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Sunday, 11 September

Time Title Type Streaming Location Location
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pre-Summit Seminar Heian I

Monday, 12 September

Time Title Type Streaming Location Location
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pre-Summit Seminar Heian I

Tuesday, 13 September

Time Title Type Streaming Location Location
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pre-Summit Seminar Heian I
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM Speaker Ready Room Speaker Ready Room Sperwer
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Exhibits Open Networking Foyer Okura & Amstel
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Registration & Information Open Registration & Information Grand Ballroom Foyer
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception Networking Foyer Amstel/Okura
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM Private Events Networking Off Property - Tuesday

Wednesday, 14 September

Time Title Type Streaming Location Location
6:45 AM – 7:00 AM Summit Wellness: Registration and Health Break Wellness Experience Amstel Foyer (Next to Otter)
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Presence and Awareness Coaching: Learn to discern between physical and emotional feelings Wellness Experience Otter
  During the presence sessions we move towards new inner dynamics, releasing stress, anxiety, and rediscovering our inner strengths while embracing our vulnerability.
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Wellness Coaching: Learn to manage your physical wellness Wellness Experience Esperance
  Manage your physical wellness. Learn how to improve your workplace ergonomics and your work set-up, reduce pain and relieve stress with breathing and meditation techniques.
7:00 AM – 5:30 PM Speaker Ready Room Speaker Ready Room Sperwer
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome Coffee & Tea Networking Foyer Amstel/Okura
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Exhibits Open Networking Foyer Okura & Amstel
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Registration & Information Open Registration & Information Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Opening General Session - Putting it Together General Session Grand Ballroom
  It’s more than bricks and mortar that corporate real estate professionals are charged with putting together these days.

Speaker(s): Hannah Barham-Brown, PhD, David Engwicht, Anne-Marie Imafidon, PhD

Topics: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Technology & the Built Environment

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Networking Break Networking Foyer Amstel/Okura
10:45 AM – 1:00 PM Canal Tour: Communications Kryptonite: The Don’ts (and Dos) of Workplace Change Communication Ticketed Event Learning Experience Okura Dock
  With many organizations in the process of redefining the workplace experience, more attention needs to be paid on how workplace change is managed and communicated because that process can make or break a workplace strategy.

Speaker(s): Esme Banks Marr, Andrew Mawson, Jo Sutherland

Topics: Communication Effectiveness, Employee Engagement, Leadership & Management

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bringing People Back with Purpose Learning Experience Heian I
  Understand, through the use of data, how purpose, place, and culture, play a part in bringing people back into the office.

Speaker(s): Roy Abernathy, Tamar Moy, Eelco Voogd

Topics: Employee Engagement, Workplace, Workplace Culture

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Dissecting The Great Resignation, The Lying Flat Movement, and Their Impact on Workplace Design Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  Have workplace trends over the last few decades, such as unassigned seating, remote work, hoteling, etc., severed people from place so much so that the workplace, and the design of it, are not relevant anymore?

Speaker(s): Laurie Goodman, Erik Lucken, Jessica Wan

Topics: Emerging Trends, Workplace Design, Workplace Strategy

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Navigating the New Global Order: the Fight for Talent Learning Experience Otter
  In an era of new working behaviours, as companies try to position themselves as employers of choice, this session will take real experiences from around the world to connect macro and micro changes in a tight talent market.

Speaker(s): Guy Douetil, Javier Gomez, Bernadette Gyurkovics, Florijn Vriend, Nicolaas Waaning

Topics: Employee Engagement, Hybrid Model, Talent

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Net Zero is a Team Sport: Harnessing Internal Support for Success Learning Experience Griffioen
  Achieving your net zero goals can't be done in a silo – you need to reach across your entire organization, and it's important to focus on where you can make the most impact.

Speaker(s): Harris Karim, Helena Ohlsson Skjeld

Topics: Energy Management, Facilities Management, Partnering, Sustainability

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Neurodiversity and Workplace Inclusion Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  This session’s experts will present a compelling business case for ensuring neurodiverse people can thrive in the workplace and what role the physical workplace plays in doing so.

Speaker(s): Susannah Burock, Kay Sargent, Leslie Thompson

Topics: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Wellness, Workplace Design

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Well-being as a Cornerstone of ESG Strategy and Reporting Learning Experience Esperance
  The session will discuss how to measure health and well-being effectively, as well as future directions and alignment with sustainability reporting.

Speaker(s): Filip Elland, Whitney Gray, PhD, Despina Katsikakis

Topics: Benchmarking, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Sustainability

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Networking Lunch Networking Grand Ballroom
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Beyond Disruption: Intentional Reinvention for Hybrid Work Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  There has been a rapid advancement of new autonomous technology, the emergence of the sharing economy and the fall of siloed space. And there is a renewed desire to better enable people to live and work in optimum conditions.

