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Thomas Abell

Advisor, SDCC and Chief of Digital Technology for Development, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Thomas Abell is the Chief of ADB’s Digital Technology for Development Unit, which promotes the effective use of digital technology across ADB programs to improve development impact. His team works with ADB member countries in supporting the transition to the digital economy and provides assistance across many areas, including eGovernment, tech startup ecosystems, technology policy, and industry partnerships. Thomas has over 30 years of professional experience in digital technology, including technology policy and strategy, software development, and systems architecture. During his 10+ years of experience in international development, he has worked extensively across Asia, Africa and Latin America, working with governments, development organizations, NGOs and corporations. He has authored many publications on technology innovation in development, focused mainly on education, financial inclusion and agriculture. Thomas has master’s degrees in engineerring and management and a bachelors in engineering from MIT.

Thomas is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Souheil Soubra

Chair EU BIM Task Group, EU BIM Task Group

Dr. Souheil Soubra is Chair of the EU BIM Task Group (http://www.eubim.eu/), he is also the Director of the IT department at CSTB (www.cstb.fr). His main fields of interest include Simulation Environments, Building Information Modelling, Geographical Information Management, Virtual and Augmented Reality. He is managing CSTB’s IT department working on digital transition for the construction sector and in the frame of which two innovative immersive spaces have been put in place. Souheil Soubra is a member of various expert committees in “Construction IT” and has co-authored several publications and books in this field. He is a member of various BIM related standardization bodies (CEN TC 442, ISO TC 59 / SC13). He is currently contributing to the French “Plan BIM 2022”. This plan was launched in January 2019 by the ministry of housing in order to prepare a large-scale deployment of BIM in the French construction sector.

Souheil is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 4th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Phil Bernstein FAIA RIBA

Associate Dean and Professor Adjunct, Yale School of Architecture

Phil Bernstein is an architect, technologist and educator who is Associate Dean and Professor Adjunct at the Yale School of Architecture, where he received his B.A (honors) and M.Arch and has taught since 1988. He was formerly a Vice President at Autodesk where he was responsible for setting the company’s future vision and strategy for BIM technology as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry leaders and associations. Prior to Autodesk Phil was a principal at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects where he managed many of the firm’s most complex commissions. He is the author Architecture | Design | Data – Practice Competency in the Era of Computation (2018) and co-editor of Building (In) The Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture (2010 with Peggy Deamer), and speaks and writes extensively on technology, practice and project delivery. His book on the implications of artificial intelligence for architectural practice will be published by RIBA in 2022.

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Alanna Gluck

Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB)

A native New Yorker, Alanna Gluck has worked in local, regional and national government programme delivery in the United States and Spain before relocating to the UK, where she received her MSc in Public Policy and Management in 2017 from King’s College London. In her current role of Policy and Public Affairs Manager at CDBB, Alanna sits on a number of steering groups and programme teams in both an advisory and delivery capacity, providing insight on built environment policy development and consensus building, and leading on national and international government engagement activities. She is passionate about how digital built environment policy and infrastructure delivery can improve social and economic outcomes for people and places, with a special interest in the interface between the digital operation of infrastructure and improved public services such as health and education. 

Alanna is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 4th March
  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 10th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Adam Matthews

Head of International, Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB)

Adam and his team assist policy makers and national committees on strategies to encourage the digitalization of the construction sector. Since 2012, he has collaborated with over 40 countries and multi-lateral organisations across Europe, Latin America, Asia and the US, to increase the public sector benefit from the introduction of digital, specifically building information modelling; and grow opportunities for international trade by aligning digital standards. 

With over 30 years’ experience in information technology, policy, strategy and change management across various sectors, including utility infrastructure, retail and airports, he was a lead member of the UK’s BIM Task Group in 2010, he co-authored the UK Government’s BIM Strategy (2011) and designed the UK’s international BIM program methodology (2017). Adam was a founding member and Chair of the EU BIM Task Group (2015-2018); and lead author of the EU BIM Task Group’s 2017 “Handbook for the Public Sector introduction of BIM”.  He has a BSc (Hons) in decision science, holds an MBA in construction sector policy and sustainability, MBCS (UK) and is currently DBA doctoral researcher at Cranfield School of Management. 

