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.
In this opening keynote, Xavier explores how Agentic AI is transforming real estate portfolio management by delivering insights at unprecedented speed. This session highlights how AI-powered decision-making is enabling senior leaders to move from data to action faster, reshaping how enterprise real estate strategies are defined and executed.
McDonald’s is undergoing a large-scale transformation across its global operations, leveraging AI, data, and new operating models to drive efficiency, consistency, and enhanced customer experience. At the centre of this evolution is a broader hub of innovation, connecting teams, technologies, and ideas to accelerate change across the enterprise. In this session, McDonald’s leaders will share how they are reimagining operations and decision-making through intelligent data, automation, and integrated systems, while embedding innovation at scale across the organisation. The case study will explore the vision, journey, and key lessons shaping a more agile, connected enterprise and future-ready operating model.
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.
Join us for an engaging panel discussion exploring cutting-edge approaches to workplace design, space utilization, and employee experience. Hear directly from industry leaders who are reimagining how physical spaces support today's evolving workforce. Our panelists will showcase innovative workplace strategies and recently completed projects, discussing how they're designing spaces that prioritize both functionality and experience. The conversation will feature insights from Rocket Companies on their workplace initiatives, alongside architectural perspectives on translating workplace strategy into built environments. Moderated by Megan Mackinson of JLL Workplace, this session offers a unique opportunity to learn from organizations at the forefront of workplace innovation.
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.
A pre- and post-occupancy survey is only the starting point—trust is built when employees see their feedback directly influence their physical environment. This case study explores GE HealthCare’s workplace evolution, highlighting why “future-proofing” requires intentional financial and operational planning beyond day one. Learn how a local “Learning Lab” pilot became a catalyst for global transformation, informing design standards, operational models, and innovative technology.
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.
What if workplaces were designed less as systems to optimize and more as curated experiences that shape how people think, feel and perform? As AI accelerates change, organizations must balance productivity, culture and human agency in increasingly dynamic environments. Drawing on AlixPartners’ lived experience, this session explores how workplaces can support diverse work patterns and foster connection, judgement and meaning -- all while enabling culture to emerge through unscripted experiences within highly curated spaces. Through a live dialogue, speakers will unpack real decisions, trade-offs and insights, shifting the focus from standardized solutions to intentionally shaping adaptable, human-centric experiences as work becomes increasingly AI-infused.
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.
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