Speaker(s): Chris Bunker, Alison Kilby, Tim Oldman, Gordon Wright

Topics: Future of Work, Hybrid Model, Workplace Design

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Build Back Better: Resilience in the Built Environment Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  CRE needs prepare for future disruptions, and in order to thrive in a VUCA world, 'resilience' will be crucial to steer through turbulent times, where multiple forces at work make the road ahead challenging.

Speaker(s): Marie Puybaraud, Jeffrey Saunders, Richa Walia, Cees van der Spek

Topics: Corporate Real Estate, Resiliency, Risk Management

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CANCELED-Changing (Y)OUR SPACE: How Will Corporate Real Estate be Shaped by the Pandemic Experience? Learning Experience Esperance
  This session will cut through the hyperbole of the 'future of the office/ workplace’ debate to focus on practical challenges and opportunities facing CRE practitioners over the next 3-5 years.

Speaker(s): Tim Armstrong, Philip Cohen, Alison Rankin

Topics: Corporate Real Estate, Emerging Trends, Leadership & Management

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Putting it Together – a Conversation on Place, People, and Technology Learning Experience Griffioen
  Join this insightful conversation with our general session speakers, where they will go further in-depth into the issues that they are most passionate about.

Speaker(s): Hannah Barham-Brown, PhD, David Engwicht, Anne-Marie Imafidon, PhD

Topics: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Technology & the Built Environment, Workplace

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Returning to Office - Aligning Experience Data to Operational Investment Learning Experience Heian I
  As a CRE leader, how do you know what will really work, and where to invest? Learn how to replace conjecture with an evidence-based, data-driven approach to align employee workplace experience with operational investments.

Speaker(s): Bryan Berthold, MCR, Paul Casey, QPCR, Despina Katsikakis

Topics: Return to Office, Technology & the Built Environment, Workplace

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Networking Break Networking Foyer Amstel/Okura
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Cracking the Code on Risk: Leveraging Analytics to Uncover Risks of Critical Facilities Outages Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  This facilitated discussion will look at how CBRE leverages technology, data, and thought leadership to identify trends, and opportunities, and drive actions to significantly reduce risk in data centers worldwide.

Speaker(s): Kevin Emery, Sonia Gulati, Romain Tranchant, Steve Williamson

Topics: Partnering, Risk Management, Technology & Data Management

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Gen Z and the Lure of the Office Learning Experience Griffioen
  Contrary to popular belief, younger generations have indicated a preference to be in the office. How can the office and office experience become a recruitment tool for future generations?

Speaker(s): Stuart Finnie, Lisa Venhaus, Cas Verdonk, Rowan de Bruin

Topics: Demographics, Leadership & Management, Organizational Composition, Talent

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Global Occupancy Benchmarks: Insights into The Great Return to the Office Learning Experience Esperance
  How is “The Great Return to Office” playing out around the globe? Researchers found that employees are now using offices very differently from how they have been used in the past.

Speaker(s): Eldar Gizzatov, PhD, Anjali Grover, David Mirmelli, MCR

Topics: Future of Work, Hybrid Model, Technology & the Built Environment

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Hotelification: Demonstrating a Higher Standard for Employees Learning Experience Heian I
  If businesses want to preserve company culture and incentivize employees to come back to the office, leaders must create offices that demonstrate higher standards, deliver a better user experience, and are safe for employees.

Speaker(s): Kirsty Angerer, Bert Depiere

Topics: Future of Work, Strategy and Leadership, Wellness, Workplace Strategy

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Leadership in CRE: Engage, Evolve, Accelerate Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  Gain insight on navigating change as we emerge from COVID, and understand how CRE leaders are engaging, evolving strategies, and accelerating for future success now.

Speaker(s): JanJaap Boogaard, Corin Greenhow, Andrew Hallissey, Beverley Hampshire, Kilian Keller

Topics: Employee Engagement, Leadership & Management, Portfolio Management, Workplace

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CoreNet Global Hackathon on Hybrid Work Learning Experience Otter
  Join this exciting, shark tank style competition where teams will work to solve a “problem” on Hybrid Work! Attendees wishing to participate will be placed in small teams onsite at the Summit. Don’t miss out!

Speaker(s): Sophie Schuller, Gerda Stelpstra

Topics: Corporate Real Estate, Emerging Trends, Hybrid Model

4:15 PM – 4:35 PM Future Workplace Trends - How Environments and Design can Strengthen Great Work Experiences Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  This session will look at overall megatrends and stats that focus on people and places, employees' vs. employers' needs and priorities, as well as how to create a culture of belonging and inclusion.

