Aaron joined ARM in 2010 and has excellent skills both in design and project delivery, in particular an advanced knowledge of construction. He holds both architectural and construction management qualifications. He is a skilled BIM technician and is experienced in software for 3D design and documentation. His roles on projects involve building strong working relationships with client groups and stakeholders.

Aaron’s problem-solving skills enable ARM project teams to simplify complex design issues and have them translated into quality built work on time and on budget. Aaron is particularly interested in utilising traditional trade skills to deliver complex digital designs. He often works as a specialist to deliver key elements of the project. He has extensive experience in working directly with contractors and sub-contractors to deliver projects, in early contractor involvement and design and construct type projects.

With background in Mathematics (Bacc-II), Architecture (BSc), Computation (MSc), Engineering (MSc) and Design Communication (ongoing PhD), Abdulmajid has developed over the years from a passionate specialist in complex geometry into an inter-disciplinary design lead in high-tech architecture.

Adam has a background in sustainability, mechanical, and façade design and specialises in multi-disciplinary design integration. He has worked on a variety of project typologies across multiple countries, having been based previously in Cape Town, Berlin, and now London. His project experience covers a wide range and scope, from conceptual design and building physics studies, to on-site construction monitoring and delivery.

Recently he has been involved in several residential façade remediation and upgrade schemes focusing on fire safety, including an in-situ replacement for a fully-occupied block. Each such scheme is nuanced in its differences, revealing new challenges that will shape the industry in the near-term future.

Adam also works closely with our in-house Foresight, Research + Innovation team. He recently co-authored a publication 2050 Scenarios: four plausible futures studying plausible future scenarios for the planet and society, and their implications on today’s design decisions for the built environment.

Lee Ailin graduated with Bachelor of Commerce – Marketing & Management from Murdoch University. She has been with Jotun Paints (M) Sdn Bhd for the past 9 years. She is currently the Specifications Executive for Decorative Paints and Powder Coatings. Prior to that, she was in marketing department doing trade marketing.

Alberto Zabini graduated in economics in Bologna’s “Alma Mater Studiorum”, the worldwide oldest (1088) and Italy’s most prestigious University. He began his professional career in Germany after the Fall of Wall (1989) and worked for over 25 years in international façades, windows and interior design business. He established and managed foreign subsidiaries in USA, Germany, Russia, Czech Republic and Dubai (UAE). His significant expertise in technical sales and international management is always focused on providing solutions for high demanding customers and projects.

Aleksandar Vuceski is Charles Rickard’s Structural / Façade Engineer. Educated in Macedonia at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Aleksandar holds a BEng (Civil / Structural). 8 years as a Structural Engineer across an extensive portfolio internationally and domestically. His first job in Australia was with world renowned consulting engineer Aurecon. Following some time in Gladstone QLD, his major involvement was the NCIG coal loader project in Newcastle. Aleksandar joined Rickard Engineering in 2013 and has broadened his expertise to include all areas of structural analysis, gaining experience in the design of commercial, residential and industrial structures. Aleksandar is now one of the most proficient façade engineers in Australia.

Alex Korter joined CO Architects in 2005 and has worked on large, technically advanced academic and healthcare projects while also leading the firm’s Building Facades Group. His experience in Europe and the U.S. includes design, technical coordination and project management of academic, commercial, healthcare and civic projects. Alex enjoys making environmental, economic, social and functional sustainable design a fundamental part of projects. Alex is a frequent presenter on façade and building envelope design and technology throughout the US and internationally. Alex holds a Bachelor in Architecture from the University of Manchester, and a Diploma in Architecture from the Glasgow School of Art.

Allan Hurdle has been involved in the HVAC Industry for over 30 years, specialising in smoke control and HVAC products. He has held roles as Managing Director of Elta Fans, Vice President of FlaktWoods UK and acted as an advisor to a number of ventilation product manufacturers. He is involved with several of the post-Hackitt report Industry Response Groups and is chair of the BSI H25/05 working-group on new guides for service and maintenance of smoke products. He has recently provided articles on competence for the CIBSE journal and on the SCA UKAS approved IFC scheme for the CIC.

Allan now works as a consultant for Stamisol UK, in raising the awareness of euro class A2 Vertical breather membranes into the UK buildings market developed for additional building safety in times of fire.

Amer has close to 20 years’ experience in fire safety design, consulting and research covering the commercial property, transport infrastructure and industrial sectors in Australia, Asia and the Asia-Pacific. He is the Founding Partner and Principal Fire Engineer at Lote Consulting – Fire I Risk I Security in Sydney, Australia He is currently an Executive Committee Member of the Engineers Australia Society of Fire Safety (SFS) New South Wales Chapter. Amer is a NER Chartered Fire Safety Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), C10 Accredited Certifier (New South Wales) and Registered Fire Safety Engineer in Singapore and Malaysia

Ana has a Master's degree in architecture from the UPM since 2012. Her professional career started years before, in 2005, working at an architectural studio in Madrid where they developed diverse projects. She introduced BIM to the office, virtually coordinating the design and construction systems.

She also has an International masters degree in BIM management from Zigurat. In 2015 she joined the façade engineering team of ENAR as the senior architect and BIM manager. She has developed several relevant projects of building's skins in Spain and abroad, specializing in technological facades on landmark buildings, and coordinating the design development of the envelope on a BIM basis.

Andrea Sbroggio’ has been working since 2000 in the Façade Industry with Permasteelisa Group where he gained 20 years experience in project design management, claim management and Technical office’s management along the Middle East, Asia Region and North America.

Since graduating in architecture in 1996 Andreas is involved in the execution of pres-tigious façade projects mainly in Asia. His first project was with seele in 1997, the Shanghai Grand Theatre, at the time a cutting edge cable truss construction. From 2007 until 2015, first as Technical Director then as Managing Director, he was re-sponsible for Schueco’s South East Asia operations. In this position he was primarily looking into aluminium curtain wall-, window- and door-systems. Amongst others, there were projects like the Royal Palace in Kuala Lumpur, the Hanoi Museum and the National Assembly in Hanoi. 2017 Andreas returned to seele and is now respon-sible for the South East Asian and Australian markets. Recent projects executed by seele in this region are the gridshell roof of the Chadstone Shopping Center in Mel-bourne, the Luxury Façades and Wisdom Hall on IconSiam in Bangkok and the roof-top features on the MahaNakhon also in Bangkok. The latter two Andreas will intro-duce in his talk in more detail.

"Andrew Kiel studied at the University of Virginia and Princeton University. From 1993 to 1998 he worked for Josef P. Kleihues and other architectural firms in Germany.

He joined Sauerbruch Hutton in 1999. As a project manager, he specialized in large-scale projects in the field of sustainable construction. He regularly gives guest lectures at universities and symposia. He has been an associate and member of the executive board since 2005 and senior associate since 2010."

Andy has over 30 years of experience in the field of Building and Construction, ranging from structural testing within the nuclear industry to fire testing. Having established the Dubai Cladding Technology Centre and Laboratory, and operated it for 10 years, he has particular knowledge of heavy structures testing and weather tightness testing of cladding, curtain walling, building envelope systems and materials.

Angelos Zografos is a Civil Engineer holding the position of Technical sales Engineer in Elval Colour. He has more than 10 years of experience in civil and structural engineering and has participated in the analysis and design of structural systems, facades with etalbond and design of projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa, ranging from heavy industry facilities, infrastructure projects to sport and commercial buildings. He is also Secretary in the BOD of ELIPYKA, the Greek Institute for the fire safety of structures.

After completing a degree in Architectural Engineering Anna joined the Façade Engineering team at BuroHappold in 2007. Anna is currently an Director responsible for leading both façade specific and multi-disciplinary projects as well as managing the façade team resources.

Anna has experience of delivering projects from conceptual design stages through to tender and construction. Her technical façade expertise include the design, engineering and detailing of a wide range of façade systems and materials incorporating key performance attributes such as structural, environmental, fire, acoustics and security.

Anna has a focused interest in the broader application of an integrated engineering approach to building design addressing the complex demands of the built environment. Anna specialises in bringing together a range of highly specialised engineering disciplines to unlock design opportunities and deliver seamless solutions to specific engineering challenges within the building environment and fabric.

Anna has a broad experience of working across a variety of sectors with specific expertise in Culture, Education, Sports and Aviation. She has worked globally on projects within Europe, North America, India, Asia and the Middle East allowing her to gain a sound knowledge of the requirements and expectations in a range of climates and cultures.

Anton Hendrix is a daylight and solar shading specialist at ACC - glas och fasad konsult, in Stockholm Sweden. The focus of Anton’s work is calculation of daylighting, solar shading and thermal comfort for building code and certification purposes. As part of a team of specialist in interior climate at ACC, he strives to create good indoor environments by helping architects find optimal ways to balance daylight access and protection from glare and overheating

Anton Johansson is an architect and partner at Byrån för Arkitektur & Urbanism – BAU – in Stockholm, Sweden. Anton’s focus is on conceptual design and analysis supported by stringently resolved technical solutions. His completed projects span a broad range of programs from office, hotel, museums and housing to urban planning and infrastructure. Anton is also responsible for BAU's work with sustainability and know-how in environmental certification of buildings and larger developments. BAU today has just over 75 architects, architectural technicians and visualization experts. The office has a broad portfolio including urban development, commercial buildings, industry, and housing as well as airports and civic buildings.

Antónia Szabó holds both an architectural, a technical and an engineering degree, which enables her to combine a wide range of expertise into Façade Engineering and add multidisciplinary value to a project. Her main area of expertise is within 3D modeling, parametric design, VR and human centered design. Furthermore, she performs daylight analyses, indoor climate analyses, building energy performance calculations and supports an integrated design process from early stages of design.

Picharchitects is a 30-year-old leading architecture firm based in Barcelona and with international focus, mainly in Mexico and France. The care of the environment, sustainability and RD+i through an Architecture that seeks alternatives that provide a more stimulating relationship with nature, as well as a more honest application of natural resources. This way, it will give us objective guidelines for addressing construction planning and technology from a current perspective.

Antonio Batlle is architect from ETSABarcelona, BIManager and Project Director at Picharchitects. Prior to that he did an internship at David Chipperfield Architects, worked at ACXTIdom in the development of the Toyo Ito project for the extension of Gran Via exhibition center in Barcelona. After several years working by his own he joined Picharchiects to the present.

Armando Otero, MSc Engineer, is the Commercial Director of Inasus for the Spanish markets. He has an experience of 27 years in the design and development of complex bespoke façade systems and project management. He was involved, with different responsibilities, in most of the biggest Inasus achievements such as Centro Operativo Bancomer in Mexico DF, Cepsa Tower in Madrid, Terminal 4S Madrid Barajas Airport or Nueva Sede Banco Popular-Madrid.

Educated at the Architectural Association in London and University College London, Asa joined Ron Arad Associates in 2000 after a number of years in private practice, becoming a Director in 2007. In 2008, Asa co-founded Ron Arad Architects, and under his direction the practice has completed award winning projects such as the Maserati Showroom in Modena (Italy), Yohji Yamamoto Flagship Store in Tokyo, the Design Museum Holon in Israel and the Mediacite retail centre in Liege, Belgium.

Asa has over 20 years of experience in practice, and has worked with many high profile developers and individuals. He is currently directing the second phase of a 200,000 m² office development in Tel-Aviv, the construction of a new Cancer Hospital in the north of Israel, and the prestigious, recently-won UK National Holocaust Memorial project. He has experience in varied sectors, from high-end residential, hospitality and public art to commercial, retail, master planning and public buildings.

Born and educated in India, Avinash began his career in 1998 as an architect in New Delhi, India. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the M.N.I.T Bhopal and a professional certificate in environment and sustainable design from CEPT, India. He has also recently completed a course on Sound Contract Administration.

