Take time to connect with fellow participants during the networking break. This is a great moment to meet new people, share ideas, exchange business cards, or simply enjoy informal conversations before the next part of the program starts.
SCHEDULE
Bridging the Gaps: Advancing Digital, Sustainable,
and Resilient FM Across Asia Pacific
Experience an engaging, knowledge-packed agenda at World Workplace Asia-Pacific. The program features inspiring keynote presentations, podcasts interactive education sessions, and dynamic panel discussions. Attendees can cheer on the Student Challenge, celebrate achievements at the prestigious Awards of Excellence, and cap off the event with an optional post-conference field trip designed to showcase innovative facility management in action.
For a detailed program, please visit this page. Please note that the schedule may be subject to change.
Ms Winne Ho – Secretary of Housing
- Bridging the Data Divide: Enterprise Integration Strategy for Smart FM Operations
- The ROI of Intelligent Workspaces: How AI-Powered Environments Drive Connection, Efficiency, and Resilience
- Connected FM Podcast Session: Leading Global Commercial Real Estate
- Data Literacy Over Data Platforms: Building Human-Machine Fluency in APAC’s Evolving Workplace
- Facility Management at a Strategic Inflection Point: The AI Transformation
- AI-Driven Smart Buildings: A Digital Engineering Approach to Resilience
- Reimagining Office Space in the Post-Hybrid Era: From Smart Buildings to Intelligent Workplaces
- Connected FM Podcast Session: The Digital Maturity Journey – Innovations and Technologies Driving Future-Ready Facilities
- Bridging the Digital Gap: From Smart Buildings to Smart Decisions
- Facilities @ Management: Concept- Realization - Vision, A Global Perspective
- Connected FM Podcast Session
Join conference hosts for a VIP tour of the exhibition floor & networking lunch.
Ir Raymond Poon – Director of E&MSD
- Sustainable FM via the ISO 41000 series
- From Door to Desktop
- Connected FM Podcast Session
- Bridging the Procurement Gap: How Digital Tail-Spend Control is Transforming Sustainable Facilities Management
- Malaysia’s First & Largest WELL Platinum Certified Workplace: Redefining Workplace Experience Through Post-Occupancy Operations & Facility Management
- Connected FM Podcast Session
Take time to connect with fellow participants during the networking break. This is a great moment to meet new people, share ideas, exchange business cards, or simply enjoy informal conversations before the next part of the program starts.
- From Fragmentation to Control Tower: Scaling Digital Maturity Across a Premium Property Portfolio
- AI in Operations: Continual Condition Assessments in Multi Campus Housing
- Connected FM Podcast Session: The Digital Maturity Journey
- Actionable Digitalization Journey to Transforming Buildings into Smart & Decarbonized Facilities
- From Chaos to Coordination: Transforming Hospital Emergency Response
Global challenges abound (climate change, digital transformation, economic pressures, workplace strategies, artificial intelligence and societal considerations), and our Built Environment can be seen as both part of the problem and a source of solutions for such issues. What is FM’s role in supporting and maintaining our Quality of Life? Drawing on the experience of our panellists and leading resources, such as the following, this should be a lively discussion.
This will provide insights into the global issues for the future of FM and allow us to examine global mega-trends in the context of the status and prospects for FM in the Asia Pacific region.
Mr. Alan Siu – CEO of Property Management Service Authority (PMSA)
- Workplace as a catalyst for Sustainable Development
- Beyond Resilience: Building Presilient® Workplaces Through Regenerative Facility Management
- Connected FM Podcast Session: Driving Future Ready Facilities
- Future Meeting Experience
- Social Cohesion in the Workplace: The Role of Facility Management
Take time to connect with fellow participants during the networking break. This is a great moment to meet new people, share ideas, exchange business cards, or simply enjoy informal conversations before the next part of the program starts.
- Bridging the Sustainability Gap: From Targets to Tangible Outcomes
- Bridging the Resilience Gap: When Crisis Becomes Business as Usual
- Connected FM Podcast Session
- The Integrated Smart Building: Unlocking Value in Your Building's Dead Space
- Mitigating EV Fire Risks in a Changing World: Safeguarding Lives and Infrastructure
- Connected FM Podcast Session: The Future Meeting Experience
- The Digital Augmentation: Creating Transparent, Data-Rich Projects and Buildings for Smarter Management
- Connected FM Podcast Session: Service-Oriented Management Framework
Hear directly from the winning team as they present their innovative approach to solving today’s hybrid meeting room challenges. Building on key trends in hybrid work and evolving meeting room technology, this session will showcase how the team addressed real-world customer pain points and reimagined the meeting experience using forward-thinking solutions, including Barco’s latest innovations. Attendees will gain fresh perspectives, practical ideas and inspiration to elevate collaboration across their own workplaces.
Matt Tucker - The FM Analyst Mindset in Asia Pacific
Get lunch voucher to claim light lunch on the exhibition floor as you explore the latest products and services for the built environment.
Explore the Build4Asia Expo and discover cutting-edge innovations, emerging technologies, and game-changing solutions shaping the future of facility management in the region.
Location: Crystal Court, at Hopewell Hotel
Black-tie formal
Location: Crystal Court, at Hopewell Hotel
extra ticket required.
extra ticket required.
Explore the innovative and strategic facets of facility management through this year’s theme:
Bridging the Gaps: Advancing Digital, Sustainable,
and Resilient FM Across Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific is home to the world’s most advanced facilities — yet the true strategic value of Facility Management often remains underrecognized. At World Workplace Asia Pacific 2026, we’ll explore how FM professionals across this diverse region can bridge gaps in digital maturity, sustainability, and professional development.
From smart infrastructure and resilient design to workforce growth and data-driven operations, the conference highlights real-world innovations shaping the built environment. Join leading experts, policymakers, and practitioners as we move from transformation to empowerment — redefining the future of FM in Asia Pacific.
Sustainable Urban Futures
Experience how Facility Management drives the transition to sustainable and resilient cities across Asia Pacific. This session will explore comparative case studies of FM strategies across regions, highlighting how international standards like ISO, LEED and WELL align with or differ from local regulations. We will discuss the social value created through facility management operations and initiatives, and the role of FM in enabling sustainable urbanization and resilient infrastructure.
Expect insights into energy efficiency, carbon neutrality, safe building operations, and how government-led initiatives and policy developments are shaping sustainable building practices in the region.
Resilient Facilities in a Changing World
Explore how FM professionals tackle the challenges of a rapidly changing world. This session will move beyond broad concepts to practical smart building implementations in the Asia Pacific region, focusing on climate-resilient buildings and the role of FM in adaptation planning. We will discuss emergency preparedness strategies for natural disasters and extreme weather, and how mobility, connectivity, and safety are integrated into modern property developments.
Expect insights into emerging building materials, advanced systems, and performance monitoring tools that strengthen long-term resilience and operational excellence in today’s built environment.
The Digital Maturity Journey
Dive into the digital transformation of Facility Management across Asia Pacific. This session explores the latest tools, platforms, and real-world use cases that are reshaping FM operations. We will cover energy-saving innovations such as solar and PV solutions, lighting and water efficiency, and HVAC optimization, along with benchmarking practices and the role of regional energy-efficiency indexes.
Expect insights into net-zero building strategies and how FM contributes to their successful implementation, as well as key considerations around cybersecurity and data governance in increasingly connected facilities.
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World Workplace Asia-Pacific 2026
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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