FM DIARY INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 2-4 April | IFMA Facility Fusion conference & expo A high-level facilities management education, leadership training, industry-specific best-practice, and all-inclusive expo. Venue: JW Marriott, Los Angeles, United States Contact: www.ifmafacilityfusion.org 15 – 17 May | BCO Conference A full programme of plenary sessions, seminars, tours and social events, including talks on: changing culture to maximise value; innovation in austerity; survival of the fittest: lessons from other countries; and building information modelling (BIM). Venue: Hotel Meliá Castilla, Madrid, Spain Contact: www.bcoconference.org.uk 27 June | World FM Day 2013 A global FM initiative to celebrate the importance of the FM profession, raising the industry’s profile worldwide. This will be the fifth annual World FM Day. Visit the FM World website for last year’s highlights Venue: Various global events. Contact: www.globalfm.org 2-4 October | IFMA World Workplace conference & expo The largest annual conference for FM. Exhibitors, discussions and networking. Venue: Philadelphia, US Contact: www.worldworkplace.org INDUSTRY EVENTS 12 February | Workplace Futures: strategic partnership – securing the future for FM The seventh annual conference looks at how FM theory and practice can be taken to the next level. How can FM stop thinking about service delivery in the old tried and tested ways and start thinking in terms of true alignment with business objectives and real customer experience? Venue: The Crystal, Royal Victoria Docks, London Contact: www.workplace-futures.co.uk 5-7 March | Ecobuild 2013 This is the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built www.fm-world.co.uk
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environment. It has 57,956 visiting professionals and leading companies, including BT, Carillion, Crossrail and Tesco. Venue: ExCeL, London Contact: Email gary.williams@ ubm.com or visit www.ecobuild.co.uk 8-9 May | Green Build Expo Green Build Expo focuses primarily on professionals working in the volume housing and non-domestic building sectors. It is also known as the biggest sustainable building and refurbishment event in the northern parts of the UK. Green Build Expo has expanded its focus to wider construction sectors, which include hotel and leisure, retail and offices, as energy saving and refurbishment have impacts on these areas, too. Venue: Manchester Central Convention Complex Contact: www.greenbuildexpo.co.uk 14-16 May | Facilities Show Organised in association with the British Institute of Facilities Management, the Facilities Show has established itself as the leading meeting place for the industry. Free education and CPD content, with hundreds of suppliers and exhibitors in this three-day event. Venue: NEC, Birmingham Contact: www.facilitiesshow.com 10 June | ThinkFM 2013 The leadership challenge. ThinkFM is a day of learning, debate, interaction and networking, brought to you in association with Workplace Law. Delegates will take away new ideas to make a difference to their organisations. Venue: Royal College of Physicians Contact: gary.williams@ubm.com or visit www.thinkfm.com 24-25 June | 33rd Facilities Management Forum In this ever-changing environment, all companies need to source sustainable FM services, products and solution providers that offer the best value for money. At the forum, you can find them quickly and efficiently. This event is specifically organised for FM directors and managers who are directly involved in the procurement of FM services. Venue: Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire
Contact: Robert Wye at r.wye@forumevents.co.uk or call 01992 374 100 14 October | BIFM Awards 2013 The BIFM Awards is the most influential networking event within the UK’s FM calendar and gives national recognition to the leaders in our profession. The BIFM Awards are designed to highlight the key role it plays in the success of public and private sector organisations. The awards ceremony brings together the leaders of the sector with the winners, finalists and high-profile guest presenters. Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London Contact: communications@bifm. org.uk or call 0845 058 1356
identified, with information on how to structure them into a flexible and responsive framework and how this framework needs to be adapted for multi-tenant premises. Learning will involve a case study of a well-executed golden hour. Venue: TBC Contact: mkenny@fesfm.co.uk SOUTH REGION 31 January | Project management case study – Astellas An interactive session, presentation and tour of Astellas’ new UK HQ. Venue: Astellas, 2000 Hillswood Drive, Chertsey, KT16 0RS Contact: To register, email ann@echo-marketing.co.uk SOUTH WEST REGION
LONDON REGION 5 February | Getting the most from your BIFM membership In association with Xenon Facilities Management Training. An induction evening, detailing the benefits of BIFM membership. Speakers include Gareth Tancred and Ismena Clout. Claire Akin, David Millar, Simon Grinter and Julie Kortens will be discussing special interest groups. Venue: Olswang LLP, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX Contact: To register, email erik.williams@masternaut.com SCOTLAND REGION 31 January | Prestige building tour and presentation Forth Valley Royal Hospital became fully operational in July 2011. The £300 million facility is one of the best-equipped hospitals in Europe. Serco will present its view on what it takes to run the FM services in the hospital, which will be followed by a tour. Venue: Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Road, Larbert, FK5 4WR Contact: mkenny@fesfm.co.uk 23 April | Critical activities for incident management – the ‘golden hour’ The people and logistics issues of a workplace crisis begin to emerge immediately. The actions of the incident management team during the ‘golden hour’ that immediately follows an incident influences everything that is to come. In this seminar, the critical aspects of the golden hour will be
15 March | QTD – churn, office removals and relocation Speakers to be confirmed, followed by an afternoon interactive workshop. Venue: Bristol Hilton Hotel Contact: beth.goodyear@ fmhsconsulting.co.uk 14 June | QTD – employment law and people management Confirmed speakers so far include Liz Kentish, Tony Cooper from ACAS and Alan Bradshaw, who specialises in Stress Management. Venue: Bristol Hilton Hotel Contact: Email Nick Fox at foxer11@hotmail.co.uk BIFM SIG EVENTS 19 February | Sustainability SIG – tour of Siemens Crystal building Site visit of the Crystal, which opened in September 2012. The visit consists of a behindthe-scenes tour, explaining its operation in practice. Sponsored by Assurity Consulting and Sodexo. Venue: The Crystal, Royal Victoria Docks, London Contact: Lucy Black at lucy@ bigpondconsulting.com 28 February | Volunteering Following the success of the Olympics and Paralympics, this event looks at volunteering, covering the experiences of some of the gamesmakers. Includes an overview of being a BIFM volunteer, outlining possible volunteering opportunities. Venue: TBC – central London Contact: simonaspinall@c22.co.uk FM WORLD | 31 JANUARY 2013 | 37
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