Rethinking work
Employees who are expected to perform well need a work environment that supports them. ORGATEC exhibitors and visitors show what this environment could look like. Their broad perspective includes more than the traditional workplace — but they’ve also got a lot to offer in that area. After all, today work is being done in a great variety of places: at home, on the road, at a desk, in a project or in the cafeteria.
ORGATEC 2024
Embedded within ORGATEC 2024, the first edition of the Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival will explore the changing world of work from 22 to 25 October 2024.
What will the future of work look like? In a lively spectrum of lectures, panel discussions, interactive workshops and exhibitions, international experts from the fields of architecture, design and culture, new work, HR and trend research will delve into the transformation of the world of work. The festival creates a vibrant platform for all those involved in shaping the world of work. For a sneak preview and the full programme, visit our festival page.
Conceptual sponsor
The organizer of ORGATEC is Koelnmesse. The IBA is its conceptual sponsor. This means that the IBA and its members actively support the Koelnmesse team’s preparation and staging of ORGATEC, the leading global trade fair for modern office work. The support activities include defining the overall content of ORGATEC, supporting the project management and public relations work, and cooperatively implementing the event formats.
ORGATEC 2022
After an involuntary long break, Koelnmesse and IBA invited visitors back to Cologne's exhibition halls from 25 to 29 October 2022. The motto was "New Visions of Work". Some 600 exhibitors from 35 countries contributed to the success of the event. The IBA Forum was also there, with the largest stage at ORGATEC 2022, four exciting partners and plenty of inspiration.
You can find recordings of the presentations in our media centre.
ORGATEC 2020
Orgatec 2020 had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ORGATEC 2018
63,000 people from 142 countries came to Cologne from 23 to 27 October 2018 in order to find out about the latest trends in office work. In line with the slogan 'Culture@work', the organizers and exhibitors showcased numerous ways to design office work. On display were products for office workplaces, concepts for project rooms and new ideas for communication and design areas in hotels, for example.
The highlights of the supporting programme were the 2. Zeit-Konferenz Work & Style, the XING New Work Sessions ORGATEC and the presentation of the Best Workplace Awards the IBA and the employer evaluation platform kununu. The IBA was also present with its own lecture stage.
