The office has served as the cornerstone of business operations in real estate, fostering productivity and innovation, while contributing to employment and economic development. But the sector is facing a challenge: to assess, devise and implement effective strategies for assets grappling with changing occupier needs and sustainability requirements.
Join us as we explore the dynamic landscape of the workplace, analysing its evolving role in the economy and the opportunities it presents for investors, developers, occupiers and more.
A delegate ticket includes access to all sessions, refreshments and networking, including a drinks reception. Attendees also receive CPD accreditation.
Early bird (until 17 April) | Standard (from 18 April) | |
Price | £99 exc VAT | £150 exc VAT |
Speakers
Bruce Daisley
Author and podcaster
Bruce Daisley
Author and podcaster
Daisley is one of UK’s most influential voices on fixing work. His latest book, Fortitude, was described by the Financial Times as the “best business book of the year” at the end of 2022. He was recently appointed as a visiting honorary professor at Bayes Business School at City University in London, focusing on organisational culture and the MBA programme. Previously he spent more than a decade running Twitter and YouTube (the latter at Google) for Europe, leaving Twitter as its most senior leader outside of the US. Daisley hosts Apple’s number 1 business chart topping podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat.
Darryl Easton
Managing director, East On Commercial
Darryl Easton
Managing director, East On Commercial
Easton has become a trusted provider of complex project management across a broad spectrum of business sectors, including the UK’s broadcasting and post-production industries. With a career path that encompasses both the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy, he also has a degree in engineering that led him to senior operational roles in the City prior to his projects today, many of which involve highly complicated IT infrastructure solutions.
James Evans
Head of national office agency, Savills
James Evans
Head of national office agency, Savills
James Evans is a Director at Savills and National Head of Office Agency with over 20 years’ experience of working in the UK real estate market. He specialises in disposal work, acting for local property companies, developers and larger institutional clients, and provides acquisition advice to a number of key regional and national clients.
Nicola Gillen
EMEA lead for Total Workplace, Cushman & Wakefield
Nicola Gillen
EMEA lead for Total Workplace, Cushman & Wakefield
Gillen specialises in the relationship between design, people, behaviour and the built environment. An architect and author, she is widely recognised within the industry as a leading authority on workplace strategy, design and behaviour change management. Based in London, Gillen draws from 25 years’ experience delivering workplace strategy and innovation internationally. She is a BCO national judge.
Alexander Jan
Chief economic adviser, London Property Alliance
Alexander Jan
Chief economic adviser, London Property Alliance
Jan is former chief economist of Arup, where he led work on the London infrastructure plan and many transport projects. He is chair of the Central District Alliance and Hatton Garden business improvement districts. Jan is chief economic adviser to the London Property Alliance (City and Westminster property associations) and is an independent adviser to the EC BID in the City of London. He is currently writing a biography of Lord Ashfield (1874-1948), the creator and first chairman of London Transport.
Jim Larkin
Data reporter, EG
Jim Larkin
Data reporter, EG
Larkin is EG’s data reporter, using the rich seam of data at EG’s disposal to construct analysis and insight that helps make sense of commercial real estate’s ever-changing face. He hosts the Voice of the Region podcast which, since 2020, has profiled regional agents flying high in the Radius On Demand Rankings to gain a deeper understanding of what life is like everywhere from Glasgow to Truro and most places in between. He also fronts the Dealmaker of the Month podcast and has been with EG for more than 15 years.
Joanne McNamara
Executive vice president, Oxford Properties
Joanne McNamara
Executive vice president, Oxford Properties
McNamara is executive vice president, Europe, at Oxford Properties. She is a member of Oxford’s leadership team, investment and executive committees, and has recently taken up a non-executive role at ESR, a Pan-Asian fund management business. McNamara was one of Oxford’s first team members in London, joining the European investment team in 2010. Over the past decade, she has led many of the organisation’s most significant investment and development transactions. She was most recently responsible for the operating performance of Oxford’s European business and leadership of the 40+ person European team.
Laura Oliver
Partner, Clyde & Co
Laura Oliver
Partner, Clyde & Co
Simon Rowley
Director of flex workspaces, GPE
Simon Rowley
Director of flex workspaces, GPE
Rowley is director of flex workspaces for GPE, a FTSE 250 REIT specialising in investment and development of property in central London. He has been responsible for implementing and executing leasing strategies and campaigns across the group’s developments, including major prelets to Facebook, KKR and Clifford Chance. He is now leading the group’s ambition to grow its fully managed spaces to 1m sq ft in central London.
Liam Spencer
Director, Thirdway
Liam Spencer
Director, Thirdway
Spencer is a director at Thirdway, a creative studio specialising in office design & build, furniture, workplace consultancy, and a managed office solution. He is also a co-founder of the architecture practice Anomaly, which focuses on significant retrofit projects across the UK, allowing him to take a cross-industry and sector view with an equal tenant and landlord-focused remit. His role within strategy and innovation brings together academic thought and practical application, focused on the core central mission to “redefine the O word”.
Ana Stanojevic
Workplace strategy and development lead, Nokia
Ana Stanojevic
Workplace strategy and development lead, Nokia
Stanojevic is a leader in workplace transformation strategy and development. For more than years she has devised innovative approaches to establishing compelling and sustainable workplace environments. Her unique methodology revolves around harmonising the hybrid workplace environment, behaviour and technology to cater to the evolving needs of the workforce. One of Stanojevic’s key contributions is her commitment to ensuring that workplace solutions foster inspiring environments, drive efficiency and promote a globally aligned employee experience. For half of her career, she worked for the top three real estate giants: Cushman & Wakefield, JLL and CBRE. She has supported more than 30 occupiers in their journey to create workplaces that enable human connection and business performance. Stanojevic is recognised as a Top 50 2023 Workplace Leader.
CJ Uhure
Director of group property, Reed
CJ Uhure
Director of group property, Reed
Uhure is an experienced chartered surveyor with a demonstrated history of working in multiple property sectors, including retail, telecoms, office and leisure. The majority of his career has been spent working “in-house”, driving value and growth from commercial property portfolios, and delivering property transformation within evolving businesses. Uhure is skilled in asset management, acquisitions & disposals, general practice estate management, landlord and tenant, real estate transformation and lease negotiations. Prior to joining Reed, Uhure was head of property at the Rank Group, and before that he worked at CTIL (Vodafone and O2 joint venture) as regional estate manager. He has also worked on the advisory side, advising landlords and occupiers across all asset classes in and around north London. Uhure holds an MSc in real estate development planning from the University of Reading, a BSc with hons in estate management from the University of Greenwich and is part of Diversity Talks Real Estate. He is passionate about building positive relationships with landlords and occupiers and helping to promote the RICS to the next generation of chartered surveyors.
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ABOUT KINGS PLACE
Kings Place is a multi-discipline arts venue, presenting an adventurous and critically acclaimed programme.
Every year it curates a series of festivals to engage a breadth of different communities. Driven by a belief that arts and culture are a fundamental part of a thriving city, its work is as vibrant as its location in King’s Cross.
It is independently funded and generates income through ticket sales and the staging of world-class conferences and events.
Kings Place is rooted in partnership and has developed a collaborative community of resident partners and artistic associates.
It provides stages for artists, space for local communities and young musicians, and shares its facilities with partners, while offering audiences unforgettable, shared experiences.
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