What will life be like in 2020 for the UK economy, people and organisations? How should organisations be developing over the next 10 years to make sure they are prepared for life in 2020? What are the implications for work, the workplace and workplace management?
These are all questions we’ll be asking through our programme of Investigation Sessions over the next 12 months.
Our team of carefully selected expert contributors from the fields of economics, demographics, technology, business, work and workplace will provide their insights and views on the world in 2020 as a focal point for in depth discussion. We’ll be using all these inputs to engage leaders at the sharp end of today’s business in a dialogue to draw conclusions about pragmatic preparations for success.
Session 1: 28th April 2010: 17.00 - 19.00 GMT: World trade in 2020… workplace impact:
A macro-economic, demographic and social context for the UK and its position in the world and impact on work and workplace.
Speakers:
Graeme Leach, Chief Economist, Institute of Directors,
Mark Wood, Deputy Chairman Paternoster, (previously CEO Prudential UK).
Session 2: 1st July 2010: 08.00-10.00 GMT: Driving to a sustainable future:
The drive to improve sustainability, and what this will mean for organisations, work and life by 2020?
Speakers:
Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the Future,
Zahl Limbuwala, CEO of Romonet and Chairman of the Computer Society's Data Centre Special Interest Group.
Session 3: 22nd September 08.00-10.00 GMT: Information Technology developments and implications for organisations and society:
What does 2020 hold for the internet, virtual worlds, social networking, video and hardware, implications for CO2 and the way we work and live.
Speakers:
Leon Benjamin one of the UK's experts on Social Software,
Ian Hughes, epredator, a leading consultant on virtual worlds.
Session 4: 30th November 2010: 17.00-19.00 GMT: Work in 2020: How will people and organisations work in 2020.
How will organisations take advantage of 2020 technology? What demographic pressures will they have to cope with? Will CO2 play a part in the way people and organisations work?
Speakers:
Will Hutton, The Work Foundation*,
David Smith, Chief Executive Global Futures and Foresight
Session 5: 8th February 2011: 17.00-19.00: The Workplace in 2020:
Building in sessions 1,2 and 3 we'll explore what work and the workplace could look like in 2020 and the implications and new capabilities needed by organisations for sustained success.
Speakers:
Wes McGregor, Director, Advanced Workplace Associates
Dr Craig Knight, Managing Director, Prism
Session 6: 6th April 2011: 08.00-10.00: Managing the transition to the future:
We'll draw together the findings from earlier sessions to create a cohesive vision for 2020, explore the necessary steps to make the transition, and examine ways to overcome the inevitable barriers to change.
Speakers:
Professor Rob Briner, Birkbeck College,
Andrew Mawson, Managing Director, Advanced Workplace Associates Ltd
'The 2020 select committee': Ian Fielder, CEO of BIFM, Paul Harrington, President Corenet Global UK, Richard Kauntze, CEO, the British Council for Offices and Ian Ryder, Deputy CEO of the British Computer Society
Audience: The sessions will be attended by specially invited business leaders (COO’s, Heads of Real Estate, Facilities Management and IT) from the UK’s largest white collar office based organisations.
Workplace TV: Forums will be recorded by Workplace TV and made available to a global audience on the Internet.
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