Olympia, London is about to host to four shows within the working buildings sector. On October 10 and 11, 2012 Building Services – The CIBSE Conference & Exhibition, Energy Solutions 2012, The FM Event and the inaugural Global Security Summit London will welcome exhibitors, visitors and delegates from across the facilities management, energy management, building services and security industries.
More than 150 hours of free-to-attend CPD and CPE accredited education sessions will run across all four events; The CPD Theatre in Building Services – The CIBSE Conference & Exhibition, The Energy Academy and Renewables Theatre at Energy Solutions, The FM Academy within The FM Event, and new for this year, the Global Security Summit London Seminar Theatre will all host conference standard seminars and panel discussions.
The free-to-attend educational content include a speech from Lord Sebastian Coe KBE at The Energy Academy on Wednesday 10 October at 3.30pm. Lord Coe will address the audience on the challenges he has faced throughout his career, specifically his role as part of a leadership team managing high-profile projects with huge sustainability targets. He will also discuss how he motivates change in mindset and behaviour to achieve project goals, at the end of his session Lord Coe will host a brief Q&A.
Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor for London for Business and Enterprise, will be delivering an address on the Mayor’s Apprenticeships Campaign in the Global Security Summit London Seminar Theatre on Thursday, October 11, at 10.10am. Mr Malthouse will set out how City Hall has led on a campaign with London’s employers which has seen the number of apprenticeships in London double, highlighting the value that apprenticeships can bring to business and the importance of encouraging more small-medium sized employers to build apprenticeships into their workforce.
This year over 320 companies will be exhibiting across the four shows. Running alongside the co-located shows will be the annual CIBSE Conference, welcoming over 40 speakers.
The Working Buildings Series is supported by industry bodies including the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), The Carbon Trust, The UK Green Building Council, British Institute for Facilities Management (BIFM), Facilities Management Association (FMA), British Security Industry Association (BSIA), Security Institute and the International Professional Security Association (IPSA), among others.
