The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) is pleased to announce that World Workplace 2013, the most longstanding, well-respected learning and networking event for facility management (FM) and related professions, will be held in Philadelphia, Pa., USA this year from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4. Members of the media are invited to attend and participate in this groundbreaking event free of charge.

What: IFMA’s World Workplace 2013 Conference & Expo – Leading FM: Advance Business, Get Results.
When: Oct. 2-4, 2013
Where: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa., USA
How: Media should RSVP with name and company to communications@ifma.org for credentials and to arrange interviews.

Facility management is a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology. Around the world, the role of the facility manager has risen to new levels of importance as the built environment has grown more sophisticated. The modern facility manager is directly involved with everything from sustainability to security, from worker productivity to asset management, from disaster preparation and recovery to the execution of day-to-day operations.

Organizations of all types and sizes are making capital investments in their facilities to achieve critical organizational goals. It is growing evident that to achieve desired results takes more than a state-of-the-art facility — it takes facility management.