March 19, 2024

Welcome to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Meeting Spaces

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already widely used in daily communication, but despite concerns about AI’s adverse effects on society, the social consequences of using it to communicate remain largely unexplored. AI is used in meeting spaces today. How is this new technology in use, and what is the impact?

AI Innovations in Media and Communication

AI is now prevalent throughout the tools we use everyday. Where is AI taking our communication platform?

Reinvention of the Modern Office

The global pandemic brought our attendance in the office to an abrupt halt and triggered a complete re-evaluation of the purpose of the workplace. With the return to the new normal, what does the workplace look like? Who is coming back and why? What are the new goals for the modern office?

Helping Your Customers Move Beyond Hybrid Work

If you are like many organizations, getting to a productive state of hybrid work has been hampered by a variety of obstacles; changing health conditions, conflict with new organizational goals, and employee resistance. As you reconsider your next steps (or formulate your first efforts), you can learn from the research that underpins this session.

Employee Experience: Beyond Hybrid Work

Organizations must rethink how to face the new challenges that hybrid work brings considering that there are no magic wands or universal solutions. A new operating model should be considered with at least three dimensions: people, processes, and places. To design and implement the right operating model for every organization and every role, culture and technology must go together, providing a holistic approach to enable and optimize employee experience in the hybrid work environment.

During this session we will go through Microsoft’s approach and technology solutions that focus on these challenges related to hybrid work, employee experience, and space transformation.

Meeting Spaces for Today and Tomorrow

The workplace has changed significantly over recent years — where technology was a luxury, it is now a necessity. Hybrid is now mainstream 
and widely adopted; the right strategies and collaboration technologies will need to be implemented for the evolving modern workplace. Throughout this session, we will explore the new challenges employers and employees face when striving for a more efficient, effective, and inclusive workplace.