In a hypercompetitive market that increasingly spotlights high performance and resource efficiency, data-driven and sustainability-focused facilities management is essential in creating built assets that last longer and deliver exceptional value for their owners and communities. Indeed, effective facilities management can not only yield significant savings in costs, but it can also enhance the user experience, boost efficiency and wellbeing, extend an asset’s useful lifecycle, and enhance sustainability and resilience.

To spotlight innovation in Facilities Management, the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), in collaboration with Future FM, will host its inaugural Middle East Summit, from November 26 to 28, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Taking place within the Big5Global summit, the event will be a global meeting of key leaders and experts who are shaping the future of Facilities Management, across industries, with exhibitors and thought leaders exhibiting and sharing the latest technologies and best practices revolutionising the facilities management sector.

As one of the region’s leading providers of facilities management services, Dar will be joining the IFMA Global Middle East Summit to share expertise on how digital transformation and sustainability are transforming facilities management and promising exceptional value for stakeholders. During the summit, Dar will host two events:

• AI-Powered Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Enhanced Facility Management
  November 27^th, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM, Orange Stage, Za’abeel Hall 5
  Dar’s Director of Digital Solutions Faysal Shair will deliver a presentation on AI-powered fault detection and diagnostics (FDD), discussing predictive maintenance and other anomaly detection applications of AI in FDD, and the value it could add to stakeholders across the region.
  
  
• Tomorrow’s Climate, Today’s Facilities: Innovative Management for the Existing Built Environment
  November 27^th, 03:00 PM – 03:30 PM, Orange Stage, Za’abeel Hall 5
  Dar’s Director of Sustainability Balsam Nehme will discuss how Dar’s approach to innovative facilities management can secure resiliency and reduce assets’ whole life carbon and associated emissions, creating better outcomes for people and planet.

The IFMA Global Middle East Summit spotlights a critical conversation on the future of facilities management, its latest technologies and emerging best practices, and how it promises to reimagine the built environment to improve outcomes for people and planet.