During the five years of his professional tenure in India, Avinash was involved in a number of projects ranging from hospitality to education. He moved to Dubai to join GAJ as a senior architect in 2005 and continued to be involved in educational projects, most notably the Ladybird Early Learning Centre and the Arcadia Preparatory School, both in Dubai. Avinash was also a key member of the team responsible for the Dubai Sports City, a multi-purpose venue that has successfully blended a comprehensive sports village with a host of international stadia, including the ICC headquarters, to create a unique lifestyle community. Avinash has been responsible for a number of key projects in Qatar, namely the GEMS schools and a mixed-use residential development in India.

Professor Bernhard Franken completed his studies in 1996 as Dipl.-Ing. Architect at the TU Darmstadt and was Artist in Residence at the Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt, Institute for New Media from 1995-1996. He worked with ABB Architekten, Frankfurt for 5 years as a free-lancer and from 2000-2002 in a joint venture. 2002 he founded Franken Architekten.

In 2015 he was appointed as professor for 3D communication at HSD University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, and lectures at PBSA Peter Behrens School of Arts, Faculty of Design From. 2010 -2013 he was professor at the Frankfurt University of Applied Science for Digital Design. Before he was teaching as assistant professor at TU Darmstadt and visiting professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, the University of Kassel and the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design.

Guillermo (Bill) Marshall is a facade expert, architect graduated at the School of Architecture from University of Buenos Aires. He has complemented his studies overseas (Yokohama, Japan, Bath UK), specialized in Building Cladding Systems and Technologies. Since 1998 he is president and founder of Estudio Marshall y Asociados SA, Façade Consultants, with offices in Buenos Aires, Madrid and USA and projects in Europe, Asia and America.

He has given courses and seminars on the subject, at different Universities, Congress, Workshops, Webinars and Symposiums. He has written several articles, and technical reports on this subject on media, newspapers and newsletters. He is an active member in different committees on windows, curtain walls and glass subjects with the Standards issuing Organization in Argentina: IRAM.

He is technical advisor of the Argentine Glass Association (CAVIPLAN). He is visiting professor at the Master in Architecture: Facades and Curtain Walls with the Universidad Del Pais Vasco in San Sebastian, Spain and currently Director of Marshall Academia de Fachadas

Since joining HASSELL Sydney in 2001, BP has been working in multiple studios cross Australia and Asia on projects ranging from Urban Design, Master Planning, Architecture and Interior Design. Leading and collaborating with multi- disciplinary teams, BP delivered complex and award-winning buildings to which he committed throughout the design and construction stages of the projects. He champions the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM)  on large scale infrastructure, institutional and mixed use developments that include recently the Keppel Land’s Park Avenue Central in Shanghai. BP was the project leader for the University of Queensland Global Change Institute that is the state-of-the-art, 6-star Green Star-rated, net-zero carbon, net-zero energy and net-zero water exemplar building in Australia. His recent institutional projects include the Master Plan and Foundation Building for University of the Sunshine Coast’s new Moreton Bay Campus in Queensland. As a Practice Leader in Singapore, BP also involved extensively in the design of the world-first multi-storey and integrated Rail and Bus Depot near Changi. His design passion also extends into tutoring in school of architecture, producing fine art and public art exhibited in Australia, Singapore and Poland. BP is a registered Architect with the Board of Architects (BOA) in Singapore and Australia, as well as Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He is also a committee member of Sustainable Energy Associate of Singapore (SEAS) and a corporate member of Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA).

An exceptional leader, Bradford J. Prestbo, FAIA, is advancing the profession through his practice, advocacy, and educational efforts in the use of cutting-edge design technologies, high-performance design, and the incorporation of maker culture into the design process. He practices internationally, is a sought-after speaker, is frequently interviewed by publishers, and is an educator via his detailing workshops, higher-education classes, design juries, and mentorship of emerging professionals. Bradford is part of the leadership group in the AIA's Technology in Architectural Practice Knowledge Community, and founded the Boston Society of Architect’s MakeTANK Knowledge Community, where he currently serves as the National Director.

Brad has a broad range of experience across the commercial, multi-residential and public sectors. He offers considerable expertise in technical design and detailing of complex buildings and has led large multidisciplinary teams on variety of award-winning projects including educational, correctional, commercial and multi-unit residential developments.

Brad’s career has focused on delivering enduring architecture with a specific interest in bespoke façade design to respond to climatic conditions and specific user requirements. Currently, Brad is lead Architect for the 50 story Seascape Apartment project in Auckland along with a range of residential and commercial projects across New Zealand.  Drawing on a rich experience of working in both small and international practices, Brad often provides expert advice for architectural projects and specifically façade systems to assist in verifying regulatory compliance.

Brian Stacy is a Principal and global skill leader of the award winning lighting design studio for Arup. He is a leading international daylighting, architectural lighting, projection and lighting controls designer. Core responsibilities include best in class skill development for Arup globally, as well as serving as Project Director on multi-disciplinary projects bringing together international teams from across the firm.

His wide ranging and vast experience in concept design development through variable execution models for a range of exterior and interior environments in the arts, cultural, retail, hospitality, and entertainment industries, has successfully furthered client goals.

Brian leads his team to understand the brand, aesthetic and programmatic goals that are tailored to each project’s needs. He stresses holistic design solutions that integrate daylighting and electric lighting with the architectural fabric.

Brian White is the Technical Manager for the Americas Insulating Glass team at H.B. Fuller Company, where he manages research and development and technical service for North America.  Brian has been with H.B. Fuller for 10 years, starting as a scientist developing insulating glass sealants and gaining experience and familiarity within the fenestration industry.  Currently, he is active in the Insulating Glass Manufacturer’s Alliance (IGMA), Insulating Glass Certification Council (IGCC), American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), and supports activities in ASTM and the National Glass Association (NGA).  He earned his B.A. in Biochemistry from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota.

Camila Forero Bordamalo has a PhD. in Communication, social change & development, a M.Sc. Sociology and M.Sc. Business Admin. & E-Business. At Rambøll she develops the Pre- & Post-occupancy Evaluation framework, assessing buildings’ impact on inhabitant’s quality of life. Aiming to address the performance gap between building design, performance and users experience, she advances a frame for Social Sustainability at the building industry for greater evidence-based design, user empowerment and optimization.

Charles graduated from Surrey University, UK with a Master of Science (Distinction) in Structural Engineering in 1975, having completed a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering the previous year. He undertook his initial 3 years of engineering training with Taylor Woodrow, the international engineering group. By 1982, after an 18 month stay with Alan Baxter and Associates, he had progressed to the position of London Associate with White Young Consulting Group [now called White Young Green]. His major responsibility with that company was the engineering design and management of construction for the $100 million (1980 prices) town centre development in Basildon, UK as well as a 3 month stint in Qatar designing a new palace for the Emir. In 1984, he moved to Australia to set up Rickard and Partners Pty Ltd, subsequently known as Bonacci Rickard and then Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd. Over a period of 22 years, the company offered civil, structural, façade and building diagnostic consultancy services in two different divisions with an annual turnover in excess of $3.0 million. The team utilised the very latest in design and drafting computer technology. Their clients covered the public and private sector, project values ranging up to $200 million in value. In June 2004, Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd split Engineering and Diagnostics work in to two separate businesses. Charles progressively reduced his involvement in both to occasional consultancy and reference up to December 2006. After 8 years as a sole practitioner, Rickard Engineering opened a new office in Sydney, Australia with a small but highly experienced and capable team providing service both domestically and internationally.

Chris Bosse founded LAVA in 2007 with Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck. This international network of leading architects uses the latest research and technology to build efficient, sustainable beautiful structures.

Educated in Germany and Switzerland, Bosse bases his work on the computerised study of organic structures and resulting spatial conceptions. His award-winning design projects have won Bosse an international reputation as a new generation architect who pushes the boundaries of traditional structure and architecture by digital and experimental form-finding.

Chris Davis has responsibility for product management of the H.B.Fuller / Kömmerling Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive range of productsfor glass lamination. He has been in his current role at H.B.Fuller/Kömmerling since 2012 working in the building product sector within the Façade Business development team. His role requires close liason with existing and prospective LOCA customers to assist both in business and product development. He works closely with building industry designers, engineersand academic institutions to understand shifts in market and regulatory requirements. Communicating these changes to internal technical and business functions is a key component of his role.

Previous to joining H.B.Fuller / Kömmerling Chris managed specialist lamination production facilities for Pilkington United Kingdom Ltd before joining the P.U.K.L technical services team in 1993. Chris gained valuable business development experience over the seventeen years spent building his own specialist structural glass manufacturing business.

Christian Scherer is Head of Business Development Glass at H.B.Fuller/Kömmerling. In his current role he has the global leadwithin the business unit to further develop the (smart) glass, façade & structural glazing applications of the Kömmerling IG sealant and adhesive portfolio. In addition, he is responsible for the calculation team, providing all services in joint dimensioning of sealants and FE analysis regarding the mechanical behavior of the edge compound within IGUs in façade & SG projects for IG producers, structural engineers, façade consultants& architects.

Prior to this, Christian has been working for Kömmerling as Business Development Manager responsible for the Façade - and Solar Market since 2014 after having served as Laboratory Manager in R&D department.

Before joining Kömmerling in 2010 he worked as a project leader at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin. Christian holds a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

With over 15 years of experience in façade access, building maintenance system consulting and the façade industry, Christoph contributed to the successful delivery of well over 280 projects across Europe, America, the Middle East and Australasia. In this field of technical niche, he has worked closely with international consultants and contractors to develop extensive knowledge and understanding of Façade systems, BMU systems and their coherent integration into the built environment.

Now leading a Façade Access team in Australasia who provides a fully integrated BMU and Façade Access Consultancy, Christoph aims to share his project experiences, knowledge and insights around future-proofing complex façade designs, the solutions that are currently available and the critical design considerations in the early stages of the project.

Christopher is a Vice President at Entuitive with nearly 20 years of industry experience in building envelope consulting, construction administration, project management and architectural and object design. He has successfully delivered projects in the United States, Middle East and China. He trained as an architect and is a member of the American Institute of Architects. Christopher is experienced in all aspects of façade planning and design—from concept through to construction. He is passionate about leveraging technology to help clients realize projects involving complex geometry and optimizing design solutions. His extensive knowledge of building envelope materials and methodologies for cladding systems spans masonry, curtain wall, metal cladding, precast concrete, composite paneling, skylight systems and roofing. Christopher has also developed a particular focus on structural glass, cable systems and lightweight structures.

As a licensed architect, Chris fundamentally believes in the responsibility to positively contribute to the world's built environment and takes pride in fulfilling this moral obligation. Throughout his career he has specialized in a unique blend of both the conceptual design and technical execution of highly visible and complex projects, breaking the mold of traditionally separate design and technical roles. With a true passion for the craft of making buildings, Chris seeks to push boundaries in an effort to deliver iconic projects at the highest levels.

Holding a Bachelor of Architecture, with honors, from the University of Arizona, Chris leads the implementation of innovative and high-performance building facades. As the signature exterior expression of a building, he is inspired by the way a facade can reduce overall energy consumption, impact internal occupant comfort, and provide a canvas for contextual material exploration. Through environmentally-responsive conceptual designs, elegant detailing, thorough documentation, and careful quality control, Chris' building enclosure approach is holistic.

