The Workplace Futures Conference Series

An event for the industry organised by the industry

The annual Workplace Futures conference has become a landmark event in the UK facilities management calendar.

But this is not just one more typical industry event. Each Workplace Futures conference takes on a different set of issues, assembling a carefully chosen panel of expert speakers and attracting genuinely interested delegates – a combination that ensures discussion is lively and informative and outcomes are positive, with a specific emphasis on sharing and learning.

Going back to the beginning, with planning and concept development taking place in 2007, the over-riding motivation has been to produce an annual event based on a clear and timely theme that would not be diluted by diminishing focus on outcomes or pressing commercial considerations, and would therefore deliver real value to participants and ultimately the industry.

There are good reasons for designing the Workplace Futures conferences in this way. Experience proves that smaller, focused events – under about 150 delegates - typically deliver greater levels of involvement, interaction, sharing and learning. The underlying ambition is to produce events that both speakers and delegates regard as successful - both in terms of the atmosphere on the day and the opportunity to take away practical benefits.

This is the way, we believe, to ensure such events make the most effective contribution to individual professional and wider industry development.

The Workplace Futures conference series is organised and produced by i-FM, the award-winning web-based news and information service for the UK FM sector, with the support of the industry's trade body, the Facilities Management Association.

Click here to read about our past conferences.