EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF WORK AND THE WORKPLACE

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  • IA Interior Architects Seattle, 401 Union Street
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WORKTECH Seattle is a leading conference exploring how the future of work and the workplace is being shaped by the intersection of people, place, and technology. It is part of the leading global events series, WORKTECH.

Bringing together senior leaders, strategists, designers, technologists, and workplace professionals from across industries, WORKTECH Seattle examines how organizations are rethinking work, space, culture, and digital infrastructure in response to rapid change.

The programme is designed for senior professionals responsible for workplace strategy, corporate real estate, facilities, HR, technology, architecture, and design.

Through a mix of keynote presentations, expert panels, and case studies, WORKTECH Seattle provides a multi-disciplinary, insight-led forum to explore emerging trends — from workplace intelligence and employee experience to hybrid work, digital transformation, and the evolving role of the office.

Discover our past speakers at WORKTECH Seattle here.

Held in some of Seattle’s most groundbreaking workspaces, the event connects a global community of professionals to share ideas, benchmark approaches, and gain practical insight into how organisations are shaping the workplace of the future.

Previously at WORKTECH Seattle

WORKTECH24 Seattle brought together senior leaders from leading global institutions, including Credit Karma, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Electronic Arts, Google, Salesforce, Starbucks, and Qualtrics.

Seattle’s latest event convened senior leaders from Qualtrics, T-Mobile, Brooks Running, Block, and Google to examine how AI, workplace data, and design innovation are reshaping real estate strategy and employee experience.

Standout projects—including the purpose-led Brooks HQ, Block’s adaptive reuse strategy, and emerging circulinear 3D printing concepts—highlighted how leading brands are piloting measurable, future-ready workplace models that align RTO performance, talent strateg,y and digital transformation.

Read our 2024 conference brochure.

“Great event with a wide variety of topics, directly relating to the work I do. Interesting speakers and great presentations.” WORKTECH Seattle Delegate

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SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Dr. Tracy Brower

    PhD Sociologist, Author, Keynote Speaker, Senior Contributor to Forbes, Vice President of Workplace Insights, Steelcase

  • Valerie Jardon Director, IA

    Valerie Jardon

    Managing Director, Strategy, IA Interior Architects

  • Benjamin Wojcikiewicz headshot

    Ben Wojcikiewicz

    Senior Director - Workplace + Retail, Mohawk Group

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WORKTECH speakers are leading international thinkers, industry strategists and radical visionaries. Our speakers come from some of today’s most successful companies as well as a broad range of progressive and influential organisations.

Please contact Samantha Cullum for more information about speaking at this event

Key Themes

The Accelerated Workplace: Operating at the Speed of Business Change

Workplace strategy is under pressure to keep pace with volatile business cycles, shifting workforce models, and compressed decision timelines. Organisations are moving away from long-horizon masterplanning toward more iterative, minimum-viable approaches that allow for faster adaptation. This theme explores how leaders are balancing agility with governance, brand standards, and capital constraints while managing portfolio uncertainty, M&A complexity, and evolving hybrid expectations. It reflects the growing gap between how fast business moves and how slowly space is delivered.

Workplace Intelligence & Decision Systems: From Fragmentation to Clarity

Organisations are now data-rich but decision-poor, struggling to turn fragmented workplace, behavioural, and portfolio data into actionable intelligence. This theme explores how leaders are building more integrated workplace intelligence systems that combine utilisation, experience, and operational signals to support better decisions. It also examines the limits and risks of over-automation, and the need for human interpretation, trust, and governance as workplace analytics and AI-enabled tools become more embedded in strategy.

Designing the Adaptive Workplace: Experience, Inclusion & Human Performance

Workplaces are shifting from static environments to adaptive systems that respond to diverse human needs, behaviours, and work styles. This theme explores how organisations are designing for friction in modern work patterns, engagement, and performance through space, technology, and experience. It includes neuroinclusive design, wellbeing, behavioural patterns in distributed work, and the role of physical environments in enabling focus, collaboration, and connection. The focus is on creating workplaces that actively support human performance rather than simply accommodate it.

Circular & Responsible Workplaces: Value, Resilience & Resource Intelligence

Workplace strategy is evolving from linear investment cycles toward circular value thinking — where space, assets, and infrastructure are continuously optimised across global portfolios. Organisations are rethinking procurement, reuse, and adaptive reuse strategies while managing legacy estates, cost pressure, and inconsistent standards. This theme explores how sustainability, efficiency, and resilience are increasingly embedded into operational decision-making, from second-life assets to smarter capital allocation and more intelligent use of existing space and resources.

Mind blowing and eye opening. All around the world technology is changing and we need to not be left behind.

EMEA Region Building Operations, Citibank

This is the place for you to kick start your dreams and aspirations for your next workplace environment project.

Transformation Manager, Bupa

Very informative and up to date information that changes the way of working. Definitely a good one to go for to know more about the workplace!

Portfolio Manager, Shell

Diverse group of speakers, wide variety of interesting topics, forward thinking & innovative sharing.

Head of Workplace, Amazon

A great event bringing decision makers together.

Client Success Manager, Asure Software

Extremely Informative.

Senior Specialist, Facilities Security, Samsung

A great opportunity to jump start your brain to consider the future.

Global Manager, Real Estate Operations, Motorola

Dependable conference to venture to the cutting edge of workplace design

Project Program Manager, Google

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Please fill in this application form or email Kirsty Darlington to apply!

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