WORKTECH12 MELBOURNE

MKDC Directors, Melanie Marshall & Kath Kusinski recently attended the Worktech 12  Conference held in Melbourne. In attendance were a cross section of professionals comprising Property & Construction, Government, Education, Architecture, Interior Design  and Project Management.

The Conference brought together many schools of thought on current and future workplace environments. Speakers included leading industry professionals such as:

• Gerry Taylor, Creative Director, Orangebox
• Riccardo Rizzi, Head of Sustainability, ISIS
• Rosemary Hitchcock, Project Director, The GPT Group
• James Andrew, Regional Executive/General Manager for Global WorkPlace Solutions

Conference speaker, Philip Ross (Futurologist & CEO, Cordless Group & UNWORK) particularly sparked MKDC’s interest with his concept of the ‘thin’ workplace. This concept is based on a work environment where wireless technologies and file storage systems like the ‘Cloud’ is freeing up space in an office and allowing greater flexibility within the space. This office slimming approach is suggested to result with cost savings up to 30% while simultaneously providing a workplace better configured for emerging  work styles.

Check out more of Phillips ideas and his teams continual research on ‘The Future of Work’.

As further food for thought we also suggest you take a look at Global WorkPlace Solutions.