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Future of Work & Workspace Summit

  • 18th – 19th May 2017
  • Spain flag Spain Barcelona
  • Hotel Novotel Barcelona City Avenida Diagonal 201, 08018

This premier B2B event will enable participants to learn about the latest developments in Workplace Design and the new ways we work.

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About

Are you prepared for rapidly changing technologies, an evolving workforce, and shifting corporate values in your workspace? Traditional employment and workplace models are being replaced with next-generation design concepts and technology in order to foster higher levels of engagement, collaboration and creativity. This Summit will be focusing on the latest trends in office design, on new ways of working and the most up-to-date experiences in collaboration with IT, design, HR and real estate experts.

Vonlanthen Group of Companies invites you to discuss and debate this problematic new era and to meet these challenges in a dialogue amongst top professionals in this cross-industry.

Who Should Attend

CEOs / Presidents / MDs, CCOs/CMOs/CDOs, Chief Executives, Directors, Vice Presidents, Department Heads, Leaders and Managers specialising in:

  • Company Real Estate
  • Workplace
  • Information & Knowledge Management
  • Communications
  • User Experience
  • Strategy and Discovery
  • Infrastructure
  • Change Implementation
  • Smart Devices
  • Research
  • New Product Development
  • Employee Experience
  • Organisational Psychology
  • HR
  • Facilities
  • Digital
  • IT
  • Change Management
  • Mobility Solutions
  • Planning
  • Technology Integration
  • Engagement
  • Health and Work Environment
  • Office Design
  • Artificial Intelligence

Key Practical Learning Points

  • Designing the offices of the future
  • Applying psychology-based knowledge to office design
  • Employee wellbeing & health in relation to office design
  • Maximising the digital workplace
  • Employee journeys and stories
  • Incorporating the consumer mind-set into HR solutions
  • The workplace as an experience to inspire employees
  • Bots allowing knowledge workers to work even smarter
  • Driving collaboration between employees with communication technologies
  • Flexible work: Beam yourself into the office with roaming robots
  • Being on top of technology shifts to avoid job scarcity
  • New compensation and rewards programs that meets the needs of millennials

FRANK WAMMES

Chief Technology Officer

Capgemini

Frank began his career in 1996 as an SAP consultant within Capgemini, from which he switched to the role of project manager and later account manager. His passion for technology brought him into early experiments with sensor tech­nology. Frank was one of the driving forces behind the RFID experience center, which Capgemini set-up at the Vanderlande premesis in collaboration with NXP, SAP, Vanderlande and Intel. From 2007, Frank managed one of the SAP practices in the Netherlands, and later took the responsibility for the entire Capgemini SAP business in the Netherlands, thereby also joining Capgemini’s global SAP leader­ship team. At this time, Frank also became board member of the Dutch SAP User Association (VNSG), the third largest SAP user group in the world, a position he still holds today. In 2012, Frank took over the BIM practice in the Netherlands, consisting of the data management, business intelligence and online business of Capgemini. Thereby also joining the global BIM leadership team. In January 2015, Frank was appointed as CTO for Capgemini application services for continental Europe. He holds an MBA from the Nimbas-Bradford University.

PETER GITZ

EMEAR Leader Workforce Experience

Cisco

As the EMEAR workforce experience leader at Cisco, Peter Gitz is responsible for helping customers connect the dots between their business strategy and the prac­tical application of digital technologies to improve their business results. Peter and his team understand that digital transformation starts with the workforce experi­ence. When you create better experiences for your employees, they will be more engaged, deliver better service to their customers, and your business performance will improve. By partnering with customers, Peter helps them understand the op­portunities and designs a digital transformation journey that effectively integrates technological innovation, space design, and policy/process changes to build a bet­ter employee experience leading to a more engaged workforce. Next to that, given that real estate and facility services represent one of the largest overheads for the majority of organisations, there is the potential for astronomical cost-savings by organisations right-sizing their portfolios.

Dave Millner, UK

Executive Consulting Partner, IBM Talent Management Solutions

IBM

For the past 16 years, Dave has been responsible for establishing, leading, and providing thought leadership in the HR space; all revolving around a range of solutions that have complemented and supported the wide range of assessment, development, and online talent management based approaches that IBM has developed. Dave has worked directly with a variety of different organisations across the globe offering a range of senior assessment and development programs, executive coaching and organisationally based performance, employee engagement, and capability-based solutions across the financial services, hospitality, healthcare, retail, engineering, logistics, utilities, and public sector.

All his project work has revolved around global and multi-national based organisations where transformational and strategic based interventions have supported executive stakeholders need for change and performance improvement. He is well known in the HR social media circles through the sharing and curating of key learning materials and articles through @HRCurator.

He has been referenced as being one of the ‘Most Influential People’ on Twitter in the subject areas of HR, people/HR analytics, Future of Work, and organisational development. He has also been recognised as the Number 1 Global Brand on Twitter relating to the Future of Work subject matter.

