Workplace Futures 2026: FM – a roadmap for the future
Workplace Futures 2026 will look to the future – what are the practices, the people, the organisations, the innovations that are going to transform facilities management, re-invigorate the sector and make it more attractive to the next generation as well as encouraging those with established careers to move across and join us? How will we define and reinforce our messaging to exemplify the best of what we do and the value that good FM brings to every organisation? How do we improve the storytelling around our deliverables: the customer experiences, the support for wellbeing, the improved efficiencies, the enhanced productivities that flow when the facilities strategy is in harmony with a client’s business strategy and practices?
Facilities management has been on a journey for 40+ years. Workplace Futures 2026 will take a look at where we’ve come from, where we are currently positioned and – most importantly – where we need to ultimately arrive, exploring all the factors that we need to put in place to ensure that we get there successfully.
You can download the presentation slides below, live recordings of the conference will be available soon with the WF26 White Paper.
Welcome & introduction: Simone Fenton-Jarvis, conference chair
Keynote: making sense of the future – leadership and skills
Dr Mel Bull, Director of Executive Education, Nottingham Trent Business School
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How did we get here: a rundown of FM’s history
Sarah Hodge, Global Director Experience, London Stock Exchange Group
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M&A: a pattern of change
Satvir Bungar, Managing Director & National Head of Business Services, BDO
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Market research: insights, now and for the mid-term
John Raspin, Global Head Growth Opportunity Analytics, Frost & Sullivan
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Power to the people! Why people development is the decisive advantage
Steve Gladwin, Director, Nodus Solutions
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Technology: where to from here?
Andrew Targell, Head of Technology & Strategy Advisory, JLL Technologies
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Sustainability under pressure: the next phase of sustainability in FM
Sunil Shah, Managing Director, Acclaro Advisory
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Why standards matter in a disruptive FM landscape
Mark Griffiths, Founder & Managing Director, WMA Consultancy and
Gordon Mitchell, Founder, WHOLUS
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Why leadership capability is now critical infrastructure
Louisa Clarke, Co-founder & Director, The Human-centric Workplace
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Are we giving the next generation of leaders the opportunity to own their future and lead ours?
James Bradley, CEO, Churchill Group
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Nurturing the FM ecosystem
Simon Wrenn, CEO, Kindred FM
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From partners to change makers – tackling the net zero challenge together
Claire Atkins Morris, Sustainability and Workplace Culture Director, Sodexo UK & Ireland and
Alex Hammond, Associate Director, Net Zero and Sustainable Procurement, NHS England
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Objective-based maintenance: a guidance for future-ready IFM
Nush Cekdemir, Director International Business, Planon
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CBRE + Sky Studios Elstree: the power of partnership
Ryan Horton, Business Unit Director, CBRE and
Paul Dawson, Director of Facilities, Sky Studios Elstree
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The view from the other end of the telescope
Martyn Freeman, CEO, Q3 Services
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Mission possible: unlocking social mobility
Debbie Dobson, Talent & Capability Director, ISS UK & Ireland
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Conference summary and call to action
Lucy Jeynes, Managing Director, Larch Consulting
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