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WW - Work Culture Festival: Generation Z, Keynote: Yaël Meier, Photo: © IBA

Generation Z: Talking to the young instead of on them

Over the next ten years, 30% more workers will retire than will enter the labour market. At the same time, Generation Z is emerging as the target group with the highest spending power. This means that the younger generation knows its value and demands its price. But what do they value?  

Entrepreneur, actress and Gen Z representative Yaël Meier gave the audience an insight into the world of Generation Z (the future) in her keynote speech. She revealed what motivates the next generation of employees, what they value and why not everything commonly attributed to Generation Z is necessarily bad. Most importantly, Yaël Meier provided practical tips on how to recruit, motivate and retain the younger generation. And she had a message for all those who are in positions of leadership: young people want to take on responsibility.

A detailed summary of this exciting keynote will be available in the IIBA Forum Newsroom from June 2025.


Photo: © IBA

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We had four days of high quality events! Short summaries of talks, panels, workshops and interactive exhibits will be posted here step by step. Just click on!

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Cawa Younosi

The Lack of Skilled Workers: The Hidden Opportunities for Employees, Companies and Society

Frauke von Polier in dialogue with Michael Trautmann

Navigating Transformation: Exploring Purpose, HXM and Leadership as the Key Navigators [Dialogue]

Ralf Rangnick in dialogue Thorsten Giersch

Leadership and Team: Everyone Has to Take Responsibility [Dialogue]

A. Strub, V. Hilgenstock, T.F. Schäfer

Flagship store office? Why it is important to make brands tangible both internally and externally

Uli Blum

The Power of Data: How AI Transforms Workplace Design

W. Aisslinger, C. Bacchus, D. Kulen, J. Steere

Energizing the Workplace: Is Hospitality Key? [Panel]

Volker Widdra, Alexandra Saisnith

70% Back to Office Quota: Voluntarily!

Lara Milerski, Monika Lepel

Lessons Learned: GIZ Campus Bonn – A Dialogue Between Planning and Use [Panel]

Birgit Gebhardt, Felix Dibelka

The Office as a Learning Space: New Work Always Means Reskilling

Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

personalmagazin panel: New working environments for the work of tomorrow

Tobias Baur, Katrin Mercsanits, Michael Wiebelt

Corporate Development and Corporate Space: The Courage to Shape the Future Positively

Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Vaughn Tan

Embracing Uncertainty: Designing Teams and Businesses to do Innovation Work

Valeria Segovia

Future Office: Inside-Out

M. Mali, U. Blum, V. Segovia, V. Tan, R. Thiemann

Identity Crisis: Should the Office Accommodate Everybody? [Panel]

Fabian Kienbaum, Michael Trautmann

Creating Instead of Administering: Courageous Leadership in the New World of Work

Yaël Meier

Generation Z: Talking to the young instead of on them

Yaël Meier, Oskar and Michael Trautmann

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER

Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

Offices for People: Successful Work Environments from the Perspective of HR and the Organisation

Amelie Marie Fischer, Ann Sophie Lauterbach

The Workplace of Tomorrow: Participatory and Evidence-based Office Design

D. Winzer, S. Ayoub, D. Reicherts, M. Jung

Corporate box packing: Between New Ways of Working and Efficient Relocation Management

Axinia Braunisch, Robert Polgar

Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow: Science in Transition

Christian Nocke

Room Acoustics: Underestimated and Often Forgotten

Fabian Ulitzka @ König + Neurath

AI and Work Culture – Risk or Opportunity?

VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

David Borst @ König + Neurath

How we will live and work in the future

Karim Rashid @ Nowy Styl and Kusch+Co

Bound to relations feat. Karim Rashid

D. Kretz, N. Schneider @ König + Neurath

Create. Work. Space. – The way to the new world of work

24 October 2024

Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work. Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, © IBA
Oct 24 11:45
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 24 10:00
Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: REISS: Art meets Innovation
Oct 24 14:00
Volker Widdra, Alexandra Saisnith

70% Back to Office Quota: Voluntarily!