ANNA LINDÉN

VP, Operational Management & Chief of Staff

Nokia

Anna Lindén is an experienced professional with almost twenty years of experi­ence in diverse roles working in the technology industry. Her current interests and focus are on efficient management and creating a good employee experience; and through these, excellent results for the company. At Nokia, Anna has led business transformation, communications, technology centers, resourcing and restructur­ing, mode of operation and organisational development; in very large units glob­ally, creating share, and stakeholder value with results and consistent execution. Anna has successfully managed change in both growing and declining businesses, and has been involved in large acquisitions, mergers, and integration programs. Anna also has long experience in a chief of staff role for a senior executive; and in managing the operations of a large global function, along with communications to the executive board, boards of directors, investors, and customers.

JESUS ROBLES

Core Technology & Cloud Director

Oracle

Jesus Robles is the director of cloud platform data management at Oracle EMEA. He is responsible for GTM strategy and business development of Oracle’s Cloud technology, helping customers in their journey to the Cloud. For the past several years, Jesus has been responsible for business development of the Oracle’s flag­ship product, Oracle Database, for mission critical applications in strategic cus­tomers. Jesus has been with Oracle since 2001, holding various technical and pre-sales positions. Prior to joining Oracle, he worked as a product manager for Meta4, a world-class global HCM provider, managing the complete employee life cycle, from payroll and personnel administration to global talent management. Jesus has a bachelor degree in computer sciences (mathematics) from the Com­plutense University of Madrid.

WERONIKA NIEMCZYK

HR Director

Expedia, Inc.

Weronika Niemczyk is a commercially focused HR professional with over 12 years’ experience across different industries. Weronika graduated in psychology and got her MBA degree in Poland where she started her career working for a global manufacturing organisation, Flextronics, in many different generalist roles and as part of the global HRBP function. After Flextronics, Weronika took on an HRBP role within Google and worked there for 6 years moving between HR generalist func­tions and L&D – leading learning strategy for global sales organisation. In October 2015 Weronika moved to Expedia and took on a Head of HR role for a global Expedia brand – Expedia Affiliate Network where she’s responsible for all people processes and people strategy.

Patrice Duboé, FR

Innovation Vice President Global Architects Leader CTO Office

Capgemini

Patrice Duboé has been working in innovation & technology for more than 20 years in multicultural environments. He is now innovation vice president within the CTO office of Capgemini and leading the global architects’ community gathering more than 4500 business & technology experts in over 40 countries. He has been train­ing & coaching enterprise architects & technology experts for Capgemini & global clients over the last 20 years. Highly involved in innovation & digital transformation programs, he is committed to leveraging technology innovation as a business value key for global customers. He is thus expanding the Capgemini innovation ecosys­tem through global partners and emerging startups to deliver business, technology and digital solutions that fit clients’ needs, enabling them to achieve innovation and competitiveness. He is passionate about sustainable innovation, internet of everything and smart energy.

MARIE-PIERRE MAILLOUX

Director Total Compensation

CGI

With more than 15 years of experience, Marie-Pierre is an HR professional with in-depth knowledge of total rewards. She has gained her experience mainly work­ing within multinational organisations such as, Cognos/IBM, Nespresso/Nestle and presently with CGI. Marie-Pierre has developed her expertise mostly in total re­wards but has also worked as a senior human resources business partner in the financial sector. Her main accomplishments are in the design and implementation of a global salary review tool; the development of a global salary structure in 20 countries; as well as the creation of an HR analytics department. Marie-Pierre is a French Canadian, born in Montreal, and has worked in diverse locations across the country. She is now an expatriate in London, UK acting as the CGI UK total rewards director. Being a dynamic, innovative and creative young professional, she is passionate about the engagement of the Millennial workforce.

ALJOSA PASIC

Technology Transfer Director

Atos

Aljosa Pasic current position is technology transfer director at Atos Research & In­novation (ARI), based in Madrid, Spain. He graduated in information technology at Electro Technical Faculty of Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and has been working for Capgemini (Utrecht, The Netherlands) until the end of 1998. In 1999, he moved to Sema Group (now part of Atos) where he occupied different positions. During this period he was participating in more than 50 international projects, mainly related to the areas of information security, collaborative working environments, and e-government.

TOM PLUG

Lead HR Strategy & Innovation

KPN

Tom Plug fell in love with HR, as he likes to put it, in the late nineties when he was a field manager for the Dutch IT company, Pink Elephant. Since then, he has held several HR roles like manager recruitment and HR manager, both in profit and not-for-profit organisations. For the past ten years, he’s been working for KPN, the largest telecom and IT service provider in the Netherlands. He was their first lead HR strategy & innovation in 2015. In that role, he initiated and further developed the organisation’s strategic HR program Future of Work, a more effective alterna­tive for the classic sustainable employability approach. What drives Tom is creating an employment relationship that is maximally aligned with the heart and soul and the ambitions of the organisation. He believes that it’s only then that people can and will make the difference, flourish and be successful in this challenging world.

