Workplace Futures 2026: Talent, technology and the tide facing FM
Workplace Futures is a fixture of the workplace and facilities management calendar. The i-FM team has been organising the conference every year since 2007. I …
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Smart Building Show 2024: people at the heart of FM
The 2024 Smart Building Show emphasised that people are central to facilities management, with discussions on how technology enhances occupant experience. Talks covered communication skills, sustainability, data usage, human-centric lighting, and building information technology.
A round-up of built environment events in 2021
It’s been a strange year for industry events. With the pandemic causing so much uncertainty, organisers have had to cancel or postpone conferences and trade …
Clerkenwell Design Week turns up the heat in 2017
By: Alice Finney Hey, what’s the big idea? It’s probably the most talked about event in the architecture and design calendar. Anyone who’s anyone is …
Tomorrow Meets Today: driving diversity forward through networking
By Alice Finney Now in its second year running, Tomorrow Meets Today (hashtag tmt… kind of like #tbt but way cooler?), an event organised by …
An apple a day… staying healthy is as easy as pie
We’ve all heard the proverb: ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’, but could there be more truth to this than we realise? At …
World Workplace: a marriage made in heaven?
By Cathy Hayward Everyone loves a marriage proposal broadcast by a plane trailing a ‘will you marry me?” banner. So it’s no surprise that a …
From heated seminar discussions to chilling in glass booths: the best of 100% Design
By Alice Finney Now in its 13th year, the London Design Festival (LDF) played host to a huge range of internationally renowned design companies last …
When FM risk became real at BAE systems
By Jackie Bennett Shaw We were asked to leave our mobile devices, removing all contact with the outside world; held in reception until all security …
BIFM North WIFM Afternoon Tea
by Tom Parker The Women in FM Afternoon Tea event, held earlier this month, was the first of its kind to be held in the …