Adam is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 3rd March
  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 11th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Fergus Harradence

Deputy Director, Infrastructure & Construction, Department of Business Energy & Industry Strategy

Fergus Harradence leads for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on sponsorship of the construction sector. Since joining the Civil Service in 2000, he has worked in a number of departments in a range of economic policy roles, including trade policy, export promotion, innovation and corporate tax. His current responsibilities include BEIS’ policies to help improve the performance of the construction sector, the Department’s contribution to the Government’s house-building ambitions, and its relationship with the Construction Leadership Council.

Fergus is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 3rd March
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Jaan Saar

Head of Digital Construction, Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

Jaan has managed processes and IT in the construction industry for over 15 years. He joined the public sector in 2018 with the goal to digitally transform construction in Estonia. He is currently working on developing the “e-construction platform” which will provide the digital infrastructure for sharing data and services related to the built environment. He is also the Chair of Construction Classification International Collaboration (CCIC), Deputy Chair of the EU BIM Task Group and a member of the buildingSMART Board of Directors.

Jaan is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 3rd March
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Jaroslav Nechyba

Director of BIM Strategy Department, Czech Agency for Standardization

Jaroslav Nechyba has devoted his entire professional career since 1990 to building and developing the company, which he co-owned until 2017. The company operates in the field of consulting, development, and implementation of systems for the construction industry. Jaroslav Nechyba also has many years of deep experience in the field of analysis and implementation of new processes, information systems, data links,and change management in general.

In the years 2015 – 2018, Jaroslav Nechyba worked in a professional construction association, which brought the opportunity to intensively participate in the preparation of documents for the Strategy of the Implementation of BIM in the Czech Republic, which was under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Since January 2018, he devotes fully implementing the Strategy as Director of BIM Strategy department in the Czech Agency for Standardization. He is currently also a member of the steering committee of EU BIM Task group and the vice-chair of the CCIC (Construction Classification International Collaboration) non-profit organisation advocating the adoption of a common construction classification system.

Jaroslav is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 10th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Nigel Munoz Oro

Regional Project Management Advisor, Latin America and the Caribbean in UNOPS

Nigel is an infrastructure and project management specialist with over 20 years of experience in the management and development of several types of infrastructure projects. He has worked in several international firms such as Bilfinger Berger as a Senior Site Engineer in the construction of the Centennial Bridge; McKinney International, implementing logistics and infrastructure initiatives; and as Senior Project Manager, leading banking, residential and commercial projects in Panama, before joining UNOPS in 2013.

Nigel is Panamanian, he graduated as Civil Engineer from Universidad Santa María La Antigua, and has Master’s degree in Engineering Management from the University of Louisville. He also obtained several certifications, such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, P3O, among others.

Nigel is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 11th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Tai Fatt Cheng

Managing Director, Built Environment & Innovation Institute, Building and Construction Authority

Mr. Tai Fatt CHENG is the Managing Director of Built Environment Research & Innovation Institute (BERII) in the Building and Construction Authority.

In BERII, he oversees the development and implementation of Built Environment R&I solutions in focused areas identified under the Construction ITM. He helped to formulate the BIM/IDD roadmap and is tasked to drive a highly integrated construction value chain by harnessing use of construction IT such as BIM and Integrated Digital Delivery technologies. He is also a buildingSmart International Fellow.

Tai Fatt is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 4th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Ilektra Papadaki

Policy Officer, European Commission Responsible for the Digitalisation of Construction
Ilektra Papadaki is Policy Officer in the European Commission responsible for the Digitalisation of construction. Through this role, she has coordinated the work for the adoption of BIM in public tenders, the setting up of an EU Framework for digital building logbooks, designed actions for the digitalisation of SMEs and participated in the definition of EU initiatives such as the Renovation Wave and Programmes such as Horizon Europe. In a previous role in the Commission, she collaborated with 40 municipalities around Europe to help them set up urban digital transformation strategies. Ilektra holds a Master and Bachelor in Architecture Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with specialisation in urbanism and high tech. She is fluent in Greek, English, French and learning Portuguese.

Ilektra is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 11th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Sebastián Manríquez

Subdirector, Planbim of CORFO (Chilean Economic Development Agency)

Architect with experience in Management and Coordination of highly complex projects through methodology and BIM software platform in the stages of study, development and execution, and also implementation of this methodology in private companies and public institutions. He is currently part of the Planbim team, in charge of the implementation of the BIM methodology in Public Institutions in the State of Chile; such as the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Housing; carrying out actions to standardize their processes, emphasizing the use of open standards for the transfer of information.

