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Spring Summit 2024

Join us at the Workplace Trends Spring Summit 2024  #WTSS24
“A Unique Learning Experience”

This is a workplace event with a difference. It bridges the gap between a full academic research conference and our Workplace Trends October conference, featuring the best of recent applied research and data-driven case studies into work and the workplace. You’ll hear about proven methods and best practice that you can immediately apply to your own and clients’ businesses.

Aside from a small number of invited speakers, the presentations are selected for their robustness and relevance from a call for abstracts, and so attendees will have access to some of the most up-to-the minute research and thinking into work and the workplace.

Who’ll be there:

Our events attract senior level workplace professionals and decision makers including workplace consultants, occupiers and facility managers, designers, specifiers, change managers, and architects. See who’s already registered.

Benefits of attending:
    • Be up to date with the very latest thinking on workplace design and management for improved productivity and wellbeing.
    • Meet our speakers and industry leaders in a relaxed and informal environment.
    • Receive session recordings to study after the event.
    • Visit our exhibitor stands during conference breaks.
    • Stay for drinks at the close of the day where the conversation continues.

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    Virtual Attendance: It’s great to be there on the day, but if it’s a trip you just can’t manage, you can attend virtually through our live stream. You’ll be able to see presenters and their slides clearly on your screen. You’ll also be able to take part and comment in the feed, plus pose questions to the speakers. And if the event time doesn’t work for you, watch the recording afterwards.

    Virtual ticket holders can upgrade at any time, subject to availability, to an in-person ticket. Email us for instructions on how to do this.

Workplace Trends is proud to support One Tree Planted. We help them plant a tree for every delegate booking.

With thanks for the support of our 2024 sponsors and media partners.
Workplace Geeks Audiem

Masterclasses

A New Series of Masterclasses

Our new masterclasses are designed for a maximum of around 40 people, often fewer, and give attendees the opportunity to take a deep-dive with 1-3 industry experts into some of the specific subjects we introduce at Workplace Trends conferences. Events will be mostly half a day, include ample time for discussion and will close with our customary drinks social where the conversations continue.

If you’d like to be the first to receive updates on the masterclasses, make sure you’re on our mailing list (scroll down to join). If you’re interested in being one of our speakers and/or would like to request a topic for the masterclasses please email maggie@workplacetrends.co.uk.

Up-Coming Masterclasses

Leading Continuous Change: People, Process and Technology
– with Jennifer Bryan, ABChange Consultancy, Gerda Stelpstra, Cushman & Wakefield, and Angela Scott, Leadership & Change Advisor
Wednesday 08 May 2024, 2.30-5.30pm, followed by Drinks Social, Herman Miller Showroom, London, WC2B 6LH
Unlocking Employee Feedback With AI
– with Ian Ellison and Chris Moriarty, Co-Founders at Audiem and podcasters at Workplace Geeks
Tuesday 18 June 2024, 12-5pm, followed by Drinks Social, NatWest HQ

Previous Masterclasses

Sensory Processing, Cognitive Well-Being and Neuro-Inclusion in the Workplace
– with Kay Sargent, HOK
Wednesday 27 March 2024, 2.30pm-5.30pm, followed by Drinks Social, Herman Miller Showroom, London, WC2B 6LH
Creating Your Circular Office
– with ITV, JLL and Crown Workspace
Thursday 07 March 2024, 2-5pm followed by Drinks Social, Crown Workspace Renew Centre, London, N9 0BD
Post-Occupancy Evaluation and Researching Building User Experience
– with Nigel Oseland, Workplace Unlimited
Tuesday 30 January 2024, 10.30am – 3.30pm, Herman Miller Showroom, London, WC2B 6LH

Workplace Trends is proud to support One Tree Planted. We help them plant a tree for every delegate booking.

Recording: Creating Your Circular Office

Creating Your Circular Office
– with Crown Workspace, ITV and JLL

This is the full recording of our Circular Economy masterclass in March 2024, kindly hosted by Crown Workspace and supported by EMCOR UK, MillerKnoll and Saint-Gobain Ecophon.

Delegates enjoyed three presentations from the real life experiences of Crown Workspace, ITV and JLL in creating their own circular economy workplaces.

We’re pleased to share this recording of the event so that you too can discover –

  • How JLL are moving towards their workplace net zero aspirations.
  • How and why we should move from a linear to a circular economy
  • How ITV reduced their office footprint by 40%, introduced a new way of working, and gave staff a place they wanted to work in at White City – all as sustainably as possible, and while saving a whopping £2.3m.
  • The key (and honest) lessons learnt from both projects.
  • How to engage and enthuse your employees on a sustainable journey.
With thanks to our speakers on the day:

Ann Beavis, Head of Sustainable Development at Crown Workspace

Stuart Cochrane, UK Workplace Sustainability & IMS Lead, JLL

Nikhil Dhumma, Design Lead, JLL

Ian Jones. Director of Workplace Services & Estates, ITV

Donna Uden, formerly at ITV and now at EmPro Consultants

Gallery

A few memories of our more recent events. Join us at our next conference, the Workplace Trends Research Summit.

