Where Next? - What is Driving Location Decisions Now? Resilience, Risk and Growth in a Fragmented Wo

Black Swan events are no longer rare exceptions. Geopolitical shocks, supply chain disruption, energy constraints, labour shortages, climate events and rapid advances in technology are now part of the operating environment.

This webinar will examine what is driving corporate location decisions today and what companies should be thinking about next. Covering manufacturing, logistics, offices, tech centres and shared services, the session will combine global analysis with regional perspectives from APAC, LATAM and EMEA, and will focus on practical steps companies can take to build more resilient and adaptable real estate and location strategies.

Topics would include:

• The shift from lowest-cost location decisions to risk-adjusted, resilient strategies
• How geopolitics, trade policy and supply chain regionalisation are changing market priorities
• Why labour availability, skills, demographics and wage inflation are increasingly critical
• The growing importance of power, infrastructure, utilities and climate resilience
• How AI, automation and robotics are changing workforce and real estate requirements
• What this means for manufacturing, logistics, offices, tech centres and shared services
• Practical ways to stress-test existing portfolios, identify concentration risks and compare future location