Cian is a Director at Bates Smart and talented lead architectural designer who works across multiple project types and sizes. He is particularly adept in designing innovative solutions and resolving complex design issues and has successfully navigated a number of challenging projects. His significant achievements include the Bendigo Hospital (winner of the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects 2018 National Architecture Awards), the new Australian Embassy in Washington D.C., the Queen Victoria Market residential development and the new Westin Hotel, Darwin. Cian is a key member of Bates Smart’s design technology committee and has helped to implement many new technologies within the studio, including virtual reality tools.

Claudia has more than 20 years of international façade design and consulting experience. Her design credits encompass a wide range of project types, including transportation and aviation, residential and commercial, retail and mixed-use and sports and cultural facilities. She has worked alongside such architects as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Foster + Partners, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Make Architects, CallisonRTKL and Squire and Partners.

As the Director of Sustainable Development, Colin is responsible for the overall sustainable design leadership of HDR’s Architecture practice. He facilitates sustainable design integration among all departments and business units. He is acutely involved in refining the firm’s design process through the creation of new sustainable tools and processes.

Colin provides global sustainable consulting and thought leadership to enhance all of HDR’s core services. Over the past 14 years, Colin has held various design and leadership roles, as well as being actively involved with President Obama’s Export Council Sustainability Committee, the USGBC, AIA COTE, Biomimicry Guild and the International Living Future Institute. He is an active speaker, and he has been recognized on Building Design + Construction magazine’s and Design Futures Council’s “40 Under 40” lists and Engineering News-Record magazine’s “20 Under 40” list.

Cornelius Schlotthauer is a partner and founding member of the architecture office "studio schlotthauer matthiessen - architecturemade". Together with his partner Mirjam Matthiessen, Cornelius plans and implements challenging projects for leisure, sport, infrastructure and living. He places a focus on the holistic development of projects from the first concept draft to the execution drawings and construction. In recent years, Cornelius has been particularly concerned with the digital design of geometrically complex facade structures and their production by using computercontrolled manufacturing methods. In addition, Cornelius has been active as a guest critic and teacher in architecture schools in the field of design and construction for some time. Before founding his own studio, Cornelius Schlotthauer worked for Zaha Hadid Architects for many years. First in London and Leipzig, then in Hamburg, where he set up Zaha Hadid's branch office and managed it as a senior associate. He also worked as a project manager and project director. In this role, Cornelius Schlotthauer led several competitions and projects to success and execution, including the award-winning Reinhold Messner Museum "MMM Corones" or the "Library and Learning Centre" of the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Craig is an architect, sculptor and industrial designer who is the Associate Partner in the New York City studio of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and founding partner of Situcraft in Long Island City, New York.

His first major projects collaborating as a studio designer were a 60-story skyscraper, Bank of America Headquarters (North Carolina), and a large private residence in Wyoming.  In New York, Craig was design team leader for several nationally awarded projects.  Most recently including New Entry Pavilion and Reconfigurations at Brookfield Place. He, along with Cesar Pelli and Rafael Pelli, is part of an exclusive group of architects to make high-design attainable for Revolution Precrafted.

Damian Rogan is a leading expert in the design of facades for new-build and refurbishment projects, condition surveys, peer reviews and expert witness work. He joined the award winning engineering practice Eckersley O’Callaghan in 2012 where he now heads up the facade engineering group. Under his leadership, the group has grown to a team of 20 and is engaged in the design of many challenging and innovative building envelopes ranging from bespoke detailing of high-performance curtain wall systems, to refined interventions in historic buildings. Damian enjoys working collaboratively to solve architectural and construction problems through clever engineering and has a particular focus on sustainable facade design. He continues his work as a unit technical consultant at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, is a member of the Hackney Design Review Panel and has lectured widely.

Daniel Diez, leverages his expertise in technically complex projects to help design teams conceptualize comprehensive façade strategies that are not only attractive, but also functional and sustainable. He has demonstrated these skills in several challenging projects, including MVRDV’s Lyon Part Dieu, where the façade strategy and BIM coordination have been integral to the success of the design, in both concept, and execution phases. In addition, Diez has experience across a broad range of design projects, ranging from residential, to commercial office towers, and from conceptual phases through to realization.

Darren is a founding director of FMDC with over 20 years’ of industry experience working as an a stone consultant in the construction industry. He started his career in Hong Kong where he worked as an engineering geologist on tunnelling and residential projects, before returning to the UK to join the façade team at Arup in London. In 2013 he left Arup to and joined FMDC, a leading design and engineering consultancy for facades and building materials.

Darren has travelled widely in the course of delivering his projects, which has seen many visits to quarries and manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia. He is client focussed and balances technical knowledge with commercial acumen to deliver sound advice and direction, in stone selection, procurement and installation for both new build and restoration projects requiring stone externally and internally. Darren has been involved in a number of challenging projects where identifying and assessing appropriate stones for structural and cladding applications has been critical. He is passionate about teaching people how to select the correct stone, one that meets both the technical, visual and cost requirements of a project, and help designers to embrace and work with the variable properties of this natural material.

David Clark is a Partner with Cundall and has over 25 years’ experience providing sustainable design engineering on building projects in the UK and Australia. He guided Cundall to becoming the first consultancy to be endorsed globally as a One Planet Company in 2012 and takes an active role in design, R&D and knowledge sharing of zero carbon energy, health and wellbeing, and sustainable material supply chains in the built environment. He is currently Chair of the Green Star Technical Advisory Group and a member of the Green Star Steering Committee. His book, “What Colour Is Your Building – Measuring and Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Buildings” was published in 2013 (www.whatcolourisyourbuilding.com).

David has over 18 years of international experience in both environmental design and building services engineering. He specializes in combining building environmental design principles, computational simulation capabilities and practical engineering design knowledge to realise exceptional quality internal environments that are low-energy use, easy-to-operate and maintain. He has a training in architecture and provides a much needed linkage between architectural and environmental engineering design disciplines; facilitating high-quality integrated design outcomes.

His expertise in environmental design covers daylight and solar design, thermal comfort, energy efficiency, ventilation performance and other broader sustainability aspects. He currently teaches environmental design on Undergraduate and Masters programs at the University of Melbourne.

Mr. David Yim is Sales and Marketing Senior Manager of Halio International Asia Pacific with regional coverage of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Halio International is a joint venture between AGC Inc, the world’s largest flat glass manufacturer with over 100 years of experience, and Kinestral Technologies, Inc., developer and manufacturer of Halio smart-tinting (electrochromic) technologies.

David has over six years of smart glass market experience in Southeast Asia. He has worked on iconic projects such as the 2,600sqm BIPV canopy at Tanjong Pagar Centre in Singapore, as well as a number of commercial and government projects using PDLC and interactive glass technologies throughout the region. In North America, David worked as commercial LEED consultant and clean-tech start up

Degree in Civil engineer, structures specialization, with Master degree in New materials and application in innovative and not conventional structures: member of the Italian engineer council since the year 2010. Member of the department of seismic hazard of the university of Bologna from 2007 to 2010.

Consolidated experience in the construction field, gained in worldwide construction companies: 6 years in role of Managing Director for an Italian company, 2 years in the role of Project manager for an Australian company. Currently working with Florim Ceramiche S.P.A, being based in Singapore, in the role of head of Asia Pacific Technical Division, manly in charge of the following duties and responsibilities: _develop of new rain screen systems; _design and project coordination; _planning and management of the job site activities; _research and consultancy of innovative cladding materials; _business developer

Great passion in the architectural and construction field, always keen to face new challenges.

David is known for his pragmatic approach to sustainability, providing evidence-based advice that focuses on people, place and performance. Having led projects across the world, he brings with him a wealth of knowledge in cutting edge analytical tools, sustainable design technologies and global benchmarks and exemplars. A particular strength in people-led design comes from years of experience working with high profile tech sector clients alongside international design firms. His approach to design revolves around early engagement, technical rigour and compelling storytelling, allowing both collaborators and stakeholders alike to engage with his work.

Deepak is Deputy General Manager at Tata Consulting Engineers Limited, where he works with a team of around 60 architects, urban designers, landscape architects, visualisers who have consulted on more than 10 smart cities. Prior to joining TCE seven years ago, he worked with other architectural firm to see residential, commercial, hospitality projects through their life-cycle, from the drawing board to completion. Major projects he’s been involved in include a number of residential buildings in Mumbai, manufacturing units across Maharashtra, Mumbai, a 200-key waterfront hotel in Mauritius, and a 100-bed cancer hospital at Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He has lectured at the Rachana Sansad Academy of Architecture in Mumbai.

Devendra Ladha oversees the company’s business development, project management and finance functions. Devendra holds a Bachelors in Engineering from UMIST (Manchester, UK) and Masters in Management & IT from Cranfield University, UK. Devendra initially worked as a Consultant for Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Turner & Townsend LLP in London through which he gained experience on mega projects such as Heathrow Terminal 5 and Wembley Stadium. Since joining Prime Aluminium, he has helped the company win some of the most complex, prominent and prestigious construction projects in East Africa and has positioned the company to be the preferred supplier of windows, doors & façade related requirements in the region.

As director of sustainable design, Dirk Kestner provides overall guidance and resourcing to the entire firm, ensuring that all designs incorporate industry-leading expertise in sustainable strategies. His project work, teaching, and coaching throughout the firm and broad-reaching influence in the industry help maintain Walter P Moore’s status as a national leader in sustainable approaches and outcomes.

Trained and experienced as a structural engineer, Dirk applies his immense passion for environmental accountability in design to elevate the knowledge and expertise of all those around him, creating better results for clients and projects. Dirk guides each team through a client inquiry process that produces bespoke sustainability goals for each project, and then leads the team to achieve those goals.

Dominique Vosmaer is a Dutch Façade consultant.She co-founded Frontwise Facades with business partner Joep Hövels early 2019. She brought 8 years of experience as a Facade Consultant on high-rise and complex projects in London, the Netherlands and the Middle East and has 3 years of experience in working in the field of composites (fiber reinforced plastics) and bio composites. Her experience in the supply chain of the construction industry in combination with her experience in working with design teams enables her to speak the language of all stakeholders in the facades industry and building process.

By founding Frontwise Facades Dominique combines her façade engineering skills with her passion for the Circular Economy. Her mission is to accelerate the integration of sustainable an circular façade solutions in buildings. Since the start Frontwise Façades has already provided façade engineering services and tender support to various design teams and projects in the Netherlands. Frontwise has also been working with the municipality of Amsterdam and the Dutch façade trade associations on different projects to support the ambition of the Netherlands to become 100% circular in 2050.

Ed works for global design practice, Scott Brownrigg. Based in the practice’s Guildford studio in the UK, Ed champions sustainable design and design quality, particularly within the offices, research and laboratory, education and defence sectors.

Graduating from Plymouth University with distinction, Ed gained experience in architectural design for a broad range of media; creating virtual architecture and visionary projects for everything from web based media to film and television.

His appreciation of his clients’ commercial aspirations balanced against an emphasis on creative design solutions enables him to deliver the development brief from concept to completion. Ed was responsible for the design of the ‘Carbon Minus’ home for the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Woolwich as well as recent projects that include Cambridge Science Park Bio-Hub; Arm Headquarters at Peterhouse Technology Park, CABI Headquarters, St George's College Activity Centre (currently shortlisted for an RIBA Award) and the refurbishment of Victoria Gate (winner of the BCO Regional Award for Refurbished/Recycled Workplace). He has also been working on a new HQ and reactor facility for First Light Fusion.

Ed Tibuzzi is a designer and researcher based in London (UK). He is currently design director at AKTII.

He graduated from the Civil Engineering Faculty or Rome2 University in 2005 presenting a project of structural restoration of a 15th century Roman Palazzo (Palazzetto Cenci) .

Subsequently to his degree he developed a profound interest for parametric design. Uncertainty modelling, quantification and mitigation, multi-scale modelling of structures and multidisciplinary design optimization are part of his daily research.

