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Chaired by Richard Kauntze, Chief Executive, British Council for Offices our speakers were:

Jonathan Porritt, Forum for the Future

The Workplace and the environment. . .changing the way we live and work (opens in new window)
Jonathan explains the challenges ahead and the changes in behaviour needed to tackle them.

Charlie Brown, UK Corporate Environment Manager, IKEA

Case study – Low price, but not at any price. . .IKEA and the environment (presentation to follow)
Charlie shares the many initiatives that IKEA are involved in to make their business one of the most sustainable on the planet. Download Charlie Brown’s recommended SToP (Sustainable Travel Planning) Toolbox here (opens in new window)

Claire Arnold, Head of Workspace, Royal Bank of Scotland

Case study – Making Advanced Working happen at scale (opens in new window)
Claire shares RBS’s Property Strategy and explains how RBS are deploying Advanced Working on a grand scale.
http://www.workplacetv.com/video/advanced-working-at-rbs/

Roger Bootle, Chief Executive, Capital Economics

Property in Business – a Waste of Space? How things look now (opens in new window)
Roger sets out the opportunities open to the UK economy from better space use and compares performance in 2008 with the report undertaken for RICS in 2002.

Predictions for the UK economy and the link to property
http://www.workplacetv.com/video/predictions-for-the-uk-economy-and-the-link-to-property/

Improving property performance through new ways of working
http://www.workplacetv.com/video/improving-property-performance-through-new-ways-of-working/

Terry Arnold, Project Manager, Morgan Stanley Technology

Case study – The Leaders Story – using pilots to break the mold (opens in new window)
Chris shares his experiences of leading his IT teams into Flexible Working at Morgan Stanley’s offices at Canary Wharf. http://www.workplacetv.com/video/morgan-stanleys-lessons-from-their-flexdesk-pilot/

Nicholas Willis, EMEA Programme Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Douglas Lowrie, EMEA Workspace Manager, Mircrosoft Corporation

Case study – Microsoft, taking ‘advantage’ of the workplace (presentation to follow)
Nick and Douglas share their thinking behind Microsoft’s Workplace Advantage programme and how it is benefiting the IT giant. http://www.workplacetv.com/video/turning-the-workplace-to-microsofts-advantage/
 

To see the full list of forthcoming BCO events click here