World Workplace Conference Highlights People And Technology Challenges For Facilities Executives

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Executive Summary

Verdantix shares its takeaways from the recent IFMA- and RICS-organised conference in Barcelona which brought together facility managers as well as executives from the facilities services and technology sectors. The theme of the conference was ‘a people business in the digital world’ and distinctly forward-looking. The conference highlighted the challenges property managers must face up as they aim to deliver workplaces that support a new generation of worker expectations.
World Workplace Conference Highlights People And Technology Challenges For Facilities Executives
Figure 1. Understanding The Need For HR And Property Management To Work More Closely Together

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Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder

Rodolphe co-founded Verdantix in 2008. As Chief Product Officer, he leads the firm’s research strategy and intellectual agenda. With over 20 years of experience in techn...

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