Kick off the day with a high-level look at the forces reshaping the financial workplace. This discussion will explore key market trends, evolving approaches to real estate and workplace strategy, and the challenges and opportunities shaping the environments in which financial organisations work, collaborate and adapt.

Munich Re is transforming its Munich campus to create flexible, sustainable and purpose-driven workplaces for hybrid collaboration. This session shares practical lessons from the journey: how workplace design, technology, leadership and work practices are brought together through the so-called Together@Work framework. Rather than treating space as a standalone project, Munich Re embeds its workplace concept in wider collaboration, leadership and change frameworks. Learn how participation, data-informed planning and continuous feedback help teams adopt new ways of working—while balancing business needs, employee experience and efficient use of real estate

Workplace leaders have more data than ever, but the true value emerges when it is integrated and scaled across diverse organisations and 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 using workplace data, intelligence and insight to inform strategy and day-to-day decision-making. Panellists will discuss how they interpret behavioural, operational and other workplace 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 can support responsiveness, alignment and more confident decision-making.

Trading floors are high-pressure, information-intensive environments where noise, lighting, visual stimulation and constant interaction can shape how people perform and experience their workplace. With growing attention on neurodiversity and inclusion in the workplace, how can financial institutions create trading environments that better support different needs while meeting the operational demands of the business? Drawing on work with financial services organisations, this session explores how neuroinclusive design can better accommodate different sensory and cognitive needs while supporting concentration, collaboration and performance.

What happens after someone enters the workplace? In this fireside chat, we explore how identity and access can connect with the wider workplace experience. From navigating spaces to accessing services and amenities, we examine how connected technology can reduce friction and create a simpler, more responsive workplace. Workplace experience increasingly depends on connecting identity, access, location and building systems into a seamless journey. This session explores how smart-space infrastructure can reduce friction, strengthen security and help environments respond more effectively to users, while balancing personalisation, privacy, operational efficiency and a consistently human experience.

People change every day. Does your workplace? Drawing on billions of human workplace interactions from data of over 1.4 million online lockers, Vecos and Worktech Academy identify the capabilities that distinguish adaptive workplaces from the rest, and what the impact is on the workplace, employees and business.

How can organizations build more sustainable AV and workplace environments while improving efficiency and user experience? Join experts from FORTÉ and industry partners for a practical discussion on reducing the environmental impact of collaboration technologies. The panel will explore sustainable design, lifecycle management, refurbishment, energy efficiency, and smarter deployment strategies. A special focus will be on the Velocity(TM) approach and how standardized logistics, asset reuse, and scalable delivery models can help organizations achieve both sustainability and operational excellence.

For global organisations, creating a consistent workplace experience across markets means balancing global standards with local cultures, business priorities and employee needs. What should be standardised across the portfolio, and where is local flexibility essential? Bringing together workplace and real estate leaders from across financial and professional services, this panel explores how organisations are approaching the global-local balance today, using workplace metrics and data insights to guide decisions, measure consistency and build a scalable strategy that works across regions.

As the day concludes, join us to reflect on key themes, insights, and takeaways from the conference. This interactive session will distil key learnings, spark discussion, and explore how the ideas presented can drive future action. Share your thoughts, gain fresh perspectives, and leave inspired to turn insights into impact.