Sebastian is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 10th March
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Carolina Soto

President of Latin American Governments BIM Network

Carolina Soto is Executive Director of Planbim_Corfo, a program of the State of Chile that promotes the use of BIM. Since its creation, in 2015, she has led this initiative, which aims to promote the digital transformation of the construction industry at a country level. In addition, she is currently President of the BIM Network of Latin American Governments.

She is an architect of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and has a Master of Science in Design and Computation from MIT.

She has worked both in the development and application, research and teaching of digital technologies for the construction industry, with a particular focus on BIM.

 

Carolina is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 11th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Valentina Sarmiento Buitrago

Productivity Co-ordinator, Ministerio de Vivienda, Ciudad y Territorio (Ministry of housing, city, and territory)

Head of the Productivity team in the Ministry of Housing in Colombia, representative of Colombia in the BIM Network of Latam Governments and chair of the Normalization Committee of Edifications and Civil Engineering Works. 

Valentina, as a representative of the Ministry, leads the technical approaches towards the National BIM Strategy through the transformation of the public policies towards the productivity improvement, based on a wide experience in the implementation of methodologies and technologies through the construction processes in different types of organizations.

Valentina is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 3rd March
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Cecilia Benjardino

Director of Monitoring and Control of Public Investment Projects, Ministry of Public Works of Argentina Republic

Architect Cecilia Benjardino is Director of Monitoring and Control of Public Investment Projects of the Ministryof Public Works, where she leads the management and control activities of BIM implementation in the National Directorate of Preinvestment, within the National Strategic Plan for Digital Transformation. Represents the Ministry at ‘’BIM for Public Management Working Group’’ (Mesa BIM para la Gestión Pública), where articulates with various representatives of the national, provincial, municipal organisms and related public organizations, the promote and use of BIM from a perspective oriented to a more open construction industry, with technological sovereignty, equal opportunities, and regional integration.

Cecilia is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 4th March
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Claudia Suaznabar

Lead Specialist at the Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Division

Inter-American Development Bank

Claudia Suaznabar is Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank where she has worked close to 20 years in designing and implement policy programs and reforms in several Latin America and the Caribbean countries in topics related to innovation, technology development, SME and productive development policies. She is now leading her team’s efforts with regards to Digital Transformation of firms and is focused on supporting the LAC region in its digital transition. Claudia Has a bachelor degree in Business Administration and a Masters in International Development Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Claudia is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 11th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Ngoc-Binh TA

Head of BIM team, Institute of Construction Economics – Ministry of Construction
Head of BIM team at Institute of Construction Economics – Ministry of Construction of Vietnam. Dr. Binh TA was a key member in research project for Vietnam BIM Roadmap for improving efficiency of design, construction and asset management in Vietnam from 2014 to 2015. The Roadmap was proposed to the government and was approved in Decision no. 2500/QĐ-TTg dated December 22nd 2016 by the Prime Minister. Since then, he serves in Task Group for BIM Steering Committee and coordinates national BIM program.

Ngoc-Binh TA is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 10th March
  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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Roger J. Grant

Executive Director, Building Information Management at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)

Roger J. Grant, Executive Director Building Information Management at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), has focused on developing and delivering information products and services to support design, construction and management of the built environment for more than 30 years. Roger has experience in whole building performance; building and civil infrastructure information modeling; safety and security assessment; cost planning and estimating; national and international standards development: and technology, project and business management. Roger holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management and a Masters of Business Administration both from Bradley University and is a Fellow of buildingSMART International.

Roger is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit Pre-Event Series - 10th March
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Phillip Bernstein FAIA RIBA

Associate Dean and Professor Adjunct, Yale School of Architecture

Phil Bernstein is an architect, technologist and educator who is Associate Dean and Professor Adjunct at the Yale School of Architecture, where he received his B.A (honors) and M.Arch and has taught since 1988. He was formerly a Vice President at Autodesk where he was responsible for setting the company’s future vision and strategy for BIM technology as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry leaders and associations. Prior to Autodesk Phil was a principal at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects where he managed many of the firm’s most complex commissions. He is the author Architecture | Design | Data – Practice Competency in the Era of Computation (2018) and co-editor of Building (In) The Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture (2010 with Peggy Deamer), and speaks and writes extensively on technology, practice and project delivery. His book on the implications of artificial intelligence for architectural practice will be published by RIBA in 2022.

Phil is speaking at:

  • Global BIM Summit - 17th March
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