- Learn how GPA’s latest strategy is transforming the government office estate through shared space models, sustainability measures and data driven optimisation
- Understand upcoming policy, guidance and investment priorities shaping regional public sector estates and FM operations
- Identify opportunities for collaboration with GPA in workplace design, regional hub development, data insight and operational transformation
The Annual Facilities Management in the Public Sector Show 2026
CorpAcq Stadium, Greater Manchester 17 March 2026, 9:00am - 4:00pm
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8:30am
Delegate Registration and Networking
9:30am
Chairs Opening Remarks
9:40am
Strategic Property Leadership: Driving National Renewal, Economic Growth, and Future Capability
This session explores the strategic imperative for the public sector property profession to serve as a powerful enabler of national renewal and the Plan for Change. We will examine the core role of property in supporting key government missions, including accelerating economic growth, rebuilding Britain's infrastructure, and advancing clean energy ambitions.
The session will delve into how intelligent property management and capitalising on the government estate can unlock value and catalyse place-based prosperity across the UK by supporting local economies and improving sustainability.
Finally, it will address the critical need for building tomorrow's property leaders. This includes outlining the development priorities for the profession and discussing the essential skills, capabilities, and mindsets - from technical excellence to strategic thinking - required to collectively deliver ambitious, mission-led government objectives and drive better outcomes for citizens and places.
Jake Drummond, Deputy Government Head of Property Profession ,Cabinet Office
10:00am
Transforming the Office Estate: Shared Spaces, Sustainable Workplaces and Regional Delivery
10:20am
Devolution and the Future of Council Estates: Key FM Challenges and Solutions
- Councils are facing mounting pressures from devolution, ageing infrastructure, constrained budgets, legislative demands and staff shortages, making it harder to balance day-to-day operations with long-term estate planning
- These challenges increase the risk of resource strain and non-compliant maintenance, threatening the safety, efficiency, and compliance of council estates.
- SFG20 will be discussing these challenges in further detail and sharing practical strategies to help councils maintain standards and compliance across their buildings
Rachel Shibel, Sales Manager for New Business, SFG20
10:40am
Question & Answers Session
11:00am
Break & Networking
11:30am
Session Reserved for Telex UK
11:50am
Professionalising the FM Workforce: Skills, Digital Capability and the Evolving Public Sector Role
- Understand the future skills landscape for FM professionals, including digital, lifecycle, energy and risk management competencies
- Explore how public sector organisations can develop strong pipelines through apprenticeships, CPD pathways and professional standards
- Identify the strategic workforce challenges facing local authorities, NHS estates, education and national bodies and how to address them
Andrew Hulbert, Chair, IWFM
12:10pm
Local Government at a Turning Point: Estate Rationalisation, Levelling Up Delivery and Enabling Growth Through Property
- Understand the key estate related pressures and opportunities facing councils from budget constraints to regeneration demands
- Gain insights into successful cross authority partnerships, One Public Estate models and local capital planning
- Learn how councils are unlocking value through joint working, asset reviews, modernisation and improved FM resilience
12:30pm
Maximising Public‑Sector Decarbonisation: A Technical Approach to Successful Salix Funding Applications
This presentation will focus on practical guidance for facility management leaders, anchored in funding and assessment.
Davide Natuzzi,Assistant Director Energy Carbon & Technical, Salix Finance
12:50pm
Lunch & Networking
1:50pm
Transforming the NHS Estate: Lessons, Standards and Innovation from the New Hospital Programme
- Explore the design, operational and lifecycle principles underpinning the national New Hospital Programme and how they impact local estates
- Understand how standardisation, digital design, MMC and whole life planning support improved FM and operational performance
- Identify what health, local authority and wider public sector estates can learn from NHP’s approach to resilience, sustainability and patient centred design
2:15pm
Unlocking Public Sector Estate Data to Accelerate Decarbonisation and Resilience
Understand how innovative data modelling is being used across the public sector to unlock estate data at scale and support evidence-based decarbonisation strategies
Learn how better use of estate data can improve long-term resilience, investment planning and whole-system decision-making across complex public sector sites
Gain insight into practical lessons from Energy Systems Catapult’s work with public sector organisations, including how guidance and data tools can be applied to support strategic estate and net zero planning
Stephanie Parker, Senior Advisor Decarbonisation - Complex Sites, Catapult Energy Systems
2:40pm
Break & Networking
3:10pm
Closing Panel Discussion: Delivering a Resilient, Sustainable Public Estate by 2030
Steve Westcott, Programme Manager – Low Carbon, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Eddie Boyd, Building Decarbonisation Advisor, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
The panel will be discussing how the public estate can become more resilient, sustainable and future ready by 2030. Bringing together leaders from central government, local authorities, healthcare and the wider FM profession, the discussion will explore the major challenges and opportunities shaping estates today.
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3:45pm
Chairs Closing Remarks
3:50pm
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