Meeting/Event Information

Director Corporate Programs and Events

TJ Mendieta, CEM
Expo Manager of IFMA

Join our guest speakers, Cheryl White, Director Corporate Programs and Events and TJ Mendieta, CEM, Expo Manager of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) for a sneak peek into the planning for IFMA's World Workplace Conference & Expo 2017.

Founded in 1980, IFMA is the world's largest and most widely recognized international association for facility management, supporting 24,000 members in 104 countries. The association's members, represented in 133 chapters, 15 industry councils and 6 interest-specific communities worldwide, manage more than 78 billion square feet of property and annually purchase more than US$526 billion in products and services.

Cheryl and TJ are excited to present the vision and plans for IFMA's World Workplace 2017 Conference & Expo to be held for the FIRST-TIME right here in Houston! The most longstanding and well-respected facility management conference and exposition, IFMA's World Workplace has been leading groundbreaking discussions and discoveries related to FM and the built environment for 36 years. World Workplace is IFMA's annual flagship event attracting on average 4,000 attendees and 300 exhibiting companies.
The Houston chapter will play a significant role in the success of this event and together we can make this the biggest conference in IFMA's history! Please come out and witness what exciting plans we have in store for World Workplace Houston and find out how you can be a part of welcoming the global FM community to our city!