Edmund is a South African/ British architect and is the Principal of Batley Partners International. He has been the lead architect and head of professional construction teams for many large scale projects in South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa as well as South Africa. Amongst these are international projects such as Pluit Megamall in Jakarta, Regents Heights High Rise residential complex in Singapore, Montecasino Entertainment World in Johannesburg and Al Khayma Shopping Centre in Riyadh and Red Sea Mall in Jeddah. As Batley Partners he has completed the 55 storey Headquarters Business Park, in Jeddah, as well as the re-contemporized Eastgate Shopping Centre and Mixed Use precinct in Johannesburg.

During the execution of these projects Edmund has worked with multi - national companies from vastly differing cultures, languages and religions, representing various clients and global funds. Starting his own design consultancy business in 2005 on account of a “wake up call” after experiencing the Asian tsunami in December 2004, he continues to practice internationally and focuses on unique urban projects that fuel his passion for forward thinking built environments for modern, emerging societies.

EeTiong Lim, a UK registered architect, has twenty years experience in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. He worked on large scale architecture and master planning design projects in Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. He specializes in design and delivery of Office headquarters, Mixed use, Transport Orientated Developments (TOD), High rise projects and master planning developments. Many of the projects involve complex design, programming and management challenges. He passion for innovation and creatively in design has him lead many prestigious projects in Asia Pacific, of which include HCMC Landmark 81 development, Singapore Rochester Park mixed use development, Jakarta-Bandung high speed rail TOD master planning, China Merchants bank Shanghai HQ.

Emir Pekdemir is a leader in façade analytics at Buro Happold where he has spent the last nearly 10 years of his career providing integrated design solutions for healthier, high performance buildings. With a technical background in architecture and architectural engineering, Emir uses advanced building simulation tools to successfully design projects with dynamic and passive façades; ensuring those solutions work in tandem with high performance MEP systems to provide superior indoor environmental air quality. As an ASHRAE certified Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) and LEEP AP BD+C, he is skilled in dynamic energy and airflow modeling, hygrothermal modeling, daylight/glare simulations and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Emir is a professor at Pratt Institute and is an active speaker regionally and globally – including at conferences such as Facades+, the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats (CTBUH), ASHRAE and IBPSA, as well as guest lecturing at multiple universities.

Enrica Oliva was born and raised in Italy. Having obtained her first M.S. in Structural Engineering at the Uni- versity of Cassino, she subsequently moved to New York City where she obtained a second M.S. in Structural Engineering at Columbia University. Having worked as project engineer at Thornton Tomasetti for several years, Enrica joined Werner Sobek New Yok in 2016. There she is Director of Structures as well as COO and Partner. In 2018 Enrica Oliva was named “Rising Star in Structural Engineering”.

Eoin Casserly leads the areas of glass structures and facades in schlaich bergermann partner’s Stuttgart headquarters and in branch offices worldwide. He has previously held positions as a structural engineer in Ireland, Paris and New York.

His focus is on gridshells, cable-nets and other special structures. His professional interests include new materials, geometry optimization, lightweight structures, and environmentally responsible design.

Eran Chen, AIA is the Founding Principal of ODA.Chen's philosophy for architecture considers the big picture, how design can benefit the human experience. His work has been widely published around the world and recognized amongst others by the American Institute of Architects and the Society of American Registered Architects.Chen graduated with honors from the Bezalel School of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where he serves on the board and as guest lecturer.

Chen is a frequent speaker at design and development forums, as well as architecture schools including Columbia University, Clemson University, Syracuse University, Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, and The Technion in Haifa. Most recently, he designed the renovation of the former Postkantoor in Rotterdam, the conversion of the historic Book Tower in Detroit and a highly regarded master plan in Astoria, Queens. His writings on architecture have been published in ODA’s latest book, Unboxing New York.

Eric Hogeboom is the Commercial Director of Sorba, a manufacturer of cladding for facades, interiors and infrastructural projects based in Winterswijk, the Netherlands, near the German border. From its founding in 1977, was initially involved with the development and production of convector housing, In the past 40 years they have worked on a broad variety of projects including the concrete panels of the Public Transport Terminal in Arnhem, the colourful cladding of the office tower 400 Beethovenstraat on the Zuidas, Amsterdam, the 3D glass façade of the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the interior and exterior of new Underground stations of the Elizabeth Line in London.

Trained as industrial design engineering, Erik deeply understands human centered design. Having worked on large complex projects which are internationally recognised as world leading sustainability have honed his breadth of understanding in environmental design and project coordination. Erik is recognised as a leader in environmental design where he applies his extensive and detailed knowledge of environmental master-planning and services design.

Ewa gained extensive experience working in architectural practices around the world after her graduation in 2003. She has worked on numerous projects from concept design, schematic design, planning application submission, detailed design through to the delivery of construction documentation. She has also worked on a wide range of projects including Masterplanning, Residential, Hospitality, Commercial, Retail, Transport, Education and Mixed-Use projects.

Experienced in the design and procurement process, Ewa is able to direct a multidisciplinary design team to realise the design intent and develop technical solutions that are practical and effective.

A Chartered Professional Engineer (Fire Safety) and Fellow with The Institution of Engineers Australia, Faimeen has been in the fire safety industry for over 20 years, offering expertise in fire safety consultancy, complex fire engineering analysis and project execution. He is currently the Managing Director and founder at Vortex Fire and has previously worked with reputable multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies and fire testing organisations. Faimeen helps developers and designers to prepare bespoke fire safety strategies to enhance life safety, protect property, improve business continuity, and reduce environmental impact. He participates in many standards committees such as NFPA, SFPE and ASTM.

Farizan is the First Woman winner for Green Building Advocate Singapore. She is known for her works in Zero and High-performance building. In total she has more than 25 years’ experience in the build environment of which 15 years in facade architectural design and followed by sustainable design engineering solutions and certifications.

She has been working on projects in East Africa for decades and seen the changes in the built environment. Working predominantly on tropical based climates she has assisted greatly in façade design. She will be sharing her experience in the façade evolution in East Africa, its effect on the environment and constraints most faced in the building sector.

Felix Weber leads Arup’s facades group in San Francisco and is passionate about designing structures and high-performance facades influenced by individual materials or products with the specialism in glass. Graduated as both a structural engineer and an architect from the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Felix worked as specialist for glass and complex facades in London, where he lead and contributed to various international projects involving various façade types, structural glass, fabrics, FRP, steel and other materials. Since joining the San Francisco office in 2014, he has lead a broad variety of projects with high performing facades across the Bay Area and abroad and supports the wider US façade practice with advice on specialty structures, glass and materials. Felix is comfortable working on all stages of a project from conceptual design to detailed design and engineering through to realization and has also worked on the development and testing of innovative products for the building industry, including dynamic shading systems and building integrated PV.

Florian Idenburg, RA, AIA-IA, is an internationally renowned architect with over two decades of professional experience. He founded SO – IL in New York in 2008 together with Jing Liu. He has a particularly strong background in institutional spaces, leading the office on projects as Kukje Gallery and the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis as well as Amant Arts Campus in Brooklyn. His strength lies in generating imaginative ideas and transforming those into real-world spaces and objects. He combines a hands-on approach with a theoretical drive, sharing this creative spirit with clients, collaborators, and students. A frequent speaker at institutions around the world, he has taught at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, and Princeton University.

Florian Starz was born in Esslingen near Stuttgart. Having completed a professional training as audio engi- neer in Munich, he then moved back to the Stuttgart region where he studied Metal Construction. Since 2007 he has worked as façade engineer at Werner Sobek. In 2020 he was appointed team manager. Florian is a specialist for the engineering of complex and green facades.

Frank Goudman is a Belgian engineer in civil building graduated in 1988. Ever since he has been active in the aluminium industry. The first years of his career he was R&D manager for Reynaers Aluminium and since 1994 he has as Export Director for Reynaers Aluminium been developing new export markets in CE Europe, Middle East, Asia & Oceania. His first partners in Asia date back till 1994. Since 2012 Frank Goudman is active as Export Sales Director at Renson, a Belgian family owned company specialised over 110 years in natural ventilation, sunprotection and outdoor systems where here too he is developing the export markets. Renson is active all over Asia with regional offices in Shanghai. Renson is active in Japan for the last 5 years where countless projects have been realized with their partners, to mention one – Lixil Housing Technology

With 20 years of experience in the field of Composites in Architecture Gabriele Boehm, Head Architect and member of the team setting up PCT in 2006, has focused her career on developing and implementing innovative solutions for the construction industry using lightweight carbon and glass fiber components.

Gary Clark is an architect with a passion for creating architecture and places that deliver a truly sustainable future.

He believes to achieve a sustainable architecture a continual knowledge transfer between practice, research and teaching is required. Gary has ensured that this continuity has been achieved throughout his career.

Gary taught and researched sustainable architecture at Cambridge, Robert Gordon’s and Edinburgh Universities. His research interests included advanced natural ventilation, adaptive comfort and Post Occupancy Evaluation.

Gerard Loozekoot is Partner and Senior Architect at UNStudio, and alongside two other partners, he has been part of UNStudio’s management team since 2008. Gerard has extensive experience and interest in complex design processes with a focus on typological innovation. He received his Master of Architecture from TU Delft, after which he joined UNStudio in 2000. He has since worked on such complex projects as the Karle Town Centre in Bangalore, the wasl Tower in Dubai, Le Toison d’Or in Brussels and the Theatre de Stoep in Spijkenisse. Innovation in the fields of health, technology and sustainable solutions are the focal points in his projects.

As leader of the multi-disciplinary design firm Sasaki’s Technical Quality Control Group, Gerard A. Gutierrez, AIA, sets the standard for technical excellence. Throughout his career, Gerry’s strongest contributions have been developing construction documents and ensuring the design integrity translates to a constructible and well-detailed building. He has established his reputation as an even-handed, pragmatic, and engaged representative of the design team. With over 25 years of professional experience with firms that emphasize and value design excellence, Gerry's many collaborations have been published in journals such as Abitare, Building Design + Construction, and The Architect's Newspaper.

Gerry’s contributions have been recognized with awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America, the Boston Society of Architects, various local chapters of the American Institute of Architects, and National Honor Awards from the AIA. He is an active member of the AIA and the Boston Society of Architects, and co-chairs the BSA'sConstruction Administration Roundtable.

Associate Design Director and Architect, Gijs Rikken (NL), joined MVRDV in 2007 after completing his Master of Architecture at the Eindhoven University of Technology. As Design Director for Studio 8, he drives design direction for the development and execution of a wide variety of projects in the Netherlands and abroad, ranging from large-scale, complex buildings to detailed innovative materials research. Rikken’s core strengths lie in the translation of the brief into a design underpinned by intrinsic MVRDV values. His technical background influences his fascination for materials and (innovative) materials research, which he applies to support the office’s theoretical ambitions.

Rikken is currently responsible for the development and construction of Valley, a 75,000m2 mixed-use building in Amsterdam, which boasts three residential, green-covered towers and a publicly accessible, vertical park. Other key projects include the Glass Farm in Schijndel, The Crystal Houses in Amsterdam, and the Balancing Barn in Suffolk, England. Definitive works consist of the winning design for the Urban Hybrid in Emmen, the Coral Tower in Sydney, and the Theater aan de Parade in Den Bosch.

