Diary

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(2000), "Diary", Facilities, Vol. 18 No. 1/2. https://doi.org/10.1108/f.2000.06918aac.004

Diary

Europe's largest ever conference and exhibition dedicated to facilities management will be held in Glasgow from 11-13 June 2000 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC).

World Workplace Europe 2000 is an EuroFM/IFMA (European Facilities Management Network/International Facility Management Association) facilities management conference and exhibition in partnership with BIFM (British Institute of Facilities Management) and hosted by the Centre for Facilities Management at the University of Strathclyde.

Ten years ago the first European FM conference was held in Glasgow. Next year's event is expected to attract over 1,000 delegates from around the world, coming from both within the facilities management profession and also those associated with it.

Lionel Prodgers, chairman of the BIFM says:

I am delighted that BIFM is hosting this event in the UK. Facilities management has become an internationally recognised business discipline. Its scope is such that accountants, architects, contractors, engineers, solicitors, surveyors and the like are all part of the FM enterprise. This conference will appeal to the broad spectrum of professions involved in FM issues and provide a unique forum for their interaction.

The global audience will be rewarded with a fully interactive programme that will feature sessions with the world's leading FM innovators and practitioners. Three main themes will be explored in depth: FM policy, FM performance and FM progress.

Sir Antony Walker KCB, director-general of BIFM says:

This is an outstanding opportunity for all the world's FMs to get together under one roof and share a vision for our industry long into the next millennium. We have formed this ground-breaking strategic partnership with IFMA so that all the resources available to our organisations will ensure a hard hitting conference that will provide delegates with a thoroughly worthwhile experience. BIFM is proud to host such a prestigious event.

Alongside the conference there will be visits to state-of-the-art buildings and an extensive exhibition, making full use of the excellent facilities available in the SECC.

For further information please contact Saul Shanagher on +44 (0)1799 508603 or +44 (0)7974 084954; E-mail: saul.shanagher@bifm.org.uk

Get an advance glance of FM Expo 2000

19-21 September, Olympia, London

Take the information superhighway all the way to the new millennium on www.fmexpo.com, where you can get a preview of FM Expo 2000, the leading facilities management event taking place at Olympia next September.

You can now log on to get all you need to know about the exhibitors, conferences and features, as well as the practicalities of attending or exhibiting. Updated on a weekly basis, www.fmexpo.com will offer an interactive show map, conference timings and descriptions, a product guide, hotlinks to exhibitors' Web sites and more. From 1 November, the site will also enable you to pre-register for fast-track entry, so there will be no queues once you get to Olympia.

FM Expo 2000 has embraced many new developments that enhance its hallmarks for presenting leading companies, engaging conference programmes and a variety of free seminars. With the return of alt.office and the co-location of Securex, FM Expo 2000 unites the workplace to provide a more rewarding visit for those responsible for facilities management and security.

If you would like to know more about FM Expo 2000, contact Chris Fountain on +44 (0)181 987 7710 or Tracy Bebbington on +44 (0)181 987 7703.

First ever clean-up show is launched in readiness for new government regulations

The first ever UK-based international exhibition and conference International Clean-Up - for historical site remediation, pollution clean-up and emergency response for contaminated land and inland water - takes place at Manchester's G-MEX on 12-13 April 2000.

The major showcase for pollution clean-up technology and services recognises the need for a cohesive multi-disciplinary approach both in research and application that will help to create, in the UK, a world leading business in this multi-billion pound market. It has already attracted support from government departments, government agencies and other leading environmental bodies.

With some 100,000 contaminated sites needing remediation, new government legislation due to take effect from 1 April 2000 and growing pressure from public opinion, this new event is well-placed to appeal to land-owners and property developers, facilities directors and managers, cleaning and maintenance engineers, chemical, bio-chemical and electrical engineers, urban and rural planners, health, safety, environmental and utility managers.

The conference will scope the size and nature of "clean-up" problems and situations in the UK and internationally; the legal and insurance implications; and the technology options for economically viable outcomes. Successful case studies from the UK, Europe and the USA will be presented.

Professor Jim Lynch, head of the school of biological sciences, University of Surrey, who is coordinator of the OECD Programme on Biological Resource Management, is leading the event steering panel:

The exciting breakthroughs in biotechnology in the UK are adding to the viable range of available options in remediation and pollution. Over the next ten years, owners of contaminated land can expect to benefit from massively reduced remediation costs estimated at about £600 million. With the drive for sustainability, new methods will become even more important and demand for remediation will rapidly gather pace.

Exhibition visitors and conference delegates seeking to take advantage of the commercial opportunities which the forum provides will come from a wide range of industries including insurance, accountancy, chemicals, engineering, utilities, information technology, upstream oil and gas, building and construction, and waste treatment. All of these industries have a stake in the future of UK remediation and pollution clean-up.

For engineers, ranging from the civil, electrical to the chemical and biochemical, it will demonstrate the range of new technology and provide the opportunity to network and progress both academic and commercial thinking.

The event has been warmly welcomed by industry, government bodies and academia. A steering committee formed to guide the show to a successful launch includes among its members, English Partnerships, Environment Agency, Bio-Wise, JEMU, Biffa, Imperial College, British Gas, BNFL, Loughborough University, Shell Research, Enviro Centre, Entrust, Environmental Industries Commission, University of Surrey, BBSRC, Manchester City Council and Bio-Remidex.

