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WW - Work Culture Festival. Identity Crisis. Foto: © Matthijs van Roon

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

As organizations increasingly recognize that office dynamics have permanently shifted, they focus on how the office can meet employees’ diverse needs. The traditional one-size-fits-all workplace must evolve into an agile, flexible environment that adapts to the changing demands of the workforce. Can the office be transformed into a compelling destination where a diverse range of workers can thrive? And what will the implications be for remote work?

Moderated by: Robert Thiemann

[Language: English]


Photo: © Matthijs van Roon

Life, Team and Impact – exploring the world of work together from three perspectives. For anyone who wants to be part of shaping the future.

Tracks

Sophie Kleber

Harnessing AI: How Intelligent Ambiences Can Boost Productivity and Wellbeing at Work

WW - Work Culture Festival 2024: Sophie Kleber, Photo: @IBA
Life Oct 22 14:00
David Hillmer

Workshop: Thinking with your hands – Understanding the future of work with Lego® Serious Play®

WW - Work Culture Festival, Lego® Serious Play®, Credit: David Hillmer
Team Oct 22 14:45
Susanne Brandherm, Sabine Krumrey

Lifestyle Office: The place-to-be in transition

WW - Work Culture Festival: Susanne Brandherm, Sabine Krumrey, © Patrick Lipke
Life Oct 22 11:30
Daniela Heine, Andreas Stieglbauer

Public Administration: New Workplace Concepts on the Test Bench in Metropolitan Regions

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Die öffentliche Verwaltung, @ Drees & Sommer, © gradyreese – gettyimages | Drees & Sommer
Life Oct 22 10:45
Birgit Gebhardt, Clemens Wasner

Knowledge on Demand: How Will AI Change How (and Where) We Work?

WW - Work Culture Festival. Knowledge on demand. Birgit Gebhardt and Clemens Wasner, Photo with illustrations by Signorinah
Impact Oct 22 15:30
Maarten Jamin

The Future of Work is Shared: What’s Next for Co-working

Keynote Maarten Jamin, bs;bp, beim ersten WW - Work Culture Festival
Impact Oct 22 11:30
H. Grempe, P. Bachmann, H. Steinbacher, Tobias Wilker

Developing the 2034 Office Concept: The Impact of AI and Technology

Developing the 2034 Office Concept @ WW - Work Culture Festival, © Laura Thiesbrummel, combine Consulting
Impact Oct 22 11:30
Thomas Breyer-Mayländer

Work Culture: Corporate Culture as a Success Factor in the Transformation Process

WW - Work Culture Festival. Transformation Processes. Photo: ©Pekic/iStock
Team Oct 22 14:45
Marie Stafford

Emotioneering the Workplace: How to Bring Joy, Magic and Wonder to the Office

WW - Work Culture Festival. Marie Stafford
Life Oct 22 15:30
T. Bisping, L. Kennedy, E. Eberhard, M. Jung

Employee retention: Between commitment and payment

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Impact Oct 22 14:00
Georgis Tesfamariam @ König + Neurath

‘New Spaces’ as Enablers on the Way to New Working Environments

© König + Neurath
Oct 22 14:00
Bernd Fels

From NewWork to NewRegion: New Ways to Organize Office Work

Bernd Fels @ WW - Work Culture Festival, © Bernd Fels
Impact Oct 22 14:00
Christian Beinke, Erkan Karakoç

Rethinking Workspaces: Strategic Advantages Due to Clever Interior Design

WW - Work Culture Festival: Speech Dark Horse, Photo: Dark Horse
Impact Oct 22 10:45
Oliver Mack, Michael Zgoll

Future Workspace Technologies: What’s Next?

WW - Work Culture Festival: Future Workspace Technologies with Oliver Mack and Michael Zgoll
Impact Oct 22 14:00
Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: REISS: Art meets Innovation
Oct 22 12:30
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, Bild: ©IBA
Oct 22 11:15
Bernd Hufnagl

Purposeful Thinking: How We Can Live and Work Better in a Digital World

Dr Bernd Hufnagl in the IBA Forum interview at the Work Culture Festival 2024, ©IBA
Impact Oct 22 10:45
Georg Frech @ König + Neurath

Employer Attractiveness and Work Culture – Recognise, Evaluate and Develop!

