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EuroFM invites you to celebrate World FM day together!
World FM day is an initiative run through Global FM with the aim to recognize and celebrate the vital work that workplaces and facilities management do. This year we emphasize those that are ‘making a real difference’ which is the theme of the day and celebrate it on Wednesday 10th May.
Join us online from 3 PM CEST and meet FM Ambassadors from all over the world, sharing their experiences and discussing what’s ahead for our field.
You can register for the event by clicking on the orange ‘Book now’ button on the right side of this page. The event participation is free of charge and open to both EuroFM Members and non-members.
Programme (all timing is in CEST):
| 15:00 – 15:05 | Welcome Natalie Hofman – EuroFM Chair |
| 15:05 – 15:15 | How FM makes a real difference – Part 1 EuroFM Ambassadors |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | FM in the World – Business Panel Moderator: Levent Alatlı Speakers: Ed Baldwin (UK), Maria Morapedi (Botswana) and Shukri Habib (Lebanon) |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | How FM makes a real difference – Part 2 EuroFM Ambassadors |
| 16:10 – 16:55 | FM in the World – Education/Research Panel Moderator: Vitalija Danivska Speakers: Rachel Kuijlenburg (The Netherlands), Thomas Madritsch (Austria) and Tilly Baute (Belgium) |
| 16:55 – 17:00 | Closing by EuroFM Chair |
World FM Day is an iniative
of Global FM, for more information
see www.globalfm.org
EuroFM Research Network focuses on advancing FM knowledge. In addition to the annual EuroFM Symposium, EuroFM Research Network supports the continuous sharing and development of advanced FM knowledge through EuroFM researcher meetups. The goal of the meetups is to enable the researcher to develop her/his research through cooperating or collaborating with other FM researchers. The working groups for 2023-2023 are established based on interest and discussion among the EuroFM researchers:
More information on the EuroFM Researcher Meetups can be found here.
Meetup schedule
All the EuroFM Researcher Working Groups meet in the common meetups. In 2023, the dates are:
In the meetups, time is allocated to discuss within and across the working groups.
The working groups meet also between the meetups. The working groups define the best way and frequency to collaborate between the meetups. This could include, for example, coffee meetings, research presentations, brainstorming sessions, open lectures, or common supervision sessions. Please follow the discussion of your working group in Slack.
A face-to-face meetup is arranged at the EuroFM Research Symposium in Istanbul 9 & 10 November 2023. The symposium offers a great platform to implement practical goals for the working groups! Please find the call for proposals here.
The EuroFM researchers met and discussed the current FM research topics in an online meetup on 7th of Oct 2022. The discussion was broad and there was a lot to share. Thank you for sharing your passion toward FM research!
The allocated time helped us getting started but the discussion was not finished. Therefore, it was decided to continue the discussion in separate sessions. To allow people to be involved in several discussions, we have scheduled two slots to continue the discussion:
Friday 25 Nov 2022, 13-15 (CEST)
13:00 Welcome (Tuuli)
Practicalities
13:15 Theme discussions
UrbanFM
Digitalisation and PropTech
Workplace I
14:30 Summarising
Friday 09 Dec 2022, 13-15 (CEST)
13:00 Welcome (Tuuli)
Practicalities
13:15 Theme discussions
Sustainability circularity in FM
Workplace II
Holistic FM
14:30 Summarising
Please save the dates! The schedule will be specified later.
The purpose of the meetups is to continue the discussion and to plan possible next steps. In February 2023, the researchers can decide which working group or groups they would like to join in 2023-2024.
EuroFM network is delighted to invite all the FM researchers to join a common online meeting on 7th of October 2022. Please, save the date!
The purpose of the meeting is to share our passion toward FM research and to plan the next steps and agenda for the working groups with specific themes. The working groups are established for 2023-2024. This is a great opportunity for making impact and sharing your thoughts. Possible themes include but are not limited to
– UrbanFM
– PropTech
– Sustainable consumption in FM
– Future of work
– Well-being at the workplace
– Value delivery in FM for organisations
– Etc.
Please feel free to contact our Research Chair Tuuli Jylhä (Tuuli@eurofm.org) to propose a theme for the meetup.
The planned agenda for the meeting:
13:00 Welcome (Tuuli Jylhä, EuroFM Research Chair)
13:10 Keynote
13:30 Discussion within the groups (for example 3 groups in 45 min)
14:15 Summarising the discussion in groups and proposing next steps
14:45 Closing (Tuuli Jylhä, EuroFM Research Chair)
Please register for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-CspzooGNa3OmO3qh4AHC45PwqhAq0B
The EuroFM Businesses & Associations Summit on a virtual platform enables everybody to participate on June 29th 2022 between 14.00h and 15.45h CEST.
