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Cisco Systems | Penn1 Retrofit: The New Office – A Magnet, Not a Mandate

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The IBcon Smart Building Best Practice Showcase is an annual event held at the Realcomm | IBcon conference where real estate leaders present their most innovative, technology driven commercial and corporate real estate projects. These projects demonstrate leading-edge technologies and vision for intelligent and adaptive design that is transforming the next generation of IT-enabled real estate. The Weekly News Briefing will feature a unique Showcase project each week.

PENN1 is Cisco’s first hybrid workplace. The New York City Talent and Collaboration Center was designed utilizing a technology-first mindset, taking an integrated approach that simplifies building management, reduces operational costs and enables a state-of-the-art hybrid work environment. This smart building immersive experience re-imagines the office to attract top

talent, help ensure well-being, and provide new flexible ways to work. Penn1 is optimized for collaborative space, understanding that collaboration is not a single activity. Sharing information, making decisions, and brainstorming each has a specific set of technology requirements. From large training rooms to the ultimate immersive video conferencing experience, built for the modern C-suite, to small huddle spaces, to hot-desking to the Grand Community lounge, Cisco’s PENN1 facility is a showcase of what is possible: making the office a magnet, not a mandate.

Realcomm Staff Realcomm Conference Group LLC is the leading research and educational institution that produces annual conferences and expositions on technology, automated business solutions and intelligent buildings strategies for executives in commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate. Realcomm was founded in 1999 with the goal of bringing industry leaders together each year to discuss, demonstrate and debate the latest innovations that impact the industry.

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