© König + Neurath
Oct 22 15:30
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 22 10:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 22 10:00
Claude Dutson

Engineering Serendipity: Collaboration and Creativity in the Architecture of Silicon Valley

Claude Dutson - Work Culture Festival 2024, ©IBA
Team Oct 22 10:45
Carolina Meseguer Girbés @ König + Neurath

Design for Tomorrow’s World of Work: Innovation Through Co-operation

© König + Neurath
Oct 22 11:00
Sascha Lobo

Digitisation in the World of Work: Germany Needs an AI Boost

WW - Work Culture Festival: Sascha Lobo, ©IBA | Leading Minds
Impact Oct 22 11:30
Stephan Grünewald, Micheal Trautmann

Psychology of a Society Troubled by Uncertainty: The New Logic of Work

Impact Oct 22 14:45
Alexander Fehre

The Future Workplace: From Office to Living Space

WW - Work Culture Festival. Workplace of the Future by Alexander Fehre. Photo: IBA
Life Oct 22 14:45
Tobias Revell

Redefining Work: Five Stories from a Distant Future

WW - Work Culture Festival. Redefining Work: Five Scenarios for a Distant Future. Photo: IBA
Impact Oct 22 10:00
Andreas Loroch, Thorsten Heilig, Wolfram Sauer

Decision AI: How AI Is Changing the World of Work

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Decision AI with Wolfram Sauer, Andreas Loroch und Thorsten Heilig, Foto: IBA
Impact Oct 23 10:45
Stefan Carsten

The Immobile Society: How Metamobility Will Change Our Working Environments

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Stefan Carsten – Michael Trautmann
Life Oct 23 14:45
I. Burroni, M. Führ, J. Knudsen, A.Tisch, V. Wessels

EU-Project R‑evolve: Furniture Goes Circular, Start of a 4‑Years Sectoral Approach

WW - Work Culture Festival: R-evolve, Credit: IBA
Impact Oct 23 11:30
Birgit Gebhardt, Axel Buether

Spatial Perception: Where the Physical Office Still Needs to Catch up in its Offerings

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Talk with Birgit Gebhardt and Prof Dr Axel Buether
Impact Oct 23 14:45
K-U Schlegel, E Samaras, J A Brennig

Future Skills: What Changes are Needed in Both Education and Work to Help Shape the Future World

Wherever Whenever - Festival: Teddy Tewelde, Fetsum Sebhat - Future Skills
Impact Oct 23 15:30
Axel Buether

Colour and Lighting Design: Impact on Wellbeing, Health and Work Motivation

Wherever Whenever - Festival: Prof. Dr. Axel Buether
Impact Oct 23 15:30
Nicolas Bogs, Matthias Pietzcker, Axel Schörner

Are Workplace Strategists the Better HR Specialists? Supporting the Transition to New Working Environments [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival: Workplace Strategists, Credit: Laura Thiesbrummel
Team Oct 23 10:00
K-U Schlegel, E Samaras, J A Brennig

Paths to Sustainability vs Greenwashing: Dos and Don’ts (Panel)

Wherever Whenever - Festival: TÜV Rheinland - Nachhaltigkeit vs Greenwashing
Impact Oct 23 15:30
Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: REISS: Art meets Innovation
Oct 23 11:05
Heiner Hans

Good Lighting in Modern Office Concepts: Individual – Flexible – Sustainable

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Heiner Hans
Impact Oct 23 14:00
Api Schönauer @ König + Neurath

Why we Are all Architects. What Leadership Can Learn from the Construction Site

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 23 11:00
Katharina Radermacher

(In)flexible Working Models: How HR Practices Can Compensate for the Disadvantages

WW - Work Culture Festival, Dr. Katharina Radermacher, Photo: © IBA
Team Oct 23 14:00
Martin Führ

Sustainability: Eco-design regulations and chemicals in products and process

Wherever Whenever - Festival: Prof Dr Martin Fuehr, image on basis of -strizh-/iStock
Impact Oct 23 14:45
Philip Schütte, Viviane Mörmann, Nino Basilashvili, Lars van Vianen

Design for Life: Office Rituals for Focus and Connection [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Office Rituals. Foto: © Nino Basilashvili
Life Oct 23 15:30
Dennis Fischer @ König + Neurath

Stay cool! Step by step through the VUCA world

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 23 14:00
Mikkel Karstad

Food for Thought: What Should a Healthy Workforce Eat and Drink?