An inspiring programme with professional speakers will give you as participant the latest input on the themes “Effects of the pandemic to the FM industry” and the role of FM in the SDG’s ( sustainable development goals).
Together with the sharing of practical cases in FM and the panel discussions this will be an interactive summit.
| Time CEST | Topic | Speakers |
| 14.00 | Opening by Chair Associations & Chair Business of EuroFM | Natalie Hofman (EuroFM Associations Chair) & Levent Alatli (EuroFM Business Chair) |
| 14.02 | Welcome & EuroFM Briefing | Pieter C. le Roux (EuroFM Chair & Principal Lecturer Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) |
| 14.10 | The SDG’s and the FM approach | Michel Tobé (Chair of FMN) & Leo Laanen (Director of IFMEC) |
| 14.25 | Good Practice Cases in FM – DB55 Circular Office | Coen van Dijck (CEO of D/DOCK) |
| 14.40 | The new opportunities in FM business after pandemic | Pieter C. le Roux (Chair EuroFM) Rogier Redeker (Country Manager of Nuvolo) David Martinez (Managing Director of FMHouse) Ross Abbate (CEO of Mace Group) |
| 15.30 | No regrets: Optimization-based energy system design to tackle the energy crisis | Dr. Stefan Kirschbaum (GFaI) |
| 15.45 | Closing & Wrap-up | Prof. Pieter C. le Roux (EuroFM Chair) |
In 2022, the EuroFM Research Symposium is organised on 15-16 June in Breda (the Netherlands). Due to the special times, we are happy that the researchers can finally meet face-to-face in Breda! The symposium is hosted by Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUAS).
The Symposium is free of charge (excluding your own hotel and traveling costs) for the authors. The program includes 4 paper sessions, a key note and social activities including a dinner. Please see the program below.
We look forward to see you on 15-16 June 2022 in Breda!
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Please note that all details mentioned on this page may be subject to change.
WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2022
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch hosted by BUAS |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Welcome to the 21st EuroFM Research Symposium | Tuuli Jylhä (EuroFM Research Chair), Vitalija Danivska (Breda University) and Pieter C. le Roux (EuroFM Chair) Welcome to BUAS | Academy director Gienke Osinga |
| 14.00 – 15.15 | Paper session 1: Views on sustainable FM | Chair: Bert Smit Improving organisational resilience to disaster events: an FM perspective Keith Jones, Mariantonietta Morga, Nadeesha Wanigarathna, and Femke Mulder Principals and Suggestions for Sustainable Materials Management within Facility Management Rachel Kuijlenburg, Thomas Wissingh, Frans Joosstens, Swenja Remijn, Kim A. Poldner, and Mark P. Mobach Digital trends in FM – Awareness gap between end users and service providers Klaus Homan, David Martinez, Jacqueline Privenau, Jorma Säteri, and Sergio Vega |
| BREAK | |
| 15.30 – 16.15 | Digital innovations in FM by students | Chair: Vitalija Danivska |
| BREAK | |
| 16.30 – 17.20 | Paper session 2: New use of an existing theory | Chair: Rianne Appel Beyond Satisfaction – Internal Service Barometer for measuring customer satisfaction Torben Bernhold, Niklas Wiesweg, Thomas Löhmer, and Susanne Lill The value of FM for a healthy urban environment; application of the FM Value Map to Urban FM Jaap Wijnja and Jeannette Nijkamp |
| 17.20 – 18.30 | Drinks at the campus hosted by BUAS |
| 19.30 | Dinner outside hosted by BUAS |
THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2022
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome to day 2 by Tuuli Jylhä and Vitalija Danivska Keynote: Rethinking sustainability in FM | Frans Melissen |
| 09.30 – 10.45 | Paper session 3: FM topics – Hybrid working and information modelling | Chair: Keith Jones The role of FM post pandemic: delivering employee experience and meeting business needs Simone Fenton-Jarvis and Mel Bull Hybrid profiles for knowledge workers – flexible workplace and time Inka Sankari and Suvi Nenonen BIM-based information model for the provision of the demand-oriented facility management services janitorial cleaning Nadine Wills and Joaquín Díaz |
| BREAK | |
| 11.00 – 12.15 | Paper session 4: Work environment in organisations | Rachel Kuijlenburg Interior design features predicting satisfaction with office workspace privacy and noise Susanne Colenberg, Natalia Romero Herrera, and David Keyson Can physical characteristics in the interrogation room aid the witness in recalling what happened? Twan Bouwhuis, Joris Verwijmeren, Ruth Pijls-Hoekstra, and Brenda H. Groen A typology for the university campus as a living lab for Facility Management education and research Wouter van Tankeren, Vitalija Danivska, and Bert Smit |
| Closing the Symposium by Tuuli Jylhä and Vitalija Danivska | |
| 12.15 – 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 – 13.40 | Food experience & Wine tasting |
This year the EuroFM Stay Connected Student Video Competition happens on 28 October.
