Main Programme

BIFM Conference 2010 Speakers

Day 1 Tuesday 13th April

09.00 Registration and Coffee
09.30 Welcome Address
Chairman of BIFM
09.40 Chairman's Introduction
Sarah Montague, Broadcast Journalist and Presenter of the Today Programme
09.50 Opening Keynote The Hugh Channon Memorial Lecture - The Changing World
Will Hutton, Executive Vice Chair, The Work Foundation
How is the world changing and how do we overcome the challenges for business and employment in the wake of the recession
10.30 Refreshment Break
11.00 The Role of Business in our Community
Anna Leach, Senior Economist, Economic and Fiscal Policy, CBI
11.45 Five Parallel Sessions (for full details please go to the Parallel Sessions agenda page)
  • Following Madonna : A lesson for changing times
  • Developing sustainable FM in an uncertain world
  • Workplace law: A case study in compliance
  • Financial control of facilities across large complex estates
  • Governmental strategy to galvanise the FM industry: the lifeblood
12.30 Fringe Session A Wipe Out Waste, facilitated by Karen Ford, Founder of Footprint Friends (for full details please go to the Fringe Sessions agenda page)
   
12.45 Lunch
   
14.00 Committing to Carbon Reduction
Eugenie Harvey, Director, & Duncan Clark, Business Partnerships Manager, 10/10
14.00 Fringe Session B Pecha Kucha Debate: There is no place for an intelligent client unit in the post recession world, facilitated by David Millar, International SIG
(for full details please go to the Fringe Sessions agenda page)
14.50 Six Parallel Sessions (for full details please go to the Parallel Sessions agenda page)
  • Delivering the Future: Making Strategy Happen
  • The investment case for reduction in building energy consumption
  • Standards based solution to addressing social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable development
  • Social Factors and their impact on FM: changes to the workplace, work force and supply chain
  • Commercial Removals
  • Working across boundaries – the FM challenges in an advancing world
15.30 Refreshment Break
16.00 Long Finance: The Economics Of The Long-Term    
Michael Mainelli, Executive Chairman, Z/Yen Group Ltd
16.45 Panel: Private v Public Procurement
Speaker tbc
16.45 Fringe Session C Social Media, facilitated by Martin Brown and Paul Wilkinson, Co-Founders of be2camp
(for full details please go to the Fringe Sessions agenda page)
17.30 Close of Day 1
   
  Gala Dinner at Gibson Hall  -  dress code business attire
   

Day 2 Wednesday 14th April

09.00 Coffee
09.30 Welcome Remarks from the Chair
Sarah Montague, Broadcast Journalist and Presenter of the Today Programme
09.40 Commnuity Cohesion and Diversion
Oona King, Head of Diversity, Channel 4
10.20 Technology: Evolution and Revolution
Philip Ross , CEO, Cordless Group
10.20 Fringe Session D CSR and FM: Same Goals, facilitated by Anthony Zuniga, Operations and Maintenance Manager, Interamerican Development Bank
(for full details please go to the Fringe Sessions agenda page)
11.00 Refreshment Break
11.30 Five Parallel Sessions (for full details please go to the Parallel Sessions agenda page)
  • Following Madonna : A lesson for changing times
  • Developing sustainable FM in an uncertain world
  • Workplace law: A case study in compliance
  • Financial control of facilities across large complex estates
  • Governmental strategy to galvanise the FM industry: the lifeblood
   
12.30 Lunch
   
13.45 The Impact of Managing Legacy Infrastructure
Speaker tbc
13.45 Fringe Session E Sustainability in FM
(for full details please go to the Fringe Sessions agenda page)
14.25 The Future of the Professions
Andy Friedman, Director, Professional Associations Research Network (PARN)
15.05 Refreshment Break
15.30 Five Parallel Sessions (for full details please go to the Parallel Sessions agenda page)
  • Delivering the Future: Making Strategy Happen
  • The investment case for reduction in building energy consumption
  • Standards based solution to addressing social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable development
  • The application of lean thinking in FM
  • Social Factors and their impact on FM: changes to the workplace, work force and supply chain
16.15 Closing Keynote: Inner and Outer Challenges
'The Peak of Achievement" Sir Chris Bonington , Mountaineer
Using stunning visuals and computer animations, Chris will talk us through his expeditions, making the links between what he does so successfully on the mountain with business today. You will be inspired, thrilled and ready to climb your own Everest.
17.30 Conference Closes
   

Parallel Sessions

These sessions will be interspersed with the main plenary and will enable delegates to choose from more specific sessions on the conference themes in relation to the world of FM.

Full details can be found by clicking here.