8.40     Welcome & introduction: Simone Fenton-Jarvis, conference chair

Setting the scene

9.00     Keynote: making sense of the future – leadership and skills
Dr Mel Bull, Director of Executive Education, Nottingham Trent Business School

9.20     How did we get here: a rundown of FM’s history
Sarah Hodge, Global Director Experience, London Stock Exchange Group

9.40     M&A: a pattern of change
Satvir Bungar, Managing Director & National Head of Business Services, BDO

10.00   Market research: insights, now and for the mid-term
John Raspin, Global Head Growth Opportunity Analytics, Frost & Sullivan

10.20   Q&A

10.40   Coffee

Key issues

11.00   Power to the people!  Why people development is the decisive advantage
Steve Gladwin, Director, Nodus Solutions

11.20   Technology: where to from here?
Andrew Targell, Head of Technology & Strategy Advisory, JLL Technologies

11.40   Sustainability under pressure: the next phase of sustainability in FM
Sunil Shah, Managing Director, Acclaro Advisory

12.00   Why standards matter in a disruptive FM landscape
Mark Griffiths, Founder & Managing Director, WMA Consultancy and
Gordon Mitchell, Founder, WHOLUS

12.20   Panel discussion – the future of work & the workplace

12.50   Lunch

13.30   Technology in FM Award – winner announcement

Finding and delivering success

13.40   Why leadership capability is now critical infrastructure
Louisa Clarke, Co-founder & Director, The Human-centric Workplace

14.00   Are we giving the next generation of leaders the opportunity to own their future and lead ours?
James Bradley, CEO, Churchill Group

14.20   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

14.40   Nurturing the FM ecosystem
Simon Wrenn, CEO, Kindred FM

15.00   Objective-Based Maintenance: A guidance for Future-Ready IFM
Nush Cekdemir, Director International Business, Planon

15.20   Tea

15.40   The view from here I
Ryan Horton Business Unit Director CBRE and
Paul Dawson Director of Facilities Sky Studios Elstree

16.00   The view from here II
Martyn Freeman, CEO, Q3 Services

16.20   Service provider case study
ISS

16.40   Wrap-up with Lucy
Lucy Jeynes, Managing Director, Larch Consulting

17.00   Conference close, drinks & networking