A new feature at the CoreNet Global Summit, London, was designed to help maximize your learning opportunities and take home even more new, brilliant ideas than before.

In just one hour, attendees could participate in up to three quick and concise presentations, selected from a portfolio of 12 options. Each session featured a single speaker, and one great story. Room facilitators kept sessions on-time and moving along.

Integrated real estate teams and strategic design professionals present case studies
about enabling innovation, easing collaboration and reinforcing corporate culture.

Andrew H Carter, Director, FM Connect Ltd

Melvyn J Barlex MCR, Director of Estates & Facilities, University of Westminster – BIO

The Guide to Post Occupancy Evaluation promotes good practice as a part of the Estate Management Toolkit offered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The guide's framework addresses real estate strategies in the context of the business, and offers insights for corporate real estate executives from any sector.

Practical benefits resulting from recommended practices include informed strategic and operational decision making for the project and the business, improved building performance, and informed response to users needs.

Andrew H Carter, Director, FM Connect Ltd

Michael Loftus, Manager, Locate in Birmingham – BIO

Urban Splash and award-winning architects Shedkm have transformed an old Birmingham tyre factory in into a including workspaces, hospitality, retail, and the UK's largest green roof. Fort Dunlop will offer carbon neutral occupation for its tenants.

Sustainability began with demolition - 98% of the demolition debris was recycled on-site, including the re-use of old Imperial terracotta bricks. The comfort systems combine natural air ventilation systems with under-floor heating and cooling for maximum energy efficiency. Fort Dunlop also integrates the built environment with the natural environment, featuring nesting boxes that encourage birds and other wildlife to mingle with the human occupants of the development.

Discover the multitude of opportunities that new strategies, technologies and materials provide for greening
the built environment and the bottom line, whilst creating active cultures of social responsibility.

Patrick Morrissey, Member, CoreNet Global Summit Programme Planning Committee

Eduardo Corral Pazos de Provenz, Managing Director Torre Espacio, Inmobiliaria Espacio – BIO

Lindy Garber, Sales Manager, Aguirre Newman Arquitectura – BIO

Inmobiliaria Espacio (IE) is housing its new headquarters in a high rise tower (53 floors) designed by Pei, Cobb Freed & Partners in Madrid. Aguirre Newman joined forces with the Spanish law firm Garrigues to create a sustainable design certificate for the green interiors that were essential to IE's strategy for the building. A first in Spain, the approach is based on local law, new technologies and client objectives. The experience is a blueprint for any design team seeking to create a sustainable workplace in a location where sustainable infrastructure is only beginning to emerge.

Patrick Morrissey, Member, CoreNet Global Summit Programme Planning Committee

Stephanie Hottenhuis, Director Multinational Clients Program, ARCADIS

Industrial facilities often reach the end of their life cycle and close – with a negative consequence to the local labour force, community and company image. As an alternative, corporate real estate can lead a process of re-use and redevelopment of assets towards future productive use and financial benefits for owners and investors alike. In most cases, owners can monetize the future developed value of their property and use the economic "upside" of redevelopment to pay for facility closure and cleanup.

Several projects in Europe will be discussed, exploring the steps of the process, critical decision moments, roles of real estate and market partners, contributions toward corporate social responsibility and sustainable community development, and the lessons learned.

Patrick Morrissey, Member, CoreNet Global Summit Programme Planning Committee

C.P.G. van Oostrom, CEO, OVG Projectontwikkeling (Real Estate)

OVG is a prominent player in the Dutch real estate market, specialising in redevelopment, retail and innovative office development. OVG has defined a vision to work toward a better future for the planet and reduced contribution of its developments to pollution and global warming. The firm is best known for its green office tower 'de Maastoren' in Rotterdam.

Analysis of the environmental impacts of design, construction and operation of office developments has resulted in an aggressive goal: to create a zero emission office concept that is appealing to the market in quality and price. The green office park - a concept called 'Gaia' - offers overall sustainability and carbon neutrality guarantees that go far beyond incremental improvement. The office buildings are to be 100% carbon neutral and in excess of 70% energy neutral. As currently being planned and constructed, these office parks are positioned to achieve levels of carbon reduction previously unprecedented in Europe.

Corporate real estate executives share strategies that maximize the effectiveness
of all enterprise assets - real estate, knowledge and technology infrastructure.

Mark E Gorman MCR, Leader Global Real Estate, Nortel

Susanne Dreyer, Assistant Vice President, Deutsche Bank AG – BIO

Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private client franchise. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets in 73 countries. Year-by-year budgeting for the capital improvements necessary for this large and rapidly expanding global portfolio resulted in continuous unexpected and unbudgeted facilities costs.

Deutsche Bank turned to VFA to pinpoint and document all critical problem areas at its facilities in the United States, Europe and Far East. In addition, the team established a centralized data source of information about all of its properties in order to create accurate long-term capital improvement plans. This complete capital planning landscape has enabled accurate, multi-year cost forecasting and numerous "what-if" scenarios for informed decision-making.

Deutsche Bank now has a five year plan that targets areas for cost-savings, increases efficiency and offers scalability to support growth. For the first time, Deutsche Bank has a long-range view of capital planning and can promote a consistent approach to evaluating its facility portfolio across multiple geographies and supporting the aggressive growth plans of the core business.

Mark E Gorman MCR, Leader Global Real Estate, Nortel

Bruce Richards MCR, National Portfolio Manager, Australia Post – BIO

Traditionally, corporate real estate provides a property solution that supports the core business and nothing more. Property disposal proceeds usually fund core business expansion. Does this redeployment of capital really produce a greater return than the real estate asset would on its own? How rigorous was the analysis?

Australia Post has re-invented its approach to the analysis of its assets. The firm has devised a methodology to measure the value of its property assets and have engaged the investment community as a potential partner in its real estate value strategy. The resulting portfolio-wide methodology determines the extent to which each asset is performing – from the business unit's point of view. Over AUD 27 million was generated as a result of the initial review, with much more to come.

Corporate real estate leaders and subject-matter experts discuss hot topics and issues on the edge of real estate.

Helen Butcher, Member, CoreNet Global

Steve Williamson, Group Director, Buro Happold

Herman Miller Ltd. occupies purpose-built, Excellent BREEAM-rated offices outside Bath, England. The Village Green building was a journey that navigated the dual BREEAM and LEED paths, arriving at a unique and sustainable solution that features a natural ventilation system. In light of emerging energy certificate schemes that have the potential to negatively impact the value of buildings with energy-consuming air conditioning systems, what can be learned from Herman Miller's approach to comfort systems in their International Headquarters in Chippenham?