Charles recently delivered the opening keynote at the Future of Office Space Summit in Sydney, Australia. In his presentation, Charles discussed how companies worldwide are taking the wrong approach to try and get employees to return to the office. It's NOT about asking people to return to the office... it's NOT about telling them to return... and it's NOT about begging them to return. The Future of Work is giving employees a REASON to return to the office. The Future of Work is all about Employee Experience.

I gave the opening keynote at Singapore's Future of Office Place Summit on 12 October, 2022. During his presentation, I explain why our current Return to Office strategies are destined to fail, and what companies need to do to reverse the trend. I also explain our lack of focus on driving positive Human Outcomes in the workplace led to the Great Resignation and the current global talent shortage. To conclude the presentation, I look at the impact technology, and Digital Twins in particular, will have on the Future of Work - and what we need to do to drive the adoption.

In November 2022, I had the honour of presenting at the TEDxP&G "Taming Chaos" event in Singapore.

For years, Anderson says, many Smart Cities failed to live up to their hype. But the pandemic unexpectedly turbocharged results, kickstarting initiatives and innovation. What changed? Join Charles Anderson in conversation with Jack FitzGerald, Director for Smart Cities and Real Estate Tech at Hitachi, to understand the evolution of the ecosystem that has made him (almost) a believer in the promise of the Smart City. (CHARLES REED ANDERSON, JACK FITZGERALD)

This keynote presentation was part of the Urban Technology Alliance event: Global Smart City Trend 2020, held on the MUST platform from Dec 8th to 11th 2020. The Urban Technology Alliance (UTA) is a global non-profit organization providing city-scale testbeds from all around the world, to deploy, test and validate the latest smart city innovations. The UTA is providing trusted and neutral guidance to cities for their sustainable digital transformation, enabling them to face today’s economic, social and environmental challenges. The UTA is a vibrant community including a complete smart city ecosystem composed of cities, industry, academy and non-profit organizations. UTA members network, build partnerships, deploy and test concrete solutions in real-life environments and share best practice and success stories among members worldwide. Learn more at : http://www.urbantechnologyalliance.org/

Smart cities face a path of “big project” obstacles. Yet smart buildings offer a scalable foundation for creating the smart city. Buildings in cities serve different purposes (offices, apartments, hospitals, schools, residences, etc). Across all uses, smart building infrastructure addresses the same needs as city infrastructure-- energy, water, trash, lighting, ventilation, connectivity, parking, security, and emergency services. This session digs into the ecosystem of smart city to explain how smart building technology can push cities closer to their goal of a smart city. Smart cities face a path of “big project” obstacles. Yet smart buildings offer a scalable foundation for creating the smart city. Buildings in cities serve different purposes (offices, apartments, hospitals, schools, residences, etc). Across all uses, smart building infrastructure addresses the same needs as city infrastructure-- energy, water, trash, lighting, ventilation, connectivity, parking, security, and emergency services. CHAIR: Bob Snyder Editor-in-Chief Channel Media Europe Msida, Malta Keynote | Creating a Smarter Future for Homes, Buildings & Mobility Thorsten Müller Head of Global Product Group Building and Home Automation Solutions ABB Smart Buildings Zurich, Switzerland Keynote | Smart Cities 2019: A New Way Forward Charles Anderson Founder CRA & Associates Singapore Panel | The Smarter the Buildings, the Smarter the City Smart cities face a path of “big project” obstacles. Yet smart buildings offer a scalable foundation for creating the smart city. Buildings in cities serve different purposes (offices, apartments, hospitals, schools, residences etc). Across all uses, smart building infrastructure addresses the same needs as city infrastructure-- energy, water, trash, lighting, ventilation, connectivity, parking, security and emergency services. This session digs into the ecosystem of smart city to explain how smart building technology can push cities closer to their goal of a smart city. MODERATOR: Matthew Marson Head of Smart Places WSP London, UK SPEAKERS: Franz Kammerl President KNX Association Brussels, Belgium Rosi Bremec VP Business Excellence Visionect Ltd. Ljubljana, Slovenia Ken Dooley Technology Director Granlund Helsinki, Finland Katherine Farrington Technical Program Manager Google London, UK ------------------- Save The Date 📅November 17-19 2020📅 Check out our website for further details: http://www.smartcityexpo.com/home If you wish to attend, check out our passes: http://www.smartcityexpo.com/en/visit/passes-and-prices Also, follow us on our other social media platforms Twitter: https://twitter.com/smartcityexpo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SmartCityExpoWorldCongress Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smartcityexpo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smartcityexpo/

My keynote on the AI/IoT Headliner Stage at the TechXLR8 Asia event in Singapore on 12 September. The content includes highlights from my recent whitepaper developed in collaboration with JLL, "Smart Cities Success", which can be downloaded here: https://www.jll.com.sg/en/trends-and-insights/research/smartcitiessuccess

Charles delivered the opening keynote at the Asia's leading IoT event, IoT World Asia, on 19 September 2018.  Title: IoT 2018: What's Hot, What's Not & What's Next 01:10 A Performance Appraisal for IoT 02:30 Where our IoT expectations and forecasts too high? 05:30 What's Hot #1: IoT in China 08:45 What's Hot #2: Taipei's Smart City Strategy 12:50 What's Not: IoT Stakeholder Engagement 14:35 What's Next #1: The SIM Revolution: eSIMs & Virtual SIMs  20:00 What's Not #2: Disruptive Technologies 23:00 IoT's Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)