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Panel combine Consulting - Haspa, Foto: © IBA
Team Oct 24 10:00
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

Offices for People: Successful Work Environments from the Perspective of HR and the Organisation

WW-Work Culture Festival, Drees & Sommer: Offices for people, Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 24 10:00
Cawa Younosi

The Lack of Skilled Workers: The Hidden Opportunities for Employees, Companies and Society

WW - Work Culture Festival. Cawa Younosi in conversation with Wolfram Sauer. Photo: IBA
Team Oct 24 10:00
Vaughn Tan

Embracing Uncertainty: Designing Teams and Businesses to do Innovation Work

WW - Work Culture Festival. Learning from Chefs. Photo: © IBA
Impact Oct 24 10:00
Frauke von Polier in dialogue with Michael Trautmann

Navigating Transformation: Exploring Purpose, HXM and Leadership as the Key Navigators [Dialogue]

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival 2024, Frauke von Polier and Michael Trautmann © IBA
Team Oct 24 10:45
Valeria Segovia

Future Office: Inside-Out

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Keynote: Valeria Segovia, Host: Tracey Ingram
Impact Oct 24 10:45
Lara Milerski, Monika Lepel

Lessons Learned: GIZ Campus Bonn – A Dialogue Between Planning and Use [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival: GIZ Campus Bonn,  © IBA
Team Oct 24 10:45
Amelie Marie Fischer, Ann Sophie Lauterbach

The Workplace of Tomorrow: Participatory and Evidence-based Office Design

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Workplace of tomorrow
Team Oct 24 10:45
Fabian Ulitzka @ König + Neurath

AI and Work Culture – Risk or Opportunity?

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 24 11:00
Ralf Rangnick in dialogue Thorsten Giersch

Leadership and Team: Everyone Has to Take Responsibility [Dialogue]

WW - Work Culture Festival. In conversation: Ralf Rangnick
Team Oct 24 11:30
Birgit Gebhardt, Felix Dibelka

The Office as a Learning Space: New Work Always Means Reskilling

WW - Work Culture Festival 2024: Dr Felix Dibelka und Birgit Gebhardt, Photo: ©IBA
Team Oct 24 11:30
D. Winzer, S. Ayoub, D. Reicherts, M. Jung

Corporate box packing: Between New Ways of Working and Efficient Relocation Management

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival, Photo: © IBA
Impact Oct 24 11:30
M. Mali, U. Blum, V. Segovia, V. Tan, R. Thiemann

Identity Crisis: Should the Office Accommodate Everybody? [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Identity Crisis. Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 24 11:30
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 24 13:00
A. Strub, V. Hilgenstock, T.F. Schäfer

Flagship store office? Why it is important to make brands tangible both internally and externally

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Public Administration, @ IBA
Team Oct 24 14:00
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

personalmagazin panel: New working environments for the work of tomorrow

WW-Work Culture Festival, Panel Personalmagazin, © IBA
Team Oct 24 14:00
David Borst @ König + Neurath

How we will live and work in the future

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 24 14:00
Axinia Braunisch, Robert Polgar

Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow: Science in Transition

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Axinia Braunisch and Dr. Robert Polgar, Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow (Credit: Leibniz Gemeinschaft)
Team Oct 24 14:00
Fabian Kienbaum, Michael Trautmann

Creating Instead of Administering: Courageous Leadership in the New World of Work

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Fabian Kienbaum | Michael Trautmann, © IBA
Team Oct 24 14:00
Yaël Meier

Generation Z: Talking to the young instead of on them

WW - Work Culture Festival: Generation Z, Keynote: Yaël Meier, Photo: © IBA
Team Oct 24 14:45
Uli Blum

The Power of Data: How AI Transforms Workplace Design

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Uli Blum
Impact Oct 24 14:45
Tobias Baur, Katrin Mercsanits, Michael Wiebelt

Corporate Development and Corporate Space: The Courage to Shape the Future Positively

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Unternehmensentwicklung und Unternehmensraum, Vortrag von M.O.O.CON, © IBA
Impact Oct 24 14:45
Christian Nocke

Room Acoustics: Underestimated and Often Forgotten

Raumakustik - WW-Work Culture Festival - Dr. Christian Nocke, Photo: © IBA
Life Oct 24 14:45
Karim Rashid @ Nowy Styl and Kusch+Co

Bound to relations feat. Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid @ ORGATEC 2024, © IBA
Oct 24 15:00
D. Kretz, N. Schneider @ König + Neurath

Create. Work. Space. – The way to the new world of work

and took away the audience's fear of the future.
Oct 24 15:30
Yaël Meier, Oskar and Michael Trautmann

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER, Michael und Oskar Trautmann, Yaël Meier
Team Oct 24 15:30
W. Aisslinger, C. Bacchus, D. Kulen, J. Steere

Energizing the Workplace: Is Hospitality Key? [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Energizing the Workplace. Foto: © IBA
Team Oct 24 15:30
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