Major exhibitors include AEA Technology, UK AEA, Shanks, VHE Construction, Entrust, English Partnerships, Nuclear Technologies, University of Surrey, Biffa and Onyx.

Paul Webster, managing director of show organisers, Pan Presentations Ltd, reflecting the views of the steering committee, said:

For too long it seems, "Fence and forget" and "Dig and dump" have been the accepted bywords for the pollution clean-up business. International Clean-Up will highlight the development of an exciting new theme - remediation reaps rewards - for landowners, developers, environmental technology and service companies, and, of course, the environment itself.

The conference programme is nearing completion and confirmed speakers so far include Sir Idris Pearce, chairman of English Partnerships; John Waters, chairman, Contaminated Land Group EIC; Dr Henry "Buck" Cox Jr, BioSystems Technology Inc. (US); Richard Swannell, AEA Technology; Alan Richman of insurers Willis; and Paul Sheridan from solicitors, Cameron McKenna.

Further information about International Clean-Up 2000 is available on +44 (0)1483 799141 or its Web site at www.panpres.co.uk International Clean-Up 2000 is being organised by Pan Presentations on behalf of SW Events.

CIB Working Commission W70 Brisbane 2000 International Symposium: Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance

15-17 November 2000, Brisbane, Australia

Theme

The Symposium theme is "Providing facilties solutions to business challenges - moving towards integrated resource management".

Objectives

The Symposium will bring together the body of knowledge and expertise on facilities management and asset maintenance. It aims to forge closer links between the financial, sociological and operational aspects of built asset management. The Symposium will serve as a platform for reviewing the multifaceted and multidisciplinary interests and expertise that combine to realise a quality working and living built environment.

Topics

The Symposium will address all topics relevant to the theme and objectives. Papers are particularly invited on the topics covered by the W70 task groups. The groups focus on:

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  facilities management and strategic facilities planning;

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  strategic asset management, property management and maintenance systems;

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  condition assessment and prioritisation of maintenance actions;

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  building conservation and refurbishment;

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  technology of maintenance.

A special section of the Symposium will be devoted to developments of asset management and facilities management in the public sector.

Key dates

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  Receipt of abstracts (250 words) - 31 March 2000.

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  Preliminary acceptance - 28 April 2000.

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  Receipt of full papers (eight pages) - 1 June 2000.

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  Acceptance of papers - 15 July 2000.

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  Symposium - 15-17 November 2000.

Invitation for papers

Papers are invited on the Symposium topics. If you intend to submit a paper, please provide the preliminary title of the paper on the expression of interest form.

The full papers presented at the symposium will be reviewed by the W70 Scientific Committee. The committee members are:

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  Associate Professor Danny S.S. Then, QUT, Queensland.

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  Mr Tan Teng-Hee, Department of Public Works, Queensland.

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  Dr Quah Li-Kiang, Real Estate and Construction Centre, Singapore.

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  Dr Keith Jones, University of Greenwich, England.

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  Dr George Cairns, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.

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  Professor Robert Grimshaw, University of West of England, England.

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  Professor Jan Brochner, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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  Professor Tore Haugen, University of Trondheim, Norway.

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  Professor Victor Torrance, Institut Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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  Dr Edward Finch, University of Reading, England.

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  Dr Kenji Motohashi, Building Research Institute, Japan.

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  Dr Swelyn Tucker, CSIRO, Australia.

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  Mr Barry Varcoe, Johnson Controls, USA.

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  Associate Professor John Gilleard, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

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  Dr Penny Burns, AMQ International, South Australia.

Registration fees

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  Participants: before 1 September 1999 - $595; after 1 September 1999 - $695.

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  Authors - $545.

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  Accompanying person - $155.

Participant and author fees include a copy of the published proceedings, the welcome session, lunches, coffee breaks, and the conference dinner and reception.

Accompanying person fees will cover the conference dinner and reception, and a half-day Brisbane City Tour. Other tours to Brisbane attractions, the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast can be arranged.

CIB Working Commission W70

Working Commission W70 has a proud history of success growth. This growth has been sustained since the late 1970s by a core group of supporters from around the world who share a common vision that the successful management of the built environment must embrace a holistic view of the built facilities as a sustainable business resource.

The renaming of the Working Commission W70 to "Facilities management and maintenance" reflects the maturing and acceptance of a management approach to built facilities. This approach views the creation of physical assets as the start of a life-cycle asset management process. Such a process must rely on an integral resource management approach, driven by business needs.

Working Commission W70 is a unique forum for reviewing the changes in education, research and practice that are transforming traditional approaches to the provision of functional workspace and its ongoing management and maintenance.

The main thrust of W70's work is undertaken by five task groups: facilities management; property management and maintenance systems; condition assessment systems; building conservation and refurbishment; and technology of maintenance.

Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology will host the CIB W70 Brisbane 2000 International Symposium on its Gardens Point Campus.

Key sponsors

The key sponsors of the Symposium are:

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  Queensland University of Technology.

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  National Committee on Rationalised Building Incorporated.

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  Queensland Government, Department of Public Works.

More information

For more information, please visit the Brisbane 2000 International Symposium Web site at: http://www.cons.bee.qut.edu.au/cib-w70 or contact Associate Professor Danny Then, CIB W70 Brisbane Symposium Secretariat, School of Construction Management and Property, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61 7 3864 1733; Fax: +61 7 3864 1170; E-mail: d.then@qut.edu.au