Conference Transcript
Break out session: Connected and Sustainable Work
San Francisco, Day 2 February 21st 2008
Each panelist’s contribution is summarised below, along with a synopsis of the Q&A
session that followed
Anthony Townsend, Research Director – Institute for the Future
• For the first time the way that work is being organised is changing. The modern office
building is a giant machine for housing knowledge workers. But ICT is now letting us
think about how we can craft new solutions to that way we work in cities.
• There has been a lot of excitement about public access wi-fi. But the project in
Bryant Park, New York was to push things to the next step and to cut the chord
between the office and work, returning work to public spaces. A very cost-effective