The Shape of Things to Come

A highlight of this year's Every Building Conference & Expo, presented by BOMA International in Seattle June 24-26, will be a session on the coming shape of the office environment. Moderated by BETTER BUILDINGS content director John Salustri, the session is entitled Real Estate 2020, the Shape of Things to Come. It will bring together leaders in real estate, architecture and technology to explore how the changes in the economy, emerging technology, sustainability and quality-of-life factors will impact the shape of our office environments in the years ahead. The panelists will discuss the evolution of workplaces; how the needs of corporate end-users are changing; how ongoing technological advancements impact—for better or worse—the interaction of people and places; what will define high-performance space; and in a post-terrorist world, what is the outlook for protection of our people and our places. The panelists are: Ronald W. Cook, AVP, Support and International Real Estate, for AT&T in Dallas; Gordon Feller, director, Urban Innovations Internet Business Solutions Group for Cisco in San Jose, CA; Andrew R. Friedman, managing director, Capital Transactions for Shorenstein in San Francisco; and Karen H. Thomas, managing director for Gensler in Seattle. BOMA president and COO Henry H. Chamberlain will follow up with the State of the Industry address. For a complete roster of events, please click: http://www.boma.org/events