Giovanni Zizioli is Middle East Regional Director in Maffeis Engineering, a leading international consulting firm headquartered in Italy. He has been involved in managing, planning, coordinating and designing Projects over a wide range of engineering services and in four different countries and three different continents. Since 2018 Giovanni leads the Middle East Market for Maffeis Engineering, following projects from concept up to construction/installation and with a wide range of façade technical solutions

A graduate from National University of Singapore, Jiarong joined studioMilou in 2011 to be part of the core team for the National Gallery Singapore, leading several components including the exhibition design development. In 2020, Jiarong became a partner architect with the studio, leading several cultural and high-end residential and other projects in Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Working closely with Jean Francios Milou, Jiarong plays a key role in developing design solutions, project managing and client liaison with her exceptional architectural, visual and inter-cultural skills highly appreciated by colleagues and clients alike.

Gordon Gill FAIA, is one of the world’s foremost exponents of performance-based architecture. Ranging from the world’s tallest buildings to sustainable communities, his work is driven by his philosophy that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance; that there is a Language of Performance, which is the basis of his practice: Form Follows Performance. His approach is based on an ecologically conscious philosophy that sets new standards for the relationships between the built and natural environment. His buildings and urban projects have transformed cityscapes and defined, as well as restored, city centers around the world.

A founding partner of award-winning Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), Gordon’s work includes the design of the world’s first net zero-energy skyscraper, Pearl River Tower (designed at SOM Chicago), the world’s first large-scale positive energy building, Masdar Headquarters, the world’s tallest tower, Jeddah Tower in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, and the design of Astana Expo 2017 and its sustainable legacy community in Kazakhstan. Most recently, he designed Al Wasl Plaza the centerpiece of Expo 2020 Dubai, which combines a LEED Platinum development with breathtaking design, innovative technologies, and an intricate domed trellis that incorporates the world’s largest projection experience. These landmark projects pursue energy independence by harnessing the power of natural forces onsite and striking a balance with their environmental contexts. Gordon’s designs also include performing arts centers, museums, strategic carbon planning, and urban master plans across the globe.

Graham is the Technical Director of engineering firm Eckersley O’Callaghan. He joined the practice in 2004 as their first team member.

He has 20 years of professional experience, working on projects varying in scale and use of materials. His technical expertise in glass engineering has been instrumental in delivering the practice’s many pioneering and award winning glass projects.

Guruprakash Sastry is a green building professional with over 16 years of experience. Currently working as Regional Head – Infrastructure at Infosys, he is a key member of the Projects team and is also responsible for driving environmental sustainability initiatives across Infosys campuses.In the last 12 years at Infosys, he has been instrumental in implementing several innovative technologies in buildings in the areas of building design, energy, water and waste management. Infosys has set new benchmarks for resource efficiency in the buildings industry and is today considered a global leader in environmental sustainability.

Guruprakash has a Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Stockholm.

Gustavo is passionate about working collaboratively to craft innovative buildings. Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Gustavo grew up surrounded by tropical modernism and playing with Legos. This instilled in him a fluid understanding of the relationship between the natural and built environments and a deep appreciation for tectonics, forces that shape his approach to designing with contextual sensitivity and attention to detail. He believes that good design should improve the quality of the environment, natural and manmade, and must have an emotional impact. It is not enough to see a building – one should experience it.

Gustavo received a Bachelor of Architecture at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña and earned his Master of Science in Design Technology from MIT. He has designed many notable projects of varying scales and typologies including 1 Willoughby Square, The Forge, and The Ashland Residences.

Hana Narvaez is a practising architect at Stefano Boeri Architetti. Graduated with honours at Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas in 2007, she collaborated with several architectural studios in urban regeneration projects. Following, she enrolled in a two years Master's degree at Politecnico di Milano, where she graduated with honours in 2009, currently an MBArch candidate at IE Architecture school.

Since 2011 she is employed by Stefano Boeri Architetti where she has followed a wide range of large scale projects and competitions in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South America. During 2017 Hana Narvaez has been involved in the design of the General Local Plan for Tirana 2030 and the urban vision Taranto Calling; both projects explore planning strategies for revitalizing local urban tissue and reducing the impact on the natural environment.

Hana Narvaez is currently leading projects in Europe, South America and China including the Cairo Vertical Forest and the Antwerpen Palazzo Verde. Both Buildings are further exploring the Milanese prototype of Vertical Forest and aim to integrate architecture and living nature.

Hans Jansen has been working for Scheldebouw since 2005. He has a broad experience as a façade designer, design manager and last years as Lead Concept Designer. In his role he is involved from the early stages of projects and responsible for façade design development from initial concept up to successful testing and execution. He was involved in projects in London, Amsterdam, New York, Boston, Stockholm and Budapest. He was Lead Concept designer for the Headquarters of Booking.com in Amsterdam, Shard Place in London, MOL campus in Budapest, IQL projects in London, Bankside Yards Building 2 in London.

Hazel is Woods Bagot’s design leader on Melbourne Connect, a purpose-built innovation ecosystem of researchers, industry, government, entrepreneurs and students. A leader in design, sustainability and construction innovation, Hazel collaborates with pioneering engineers and façade specialists to allow considered and human-centred architectural design to be informed by context, physics, costing, and buildability. She leads projects, which transfer knowledge and research across typologies, and applies over 18 years of architectural and master planning experience to an uncommon diversity of projects. Challenging conventional and technical boundaries while working to the client brief and statutory controls, Hazel is an innovative problem solver, testing and retesting to bring unique design solutions to fruition.

Hugh Dutton grew up in Jamaica and qualified as an architect at the Architectural Association in London. In search of complementary technical expertise, he began his professional career with Peter Rice, a renowned inventive engineer responsible for the Sydney Opera house and Pompidou Center amongst other seminal projects around the world. Rice sought consciously to muddle the traditional boundaries between the architectural and engineering toward an objective of pure holistic design. Hugh spent 13 years with Rice at RFR and related their experiences in the book Structural Glass notably on the first bolted structural glass and cable structures from the La Villette Science museum to the inverted pyramid at the Louvre. His final work with Rice before his untimely death in 1992 is the west front of the Cathedral de Notre Dame de la Treille in Lille using translucent stone.

Forming Hugh Dutton Associés in 1995, Hugh continued his exploration of design and built reality, having collaborated with many well-known architects and designers assisting them on the realization of their concepts with a notable attention to detail. The practice has collaborated on many now significant European projects such as the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, the Louvre Museum Islamic Arts and the Philharmonie de Paris. He has worked as a specialist designer in various places on iconic and sculptural components of buildings such as skylights, entry lobbies, footbridges. His work pays notable attention to sustainability, for example the ‘Climate Ribbon’ at the Brickell City Centre in Miami which filters sunlight and catches the sea breezes for natural cooling of an open public street.

HDA’s work continues to concentrate on multidisciplinary design in architecture and engineering, combining themes of geometry light and the environment.

Ian is a Board Director at the London based engineering practice, chapmanbdsp. He leads a multi-disciplinary engineering team delivering major masterplans and building projects across the EMEA. Ian studied Building Engineering at the University of Bath’s School of Architecture and Building Engineering where being taught by Ted Happold sparked a passion for innovative environmental engineering and a holistic design approach. Ian believes that consideration of architecture, structure and building services together, with a focus on passive design, is the most effective way to deliver comfortable, energy efficient buildings with minimal emissions. For more than 30 years a sustainability theme supported by this integrated design approach has run through Ian’s projects in the UK and internationally, including two winners of the RIBA’s Stirling Prize and the winner of the CTBUH’s Overall MEP Award Winner in 2019. . He is currently working with on signature projects such as Battersea Power Station in London and Manoel Island in Malta.

Ian has lectured widely on the subject of environmental engineering and for the past 16 years has run Technical Studies courses at the Architectural Association in London.

By combining her skills in art and architecture, keen interest in technological innovations and design thinking on different scales, Inessa brings new ideas to projects. She is especially interested in multi-disciplinary support and deep understanding of underlying values that drive the best projects forward.

As well as working as a lighting designer on a range of exterior and cultural projects, Inessa is active researching and developing thinking on lighting futures that challenge the current norms of consumption, lifecycle and collaboration practices.

Dr Isaac Jamieson, is a UK scientist, architect, environmental consultant and co-founder of BioSustainable Designs. He also lectures at Thammasat University in Thailand on subjects that cover issues related to innovation, urban design, building design, product design, biophilic design, urban agriculture, resilience, and sustainability. Much of his work focuses on how to create more biologically-friendly environments that help increase health, wellbeing and productivity. He earned his PhD at Imperial College London investigating such factors, and later worked there during which time he also developed concepts for its 'Lifelong Health Project’. He has additionally been an Expert Group Member at the European Commission, a Corresponding Member of the RIBA Regulations and Standards Group, and a Member of the Management Steering Committee of the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group. The majority of his present research is involved in investigating how improved environmental design and best practice measures may help reduce COVID-19 risk.

Jaeman PARK studied in architecture at SNU and obtained a master degree in 2009. After having learned about parametric design in Digital Design Research Group, he has been working on various architectural projects including Incheon Int'l Airport Passenger Terminal 2 and CJ OnlyOne R&D Center. He joined VS-A Korea in March 2014 as a Project Manager. He has been very interested in the envelope design and its optimization, and VS-A.KR is the very place for him to fulfill his wishes of high quality design. Relating to that subject, also he’s running Youtube channel “Jamparc”.

Jamie Lee McQuillan is an Associate Fire Engineer based in London. He joined Buro Happold in 2014 after completing his masters in fire safety engineering. Jamie Lee has worked on a number of high-profile projects ranging from historically significant buildings such as the Imperial War Museums, to modern architecturally complex buildings such as St Giles Circus. His key roles include developing and implementing fire strategies, consultancy and advisory roles to high profile clients, and project leadership.

As a Design Principal at Safdie Architects, Jaron Lubin contributes an unyielding commitment to advancing design and, consequently, the human experience. Lubin’s passion for complex geometry and progressive methodologies is evident in the large, three-dimensional, urban projects Safdie Architects delivers globally. Committed to realizing ground breaking design, Lubin is instrumental in building integrated partnerships with global leaders in the fields of design.

Working closely with Moshe Safdie, Lubin plays a critical role in the research, fellowship, and architectural exploration of the firm. He is a frequent writer and lecturer, traveling internationally to share the work of the firm. A distinguished Alumni of UCLA, Lubin has taught architecture and urban design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has been an invited juror for design competitions and student reviews at Harvard, MIT, and the University of Michigan.

Jason has 25 years experience in the Façade Industry in the UK, Asia and the Middle East. Initially taking an apprenticeship in the design office of a UK Façade Contractor, he was trained in procurement, fabrication and installation assignments before qualifying as a design draughtsman, Jason has developed his knowledge of all façade related aspects and consulted on them for the last 11 years. Primarily involved in the design and construction of some of the world’s tallest high-rise commercial buildings in Dubai, Shanghai, Tianjin and Hong Kong, he has also worked on prestigious low-rise developments with world renowned architects on other more complex façade aspects. Jason also has significant site, factory and test laboratory experience, where he has been involved in overseeing project fabrication, assembly, installation and testing.

Jason Pomeroy is an award-winning architect, academic, author and TV presenter, regarded as one of the world's thought leaders in sustainable design. He gained bachelor and master degrees from the Canterbury School ofArchitecture and the University of Cambridge; and his PhD from the University of Westminster. He is the founder of Singapore-based interdisciplinary design and research firm Pomeroy Studio, and sustainable education provider, Pomeroy Academy. Pomeroy has edited Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation (2020), and authored Pod Off-Grid: Explorations in Low Energy Waterborne Communities (2016), The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the Urban Habitat (2014) and Idea House: Future Tropical Living Today (2011). He continues to raise cultural awareness of cities through his critically acclaimed TV series 'Smart Cities 2.0', 'City Time Traveller' and 'City Redesign'. www.jasonpomeroy.sg

Jean-François Milou is a multiple award-winning architect and founder of studioMilou architecture, studioMilou Singapore and studioMilou Vietnam. A graduate of the prestigious Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts of Paris, he is also a member of the French Order of Architects, the Singapore Board of Architects, the Royal British Institute of Architects and the Australian institute of Architects. Known particularly for his work on the transformation of historic buildings in innovative and elegant ways, his major recent projects include the acclaimed National Gallery Singapore, winner of Singapore’s prestigious President’s Design Award in 2005, and the iconic Carreau du Temple in central Paris.

