Symposium "People Inside" - Hybrid, Multi-local Work Environments

Every year, the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP brings together the worlds of research and practice, scientists, architects, planners, companies and manufacturers as part of the People in Spaces (Menschen in Räumen/MiR) symposium. In 2022, the MiR (People in Spaces) symposium will focus on the challenges involved in the design of hybrid worlds of work, with the latest scientific insights, inspiring keynotes and examples of best practice, together with exciting contributions from science, architecture and company practice.

10.00 a.m. Opening of the hall & reception

10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Welcome & Introduction 

Prof. Dr. Philip Leistner | Fraunhofer IBP 

11.00 - 11.30 a.m. "Raumwechsel!"- Attractors and effects of hybrid multilocal working environments. A study by Fraunhofer IBP and the ORGATEC Trade Fair Cologne

Maria Zaglauer | Fraunhofer IBP

11.30 a.m. - 12.00 noon What offices need after the pandemic to keep people in the office and in the company

Stefan Camenzind | Evolution Design 

12.00 noon - 1.00 p.m. Lunch Break & Exchange

1.00 - 1.30 p.m. Mobile & hybrid working: Questions, concerns & wishes of employers

Dr. Elisa Clauß | Confederation of German Employers' Associations

1.30 - 2.00 p.m. Lighting effects in the context of work and relaxation in the office

Prof. Dr. Anna Steidle | HS Ludwigsburg

2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Application of virus-inactivating air purifiers in rooms 

Dr. Andrea Burdack-Freitag | Fraunhofer IBP 

2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Break & exchange of views

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. The environmental impact of work. Hybrid working from an LCA perspective

Rafael Horn | Fraunhofer IBP 

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Technical challenges of communication and solutions for hybrid, multilocal working environments

Matthias Lücke | EPOS

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Coworking Spaces - Third Places of Work for the Workplace of the Future

Prof. Dr. Axel Minten | cowork AG - creating spaces

4.30 - 5.00 p.m. Outlook & Farewell

Prof. Dr. Philip Leistner | Fraunhofer IBP