Drawing from the global theme of the World FM Day, “Enabling Positive Experiences”, this keynote will set the tone for the panel of eminent experts in key segment of the market.

From the workplace to the residential sector, retail space to industrial Real Estate, healthcare and public infrastructure; this keynote will take a 360 degree look at the current state of the FM market in  Nigeria, what stakeholders consider positive experiences, what type of experiences are available in today’s market, and how to improve of these experiences in ways that they can stimulate the potential of Real Estate to become one of the key contributors to the nation’s economic growth.

The Keynote Speaker, Atedo Peterside, is a renowned economist, Real Estate developer and boardroom authority with wealth of experience interacting with different functions within the Real Estate value chain in Nigeria and abroad.

This session will focus on global and local FM trends and the required capacities and strategies to deliver the right workplace for employee productivity and engagement.

It will also address trends, challenges and opportunities peculiar to the Nigerian Corporate Real Estate sector such as Global FM contracts, service delivery, space and cost optimization; as well as how they all impact business bottom line.

As the current economic condition continues to impact the private residential space negatively, the need to create safe, secure and comfortable environment that attracts and retains the right tenants are top on the agenda of local and foreign investors. What are the current market challenges, what is the current position of FM in the mix and what role should FM play as the market struggles to bounce back?

As the commercial office space begins to stabilize and investors’ appetite for efficient FM services and global FM standards increase, what role will FM play in increasing asset potentials to return profit to their promoters?

This session will focus on evaluating emerging FM trends and market tent poles regarding future-proofing the commercial and retail space. Experts at this panel will be drawn from the retail and prime office space covering; telecommunications, financial services, oil & gas and business support services sectors.

This session will focus on evaluating emerging FM trends in the industrial Real Estate space and evaluating government’s policies and their impact on industrialization. It will further assess what stakeholders are doing and what opportunities are available for businesses to tap into in this segment of the Real Estate market.

The current state of Nigeria’s healthcare sector is not disturbing, the capital flight it’s incurring for the country because of decaying infrastructure and consequent low patronage, is more perplexing. To restore confidence and help improve on the perception healthcare delivery to international standards, improving the physical and operational environment of the healthcare facilities is key.

This session will stimulate discussions from industry experts from both public and private sector on how to improve healthcare delivery, attract local and foreign investment, and improve the well-being of Nigerians through quality physical environment.

The primary responsibility of government is to ensure the safety and well being of the people. Consequently, for government to create enabling environment that enhances lives of its people and discourages crime, quality infrastructure must play a key role.

This segment will look at current efforts of government at infrastructure development and how planning FM into projects can help improve Nigeria’s infrastructure stock and quality of governance.

The World FM Day was introduced in 2008 by Global FM, a worldwide federation of member-centric organizations committed to providing leadership in the Facilities Management profession. The body aims to ensure quality assurance in FM as well as to promote the strategic values and progress of the Facilities Management profession by leveraging the Global FM member associations’ strengths, knowledge and experience.

The theme for this year’s commemoration is Enabling Positive Experiences.

The annual Nigerian Facilities Management Roundtable is an annual Business-to-Business, high-calibre event organized by one of Africa’s leading Total Real Estate Solutions Company, Alpha Mead Group, in commemoration of the World FM Day.

Since its inception in 2012, the Roundtable has played host to close to a thousand C-Suite and senior management executives in both Nigeria and Ghana; providing a veritable platform for discussion and strategies among FM service providers, customers and other members of the FM value chain.

The Roundtable focuses on overcoming current obstacles in the Real Estate and FM Market in the face of evolving opportunities across Nigeria and Africa.

• To bring together stakeholders to discuss the Role of FM in restoring confidence for Nigeria’s Real Estate Industry.
• To identify Critical Success Factors that can give FM the required attention within the Real Estate and infrastructure value chain
• To discuss issues, trends and opportunities of cross-border FM contracts and best practices in service delivery
• Highlight the roles of FM in quality Healthcare delivery in Nigeria.