WW - Work Culture Festival: Mikkel Karstad, Photo: ©IBA
Life Oct 23 10:45
Corinna Döpkens

Anywhere Office: Working Models in Times of Future Work – a Holistic View

WW - Work Culture Festival: Workation, ©Corinna Döpkens
Life Oct 23 10:00
Marie Elaine Ludes, Sabrina Schaal

LevelUP: The Future of Collaboration at Provinzial

WW - Work Culture Festival, LevelUP, Credit: Drees & Sommer
Team Oct 23 10:45
Viviane Mörmann

Art Works: Harnessing the Power of Art to Drive Organizational Change

Viviane Mörmann @ WW - Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 23 10:00
Vo Trong Nghia

Meditation Mode: Why Architects Need to Heal Themselves to Heal the World

WW - Work Culture Festival: Vo Trong Nghia
Life Oct 23 14:00
A. Stieglbauer, J. Schmid, H. Schuster

From AI hype to reality! How AI-supported working methods and changing mindsets lead to greater profitability

WW - Work Culture Festival: Drees & Sommer panel - From KI hype to reality
Life Oct 23 14:00
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, © Iriée Zamblé
Oct 23 10:00
Walter Werzowa

Supported by Sound: Why Music Can Make the Workforce Thrive

WW - Work Culture Festival: Walter Werzowa
Life Oct 23 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 23 12:15
Smudo in dialogue with Thorsten Giersch

Disruption and New Energy: On Transformation in the World of Music and Sustainability in the Racing Industry

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Smudo in an interview with Thorsten Giersch
Life Oct 23 11:30
Sabine Marcelis

The Shape of Things to Come: Why We Need Moments of Wonder

WW - Work Culture Festival, Credit: Sabine Marcelis
Life Oct 23 14:45
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 23 12:35
Carina Hölzer @ König + Neurath

From Style to Function: Designing People-centred Office Environments

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 23 15:30
Daniel Dettling

From New to Next Work: “It´s the Culture, Stupid!”

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Daniel Dettling, Credit: Laurence Chaperon
Team Oct 23 10:45
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 24 10:15
Yaël Meier

Generation Z: Talking to the young instead of on them

WW - Work Culture Festival: Generation Z, Credit: Yaël Meier
Team Oct 24 14:45
A. Purbs, V. Scholz, A. Terasa

Case Clinic: New Leadership

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 24 12:15
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, Bild: ©IBA
Team Oct 24 11:30
Sabrina Schaal, Ulrike Lamprecht

Workshop: How do I define the user value of an office from an HR perspective? 

WW - Work Culture Festival, Workshop Drees & Sommer, Credit: Peter Neusser
Team Oct 24 15:00
Karim Rashid @ Nowy Styl and Kusch+Co

Bound to relations feat. Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid @ ORGATEC 2024, © Karim Rashid
Oct 24 15:00
Volker Widdra, Alexandra Saisnith

70% Back to Office Quota: Voluntarily!

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Photo: © Lara Thiesbrummel, combine Consulting
Team Oct 24 10:00
A. Purbs, V. Scholz, A. Terasa

Case Clinic: Change Communication

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 24 13:15
Lara Milerski, Monika Lepel

Lessons Learned GIZ Campus Bonn: What Remains! A Dialogue Between Planning and Use [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival: GIZ Campus Bonn,  © GIZ
Team Oct 24 10:45
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, @ Drees & Sommer
Team Oct 24 14:00
A. Purbs, V. Scholz, A. Terasa

Case Clinic: New Culture

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 24 14:15
Valeria Segovia

Future Office: Inside-Out

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Keynote: Valeria Segovia, Credit: ​​​​​​​Gensler
Impact Oct 24 10:45
G. Castegini, Ch. Hestermann, I. Stocker-Rakolczay

Workshop: Redesigning the Future

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Workshop Redesigning the Future, @ Drees & Sommer
Life Oct 24 11:00
Amelie Marie Fischer, Ann Sophie Lauterbach

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

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Workspace of Tomorrow
Team Oct 24 10:45
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
Impact Oct 24 11:30
A. Purbs, V. Scholz, A. Terasa

Case Clinic: Change Analytics

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 24 15:15
Uli Blum

The Power of Data: How AI Transforms Workplace Design

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Visualisierung: © Uli Blum
Impact Oct 24 14:45
Alexandra Saisnith, Volker Widdra, Bettina Herold

combine workLAB: Back to Office: How Offices Become Identity-forming, Cultural Hubs

WW - Work Culture Festival. Back to Office. Credit: Laura Thiesbrummel
Team Oct 24 11:00
Vaughn Tan

Embracing Uncertainty: Designing Teams and Businesses to do Innovation Work

WW - Work Culture Festival. Learning from Chefs. Foto: © RossHelen/iStock
Impact 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
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
Tobias Baur, Katrin Mercsanits, Michael Wiebelt

Corporate Development and Corporate Space: How Can it be Recognised and Used Positively?