Inspired by a deep interest in the works of antiquity and heritage in a wide sense, the architect infuses the studio’s designs with an elegant balance of the contemporary and the timeless, in ways respectful to local contexts and surrounding landscapes; social, urban and natural. Awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Merit for services to French architecture on the international level, Jean-Francois Milou has also conducted various missions as an expert advising the UNESCO World Heritage Committee and the French Government. Now based in Singapore, his practice is expanding in Asia, to include a wider range of public and high-end residential projects, with an emphasis on sustainability and the exactingly crafted approach to all aspects of design which marks the work of studioMilou.

Jeff has been working in the construction industry for both Architects and Consultants for over 23 years. He progressed into the façade speciality field in 1995 and over the years advanced in his design, testing, fabrication, site supervision and project management roles.

He has been involved in projects at different countries all around the world, which enhances his ability towards projects of different complexity, scales, environment, requirements and costs. With more than 15 years of experience in Asia, he is well versed in the construction practices of this region.

After joining Arup in 2000, he has been based in Mainland China working on PRC projects. He has shaped a skilled team of specialists in Building Envelope design for the PRC market. His other responsibilities include fostering long-term rapports with clients and design partners alike and promoting Arup’s business in the PRC.

After studying architecture at Regensburg University of Applied Sciences and his graduation in 1997 Joachim Grund worked for architecture offices in Nuremberg, Munich and Rotterdam and has outstanding competencies particularly in the field of renovation projects. He joined HENN in 2009 and became partner in 2017.

With more than 12 years of experience in architecture and interiors, Joerg has worked on a variety of project types both in China and in the Europe, ranging in size, scale and complexity. Joerg is ambitous and curious in finding new solutions which fit to the client’s identity and objective. Joerg is a passionate teamleader and remains actively involved in all phases from Concept through Construction Administration. Prior to joining Gensler in 2018 he has worked for renown practices, including positions at Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna, Austria, as Associate Architect at UNStudio Amsterdam and Shanghai, as General Manager for Ippolito Fleitz Group, Shanghai.

John Ivanoff joined BuroHappold Engineering in 2013 and is responsible for the direction of the United States Façades team at BuroHappold. John holds a Master of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute. He is currently based out of the BuroHappold Engineering New York office. With deep global experience in design development and construction administration on projects in the USA, Asia and the Middle East. John’s focus is on the design of complex and high performance building envelopes for a wide range of building types. He has worked with a variety of façade systems providing bespoke design solutions for both new buildings and renovation projects for institutional, commercial and cultural clients.

José is Executive Principal at Aedas in Singapore. He has substantial experience in various Architectural sectors including Master Planning, Office, Hospitality, Residential, Civic & Leisure and Conventions & Exhibitions. His knowledge and participation involves all phases of the Projects, from Concept Design to Documentation and to Site Assistance.

Before joining Aedas, he was associated with MV Ltd, Macau and Aetec-Mo, Macau. With Aedas-Hong Kong, he worked on Design Development and Documentation for the Saint Regis Hotel and Service Apartments' Tower in Cotai Parcel 5&6, Macau. In January 2008, he moved to Aedas Singapore where he was appointed Team Leader for Skypark at the Marina Bay Sands. Subsequently, he was involved in the construction stage of "Sentosa Boardwalk", also in Singapore, and the design of "Danga Bay" Concept Master Plan in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Joe has a Masters Degree and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Bristol. He is a Project Manager with RWDI’s UK project delivery team, whose expertise is in wind loading and aerodynamic stability for tall buildings, stadia and long-span bridges. He brings depth of expertise to our wind tunnel testing work. He was jointly responsible for the design and commissioning of our UK wind tunnel, and his exceptional knowledge of wind tunnel methodologies delivers value to clients whose projects require unusual studies. Joe has contributed insight and analysis to the engineering of notable structures around the world, including on-going work on the U.S. embassy in London and the innovative operable fabric roof on the Al Wakrah SC Stadium in Qatar.

Julian Länge is a registered architect and façade engineer. He has studied at the Teknik Üniversitesi in Istanbul and the University of Stuttgart, that he graduated from in architecture and urban planning. Through growing an interest in advanced geometries and the development of complex technical systems during his studies, he has joined the façade’s department of Stuttgart based structural and façade engineering firm Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering in 2017 and manifested his skills and interests in façade design through joining an façade engineering program at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg.

His work at Knippers Helbig is focused around the design of complex building envelopes, special constructive systems, and complex building structures. He has been consulting on the planning and realization of the building envelopes of a number of international projects, including the National Veterans Resource Center in Syracuse, NY, designed by SHoP architects, the New Toronto Courthouse in Toronto, ON, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and the new Dynafit Headquarters in Kiefersfelden, GER, designed by Barozzi Veiga architects.

Kabi who leads the Asset Services team at Arup (Singapore) started his career as a structural design engineer, where he worked on several projects in Australia, prior to joining the façade team in Singapore.

After years inspecting existing building facades and advising clients potential risks on a portfolio of buildings, Kabi now sets his direction on existing assets with an interest in remote monitoring and assessment of the assets using digital tools and technology. The use of drones to inspect existing assets is an example of how he uses the latest available technology to monitor assets.

Kais joined the industry in 2011 and is an architect based in Los Angeles. As an Enclosure Technical Designer, Kais focuses primarily on the façades and specialty structures of complex projects at a multitude of scales, ranging from artwork and stadia to airports and museums.

Kais is an established leader in the field of generative and computational design methods. His work has been exhibited and published internationally and he is a recipient of the prestigious AIA Design Award. Kais holds a Master’s Degree from the Architectural Association (AA) in London and is a graduate of Ryerson University in Toronto. He also directs and teaches the AA’s Summer Visiting School in Jordan.

Part of the AEC industry since 2012, Katherine joined Walter P Moore in 2018 as a technical designer in the Enclosure Engineering practice in our New York office.

Katherine actually stumbled upon façade engineering during an internship that combined her structural engineering degree and her pursuit of her graduate degree in architecture. She has since focused on the design of building enclosures and specialty structures, which she says allow her to combine her interests in structures, architecture, and engineering as a whole. She is passionate about the built environment and how design affects how we experience the world around us.

Katherine earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Structures from Columbia University.

Architect MAA/RIBA, Kim H. Nielsen is Founder and Principal of 3XN. Since the start of the company in 1986, Kim H. Nielsen has been the creative driving force behind 3XN. He functions as the creative director and has overall responsibility for the architectural quality of 3XN’s work from the idea to the final result. Working closely with the Competition Department, Kim directs with a high degree of personal involvement in each project.

Kim Herforth Nielsen has been involved in all of the practice’s major projects, including Ørestad College, Den Blå Planet – Denmark’s national aquarium and Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Sydney Fish Market and Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney and Olympic House, the International Olympic Committee’s headquarters in Lausanne and many more.

Konstantinos is a Senior Architect and Associate at UNStudio. He has gained extensive experience with projects of varying scales in architecture and urbanism. Konstantinos started at UNStudio in 2010 as part of the design team for the high-end residential development of the Scotts Tower, coordinating it to completion. Konstantinos is adept at coordinating project teams and is responsible for the aesthetic and technical aspects of the design, carrying projects through from conception to realisation.

Konstantinos is the facade design project leader for the FOUR Frankfurt project, and is responsible for materialising the facades of the competition-winning design. He also worked on the Hanjie Wanda Square shopping mall in Wuhan, where he carried the facade design through to realisation, and was part of the winning team for the competition of the Doha Metro Network, the first phase of which was completed in 2019. Konstantinos graduated with honours from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he studied architectural engineering. He received his Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles.

Kousik is Group Sustainability Leader at Meinhardt Singapore Pte. Ltd. (a multi-disciplinary Engineering consultancy firm) heading Sustainability built environment solutions. He is a high calibre Sustainable design Consultant with over 20 years’ international experience in design and construction with strong focus on Sustainability, Research and Training. Strong proponent and facilitator of Green buildings, precincts and infrastructure, with a track record of delivering numerous internationally projects.

He is an Architect by training and has a specialized in Building Sciences. He is also an expert in handling building performance analysis tools such as CFD Analysis, Daylighting& Glare analysis, Solar studies for thermal and shadow analysis etc. He has a specific interest in finding a balance between active and passive design strategies to achieve smart, healthy and sustainable design solutions.

Driven by a desire to start a socially relevant enterprise, K.R. Harinarayan founded U-Solar Clean Energy in 2010. With a strong vision for a renewable energy-focused future U-Solar holds on a deep and abiding belief that renewable energy with its advantages in distributed generation, short turnaround times, clean origins is the answer to a multitude of problems ailing the power sector in India. Leading a team of 60 engineers and managers to push the envelope in the solar rooftop market, the company has installed 100 MWp solar projects in India. Since 2018, the company has installed 20 MWp of their own assets and officially became an independent power producer. U-Solar works with innovative solar integration technologies by constantly pushing the envelope for the adoption of distributed captive power plants and hopes to achieve 500 MWp by 2025.

KR Suresh is a Partner at Axis Façades and brings with him expertise in collaborating with Architects world-wide to achieve their architectural intent with respect to the building envelope. He is focussed on combining creativity and pragmatism to bring new, compelling ideas to fruition through a complete, comprehensive solution for architectural development needs. He heads the South Asian region for Axis Façades and is responsible for the strategic planning. He has been in the façade industry since 1995 and involved in 350+ buildings as on date. He compliments his professional work and experience by teaching assignments in 3 Architectural schools in Mumbai.

Lachlan is an environmental designer experienced in design for daylight, thermal comfort, and healthy buildings. His practice includes performance analysis, NABERS and Section J strategy, and sustainable design integration. Lachlan has previously worked on environmental and commercial architecture firms providing equitable, high-quality residential amenity to both affordable and high-end client groups.

Lars Anders is the CEO of Priedemann Facade Experts and Facade-Lab Research & Development Center, which accomplishes tasks relating to the facade or building envelope. In this role, Lars manages and leads along with his managing partners, a team providing all services in façade planning, consulting and engineering as well as other project-related assignments like product research and functional development.

He is a seasoned engineer and holds a degree in Civil Engineering (University of Applied Sciences, Berlin 1985). Inspired by building skins and their limitless possibilities, Priedemann provides interdisciplinary services to investors, developers, architects, consultants, main contractors and fabricators, which have enabled them to achieve higher levels of efficiency, quality and cost certainty in the development and execution of their facade projects.

Laura Karnath is a registered architect and Senior Enclosure Technical Designer at Walter P Moore's Los Angeles office. She is a leader in computational design and holds broad global experience in the organizational models and technical challenges involved in the delivery of large international projects. Having overseen the delivery of highly complex building envelopes on four continents, Laura applies her knowledge and experience to the burning question of embodied carbon in the built environment. An impassioned advocate for computationally driven building data management and for high performance facades, she believes both to be central in the ultimate decarbonization of the built environment. She is co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of the Carbon Leadership Forum and holds a Master's degree from SCI-Arc and a BS in Architecture from SUNY Buffalo.

