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Event Coverage Event Coverage Coworking Technology Coworking Tech Week 2026 AI in Coworking Coworking Operations<br>This was Coworking Tech Week 2026<br>CTW Team &middot; May 11, 2026 &middot; Updated May 19, 2026<br>Coworking Tech Week 2026 gave the flexible workspace industry an unusually practical record of where technology is helping operators, where it still creates friction, and which problems deserve more attention.

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The best talks diring theweek were when speakers showed the work behind the tools. The best sessions covered quotes, contracts, deposits, invoices, renewals, room usage, access control, AI response, checkout, CRM hygiene, and local market behavior.

technologywithin session moved data from dashboard theory into portfolio operations. Martin Whitaker and Andy Simmonds connected Wi-Fi, access control, CRM, feedback, infrastructure, energy use, revenue, retention, privacy, and member experience through the lens of The Office Group and Fora one of the premiere coworking space brands in London.

AI was useful when it had context and a defined job. Spacebring's Lem, Uniti AI's Sarah for Bond Collective, Hamlet's workflow thinking, Nexudus support automation, and Koho's data health lens all pointed to practical AI adoption.

Sales is now operational infrastructure. OfficeRnD, Nexudus, Colony Spaces, Kiln, Letswork, Werksy, Office Hub, and others showed how websites, checkout, WhatsApp, brokers, marketplaces, pricing, and CRM workflows shape revenue.

The next advantage for operators will come from cleaner decisions. Teams that understand their workflows, data quality, member attention, and local demand will choose better tools and get more value from them.

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CTW 2026 has finished, and its time to make a real recap of the content, the program and what the speakers shares in the spacn of the week. As a result now across the on-demand library, we have 24 recorded sessions, 35 speakers, 277 indexed topical chapters, spaning industry knowledge in AI, sales, checkout, space management, analytics, IoT, product development, and multi-location growth. The value of the library sits in the specifics: Manuel Conti from PONT and Adheaume Carniel-Perrin from AfricaWorks talking through operations across multiple African markets, Martin Whitaker from technologywithin and Andy Simmonds from The Office Group showing how portfolio data supports revenue, retention, energy efficiency, and member experience, Helga Moreno introducing Lem inside Spacebring, Anika Coutinho showing how Uniti AI handles inbound leads with Sarah for Bond Collective, and Yavor Chernaev using Linxiv’s Occupal to show what meeting rooms do after the calendar says they are booked.

We have seen coworking conversations about technology become more grounded. Operators want proof that a tool can improve a lead response, reduce a billing mistake, reveal unused inventory, make a member’s day smoother, or help a team know what to do next. That was the strongest signal from the week.

This recap is written as a working guide to the replays of the online coworking conference. Use it as a source for information to specific topics or software products questions you are considering with your coworking/flex space team.

The practical shape of the week

Coworkies’ Pauline Roussel and Dimitar Inchev introduced the week as a shared learning space for the coworking industry, created for operators, founders, and teams to exchange practical experience. The conversation focused on questions that many coworking spaces face as they grow: when to invest in software, which workflows to centralize, how websites can better sell meeting rooms and day passes, what data is useful for decision-making, and where AI can already support teams once the right business information is in place.

Coworking technology gets evaluated through daily use: a member booking a room, a community manager finding the right answer, a sales team following up, a finance team billing accurately, a founder checking whether a second or third location is ready.

The operator stack became more contextual

The strongest operator-led talks treated the tech stack as a result of the business model, the market, and the member journey.

In Behind the Stack: How We Built The Bureau Across Marketing, Tech & Ops, Rhea Patel and Nikita Patel Bhojani shared what it really takes to build and grow The Bureau Business Center, a coworking space in Dubai shaped around how modern professionals, founders, and teams actually discover, evaluate, and trust a workspace. Their talk moved from the origin of The Bureau into software and CRM choice, Nexudus as the backbone and avoiding unnecessary complexity, then using social media and smart localized decision to expand the brand in the market. What made the conversation especially useful was how clearly it connected The Bureau’s...