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Presentation: Latin America: Lessons Learned from Implementing Global Workplace Programs
Global workplace standards for multinational firms can be established with the support of executive and business line leadership and subject matter experts. However, when taking those standards ‘locally’ a new set of local context, cultures and operational and legal challenges can occur and potentially derail your progress. This session will focus on the challenges and opportunities related to the implementation of these standards in Mexico and Brazil as two of the larger emerging markets in Latin America. The panel will describe how organizations can leverage new laws in each region to address desired mobility and overcome cultural barriers. Learn how these organizations have dealt with the challenges with local CRE, HR and IT organizations and gain insightful recommendations for dealing with project disruption.
Presentation: Workplace Complexity: “The Third Platform” Impact
Workplace Complexity: "The Third Platform" Impact IT industry research firm International Data Corporation describes the "Third Platform" as IT that is built on mobile devices, cloud services, social networks and big data analytics. The First Platform, of course, is the mainframe computer system, which began in the 1950s and continues today. The Second Platform is the client/server system, which began in the 1980s with PCs tapping into mainframe databases and applications.
Presentation: Mixed-Use Project To Regenerate Redundant Shipyard Where Titanic Was Built: “Where Once We Built Ships”
The Global Innovator’s Award (GIA) celebrates the most interesting, innovative initiatives in corporate real estate and workplace management today. In this powerhouse session, GIA finalists will share the strategies, techniques and tools they use to innovate and excel.
Multimedia: Ignite!: Light, Health, and...Happiness
“Enlighten us, but make it quick!” is the motto of Ignite. Hear from industry experts as they share their thoughts and passions on concepts that may have a dramatic impact on corporate real estate as we know it -all within five minutes! Each speaker’s presentation will last just five minutes and uses the format of 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds.
Presentation: Ignite!: HEARING RED: the revolt against lousy office acoustics and how to deal with it
“Enlighten us, but make it quick!” is the motto of Ignite. Hear from industry experts as they share their thoughts and passions on concepts that may have a dramatic impact on corporate real estate as we know it - all within five minutes! Each speaker’s presentation will last just five minutes and uses the format of 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds.
White Paper: A sense of urgency at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference
At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, also known as COP 21, there will be an aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate change for the first time in over 20 years of United Nations negotiations. The stakes are high as the Conference of Parties (COP) gather to take action to help slow the pace of global climate change before the effects are irreversible. The impacts spread across all facets of our personal and professional lives. For Corporate Real Estate, lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions is already a priority, as buildings command more than 50 percent of worldwide electricity demand. Sam Pickering provides his perspective on COP 21 and the significance of the outcome of the conference. Sam is a Senior Director with Source8 and is based in London.
Report: Commercial Real Estate Industry Outlook: A nexus of technology advancements and consumer behavior changes
The convergence of one or more technologies is leading to fast-paced, big-bang disruptions in many industries. How will disruptive forces impact the commercial real estate (CRE) sector on a large scale and drive transformative, long-term change?
Report: Energy Perspectives: North America Report Energy Group 2015
The oil and gas industry is going through another huge structural change with the recent energy boom in U.S. shale, which is causing companies to redesign their business plans and go-to-market strategies. For the first time in many years, the U.S. has re-established itself as one of the energy superpowers in production and consumption. With oil prices dropping over fifty percent since Q4 2014, we’ve entered into a surplus crisis which is profoundly altering the way in which oil and gas companies use commercial real estate.
Report: Globalisation and Competition: The New World of Cities
The size, shape and metabolism of our cities are undergoing a metamorphosis. Urban form, urban life and the mechanics of our cities are having to respond to technological surprises, the demands of rising populations and the shifting geography of commerce. At the same time, cities face pressures of balancing quality of life and sustainability with productivity and growth. Underlying these pressures is a sense of urgency and of the need for unabated momentum if cities are to avoid getting locked into models that are unsustainable, uncompetitive or unliveable.
Many cities are using innovative approaches to tackle such serious demands, but there remains intense strain on infrastructure, squeezed funding, suboptimal land use, and a lack of clarity on future strategy in many urban landscapes. All of these deficits are part of the competitive framework between cities across the world. But while attention has been focused on how individual cities are dealing with such rapid and sweeping changes, what has become startlingly apparent is that a redefinition of city style, objectives, purpose and capabilities is taking place and is altering our understanding of the traditional city hierarchy. No longer does size determine growth, or industrial profile drive success, or history govern attractiveness. Rather, as this report clearly highlights, in seeking competitive advantage cities are describing themselves in ways that speak to their distinct purposes and different intentions.
Report: Global and Emerging Logistics Hubs 2015
Over the past 35 years, global trade has increased by nearly 600%, spurring the development of wider, more complex supply chains worldwide. To support this growth, logistics hubs connecting multiple transport modes have been established in virtually every country.