Fringe Events
The conference will also be host to a variety of fringe events running alongside the main event. These have been created to provide more interactive and provocative discussion linked to the conference themes, and will be presented in a less formal environment and format.
Fringe themes to date:
Site Visit
Conference delegates will have the opportunity to visit the Palace of Westminster at 4pm on Tuesday 13th April. On the site of the Houses of Parliament is the Palace of Westminster, a royal palace and former residence of kings. The layout of the Palace is intricate, with its existing buildings containing nearly 1,200 rooms, 100 staircases and well over 3 kilometres (2 miles) of passages. Among the original historic buildings is Westminster Hall, used nowadays for major public ceremonial events.
If you are interested in registering for this complimentary tour, you will need to pre-book a place as numbers are limited. You will need to take 2 forms of ID with you (i.e. driving licence and passport).
Only delegates who have pre-registered will be able to take advantage of this tour.
To register please call 08701 632804.
BIFM Hub
"Developing your skills and gaining recognition - how BIFM can help" - staff from BIFM will be available to discuss our new qualifications and member grades.
If you:
- Are looking to enhance your career prospects
- Need to develop your own or your team's skills and knowledge
- Are wishing to gain recognition in the FM Industry
- Are looking to improve your marketability
Then this session could help. Drop in, meet members of staff and find out how we can support you.
Wipe Out Waste
Facilitated by Karen Ford, Founder of Footprint Friends.Social Media
Working Smarter with social media and web2.0 in Facilities Management and across the Built Environment.
Martin Brown and Paul Wilkinson, Co-Founders of be2camp will facilitate a barcamp style session on the use of social media and Web2.0 in the built environment and FM.
Intro to social media and web2, its scope, reach, effectiveness and pitfalls.
- Presentation Q/A sessions on scope, use and power of using social media and web2
Social Media Applications
- Show case for be2camp partners and applications
- Demonstration of social media applications designed by and for FM / built environment use
Live Be2camp
- An introduction to an alternative form of conferencing - 'barcamp' or 'unconferencing' where delegates are the participants.
- Delegates are invited to post requests for areas they would like to know about, or would like to share before the session, on line or on the day, we will organise say three concurrent sessions based on biggest request themes.
Discussions may continue to an evening tweetup - we will keep you posted!
Pecha Kucha
'There is no place for an intelligent client unit in the post recession world', facilitated by David Millar, International SIG.
Presentations from:
Oliver Jones, Partner, EC Harris
Lionel Prodgers, Director, Agents4FM
Nick O'Donnell, Head of Global Real Estate and FM, FT
Dr Alexi Marmott, Director of AMA and Professor of Facility and Environmental Management, UCL
Corporate Social Responsibility: a growing trend in large and small organizations.
As the “voice of social obligations” what CSR goals can FM align to? Which goals are red-flags for FMs? We will explore what CSR is all about, the varying pulls in strategic planning, and how to protect FM operating goals from overzealous CSR plans!
Facilitated by Anthony Zuniga, Operations and Maintenance Manager, Interamerican Development Bank.
Sustainability In FM
Sustainability in FM is a website that shares the knowledge and experience of FM's in their practice to implement sustainability in their working environment. The website shares good practice case studies, all reviewed by a Steering Group comprised of experts in the industry, as well as articles and links ranging across an academically research-based sustainability framework.
Facilitated by Roberto Valle, Research Associate at the British Institute of Facilities Management.
