Dedicated to improving workplace outcomes
The most valuable resource of any business is its people.
The most expensive physical asset is usually real estate - places.
Workplace technology is at the heart of every large, medium and most small businesses across the world. Whether it's a building management system, wayfinding, HVAC control, a meeting room, showroom, boardroom, a foyer, atrium or training space - workplace technology is there. From video walls to video conferencing, from digital signage to wayfinding and everything in between, the technology in workplaces defines what's possible.
Balancing priorities, solving problems and finding inspiration to improve workplace outcomes is a constant, evolving challenge. That's what The Workplace Forum is here for - to help workplace leaders lead.
The Workplace Forum exists to bring business decision makers together, to discuss and learn from each other. To understand what the pressing challenges, solutions and opportunities are in the world of workplace delivery.
Whether it's CRE policy, AI, return-to-work or hybrid work strategy, experiential or multi-use spaces, procurement, security, sustainability or a host of other challenges, the knowledge share among Workplace Forum leaders will prove invaluable to all.
Forum discussions, workshops and thought leadership will either validate or challenge member's workplace technology and design strategy. Either way there's value in learning from peers, and then taking that challenge or validation back to senior leadership or delivery teams.
The Workplace Forum is for C- or Director-level business leaders, who have a mandate far wider than 'CRE', 'AV' or 'IT'. This is a place for leaders to share challenges, plans and thoughts on overall workplace collaboration, from start to finish. From CRE and workplace design strategy, through procurement, implementation and management, to measurement and success tracking.
The Workplace Forum is a half-day round-table meeting and networking, every quarter. The topics to be discussed are surveyed, workshopped, agreed and communicated in advance.
The format is unlike the usual CRE, IT or AV industry meeting. Forum members sit at the one table, discussing their challenges and priorities.
Each member is expected to give their input, sharing their own experience of the topic at hand. The discussion points and shared wisdom are then collated into an easily-shared set of anonymised notes, with an executive summary.
The Workplace Forum operates under the Chatham House Rule - meaning the collective wisdom and any individual learning becomes available to the gathered membership, but no individual or organisation will be identified.
An example of the Chatham House Rule in operation: Forum member ACME Ltd. recently ran a proof of concept across their European offices using new workplace software, integrated with existing meeting room solutions. The ACME workplace leader shares their findings, learnings and opinion of the software, the POC process, how staff reacted, the perceived benefits in time / efficiency etc, and what they would do differently next time.
The gathered Forum members are free to reference the data and opinions presented in their own internal discussions and strategy evolution, but not ACME Ltd or the leader's name.
If a member is not able to attend, the findings of the meeting will be shared in a minute document afterward, for reference.
Members are encouraged to connect with their Forum peers one-to-one, to share knowledge & experience directly. The collective member wisdom is the true value of The Workplace Forum.
The Workplace Forum - like any organisation generating value for its members - requires staff to provide leadership and management, and events require funding.
Membership is by invitation, and is free to members.
The Forum will invite strategic global workplace collaboration stakeholders - manufacturers, platforms, and other industry bodies - to become Forum Partners. Partners will invest and participate as observers under strict NDA, sending their own C- or Director-level executives to sit alongside the Members in the conversations, lending their insight as appropriate.
The ratio of Partners to Members will be carefully managed, to ensure the member voice is always the most-represented and heard in the room.
Partners will not 'present' to Members, unless invited to do so and then on a specific topic where they have knowledge to share. The opportunity to participate in The Workplace Forum is a privilege that Partners will find highly valuable in challenging, validating and fine-tuning their own product strategies.
London, late February 2026
1-5pm + networking
Location TBC
Agenda:
1pm-1:30 Light lunch and networking introductions
1:30 - 4:30 Interactive workshops and discussion with coffee break
4:30 - 6pm Drinks & networking