Portland, ME According to the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), two nationally renowned experts will travel to Portland to keynote the group’s annual spring conference scheduled for May 17 and entitled “Office of the Future.”

Architects Dean Strombom and Sven Govaars, from the Houston, TX-based Gensler, will lead a conversation about how place and technology work together to improve employee engagement, performance and well-being, with benefits for companies’ bottom lines.

“It is a coup to have these guys in Maine. The pair will offer real world examples of these trends, and why company leadership ought to embrace them,” said Brian Curley, MEREDA board member and president with PDT Architects.

The event will be held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, beginning at 12 noon. Registration and additional details are available at MEREDA.org. The early bird deadline ends on May 11.