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Corporat Development and Corporat Rooms, Talk by moocon, Credit: Thomas Schäkel, Koelnmesse
Impact Oct 24 14:45
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, Credit: Kienbaum | Leading Minds
Team Oct 24 14:00
Oskar and Michael Trautmann

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER, Credit: Oskar and Michael Trautmann
Team Oct 24 15:30
M. Mali, U. Blum, V. Segovia, V. Tan, R. Thiemann

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

WW - Work Culture Festival. Identity Crisis. Foto: © Matthijs van Roon
Life Oct 24 11:30
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, 24.10.2024, Cologne - Keynote: Frauke von Polier ©Frauke von Polier
Team Oct 24 10:45
Christian Nocke

Room Acoustics: Underestimated and Often Forgotten

Room Acoustics - WW-Work Culture Festival - Speech Dr Christian Nocke, Photo: © Peopleimages / iStock
Life Oct 24 14:45
Fabian Ulitzka @ König + Neurath

AI and Work Culture – Risk or Opportunity?

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 24 11:00
W. Aisslinger, C. Bacchus, D. Kulen, J. Steere

Energizing the Workplace: Is Hospitality Key? [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Energizing the Workplace. Foto: ©The Social Hub
Team Oct 24 15:30
David Borst @ König + Neurath

How we will live and work in the future

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 24 14:00
Ralf Rangnick in dialogue Thorsten Giersch

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

WW - Work Culture Festival. Talk with: Ralf Rangnick. Photo: Steevy84 / iStock
Team Oct 24 11:30
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
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

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

WW-Work Culture Festival, Photo: © Drees & Sommer (Hinterhaus Productions, gettyimages)
Life Oct 24 10:00
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

personalmagazin panel: New working environments for the work of tomorrow

WW-Work Culture Festival, Photo: © Marco-VDM, iStock
Team Oct 24 14:00
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 12:45
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
Cawa Younosi

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

WW - Work Culture Festival. Vortrag: Cawa Younosi. Foto: filadendron / iStock
Team Oct 24 10:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 25 10:00
Sascha Lindner

No choice: Why all companies need to embrace change

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Impact Oct 25 10:00
Sven Brookhuis

The Future Workplace: From Linear Space to Circular Service

WW - Work Culture Festival. Future Workplace. Photo: Entweder, Sven Brookhuis
Impact Oct 25 10:00
Patrica Podewin @ König + Neurath

Room in Room – Where do We Want to Work?

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 25 11:00
Nicola Bramkamp, Julia Wedlich, Berthold Pott

A Change of Perspective: Leadership and Leading in Complex Situations [Talk]

WW - Work Culture Festival - Nicola Bramkamp, Foto: ©Sarah Rauch
Impact Oct 25 10:45
Michael Trautmann

New Work: When Work Turns into Something that Empowers People

Michael Trautmann, Photo: © Leading Minds
Team Oct 25 10:00
Ursula Hertewich, Peter Tauber

The Value of Work: The Courage to Break New Ground

WW-WorkCultureFestival: Ursula Hertewich und Peter Tauber
Impact Oct 25 11:30
Nicole Langosch, Katharina Wolff

A Change of Perspective: Leadership and Leading in Complex Situations [Talk]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Change of Perspectives. Photo: © Christopher Heil/iStock
Life Oct 25 10:45
Eva Elisa Schneider, Nora Dietrich

Mental Health: What the Reality in Companies Looks Like and How We Can Change It for the Better

Dr. Eva Elisa Schneider | Nora Dietrich, Fotos: © Nadja Klier | Katja Hentschel 
Life Oct 25 10:00
Remi Versteeg

The Future Workplace: From Functionality to Identity-Driven Design

WW - Work Culture Festival. The Future Workplace with Remi Versteeg. Foto: © Reinier van der Aart
Impact Oct 25 11:30
Patrica Podewin @ König + Neurath

How to Make Green a Habit?

König + Neurath @ Work Culture Festival 2024
Oct 25 14:00
Peter Ippolito

The Future Workplace: From Designing Stuff to Designing Relations

WW - Work Culture Festival. Future Workplace. Photo: Beiersdorf Campus © Philip Kottlorz
Team Oct 25 10:45
Eva Elisa Schneider, Nora Dietrich

Workshop: Let’s Talk About Mental Health: Experience Live How Mental Health (Doesn’t) Work

WW - Work Culture Festival. Mental Health. Foto: © RerF/iStock
Life Oct 25 10:45
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, © Koelnmesse
Oct 25 11:00
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 25 10:15
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