Teleconferences
The World Congress will be preceded by five teleconferences designed to allow Delegates to explore key issues and get acquainted with each other well advance of the event itself. Each teleconference, open only to registered Delegates, will focus on a single area of interest and feature one or more world-class experts who will engage with the Delegates in a one-hour conversation about the important questions we will be exploring together.
Details on the individual teleconferences will be posted here as they become available.
Each teleconference lasts one hour, from Noon to 1 PM Eastern (US) Standard Time:
Thursday, February 17
Bruno Bottarelli, Marquette Companies and the Town Builders Collaborative, on New Economy Towns
Bruno Bottarelli is the Director of the Town Builders Collaborative and a Managing Director of the Marquette Companies representing institutional investors nationally. He is an innovator who is known for developing strategic alliances and partnerships that integrate community building, economic development, and place-making principles to better fulfill changing societal needs. An architect by profession, Bruno has designed and developed more than $1 billion of diverse real estate properties.
We will engage with Bruno in an open conversation about the interactions among people, technology, and community as these factors influence the development of healthy, sustainable "New Economy" towns.
Thursday, March 3
Steve Panse, Herman Miller, on The New Office Landscape
To increase the quality and frequency of innovation, organizations want more mind share among their employees; they are searching for ways to build and take advantage of social and intellectual capital. In response, the New Office Landscape is a way of conceiving and planning offices that balance numerous, and more diverse public and group areas with optimized individual spaces. The point is to offer people choice and variety in where they can work, meet, converse, and simply bump into each other. Individual spaces, though small, are more functional, user-controlled, and re-designed to focus on work alone. The watchwords for New Office Landscape are choice, variety, and human connection.
Our special guest for this conversation will be Steve Panse of Herman Miller. Steve is a Program Manager for Herman Miller’s Concept Development group. In addition to leading the design and development of physical solutions for the New Office Landscape program, he is also responsible for developing the business model that will allow Herman Miller to provide solutions for and bring value to a customer segment that is adjacent to Herman Miller’s core business.
Thursday, March 17
Robert Morgan, Spherion, on Managing the Emergent Workforce
Thursday, March 31
Tony DiRomualdo, NextGeneration Consulting, on Becoming a Next Generation Company
Thursday, April 14
Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware, Work Design Collaborative, on Looking Ahead to the World Congress
Tuesday, April 26
Pre-conference Workshops - 9:00am - 4:00pm
Welcome Reception - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday, April 27
Registration & Breakfast - 8:00am
World Congress - Day 1 Begins - 8:30am
Light Reception - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
No Host Group Dinners
Thursday, April 28
Breakfast - 7:30am
World Congress - Day 2 Begins - 8:00am
Farewell Luncheon -12:30pm
Tour of GSA Site - 3:00pm
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