Speaker(s): Ulla Riber

Topics: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Employee Engagement, Hybrid Model, Workplace Culture, Workplace Design, Workplace Strategy

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM Agility: Based on Smart Solutions and Behavioural Change Learning Experience Griffioen
  Arup’s new workplace was designed before the pandemic as an extension of their HQ, and a bold move was made in 2020 to redefine the space as an unallocated collaboration and innovation hub, armed with key smart technology.

Speaker(s): Mark Cohen, Natalie Smith

Topics: Future of Work, Smart Buildings, Technology & the Built Environment, Workplace Strategy

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM How Microsoft Captures the Spirit of a Region Through Office Design Learning Experience Esperance
  Microsoft has embarked on a worldwide initiative to design workplaces that let the employees and customers know instantly where they are, while still maintaining the Microsoft footprint.

Speaker(s): Emma Ogazuma

Topics: Workplace, Workplace Design, Workplace Strategy

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM The Resilient Workplace: Inclusivity at the Forefront Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  Understand how organizations already focused on hybrid working and employee wellbeing are responding to the 'great burnout,’ and how to measure the success of hybrid and wellbeing programs in improving DEI strategies.

Speaker(s): Jane Clay, Anne Sofie Fedders, Dafna Harel Sasson, James Lawrence

Topics: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Wellness, Workplace Strategy

4:40 PM – 5:00 PM Flexibility Now, Flexibility Forever: Supporting More Equitable Work Experiences for Everyone Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  While expectations for flexibility among workers remain high, work from home has not worked as well for everyone, and this experiment has begun revealing inequities that had previously gone unseen.

Speaker(s): Oliver Baxter

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 20th Anniversary Networking Event Strand Zuid
  CoreNet Global is celebrating 20 years as THE association for corporate real estate. Raise a glass to this platinum anniversary! Applaud the developing face of corporate real estate and network with your friends and peers.
8:30 PM – 12:00 AM Private Events Networking Off Property - Wednesday

Thursday, 15 September

Time Title Type Streaming Location Location
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Networking Coffee & Tea Networking Foyer Okura & Amstel
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM Registration & Information Open Registration & Information Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM Exhibits Open Networking Foyer Amstel/Okura
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Breaking New Ground Between Owners and Occupiers in the Race to Net Zero Learning Experience Heian I
  This panel will discuss the early findings of the owner & occupier engagement work emerging out of ULI’s C Change programme, a multi-year strategic programme to fast track the decarbonisation of the built environment.

Speaker(s): Maureen Ehrenberg, Ronen Journo, SLCR, Michelle Marwood, Brenna O'Roarty, PhD, Jill Skidmore, Mike Sollars, Guus Zwagemakers, Lisette van Doorn

Topics: Climate Change, Strategy and Leadership, Sustainability

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Is Now the Time to Reduce Your Real Estate Footprint? Learning Experience Griffioen
  Is now the time to reduce your real estate footprint? With hybrid working arguably the way of the future, is now the time to decrease our office footprint? Employers sure believe so.

Speaker(s): Jeroen Lubbers, Lawrence Mohiuddine, Daaf Serné, SLCR, Cees van der Spek

Topics: Portfolio Management, Technology & the Built Environment, Workplace, Workplace Design

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM The Metaverse: What Does it Mean for Corporate Real Estate? Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  Understand what the Metaverse is, what the impact on the corporate real estate profession will be, and how this new technology can aid in the digital transformation of the organization.

Speaker(s): James Morris-Manuel

Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Trends, Technology & the Built Environment

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM The Tale of a Tenant, a Landlord, and London’s Henrietta House Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  A look at the partnership forged between CBRE, the tenant, and Lazari, the landlord, to create the office of today and tomorrow - Henrietta House in London.

Speaker(s): Melvyn Hale, Andy Monighan, Kate Smith, Matt Wilderspin

Topics: Negotiation, Partnering, Workplace

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Networking Break Networking Foyer Okura & Amstel
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Centring the Client Organisation in Global Account Management Practice Learning Experience Griffioen
  Focus will be on factors organizations should consider when structuring, implementing, or evaluating Global Account Management partnerships – Compatibility, Competency, Corporate Governance, and Commercial Outcomes.

Speaker(s): Mark Forret, Katherine Williams

Topics: Facilities Management, Governance, Outsourcing

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Digital Twins: How Virtual Building Information Models Can Revolutionize CRE Strategy Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  NASA coined the term 'digital twin' in 2002 to describe the virtual representation of a physical structure. For CRE leaders, digital twins are an attainable innovation that can play a pivotal role in shaping CRE strategy.

Speaker(s): Susan Clarke, Nick Stefanidakis

Topics: Emerging Trends, Innovation, Smart Buildings, Technology & the Built Environment

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM The Borderless Workplace: Driving Flexibility and Cohesive Culture Across Geographies Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  The key to accommodating a complex workforce and building a unified culture is understanding how to drive flexibility. Empowering teams and employees to make responsible decisions around work settings can help.

