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businessinfomag.uk magazine 38 MEETINGS The visionary office. The stationery trends. Take part in a future-oriented dialogue with the entire industry [email protected] Tel. +44 (0) 14 83 48 39 83 Paperworld presents all the latest products, provides a meeting place for a who’s who of the industry and also offers a huge wealth of inspiration and knowledge. Gain access to the trends and product assortments of tomorrow – at the leading international trade fair for the entire range of stationery, office supplies and writing materials for the home and commercial sectors. Book your ticket now! paperworld.messefrankfurt.com 25.– 28. 1. 2020 Frankfurt am Main 70112-018_PW_Allgemein_Pen_2_Paper_90x297 • FOGRA 39 • C M Y K • es: 18.07.2019 DU: 11.10.2019 England able to meet within virtual spaces within the next three years. 4 Take-up of remote working will continue to grow The number of remote workers has more than doubled over the last decade, and this trend is set to accelerate in 2020, with 74% of those surveyed expecting to see an increase in remote attendee-only meetings over the next three years. Already, 53% of meetings involve attendees who join remotely. For remote collaboration to succeed, participants must be able to interact in the same way they would in a face-to-face meeting and that means investing in IT infrastructure and tools that let them collaborate effectively wherever they are. 5 Prepare for a Bring Your Own Meeting (BYOM) future As the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend matures, employees expect not only to join meetings from their personal devices, but also to host them using their choice of conferencing solution (Bring Your Own Meeting). Seven out of 10 workers surveyed say they can already choose which conferencing solutions they use. Supporting choice in this area will also aid collaboration with contractors, interns and other members of a diverse workforce. www.barco.com 1 End of the generational divide 2020 will finally put to rest the stereotype of the technophobic older generation. In Barco ClickShare's recent pan-European survey of 1,509 white collar workers, 74% of people of all ages said they were confident with technology, with 86% expressing a preference for meetings that embraced technology in some way. 2 Video and AI technologies to become the standard Employees expect workplace IT to keep pace with consumer technology. Of those surveyed, 77% believe video will be standard in meetings within the next three years; 83% want to see voice recognition in meetings within the next two years; and 81% want video filters (like those available on apps like Instagram) to feature in meetings within the next two years. Nearly one third (30%) want to be able to use hand gestures to control meeting room technology. 3 Employees want a new reality Office workers would like to see further investment in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Two thirds of those surveyed want the ability to overlay information onto visual content in real-time using AR technology like that popularised by Pokémon Go. Four out of five (81%) would like to be The changing face of meetings in 2020 Barco ClickShare identifies five key trends set to change meeting room culture in 2020