IFMA World Workplace 2025

If you support the commercial built environment you need to attend

Connecting with so many industry professionals at one event is extremely valuable to me and my company.

Worthwhile opportunity to connect with like minded people from the industry. The value for myself was to meet friends from different chapters and get insights on how FM works in US, as they seem to be... setting the trends. One should not forget that FM is a local business and all inputs/trends/lessons learned/experiences should be considered, aggregated and composed into best practises. Overall a great experience. Thank you for organising it!Read more

IFMA World Workplace brings together the industry's leading facilities management professionals as well as firms that are pushing the boundaries on FM technology, services, and support. No matter whe...ther you are an end-user, service provider, consultant or academic, there's several compelling reasons for you to attend. Read more

IFMA World Workplace was a great experience for me as a young professional to network with the very experienced folks in the industry and share ideas on the present challenges and future possibilities... to helping solve the numerous challenges in the industry. It was overall a very well planned and packaged event. Read more

As a IFMA Buck Fisher scholarship recipient and first-time attendee at the IFMA World Workplace Conference, I found the event awesome for students and young professionals looking to start their FM car...eers. I recommend it for everyone who are passionate about FM to participate and have definitely some great inputs and opportunities to take with them.Read more

The main challenge at IFMA was finding the courses and sessions. They were three floors upstairs or in the basement. My main issues with the sessions were that they were first come, first served. If... you were in one session and wanted another popular session, you weren’t going to get a seat. Also, I typically stand in the back of the room rather than sit all day. The room guards enforced a no standing order for the venue. I paid all that money, scheduled all those sessions, and didn’t get to attend one course or session. What a rip off. Read more

IFMA World Workplace is one of the best venues to see and hear what is going on across the industry. I would like to see more sessions on leadership, change and elevating the role of the FM. The conte...nt is hit or miss. It is hard to know by course descriptions the quality of the presenter or content. The conference format is not evolving with the need to have more conversations and build stronger networks. The networking is random and social - not very many intentional opportunities to meet someone with common challenges or interests. Read more

IFMA tradeshow is as a great opportunity to gather background on some potential vendors and align on products or services that will compliment our facility operations. There never seems to be enough t...ime so dedicating at least an hour to circulate the booths is always rewarding and beneficial for our team for sure! Read more

Founded in 1980, IFMA is the world's largest and most widely recognized international association for facility management professionals, supporting over 23,000 members in more than 100 countries. Thi...s diverse membership participates in focused component groups equipped to address their unique situations by region (142 chapters), industry (1​6 councils) and areas of interest (six communities). Together they manage more than 78 billion square feet of property and annually purchase more than US$526 billion in products and services. IFMA's annual World Workplace conference is the premier event for Facilities Management professionals. In its 40th year, the IFMA mission has been to advance the FM profession. It has done so by establishing internationally recognized certificates and credentials, established accredited degree programs at the graduate and undergraduate level, lobbied to create a standard occupational classification code for FM with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and most recently, played a leadership role in developing the ISO 41000 Facilities Management Standards series. Not limited to the U.S., IFMA also hosts World Workplace events in Amsterdam, NL scheduled for March 2020 and Shanghai, China in April 2020.Read more