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 within the workplace.
This theme explores how organizations are putting the intelligent workplace into practice—aligning AI, data, and connected technologies with business strategy at scale. From macro trends and technology foresight to enterprise transformation, sessions examine how leaders are operationalizing human-machine collaboration and building integrated environments that evolve alongside changing ways of working. The intelligent workplace is no longer a future vision—it is being built and scaled today, with human and machine capabilities orchestrated to drive performance, resilience, and innovation across the modern enterprise.
Kick off the day by examining the forces driving change in the workplace landscape today. This dynamic discussion will set the scene, surface key challenges, and explore emerging trends and strategic insights, offering a shared perspective on the future of work and the opportunities that lie ahead.
Session details to be announced soon
Session details to be announced soon
Workplace intelligence is becoming a critical capability for understanding how work actually happens across complex environments. The challenge has shifted from visibility to coherence—bringing together disparate signals into a more unified understanding of how workplaces function and are experienced. Organizations are moving beyond isolated metrics toward connected insight—linking data from buildings, systems, and employee behavior to build a clearer picture of performance, experience, and utilization. These sessions explore how fragmented inputs are transformed into meaningful insights that inform strategy, guide investment, and shape environments that better support both people and business outcomes.
At the same time that engagement is at an 11-year low, people are also reporting that they crave greater connections to their work and their colleagues. In the midst of it all, the work experience has an increasingly important role to play, and we can have a significant impact. Join us to hear fascinating new evidence for the power of place and proximity and their effects on performance, engagement and retention. We’ll discuss the sweet spots for balancing flexibility with presence and the factors that go beyond RTO to create sticky experiences and places people (really) want to be and bring their best.
Workplace leaders have more data than ever, but the true value emerges when it is integrated and scaled across diverse global portfolios. At the same time, organisations are operating in environments where signals are often fragmented, conditions are constantly shifting, and decisions increasingly need to be made faster and with less certainty than traditional models allow.
This session explores how practitioners are translating workplace and real estate strategy into day-to-day decision-making across complex organisations. Panellists will discuss how they interpret behavioural, operational, and portfolio signals in practice, and how they prioritise action when information is incomplete, timelines are compressed, and competing demands must be balanced. The focus is on how workplace intelligence is actually being used to support responsiveness, alignment, and confident decision-making across different organisational contexts.
Tomás specialises in tech that provides intelligent, human-centric workplaces that seamlessly integrate data, automation, and user experience. As CEO of Hereworks, he is passionate about leveraging technology to bridge the gap between built environments and the people who use them, driving efficiency and wellbeing, retention and improved performance, in modern workspaces.
Workplaces are no longer defined by attendance or location, but by the quality of experience they enable. Organizations are placing greater emphasis on environments that support different ways of working while strengthening culture and engagement. Drawing on behavioral science, spatial design, and workplace patterns, sessions explore how physical environments influence collaboration, focus, and belonging. Increasingly, attention is turning to the return on experience—how design choices and lived experience within the workplace translate into measurable outcomes for both people and organizational performance.
As organizations invest in intelligent workplace technologies, the human experience must remain at the center of design strategy. This panel explores how leading firms are using data, behavioral insights, and intentional design — including the strategic integration of art — to build cultures where inclusion is measurable, not just aspirational. Drawing on real-life examples, panelists will share how connecting accessibility and inclusion initiatives to experiential workplace data translates purpose into performance. Attendees will walk away with actionable insights on how adaptive workplaces can be designed to make every employee feel valued, visible, and empowered to do their best work.
As the day concludes, join Amanda for an interactive knowledge exchange designed to reflect on the day’s key insights and explore what they mean for the future of work, leadership, and collaboration. Drawing on her research into generational shifts, workplace culture, and building trust in a rapidly changing world, this session will connect ideas across conversations, challenge assumptions, and invite participants to share perspectives and practical takeaways. Together, we’ll explore how the day’s discussions can inspire more human-centred, future-ready action long after the conference ends.
Discover Chicago’s premier vertical campus at Accenture Tower—an innovative, amenity-rich workplace designed to foster collaboration, flexibility, and wellbeing in the heart of the city, hosted by Accenture and Artlifting.
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