellists are on their data maturity journey, looking at what challenges they are currently facing as well as what advantages their current ins ...
12:00
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    60 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit

    How are organisations using workplace data? What are they collecting and how valuable is it?

    The annual Workplace Data Census returns to assist workplace and FM professionals in developing a better understanding of workplace data access, use, and value.  Benchmarking from last year's census and analysis of this year's results, this session will explore how organisations are capturing and utilising the various data opportunities in today’s workplaces and how to develop a robust understanding of the value placed on it by business leaders.

13:00
  1. Workplace Leaders Summit
    90 mins
    • Workplace Leaders Summit

    Grab a drink or two! It's on us!

    Relax and enjoy music with our live band

The Programme Overview

Day 1 – The VUCA sessions

Day 1 – The VUCA sessions

The global events of the past five years have sent shockwaves through all corners of our lives. Brexit, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine; all of them have contributed to a number of unpredictable and difficult to manage challenges in the workplace and facilities sector. This morning session will explore how organisations are navigating this VUCA (volitile, uncertain, complex, ambigious) world.

Afternoon – HACKATHON

We welcome back Perry Timms and his team to guide us through a hackathon where we’ll roll our sleeves up and take the challenges outlined in the morning and get into solution mode.

Day 2 - The Future Sessions

Day 2 - The Future Sessions

On the second day, the programme will imagine a new future. With all of the ideas that we've been sharing over the last two days was does the future of work look like and how will we best support that? We'll explore new business models, new mindsets, new strategies and new tactics. This is a commitment to shaping the future, not waiting for it to happen.

Afternoon – Have I Got Workplace News For You

A fun finish to the week where two panels of workplace experts are put through their paces in a quiz based on the infamous BBC programme. Drinks, laughs and insights gathered as we see the week out.

Day 3 - The Data Sessions

Day 3 - The Data Sessions

How equipped are we for the digitisation of the workplace? What innovations exist that can move the dial? How are jobs going to change and how will it change the working lives of people? This morning session will explore the cutting edge of technological advances and assess their implications for the workplace community and the employees they serve.

Afternoon – Workplace Geeks LIVE!

We welcome back the Workplace Geeks podcast who will be bringing their show to ours as they interview a globally leading academic on the implications of technology on the way we work and how organisations support that work.

EXHIBITOR LIST

EXHIBITOR LIST

From workplace interiors and design, digital technology, facilities services, building management and more, you will find a supplier to help you elevate your workplace strategy and performance.

EXHIBITOR LIST

WHAT'S ON

WHAT'S ON

Featuring a large-scale exhibition, a host of new features and content theatres, we have something for everyone working in the workplace and facilities management sector.

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GET INVOLVED

GET INVOLVED

Register your interest and be the first to know about powering new strategies and facilities innovations to transform the workplace. 

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The Knowledge Hub // Digital & Technology Sponsor

  • Sony

Workplace Leaders Summit Sponsor

  • EMCOR UK

The Wellbeing Village Sponsor

  • Conker

Lead Media Partner

  • Workplace Insights

Supported By

  • Workplace Evolutionaries

Culture and Wellbeing Zone Sponsor

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Facilities

Facilities

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Workplace strategy and design

Workplace strategy and design

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Technology

Technology

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Interiors

Interiors

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Furniture providers

Furniture providers

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Real estate

Real estate

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