IBC EUROFORUM GmbH - Facility Management Industry in Transformation

EFMC 2009 - THE European Facility Management Conference
16th and 17th June 2009, Okura Hotel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Duesseldorf/Amsterdam, June 2009. Turbulent times beggarly changes for several bartering sectors, so for the ability administration (FM) industry. "Facility administration is a consistently evolving profession, and FM trends are added apprenticed by technology," declares Wim T. Jansen (Dutch Ministry of Transport and Water Management). "Developments are about accomplishing added with less, automation, outsourcing, accretion complexity, value-driven design, activity attention and concise staffing." Sture Karlsson (Tetra Pak, Sweden) explains why the accepted bearings is ambiguous: "In this time of banking agitation the acceptable account is that it can be easier to catechism old behaviour. It's like an ice accumulation - you can't get into a new appearance unless you cook it first. The bad account is that there is a focus on abbreviate appellation solutions which are not consistently the best in the continued run." Thus, adaptability and strategies are required.

International FM experts will accommodated at the "EFMC - European Facility Management Conference 2009" on 16th and 17th June in Amsterdam (www.efmc2009.com). Featuring a Business Conference and Research Symposium chip into one event, EFMC 2009 will present "one world, altered problems - collective efforts, acceptable solutions". More than 50 top speakers from Europe and abroad will allude to strategies, advantage and sustainability of FM. Further capacity will comprise processes and technologies, activity aeon management, innovations and approaching trends as able-bodied as accumulated amusing responsibility.

"Journey of Transformation" and "FM Debate of the Year"
Keynote speeches will be delivered by Slovenian Cultural Ambassador Miha Pogacnik and Dutch advice industry trend aloof Rob Creemers. Pogacnik will crop attendees on a "Journey of Transformation". Considering the issues crisis, absorption and new approaches, he will architecture a area of music and a plan of art during his address which will both be presented in the end. The concert violinist and administrator will advise how to affected "lamentation paralysis" by agency of music in adjustment to animate claimed and bartering success. Creemers will go into the all-around and European challenges surrounding the development of FM.

Magnus Kuchler (Ernst & Young, Sweden) will host the "FM Debate of the Year" accoutrement the pros and cons of FM outsourcing. The debaters will be Leif Moellebjerg (Lego Systems, Denmark), Gianmaurizio Cazzarolli (Tetra Pak, Italy) and Walter Verdonk (Sodexo Altys, the Netherlands).

Exhibition and "European FM Award Ceremony"
The EFMC is hosted by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) and the European Facility Management Network (EuroFM). This year's accident will be accurate by added than 30 civic FM associations - in accurate Facility Management Nederland (FMN) and IFMA-Holland - and added than 40 analysis and educational organizations. Leading FM account providers such as Echelon, Planon and the International Facility Alliance will be exhibitors at the EFMC 2009. The amusing programme will comprise a acceptable reception, a apprentice affiche affair and a bright banquet on the break of the European FM Award Ceremony. The four accolade categories are: "Partners above Borders", "European FM of the Year", "European FM Researcher of the Year" and "European FM Student of the Year". Information on the accident programme is accessible on the internet at: www.efmc2009.com.

Contact:
Carsten M. Stammen
Press Officer
IBC Euroforum GmbH (Informa Group)
Prinzenallee 3
D-40549 Duesseldorf
Phone: +49 (0) 211 / 96 86-3390
Email: carsten.stammen@informa.com

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