Dezeen promotion: Workplace Wellbeing by Design is a week-long online event taking place during this year's London Design Festival, which explores the complex relationship between design and wellbeing in the workplace.
Workplace Wellbeing by Design, which will take place from 14 to 18 September 2020, includes talks by leaders in the architecture and design industry including Thomas Heatherwick, Ab Rogers and HOK senior director of WorkPlace, Kay Sargent.
Thomas Heatherwick will be speaking at the Workplace Wellbeing by Design event
These creatives will be joined by more corporate figures such as Bruce Daisley, who developed Twitter for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Cees van der Spek ? communications director for EDGE ? and workplace theorist Jeremy Myerson. Other speakers include biometrician Nikita Mikhailov, who will discuss new data-driven biometric techniques for employers and employees, as well as Maaind founder Martin Dinov, who will outline how AI can be harnessed for workplace wellbeing.
Ab Rogers will be speaking at the event about his Maggie's Centre design
Over the course of five days, five 75-minute sessions will explore the issues of workplace design from a range of viewpoints including technology and diversity, as well as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Each session will be hosted by author and design commentator Aidan Walker and will be split into three sections: a keynote, a practical case study and a Q&A session.
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