Photo credit Vanessa Champion.

Podcasts

Workplace Trends is delighted to be associated with these leading industry broadcasters.

Workplace Geeks
Chris Moriarty and Ian Ellison

Workplace Geeks is a new podcast on a mission to find and celebrate the most exciting and inspiring workplace research in the world. Hosted by Chris Moriarty and Ian Ellison, each episode explores fascinating work with the authors themselves, capturing practical learning and potential business impacts. Join Workplace Geeks to bridge the gap between academia and business as we explore the diverse elements that can affect workplace experience, employee value and business performance.

Journal of Biophilic Design
Vanessa Champion

Welcome to our podcast series from the Journal of Biophilic Design, where we interview workplace consultants, futurists, interior designers, architects, urban planners and those working in healthcare, wellbeing and other industries to find out the latest on Biophilic Design.

Spacecraft — The Workplace Design Podcast
Daniel Moscrop

The Spacecraft Podcast series reviews and examines how well-designed workspaces can be transformative, not just for day-to-day working, but for businesses as a whole. Dan Moscrop, Founder and CEO of Them Design speaks with leading businesses to see how design has impacted their workspaces. We interview the directors of co-working organisations that are leading the charge on how office spaces should be created, and the architects behind some of the most innovative office environments you’ll see.

Book Club

A selection of our favourite books, many of them authored by our Workplace Trends friends and speakers. We hope you enjoy them!
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A Practical Guide to Post-Occupancy Evaluation and Researching Building User Experience
Nigel Oseland

Human-Centric

The Human-Centric Workplace: Enabling people, communities and our planet to thrive
Simone Fenton-Jarvis

jbd FRONT+COVER

Journal of Biophilic Design
Edited by Vanessa Champion

BCO Neurodiversity

Designing for Neurodiversity
BCO

Unf*cking Work: How to fix it for good
Neil Usher

The New World of Work: Shaping a Future that Helps People, Organizations and Our Societies to Thrive
Peter Cheese

Beyond the Workplace Zoo: Humanising the Office
Nigel Oseland

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Flourish
Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency
Sarah Ichioka & Michael Pawlyn

London’s Global Office Economy:
From Clerical Factory to Digital Hub

Rob Harris

Leading People in Change: A Practical Guide
Jennifer Bryan

The 4 Day Week: How the Flexible Work Revolution Can Increase Productivity, Profitability and Well-being, and Create a Sustainable Future
Andrew Barnes

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop
Susan Cain

A World Without Work: Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond
Daniel Susskind

Creating Emotionally Intelligent Workspaces: A Design Guide
Edward Finch and Guillermo Aranda-Mena

Space for Creative Thinking: Design Principles for Work and Learning Environments
Christine Kohlert and Scott Cooper

Elemental Change: Making Stuff Happen When Nothing Stands Still
Neil Usher

Where is My Office?: Reimagining the Workplace for the 21st Century
Chris Kane

Building Revolutions: Applying the Circular Economy to the Built Environment
Dave Cheshire

The Human Workplace: People-Centred Organizational
Andy Swann

The Elemental Workplace: How to create a fantastic workplace for everyone: The 12 Elements for Creating a Fantastic Workplace for Everyone
Neil Usher

Nature Inside: A biophilic design guide
 William D. Browning and Catherine O. Ryan

Your Second Phase : Reclaiming work and relationships during and after Menopause
Kate Usher

The Energized Workplace: Designing Organizations where People Flourish
Perry Timms

Future Office: Next-generation workplace design
Nicola Gillen

Biomimicry in Architecture
Michael Pawlyn

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Perez

Inclusive Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Developing and Executing an Impactful Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Charlotte Sweeney

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Testimonials

We’re really pleased so many of our delegates not only recommend our conferences to their colleagues, but also return year after year themselves.

Here’s a few comments from recent attendees:


I just wanted to send my thanks and congratulations on a great day.  Some excellent discussions and presentations.  I always feel when lots of questions are asked by the audience it is a sign of real interest and engagement at events, and people where ever so keen to ask away!  So well done to all!”
– C.D. Be Inspired Design


“I just wanted to thank you again for the Workplace Trends Conference yesterday. There were some really excellent presentations and discussions and it was by far the best hybrid event I’ve been to date so many congratulations to you and all of the organisers.”
– P.M., RICS


“What a great, informative, inspiring day and a good venue too.”
L.D.C., McBains


“I thought it was the most informative conference I’ve been to this year. I will certainly be attending next year.”
– S.T., Nasdaq


“Just wanted to say C and myself really enjoyed the event. Great speakers, great knowledge, we’re really looking forward to the next one.”
– A.A., Corporate Office Solutions


“Thank you for organising a great event yesterday. Very interesting and informative. Looking forward to the next one!”
S.M., Colebrook Bosson Saunders


“Great event yesterday – I really enjoyed it.”
S.M., Trowers & Hamlins LLP


“Great event yesterday! Thanks very much for organising.
H.B., Tsunami Axis


“Thank you for a great informative day yesterday.”
C.M., IOR Group


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