Speaker(s): Rebecca Humphrey, Leyre Octavio de Toledo, Surabhi Raman

Topics: Employee Engagement, HR/IT (IRIS), Technology & Data Management, Workplace Culture

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Young Leaders From around the World: Key Perspectives on Attracting & Retaining Emerging Talent Learning Experience Esperance
  CoreNet Global Young Leader members from global chapters will discuss how to attract & retain talent through the lens of different cultural norms and regional perspectives, focusing on 4 key themes.

Speaker(s): Cheryl Craven, QPCR, Rebecca Hansson, Patrick Lange, Harriet Wiseman

Topics: Corporate Real Estate, Talent, Workplace Strategy

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CoreNet Global Hackathon on Hybrid Work Learning Experience Otter
  Join this exciting, shark tank style competition where teams will work to solve a “problem” on Hybrid Work! Attendees wishing to participate will be placed in small teams onsite at the Summit. Don’t miss out!

Speaker(s): Sophie Schuller, Gerda Stelpstra

Topics: Corporate Real Estate, Emerging Trends, Hybrid Model

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Delivering Future-ready Workspaces in a Volatile Market Learning Experience Esperance
  This session will explore trends across major global regions, assessing how the demand landscape is shifting, how the construction sector is responding, and how build costs compare.

Speaker(s): Michelle Marwood, Oliver Molloy

Topics: Construction, Emerging Trends, Market Conditions, Workplace

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Meeting the Agile Challenge – Has the Flex Market Reached an Inflection Point? Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  As CRE executives face increasing complexity internally and externally, there is a heightened focus on where the flex market can move from being a reactionary real estate solution to a core component of portfolio strategy.

Speaker(s): Tim Hamilton, Ronen Journo, SLCR, Belinda Norman-Walker, Craig Robinson

Topics: Collaboration, Hybrid Model, Portfolio Management

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Twice the experience with half the space Learning Experience Heian I
  The discussion will focus on the key business drivers the strategy to shift to a flexible workplace model, the impact on supplier relationships, and enhanced emphasis on workplace experience while reducing footprint.

Speaker(s): Rakesh Kishan, Scott Spanton

Topics: Collaboration, Emerging Markets, Flex Work, Hybrid Model, Portfolio Management, Strategy and Leadership, Workplace

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Workplace Insights: The How and Why of Workplace Preferences Learning Experience Meerman I & II
  The focus is shifting from performance metrics to user centric metrics, and from space and desks to people. The power of workplace data is in connecting trends about the space, it’s users, and workspace quality.

Speaker(s): Sabine Ehm, MCR

Topics: Benchmarking, Data Analytics, Performance Management

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Networking Lunch Networking Grand Ballroom
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Decentralization of Manufacturing and Distribution: New Re-shoring Opportunities for Europe? Learning Experience Esperance
  International companies are increasingly developing and implementing resilient manufacturing and distribution footprints as an answer to a constant flow of supply chain disruptions. Learn more about the whys and the how’s.

Speaker(s): René Buck, Kai Drinda, MCR, Egemen Tumturk

Topics: Geopolitics, Location Strategies, Manufacturing & Industrial, Supply Chain

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Inclusive workplaces: CRE plays a key role in delivering on corporate DEI goals Learning Experience Heian II & Witte Leeuw
  Shell aims to become one of the most diverse and inclusive companies in the world and their real estate team is embracing the challenge by creating spaces that empower experiences.

Speaker(s): Ed Payongayong, Kimberly Sauvageau, Guzman de Yarza Blache, PhD

Topics: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Future of Work, Workplace

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM STOP - Take it Apart. Re-examining the Foundations of How we Work Learning Experience Griffioen
  This session will demonstrate how putting a pause on the post-pandemic rebuilding process and instead challenging foundations is recommended in order to have a successful workplace experience strategy.

Speaker(s): Caroline Court, Chelsea Perino

Topics: Change Management, Future of Work, Workplace Culture

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Tools, Tech, and Temperature Learning Experience Heian I
  When considering drivers for return to the office, we must also consider the detractors. Making the office more accommodating than home, making it frictionless, and ensuring ease of use, will have impact in the long term.

Speaker(s): Nicole Domineau, Adam Green, Michael Kuerschner

Topics: Employee Engagement, Technology & Data Management, Workplace Strategy

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM Closing General Session - Look Back to Look Ahead General Session Grand Ballroom
  It’s never been more important to look ahead, while also learning from the past. If the previous two years have taught us anything, it’s “be prepared,” because the world might change at the drop of a pin.

Speaker(s): Richard Van Hooijdonk

Topics: Emerging Trends, Future of Work

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM Closing Cocktail Reception Networking Foyer Okura & Amstel
  Wrap up your Summit experience and exchange contact information with new connections. Exchange ideas and session highlights.