Attention Corporate Members

Workshops & Knowledge Sharing

With a focus on core corporate real estate business practice areas, workshop sessions blend targeted professional development with world-class knowledge sharing.

Programs covering the following core CRE topics are actively being planned: C-suite Issues; Facilities Management; Global CRE Operations; Lease Administration; Outsourcing Models; Site Selection; Supply Chain and Logistics Support; and Transactions Management.

Sessions currently being planned include:

• Labour Trends in the U.K. and E.U. - Learn How to Find the Data to Make Decisions Post-Brexit

• Supply Chain and Corporate Real Estate
• Transitioning Through Brexit Into Growth

Opening General Session

Current State of Trade & Investment

Keynote Speaker:
Baron Mark Price
Former Minister of State for Trade & Investment

Dubbed “one of the nation’s favourite businessmen” by the Independent, Lord Mark Price joined the UK government as the Minister of State for Trade and Investment at the invitation of David Cameron in April 2016. He was made a life peer in February 2016 to become The Lord Price CVO and Baron Price of Sturminster Newton. Mark was reappointed by Theresa May to her post-Referendum Government, with specific responsibility for negotiating the UKs future trade deals.

Mark began his career at The John Lewis Partnership as a Graduate Trainee and remained with the company for 33 years.

Thursday Afternoon

The Owners' Perspective - A Panel Discussion

Moderator: 
Rob Hall
Partner, Cushman & Wakefield

Panelists: 
Andy Gulliford
COO, SEGRO
Paul Weston
Regional Head, Prologis UK

More details coming soon.

Thursday Before Lunch

How I Rob Banks

Keynote Speaker:
Mr. F. C.
CEO, Ethical Hacker, Social Engineer

FC is a well-known ethical hacker and social engineer. As an ethical social engineer, FC “breaks into” hundreds of banks, offices and government facilities in the UK and Europe. His work demonstrates weaknesses in physical, personnel and digital controls assists organisations to improve their security. He is motivated by a drive to make individuals, organisations and countries more secure and better-able to defend themselves from malicious attack.

Closing General Session

Understanding the Future

Keynote Speaker: 
Magnus Lindkvist
Futurologist and Lecturer within Business Intelligence and Trends

Magnus Lindkvist is a trendspotting futurologist and author who weaves together important current trends to forecast what life, society and business might look like in the future. His recent book Minifesto (2016) tells us why small ideas matter in the world of grand narratives. By sharing a vision of the future we can strive to surround ourselves with as many strange, conflicting ideas that we can in order to immerse ourselves in future possibilities and possible futures.