18th January 2010, The British Library, London

Programme

09:00 Registration

09:30 Welcome
John de Lucy, Head of Estates and Facilities, British Library
Place and Space Technology: 2020 Vision

09:35 The Future of Work: 2020 Vision
Bridget Hardy, Head of High Performing Property Strategy and Implementation, Office of Government Commerce

10:05 Working Without and Beyond Walls
Philip Tidd, Managing Director, DEGW

10:35 Emerging Technology and the Agile Worker
Philip Ross, CEO, Cordless Group

11:00 Innovation Exhibition and morning refreshments

11:30 Case Study: New Ways of Working, The Audit Commission
Mandy Davies, Head of Asset Management, The Audit Commission
Melanie Woolcott, Director, Pringle Brandon

12:00 Case Study: Business Transformation in Birmingham
Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

12:30 Panel Discussion
Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council
Mark Bradshaw, Associate Director, Strategic Property & Workplace Projects,
Capita Symonds
Mandy Davies, Head of Asset Management, The Audit Commission

13:00 Innovation Exhibition and lunch

14:00 Panel Discussion: Digital Challenge

14:30 Case Study : Organisational Transformation
Managing the people and places - the polemics to any strategic workplace change - requires a champion to convert new ways of thinking into new ways of doing. SA Water embraced the opportunity to connect accommodation plans and cultural audit to convert a disparate organisation into one with a shared vision and sense of identity.
Peter Ward, Head of People and Change, South Australian Water

15:00 Case Study : Transforming the Virtual and Physical Space
Having reduced desk occupancy by a 1/3, discover how this leading municipality in the Nederlands timed the physical, virtual and mental changes to coincide with the integration of two buildings that has created an exciting flexible and move towards a paperless work environment.
Willem van den Berg, CEO, Municipality of Heemstede

15:30 Panel Discussion: Turning Vision into Reality
David Sullivan, Facilities Manager, Cornwall Council
Peter Ward, Head of People and Change, South Australian Water
Willem van den Berg, CEO, Municipality of Heemstede

16:00 Smarter Working: The New Space Canvas
Annie Leeson, Partner, Lovework Coaching
Paul Clark, Director & General Manager, Uk & Ireland, Plantronics

16:30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and close of conference