Meta’s in-person policy allows for flexibility in where employees work in highly distributed teams. To better tailor workspace supply to the dynamic demands of various teams, Meta’s Global Workplace Services team has been using a data-driven approach to create highly vibrant environments tailored to teams that are engaging, productive and efficient. Learn from leaders of strategic planning, workplace design, research, and data analytics on lessons learned, pitfalls to avoid and how this may work for your organization, too.

The vacant buildings dotting America’s cities paint a grim picture of urban economies. The value proposition of downtown has vanished... or, perhaps, it needs to be rediscovered. Matthew Claudel shows a new approach to urban and economic development that is creating a powerful motive force for buildings, at a time when technology is changing what it means to make. Weaving together a portfolio of projects and cutting-edge spatial analysis he shows the next generation of innovation spaces, district-scale ecosystems for production, quality of life, and economic dynamics.

This presentation focuses on empowering professionals to choreograph rich, vibrant multisensory experiences in workplaces that help people thrive by fostering more dynamic, nature-connected environments. Experiential design schemas offer a new language and framework to prioritize human responses, bridging evidence from building and health sciences with design and management strategies to support the future workplace pillars—people, place, and technology.

This session explores key findings from the 2025 State of the Workplace Survey by SPS Global and WORKTECH Academy. Discover why engagement is declining, what today’s workers expect from their physical workplace, and how office design, policy, and technology must align to boost productivity, retention, and performance.

Your CEO just mandated five days back in the office. Your board is demanding AI productivity gains. Half your employees are quietly job searching, and the other half are afraid to admit they're using ChatGPT. Sound familiar? Here's what most leaders miss: these aren't separate crises—they're symptoms of the same underlying problem. Organizations struggling with hybrid work almost always struggle with AI adoption, and for identical reasons. After working with dozens of companies, Brian has discovered that the most successful transformations follow the exact same four-pillar framework.

This fireside chat explores how Meta is reimagining its workplace strategy for an AI-driven era. From integrating digital services with physical environments to making bold real estate decisions amid uncertainty, the discussion will highlight how intelligent design, and technology can empower employee experience, collaboration, and long-term portfolio resilience.

This talk takes a deep dive into metrics developed at geniant that create a basis for an data-driven approach to creating high-performance working environments. Additionally, we outline a tracking system and report on results of beta testing.

Join this fireside chat exploring what drives today's portfolio occupiers, from workplace flexibility to sustainability demands. Discover practical applications of emerging technologies transforming commercial real estate operations, and learn strategies for elevating industry conversations to position CRE as a strategic business driver rather than just overhead.

LinkedIn’s Workplace Team is exploring how AI is transforming team dynamics and its impacting on workplace design, leveraging research to uncover trends and formulate hypotheses, and test them through experimentation. Drawing from in-depth interviews with LinkedIn’s Engineering and Product leaders and external technology developers, the session will highlight key learnings and trends, and delve into the conceptual development and practical testing of AI-powered spatial concepts, such as “team pods” and the “Redwood room”.

Spaces today needs to reflect the diverse makeup of organizations. Not only is designing to be inclusive the right thing to do, but there is also a compelling business case for it as well. Join Dr Gail Brager, Katelyn Hoffman and Sarah Oppenhuizen in this discussion as they share their findings to date, some case studies of clients that have designed for inclusion, and share an understanding of how we can design a more neuroinclusive community.

In today’s flexible work era, organizations must rethink how physical spaces foster connection, creativity, and culture. Workplace vibrancy – once a byproduct of density – is now a strategic imperative. This session explores how CBRE is leveraging technology, experience and our proprietary research to create dynamic, purpose-driven environments that elevate employee experience. From AI-powered assistants to adaptive space planning, discover how data and technology are transforming the workplace into a destination of choice.

As hybrid and distributed models continue to redefine the workplace, organizations must break down silos and align Real Estate, Workplace, Finance, and HR teams around shared, trusted data. This session will explore how AI-driven platforms and real-time space intelligence can drive faster decision-making, enable immersive and adaptive workplace design, and create environments that foster productivity, belonging, and continuous improvement—regardless of technical expertise.