ELVIRA MUÑOZ

Director of Interior Design

AECOM

Elvira Muñoz joined DEGW (now, Strategy Plus, a strategic business practice with­in AECOM) in 1998, and has been leading the consultancy and design team since 2000. With her recent client, Telefonica, she was responsible for the consolidation of five business units involving the move of more than 12,000 employees to a new 150.000 m2 campus. While working with Garrigues, the largest law office in Europe with more than 1,000 lawyers, she managed the consultancy and interior design services for the new headquarters. She is currently leading projects for Cisco Systems in Madrid, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Google. Elvira Muñoz has been actively involved in the development and implementation of ‘New Ways of Working,’ and also been part of the international team for the European Commis­sion supported research project “SANE”: Sustainable Accommodation for the New Economy, which explores the implications of the distributed workplace. For the last four years she has worked directly with the Secretary General of Universi­ties of the Spanish Ministry of Education to develop, ‘Social Spaces for Learning,’ demonstrating that interstitial and unprogrammed spaces for meeting are crucial in the university learning experience.

STEVE HENIGAN

Principal Workplace Consultancy

Perkins+Will

Steve co-leads the global consulting team at Perkins+Will. With over 15 years’ experience in cost, business and workplace consultancy roles he works for clients on a global scale to align their workplace experience to their business, cultural and regional requirements. Developing workplace strategies and change manage­ment programmes, Steve has helped organisations implement positive change across America, EMEA and APAC. He holds a first class honours degree in quantity surveying and subsequently completed an MBA at the University of Reading. In addition, he is a chartered surveyor (MRICS) and a certified PROSCI change man­agement practitioner. Steve is the current vice chair of the UK Corenet Workplace Group and regularly presents at various workplace and facilities management events for organisations such as the RICS, BIFM and Corenet. He was awarded a luminaire award by the later for his presentation at the 2013 global summit with Saracens RFC exploring the lessons from professional sport that can be applied to the workplace. He has a keen interest in research and has published a number of papers/articles exploring the relationship between the workplace, productivity and profitability.

VICTOR BALABAN

WorkSpace Responsible in Engineering/Technology

Siemens

Originally born in Republic of Moldova, Victor worked in several countries with dif­ferent cultures and norms, such as Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Romania, Moldova and Denmark. Depending on the country and depending on the company size (and focus) Victor confronted different workspace norms and a vast range of incentives that were valued in a different way depending on both, the company and the employee. He is currently the workspace responsible in engineering/technology at Siemens Wind Power, where he administrates site collections and their content in accordance to workspace operational rules, improves the usage and collaboration mindset related to workspace, and contributes to platform upgrades and cross-functional improvement projects initiated by the business. Victor holds a master’s degree in technology based business development from Aarhus Universitet.

Richard Copland, UK

Co-Founder

The Future Shapers

Richard Copland has a strong portfolio career. He is a founder of The Future Shapers: A global network of thought-leaders, innovation practitioners, business leaders, academics and speakers who have come together with the aim of help­ing businesses and other organisations to shape and create innovative futures. He is a corporate entrepreneur and active member of across all stages of the UK and European innovation ecosystem, including Innovate UK, Office of Government Science, think tanks, investment syndicates, and industry forums. Over twenty years of international corporate experience in technology and finance sectors, he brings a proven track record in business creation and innovation, winning and closing complex contacts, client management, project turnaround, strong people management and communication skills. He is the former innovation and emerging technology director for CGI UK. He operates at the CxO level advising, leading, and commercialising multi-million dollar technology service new business ven­tures. He operates across all sectors and is currently bringing to life a digital bank using mobile technologies and a next generation process robotics solution. Prior to joining CGI, Richard has worked in academia in Australia and UK, designed financial reporting service centres for Barclays, as well as working in the consumer electronics and gaming industries with Sony and Nintendo.

FRANK WAMMES

Chief Technology Officer

Capgemini

PETER GITZ

EMEAR Leader Workforce Experience

Cisco

Dave Millner, UK

Executive Consulting Partner, IBM Talent Management Solutions

IBM

ANNA LINDÉN

VP, Operational Management & Chief of Staff

Nokia

JESUS ROBLES

Core Technology & Cloud Director

Oracle

WERONIKA NIEMCZYK

HR Director

Expedia, Inc.

Patrice Duboé, FR

Innovation Vice President Global Architects Leader CTO Office

Capgemini

MARIE-PIERRE MAILLOUX

Director Total Compensation

CGI

ALJOSA PASIC

Technology Transfer Director

Atos

TOM PLUG

Lead HR Strategy & Innovation

KPN

ELVIRA MUÑOZ

Director of Interior Design

AECOM

STEVE HENIGAN

Principal Workplace Consultancy

Perkins+Will

VICTOR BALABAN

WorkSpace Responsible in Engineering/Technology

Siemens

Richard Copland, UK

Co-Founder

The Future Shapers

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