Does a surge in home working spell the end of the traditional office? Join our panel of experts as we unpick the benefits and the challenges of any changes to how and where we do our jobs

From our homes, from the garden or from the local coffee shop. A Zoom call here, a Teams chat there. Your office colleagues are no longer your work colleagues… some even have fur and four legs. Ring any bells?  For many, working life looks very different in lockdown. But does this spell the end of the traditional office longer term? No more packed rush-hour trains? More flexible workforces? 

If remote working is to become the norm, there are challenges as well as opportunities for employers and employees. How can we recreate the valuable informal water-cooler chats in a virtual office? How do we make our home office environment stress and distraction-free? And can we learn lessons from criticism of the gig economy to support a growing freelance sector? 

In this Imperial Lates Online discussion, our expert panel will look at the benefits and potential pitfalls of any change in how and where we work. Join us for this interactive discussion with: