IIDEX Canada takes place this Wednesday November 30th and Thursday December 1st at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in downtown Toronto. With the Workplace of the Future and Health and Wellness being the hottest topics in the workplace right now, we’ve selected the events and seminars you can’t miss this at this year’s Canadian National Design + Architecture Expo and Conference.
Workplace of the Future
Today vs Tomorrow: How Future Trends are Disrupting Business-As-Usual in the Workplace
Gensler’s 2016 Workplace survey touched on top industry issues like choice in the workplace and it’s impact on work aspects like innovation. Learn more from Gensler’s practitioners Annie Bergeron and Kevin Katigbak who have experience working with tech and media as well as fortune 500 clients to bring them the latest in the workplace design and strategy.
The seminar will discuss the results of 2016 Workplace Survey to establish the current baseline state of the Workplace, and what future trends the results point to.
Date: Thursday December 1st
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Price: $50
CEU: 0.1
Disruptive Evolution: The Rise of the FinTech Workplace
FinTech has disrupted banking, but how has the change the way that traditional banks work translated into the workplace. A team from Interior Architects, Including Beverly Horri, Managing Director of IA Toronto will discuss how FinTech firms are focusing on activity based design, supporting agile collaboration methodologies, and providing a curated user experience. ScotiaBank’s Digital Factory will be highlighted as a real life example of how these changes are being manifested at a modern office.
Date: Thursday December 1st
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Price: $50
CEU: 0.1
The Cisco Toronto Innovation Centre Tour
As one of only 9 in the world and the first in North America – don’t miss this opportunity to take a look at the cisco innovation centre tour. William MacGowan is the Director, Smart Building Digitization for Cisco’s Industry Transformation Business Division in Canada will lead both sessions.
Date: Thursday December 1st and Friday, December 2nd
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM (Thurs) and 8:30 – 9:30 AM (Fri)
Location: Cisco Innovation Centre
Price: $35
CEU: 0.1
WELLness Watch
National Summit On Wellness
IIDEX Notes that the summit will look at the WELL Building Standard and the holistic approach to design and the importance of collaboration for healthier built environments. It will provide an overview of the benchmarking approached used as well as challenges and solutions to benchmarking wellness is residential and commercial settings.
Date: Thursday, December 1st
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: 205 D
Price: $140
CEU: 0.3
TD Office Wellness Tour
To wrap up your day of WELLness in the built environment, don’t miss the tour of TD23 – the world’s first project certified under v1 of the WELL Building Standard.
Date: Thursday, December 1st
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Location: TD Centre
Price: $35
CEU: 0.2