The EuroFM Student Competition recognizes the value of sharing bright ideas, knowledge, insights and research findings created as part of Facility Management programs in European Universities. We ask students of both Master and Bachelor programs to share this with EuroFM and her members, by creating a 3-5minute film clip. This film clip must present findings as result of a assignment, internship or small project.
Proposed topics are:
– The Energy Crisis,
– Sustainable FM
– Digital FM
– Ethics in managing facilities
– Soft skills in FM
– ISO standards
– The “new normal”
We want to include students who were wishing to compete for the original deadline of June and also welcome submissions from students during the Autumn semester.
The EuroFM Student Competition recognizes the value of sharing bright ideas, knowledge, insights and research findings created as part of Facility Management programs in European Universities. We ask students of both Master and Bachelor programs to share this with EuroFM and her members, by creating a 3-5minute film clip.
To join the ‘EuroFM Student Competition’ for Master and Bachelor students please click on the link.
Film clips can be uploaded before October 20 2022 (through WeTransfer) to EuroFM by using the following email address: mail@eurofm.org. The top 4 video will be shown at the student festival with best video decided at the end of the event.
The full description on how to submit your entry is in the attached brochure.
| 12.00-12.15 | Introduction and welcome |
| 12.15-13.00 | Debate with a panel of students and lectures on the topic: “Lecture presentations have lost their purpose when all the information is online” |
| 13.00-13.10 | Break |
| 13.10-13.50 | Student Videos |
| 13.50-14.00 | Prize and Close |
Please join us on 11 May to celebrate World FM Day. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Leading the Sustainable Future”.
World FM day is on 11 May 2022 and is an initiative run through Global FM. The purpose of World FM Day is to recognise and celebrate the vital work that workplace and facilities managers and the wider industry contributes to business worldwide.
As people from around the world begin to emerge from their homes and return to the built environment to work, learn, worship, and play, we are witnessing an incredible phenomenon for facility management. With a renewed importance being placed on human health and safety coupled with building sustainability and resilience, the facility manager today has been thrust into the center of the “Return To” conversation.
This meeting is open to both EuroFM Members and Ambassadors and we have asked our Ambassadors to answer the following question:
What lessons have you learned during the last 2 years that will help you to create and lead the FM world in your country to a (more) sustainable future?
The answer to this question and more will be answered during an online meeting (via Zoom) from 15.00 – 17..00 (see programme below):
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Welcome | Pieter le Roux Chair EuroFM |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Video compilation 1: 2022 EuroFM Ambassadors (Group 1) Countries: Bulgaria, The Netherlands, UAE, Austria, Iran & Thailand | |
| 15:20 – 15:45 | Message from Global FM | John Carillo Chairman Global FM |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Video compilation 2: 2022 EuroFM Ambassadors (Group 2) Countries: Singapore, Botswana, Peru, Egypt & Malaysia | |
| 16:00 – 16:25 | EuroFM Ambassador Network: Moving forward | Pieter le Roux Levent Alatli |
| 16:25 – 16:30 | Message from World Workplace Europe 22 | Lara Paemen Managing Director IFMA EMEA |
| 16:30 – 16:40 | EuroFM @ World Workplace Europe 22 | Pieter le Roux Natalie Hofman |
| 16:40 – 16:50 | Message from the EuroFM Board Members | |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Closing | Pieter le Roux |
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
19-22 October 2021, 100% online!
FROM A BORING OFFICE TO A PLACE TO BE!
Change caused by trends is a constant factor. Facility management also moves with trends and developments. COVID 19 is such a development and ensures a critical look at the use of offices. The expectation is office workers will partly work at home, in a satellite office and partly at the corporate office. The corporate office days will exist of team activities, being creative, getting inspired, meeting colleagues and reinforce the sense of belonging. For sure this will impact the look and feel and the facilities the corporate office will provide. So there is your challenge: develop an office that will be perceived as a place to be! In a small and international project group you will be working on questions like:
– how to create an attractive, flexible and smart office?
– enabling working from home?
– how to build and maintain a community in remote circumstances?
– how to attract people to the office?
THE STUDENT PROGRAM
The online program takes 4 days and two weeks prior to this you will receive a light teambuilding assignment.