Li is the Technical Director for Built Environment Melbourne and the Façade leader in Melbourne. He has an MSc in Façade Engineering from the University of Bath (UK) and a Bachelor of Architecture from the National University of Singapore. He has 29 years of experience in the construction industry including over 23 years in the façade industry. He has broad experience base of projects in Singapore, South East Asia, UAE, Australia and New Zealand. Li is the Project Director for the Melbourne Square Project, a multidisciplinary engineering project involving 12 engineering disciplines. He also worked on the Façade on the highest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere Australia 108 Melbourne, Zaha Hadid’s Tower on 600 Collins Street in Melbourne, Jean Nouvel’s Le Nouvel, Kuala Lumper, Ken Yeang’s Solaris Singapore and UN Studio’s Shenton V Singapore.

Lin is a registered architect in Victoria and New Zealand, with over 18 years of Architectural and Façade Consulting experience. She has a solid background in the construction industry, and has experience in façade design and development across a wide range of projects, including infra structure, sports, educational, commercial and high rise residential. She has been involved on the consultancy and facade design of a number of iconic projects including Collins Arch, 130 Lonsdale St where she has collaborated with international and local architects and builders. Lin has also successfully managed numerous architectural projects which gives her knowledge and background to the overall planning, design and delivery process. Her most recent project experience include Wesley Place Development, Collins Arch, 555 Collins St and Melbourne University New Student Precinct.

Lisa is a Senior Associate leading the team in our San Francisco office. She joined Eckersley O'Callaghan in 2013 as a Project Engineer to support our emerging facade group in London to complement the practice’s work in structural engineering and envelope design. After several promotions to Senior Engineer and then Associate, in 2017 Lisa moved to our recently opened San Francisco office to grow the studio and it's presence on the West Coast after having spent significant amount of project-related time in the Bay-Area over the past years. In 2018 she was promoted to Senior Associate and leads many of the group’s most challenging projects including a large high profile corporate campus in California and facade specific work a number of Apple flagship retail stores. Through her education and relationships within the European Facade Network, she remains heavily involved in academia and has built strong links between research and industry.

Lisa has the responsibility for directing Eckersley O'Callaghan’s R&D efforts globally, focusing on innovative glass designs and technology which maintain the practice’s position as leaders in the field, but also identifying new fields of research including a variety of materials and novel analysis approaches. Lisa is also part of the Facade Research Group at TU Delft, where she pursues her doctoral research on transparent glass connections.

Lois Arena, Director of Passive House Services at Steven Winter Associates, Inc., possesses over 25 years experience in the building science field and has extensive experience with new and existing buildings.

Lois holds both US and international Passive House consultant certifications and is currently consulting on some of the largest and most difficult Passive House projects in the world.

She has co-authored and presented training programs about energy efficient building practices to professionals in all sectors of the building industry and is regularly invited to present at conferences and private firms around the world to discuss the benefits of and road blocks to PH adoption.

Louisa Bowles is the Head of Sustainability at Hawkins\Brown. She leads the practice’s dedicated team of sustainability specialists and has structured the practice’s Whole Life Carbon strategy to ensure all projects are measuring and monitoring the balance between embodied carbon and operational energy. She was instrumental in the development of H\B:ERT, Hawkins\Brown’s Revit-based carbon measuring tool – originally released in 2018, it is fast becoming an industry standard for monitoring carbon emissions.

Her project work includes the Urban Sciences Building at Newcastle University and the Biochemistry Completion project for the University of Oxford, currently on site. Louisa’s team completed a research commission called Net Zero Hotel, which investigates how Net Zero can be achieved in the hospitality and hotel sector. Lessons learnt from this research are informing the practices other net zero commissions.

Dr. Lucio Blandini studied structural engineering at the Universities of Catania and Bologna before moving to the University of Stuttgart. There he obtained his PhD at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK). In this context, he developed and built the so-called Stuttgart Shell, a filigree glass-only shell structure spanning 8.5 m. After completing a master's degree in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, he took up a position as project manager at Werner Sobek. He has been partner as well as managing direc- tor since 2018. Since April 2020 he has also been head of ILEK and a full-time professor at the University of Stuttgart. His most important projects include the Ferrari Museum in Modena, various exhibition stands at the IAA, the Etihad Museum in Dubai, and the House of European History in Brussels.

I am a structural engineer by qualification. Started working in the industry as a structural facade engineer in 2004. Rich experience in analyzing structural analysis of laminated glass considering viscoelastic properties of the polymer interlayers. Have been also responsible for developing a market for value added products like SentryGlas

Manan Raval has over 19 years of experience and leads the Hatfield Group Building Envelope and Special Structures engineering team. He is recognized as an industry expert in facade design, specialty glass systems and complex structures. He has led numerous projects in New York City and worldwide with complex scopes of work. Manan’s has successfully completed projects across a diverse range of climatic conditions in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Bahamas, Asia and the Middle East.He is recognized by his clients as a dynamic leader who provides sound, progressive insight to help develop and achieve cost effective, sustainable, building envelope solutions. He has previously worked at ARUP, CH2MHill and BuroHappold.

Marco Capelli is the Head of the Facade Engineering, Sustainability and BECx team at Open Project since 2009. After his architectural engineering degree in 1997, Marco worked on iconic buildings such as London Westfield Stratford, Bologna Municipality Offices and London 30 Gresham Street, respectively as a Senior Facade Engineer (Buro Happold Engineers Ltd), Executive Architect (Mario Cucinella Architects), Facade Engineer (Focchi Spa). Marco is a LEED AP BD+C and ASHRAE certified Commissioning Process Management Professional.

Open Project is a leading architecture and engineering company based in Bologna, Italy, focused on hospitality, commercial and industrial buildings. Integrated design approach, BIM knowledge and site expertise allow Open Project to perform the roles of designer (from masterplanning and concept design to construction supervision), executive architect or LEED and BECx consultant. For instance, Open Project designed the first high-rise LEED Gold certified building in Italy (Unipol Tower, Bologna) and the first LEED Gold certified jewelry factory in Italy (Manifattura Bulgari, Valenza), supported the contractor for the first LEED Gold certified historic building in Italy (Palazzo Ricordi, Milan) and worked as Executive Architect for the Milan Expo 2015 UAE Pavillion designed by Foster and Partners.

Marina has been a key member of AESG's Facade Team for three years, where she has been involved in the delivery of a number of complex facade projects in both design and construction. Recent additions to Marina's portfolio include a 350m tower in Dubai utilising a bespoke cold bent unitised glass technology, a 300,000 sqm residential project in Abu Dhabi featuring a natural stone rainscreen and curved GRP cladding, as well as several particularly complex pavilions at the Dubai Expo 2020.

Marina has 6+ years of professional experience in various countries including the UK, Korea, KSA and the UAE. She offers particular strength throughout the design process, streamlining delivery by combining her project management skills with the flair for detailed design. She possesses a solid background on facade systems, detailing, specifications and materials across multiple countries.

Marisa Cortright joined UNStudio in 2017, where she works transversally across the fields of business development, communications and knowledge sharing to connect colleagues within the studio with UNStudio’s broad network of partners. She holds degrees in urban and architectural history from Barnard College of Columbia University and the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Her professional experience spans research, writing and strategic communications in New York, Paris, London and Amsterdam.

Mark is a passionate architectural and urban designer with over 20 years’ experience, in complex mixed use, seniors living, hotels, residential and commercial projects. He possesses great skill and expertise in design, as exemplified in the multi award winning seniors development Harbord Diggers Freshwater, office tower 1 Bligh, Sydney, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices and Shout Ridge Residencies. He also specialises in competitions and has won a number of design competitions, most recently Central Place Sydney, Harbord Diggers at Freshwater, an important headland mixed use project and 32 Smith St, Parramatta. He has also received numerous national and international awards for his work. Mark is a Property Council Grading Committee Member working within the commercial Sydney market assessing buildings and developing new standards with other industry professionals. He guest lecturers at the University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW and Melbourne University and presents at industry conferences locally and internationally on design, architecture, sustainability, building envelops and retrofitting buildings.

Mark studied engineering at Cambridge and then Yacht Design at Southampton University. An interest in light weight marine structures lead to a position at Gurit where he worked on a wide range of advanced FRP structures in the marine, architecture and renewable energy industries., including fulfilling one of his childhood dreams of working on an Americas Cup yacht.

Over the last 15 years he has become increasingly involved in advanced FRP architectural structures, working on a range of ground breaking projects which have made him appreciate the wisdom of his mentor’s advice at the start of his career that ‘the most interesting projects were ones involving architects’. Since 2016 he has been Head of Structural Engineering at Premier Composite Technologies and continues to enjoy finding new challenges for advanced FRP materials.

“As Head of the UK Building Specialist Division, I am responsible for a team of 50 engineers, including Acoustics, Façades, Fire, Vertical Transport, Simulation and Computational Designers across the UK. I joined Ramboll in 2006 as a structural engineer after completing a multidisciplinary Engineering degree from Cambridge University. I became chartered with the ICE and specialised in Façade Engineering. I have since completed an Executive MBA to bring solid business acumen to building engineering endeavours.

I am enthusiastic about creative, practical design and collaborating with other disciplines to deliver buildable, holistic solutions. I enjoy communicating engineering principles and helping clients arrive at solutions that meet their performance aspirations within the constraints of their cost plan.

Mark has over twenty-five years of experience in design and construction coordination for all phases of project design and delivery, from programming and pre-design through construction contract administration. Mark's experience includes numerous project types, including higher education, K-12 education, corporate, commercial, civil, healthcare, science and technology and sports and recreation. As Global Director of Technical Design Mark has a focus on developing a culture that delivers the highest quality of technical excellence while embracing innovative construction and delivery techniques and seeking to improve efficiency across the Firm. In this capacity, he also co-chairs the Firm Wide Technical Design Community and participates in the Firm’s Project Delivery Board. In his complementary role as Technical Director of Perkins and Will's Chicago office, Mark oversees the technical design, quality assurance/quality control and project delivery of all architectural and interior design projects delivered by that office. Finally, Mark is a co-founder of the Perkins and Will Innovation Incubator and has been an active member of the selection and oversight committee since the program's inception in 2007.

Martin has 20 years’ experience gained delivering a variety of challenging projects around the world. At Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Martin is a senior leader within the London office, where he excels in understanding the technical challenges and solutions critical to the delivery of the most complex projects.

Prior to joining SOM, Martin gained experience working at some of the world’s most prestigious architectural practices. His portfolio encompasses a deep breadth of design experience gained working within the Middle East, Europe, South Asia, Australasia and Mexico across a variety of project types, scales, and complexities.

Projects Martin worked on include the renovation of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s HQ in Riyadh, Bay City Master Plan in Bahrain, Baccarat Hotel in Doha, Karlatornet residential tower in Gothenburg, the Corso Italia 23 adaptive reuse project in Milan, the Nuevo Polanco Masterplan in Mexico City, as well as Aviation Work for Heathrow Airport, Schiphol, Auckland International, Houston and Orlando.

Masoud is the Managing Director of Fenestra Malaysia Sdn Bhd. He is a mechanical building services engineer and has more than 33 years of professional experience in design and construction management of a wide range of projects.

Masoud has maintained a strong focus on buildability, value engineering and effectiveness of design solutions for buildings. He is passionate about reducing energy consumption of buildings through appropriate design of their envelope as well as being an ardent advocate of introduction of green technologies in commercial developments. Masoud is a qualified arbitrator, practicing adjudicator and Green Building Index Facilitator.

At the beginning of his career he worked in the tender departments of Permasteelisa and Lindner, two of the largest cladding contractors active in the UK market.

In 2014 Massimo joined AECOM to support their cost team in the delivery of feasibility studies and cost plans.

One of his roles is also to inform quantity surveyors and project managers on the state of the cladding market. He suggests the most suitable contractors in the industry on the basis of the technical challenges of the various projects and the contractors’ workload.

