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The fourth Annual Smart Office India Summit 2018 saw the country’s leading decision makers, designers and facility heads deliberate on the state and future of the commercial design industry.

I partnership with some of the leading entities in the industry such as LG, Philips, AFC, Commscope and knowledge partner GACS, the fourth Annual Smart Office India Summit 2018 was held last month at Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel in New Delhi. The conference witnessed a full-fledged exchange of experiences, knowledge and ideas marking yet another successful edition of this knowledge platform.

ROUNDTABLE: RETHINKING SMART WORKSPACES

The summit commenced with a closed gathering to brainstorm over the evolving smart office trends in the sector. Deliberating on the subject of ‘Rethinking smart workspaces and putting light to work in office design’, the roundtable discussion brought together VPs, COOs, facility and project heads of eminent organisations.

Sharing their keenness and knowledge of integrating intelligent design, the facilitators spoke about the important aspects considered while incorporating or upgrading smart technologies into workplace systems. Reliance Jio’s Vibhu Narayan, Vatika Group’s Deepak Uppal and TCS’ Colonel Kumar pointed out that the critical parameters of the adoption of any new technological advancement is cost, sustainability and usability of the system.

American Express’ Bhumesh Gaur, in acknowledgement of manufacturing companies, said, “Many companies offer products that are sustainable, environment-friendly and smart. These are directly advantageous in conserving energy and money at large. But we are still working towards achieving utmost smartness.” Rajat Malhotra of JLL added, “Making technology work in the building environment while taking into consideration the implementation, commissioning and retro-commissioning of the upgrade is the way to make any technology work.”