19 October (09.30-16.00 h.) kick-off and project work
20 October (09.30-16.00 h.) inspirational lectures from the EuroFM network and project work
21 October (09.30-16.00 h.) project work
22 October (09.30-16.00 h.) project work and wrap up.
Please note: this schedule is subject to change and Central European Summer Time applies.
COST
Participating in the online EuroFM International Autumn School is free!
SIGN-UP
Get signed up now by contacting your education coordinator/internationalisation officer or lecturer within your program. Apply before 1 October 2021 but don’t wait too long since the maximum number of participants is limited.
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The EuroFM Research Symposium is arranged for the 20th time this June. The first day focused on ‘making work work’ including a keynote by Peggie Rothe from Leesman (’A new workplace experience landscape’) , 6 research papers and student videos.
The second day focuses on learning and evolving aspects of FM including also launching of the book series entitled ‘Transdisciplinary Workplace Research & Management’ edited by Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek and Vitalija Danivska. All the members of the EuroFM network are warmly welcome to join the open science symposium for one or two days!
Day 1: 16 June 2021
All timing in CEST
| 14.00 | Welcome by Pieter C. le Roux and Tuuli Jylhä Keynote: A new workplace experience landscape – Peggie Rothe, Chief Insights & Research Officer Leesman |
| 14.35 | Break with videos from the EuroFM Student Festival |
| 14.45 | Session 1: Making work work 1 Chair: Brenda Groen, Saxion University of Applied Sciences ‘The influence of the physical home work environment on perceived productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic’ Monique H. Arkesteijn , Sylvia J.T. Jansen, Bernice B.T. Kieft, Rianne A.J.A. Appel-Meulenbroek, Bartele S. Hoekstra, and Pity Jongens-van der Schaaf ‘Analysing perceived communication and productivity of different office workers while working fully from home due to COVID-19 restrictions’ Minou Weijs-Perrée , Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek, Jeroen Looijen, Bartele S. Hoekstra, and Pity Jongens-van der Schaaf ‘Expected user needs towards the post-Covid office: better support of social interactions and concentration’ Susanne Colenberg and David Keyson |
| 15.45 | Break with videos from the EuroFM Student Festival |
| 16.00 | Session 2: Making work work 2 Chair: Wim Pullen, Center for People and Buildings ‘Post-pandemic adaptive university campus management’ Suvi Nenonen and Vitalija Danivska ‘Satisfaction with open plan offices: personality, age and gender as human factors’ Samin Marzban , Christhina Candido and Ozgur Gocer ‘Distributed Academic Workplace and Community – towards a coherent campus within a city’ Jenni Poutanen , Marianna Kotilainen, Satu Hyökki, Liisa Urrila, and Suvi Nenonen |
| 17.00 | Closing of Day 1 by Tuuli Jylhä |
| Until 18.00 | Online Borrel |
Day 2: 17 June 2021
All timing in CEST
| 14.00 | Welcome by Tuuli Jylhä New open-access book seriesL Transdisciplinary Workplace Research & Management Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek and Vitalija Danivska |
| 14.20 | Session 3: Evolving FM Chair: Toyin Aderiye, Sheffield Hallam University ‘The use of Key Performance Indicators in Real Estate Management – A stocktaking along the CREM maturity level’ Torben Bernhold and Niklas Wiesweg ‘Addressing the mismatch: Promoting adaptability within the office real estate sector’ Ioannis Mexis and Hilde Remøy ‘Awareness and Use of BIM for FM: Empirical Evidence from Turkey’ Ecem Tezel, Levent Alatli, and Heyecan Giritli |
| 15.20 | Break with videos from the EuroFM Student Festival |
| 15.30 | Session 4: Learning about FM and FM supporting learning Chair: Carmel Lindkvist, NTNU ‘Back to School – the Impact of Short Timeframe Student Case Studies on Projects and Educational Programs in the Context of Urban FM’ Dave Collins , Coline Senior, Alenka Temeljotov-Salaj, Rachel Kuijlenburg, and Pieter C. le Roux ‘Problem-based learning for the teaching of FM skills: results of a practical use’ Alexander Redlein, Lisa Thrainer, and Christian Lau ‘Implementation of Digital and Physical Learning Environment to 21st century skills – Case Escape Room in University of Eastern Finland ‘ Ville Tahvanainen, Tarja Harjula, and Suvi Nenonen |
| 16.30 | Break with videos from the EuroFM Student Festival |
| 16.40 | Best Paper Award announced by Theo van der Voordt |
| 16.50 | Closing presentation: ‘Digital FM Trends’, Klaus Homann, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart |
| 17.10 | Closing by Tuuli Jylhä |
| Until 18.00 | Online Borrel |