The most notable projects he has been involved in since joining AECOM are: 33 King William Street, Al Maktoum (Dubai Airport), White Collar Factory, Battersea Power Station Phase 3, Soho Place, Sky Labs, Nova East and the upcoming 1 Undershaft.

Mathieu Meur provides strategic and technical leadership as the director of DP Façade. Through his training as a multi-disciplinary engineer, and subsequent years of experience heading the largest façade consultancy practice in the world, Mathieu has developed extensive knowledge of all types of building envelope systems, their design, engineering, and related codes of practice. Mathieu has worked on numerous major construction projects in Asia, the Middle East and beyond, including Resorts World at Sentosa – a USD$5 billion integrated resort development, Changi Airport Terminal 1 Upgrading, and The Dubai Mall, currently the largest mall in the world. Passionate about sharing his knowledge and skills with others, he is a frequent speaker at conferences, writes for technical publications, and has been a Lecturer at Real Estate & Construction Centre on Façade Design and Façade Condition Assessment since 2002. Mathieu is also a fellow of the Society of Façade Engineering from United Kingdom since 2010. Considering sustainability to be at the heart of the process, Mathieu was the Chairman of the Singapore Green Building Council Taskforce on Cladding & Roofing from 2012 to 2016.

Matthew Fineout is an Architect and Founder of Smart Architecture; an architecture and consultancy firm with a focus in highly complex building forms. Matthew has consulted on several prominent international projects including Atlassian Anchor Tower in Sydney, Australia; the Mexico City New International Airport; Entisar Super Tall Tower, Dubai, UAE; and Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, Mexico.

Matthews involvement and interest with complex architectural projects began as a Senior Associate at Frank Gehry and Associates in the 90’s. There he was involved with several seminal projects including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Spain. This work ushered the transition into digital applications as a central focus for project development and construction implementation, in which Matthew played an instrumental role. Matthew has continued this pursuit to leverage digital technologies to execute projects of extraordinary merit. Matthew has written extensively on this subject and has delivered papers around the world.

Matthew is the Executive Vice President of Vector Foiltec the inventor and world leader of ETFE Building Envelope Systems. He has worked for Vector Foiltec Asia-Pacific for the past 10-years working on iconic ETFE projects using such as Resorts World Sentosa, Universal Studios Singapore , Singapore National Stadium Moving Roof, KL Pavilions, Ocean Park HK, The Jewel at Changi Airport not too mention iconic projects in Bangkok including Siam Discovery, Siam Center, Em Quartier and ETFE Canopies linking Emporium-BTS-Em Quartier etc. Majority of these projects are total solution including steelwork design, supply, fabrication, installation, authority submission and future maintenance.

Matthew is a British Structural Engineer and over the past 24-years worked throughout Asia-Pacific has become a specialist in high performance building envelopes that combine lightweight, long span, architecture steelwork. Developers, Government Agencies and Contractors consult with him during the earliest stages of project design to develop the concept design and performance specifications to ensure the most efficient, coordinated and aesthetically pleasing solutions for both steelwork and ETFE. He is also involved with tendering and pricing of the total solution directly to Developers and Main-Contractor providing solution for detailing, interfacing, method of installation, scheduling etc.

Melike Altınışık is an award-winning architect, designer and educator, who is dedicated to develop an innovative approach towards architecture, urbanism and design. Her design work has received numerous prestigious design awards including Europe 40 under 40, FEIDAD Design Award 07’ and Swiss Art Award. Her work includes prize winning projects such as 369m tall futuristic Istanbul TV and Radio Tower and the world first pioneer Robot Science Museum in Seoul.

Prior to forming her award winning practice MAA, Melike Altınışık Architects in 2013 in Istanbul, she has worked in London almost 7 years with Zaha Hadid Architects ( between 2006-2013).

Merlyn Forrer joined Design Fire Consultants in May 2019 after serving as an operational Station Manager with Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) with 19 years’ service. Between 2012 and 2017, Merlyn moved into fire safety responsible for Manchester borough, providing fire safety and enforcing the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 for one of the largest and most complex metropolitan boroughs in the UK. Between 2017 and 2019, Merlyn has been working for the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) on the response, updating guidance and national codes following the Grenfell fire tragedy.

He graduated from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) with a Master’s degree in Fire Engineering (distinction), is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and is a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers, FIFireE. His research for both his Bachelors and Masters dissertations focussed on the fire performance of externally thermally insulated cladding systems and the use of organic polymer foams which he continues to research.

Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Micha Pawelka is a Managing Director with several years of experience alongside the Management Team of Priedemann Facade Experts. Handling the role of business development for the Middle East projects, Micha is in charge of all sales and marketing activities, implementation of the business development plan, and client relationship of Priedemann Middle East and India, which includes: presentation of all services in façade planning, consulting and engineering as well as in other project-related assignments like product research, functional development, and training.

Before joining the Priedemann group, Micha was a Sales Director in the Schollglas Group in Germany ere relocating to the Middle East in 2008 to establish an office for Interpane Glass. Micha Pawelka has an academic qualification in Wholesale Management and Foreign Trade. He gained more than 20 years of experience in the Glass and Facade Industry in Europe and the Middle East before he joined Priedemann as a partner in 2014.

Michael Elstner is Director of Technical Advisory Service & Strategic Communication. In this function he is a member of the managing board of German Flat Glass Association and the Quality Association for Flat Glass. He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Federal Guild of Glaziers in Hadamar. He has also been a publicly appointed and sworn glass expert for several years. Michael Elstner has been involved in the application and development of glass and glass products for more than 20 years and also passes on this knowledge in training courses and publications.”

Michael is a special structures and glass engineer and in 2010 founded M.Ludvik Engineering in Brooklyn. His portfolio features structural glass and kinetic work in the US and globally, including the SkySlide in LA, the MoMA Expansion, The Broad Collection, the Queens Museum, and over 80 iFly indoor skydiving wind tunnels. Architect collaborators include Diller Scofidio + Renfro, OMA, Grimshaw and Gensler.

Michele studied architecture at the University of Naples and has a Master of Architecture degree from the Architectural Association (AA) in London. He is a registered architect in both the United Kingdom and Italy.

Michele joined Zaha Hadid Architects in 2004 and immediately started working on award-winning projects such as the Glasgow Riverside Musem in Scotland, the CMA CGM Headquarters in Marseilles and the new Architecture Foundation building in London.

Miguel is a registered architect in Spain (COAM) and the UK (ARB) and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Master of Architecture from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and a Master in Real Estate Development from Instituto de Empresa. After several years serving as project architect at Pelli Clarke Pelli and Kohn Pedersen Fox´ New York and London offices designing landmark projects worldwide, he joined Ortiz Leon as Design Director. At Ortiz Leon, he drives design direction for the development and execution of a wide variety of projects in Spain and APAC, ranging from large-scale, complex corporate buildings to detailed design research. Miguel’s core strengths lie in the translation of the brief into a design aligned with Ortiz Leon´s intrinsic values. His technical background influences his fascination for sustainable and innovative design research, which he applies to support the office’s expansion.

Monica is a founding director of Contreras Earl Architecture (CEA). She has led CEA to design original, inventive, ground‐breaking buildings that contribute to the evolution of architecture and toward a better future for our communities and cities.

Monica is a Registered Architect with a Masters of Architecture from the University of Sydney, having also won the Australian Institute of Architects prestigious Design Medal. She received the Frank Knox Fellowship at Harvard University to complete her Masters of Architecture and Urban Design.

In 1974, Moshe received the title of “Town Planning Architect” as the top of his class on the Dean’s list. Moshe excelled in Math and Physics, and his work is based indeed on rational examination and analysis as the basis for a comprehensive plan. In 1978, he established the “Moshe Zur Architects & Town Planners Ltd.” Since then, he has worked with authorities and government offices on public projects, as well as with private entrepreneurs and construction companies. In 1992, Moshe helmed the breakthrough of Israeli architects in Europe. So far, he has handled projects in 33 countries around the world (currently planning high-rise in Manhattan). Moshe is considered a top architect of International caliber. He has won praise and dozens of prizes and citations, planned all types of projects: Urban, occupational, residential, public structures, research and academia, and commerce. Aside from teaching and raising generations of architects over the past decades, Moshe is active in professional organizations, and is a lecturer and consultant in the field. Even today, Moshe personally oversees the planning and supervision aspects and is engaged in developing new, innovative technologies and new urban typologies. His firm consists of about 80 architects (managed by his wife Orna and 4 partners) who handle about 100 projects in Israel and abroad.

Naoki has over 11 years experience in facade design, testing, specification and project management.He is currently involved with a number of high profile projects in Dubai from design through to delivery stages and builds on significant experience gained within the European facade market.

His two masters degrees in Facade Engineering and Product Design demonstrate his interest and appreciation for and understanding of innovative technical design. Naoki is also a member of the Society Of Facade Engineers.

Nassim Saoud, is an Architect DPLG and actually the Director for the EMEA region with more than 15 years of experience including 10 years as a core member of Trimble Consulting (ex Gehry Technologies), an AECO consulting and service company that is part of the TRIMBLE Group.

He is responsible for Global delivery of all EMEA projects, as well as direct clients consulting for strategic positions about technology adoption and complexe projects developments and execution for a full range of projects across different regions of the world.

Naveen oversees the development of architectural activity for AkzoNobel, manufacturers of Interpon, the market leading brand of powder coatings. For 10 years, he has collaborated with architects, facade consultants, main contractors, cladding sub-contractors and approved powder applicators on a wide spectrum of projects, across commercial, high-end residential, education, and health sectors.

Naveen has a strong track record in providing extensive technical and material support across the construction supply chain, delivering guidance on standard and bespoke finish solutions to complement the design of aluminum and steel facade components. This extends to offering in-depth insight into future colour trends, subsequently helping to shape the visual architectural landscape.

Neil McClelland is a lateral thinking designer and building envelope specialist. A Chartered Professional Engineer, Neil specialises in building façade work and investigating material science and has produced numerous world-wide publications. After working for Arup in Sydney London and New York and HOK in New York, Neil leads the Façade division at TTW.

After completing 300 plus projects all over the globe and in all climate zones, Neil is adept at delivering smart façade engineering solutions. His work has diversified across commercial, retail, residential, hotel, hospitals, public buildings, airport terminals, transport interchanges, government, education, interior fit-out and balustrades.

Nic Goldsmith is a Principal of FTL Design Engineering Studio, the leading design firm specializing in membrane construction systems. Using innovative structural elements, Mr. Goldsmith has helped pioneered lightweight technologies over the past forty years into an art form. A graduate of Cornell University, Mr. Goldsmith’s work has been greatly influenced by Bucky Fulller, Felix Candela and Frei Otto with whom he apprenticed in Germany for three years. Mr. Goldsmith designed FTL’s legacy projects including the Carlos Mosley Pavilion for the Metropolitan Opera, the Rosa Parks Transit Center, ASU Skysong, the DKNY Headquarters, and the Sun Valley Pavilion. He was instrumental in designing the Cooper Hewitt’s “Under the Sun” exhibition with the first integrated PV tensile structure.

Mr. Goldsmith has been a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Design Studio of University of Pennsylvania for fourteen years, an adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute, Cornell and Visiting Professor at Innsbruck, Austria. He has given a wide range of lectures on lightweight structures worldwide and was the Chair of the Fabric Structures Association. His new book Mass to Membrane explains the evolution of architecture from heavy buildings to membrane structures.

Nick Moyes joined Jasmax in 2004 and has been a Principal and Jasmax Director in the Auckland office since 2012. Nick has broad international experience in North America, Europe and Asia with a variety of typologies and scales. A multiple award-winning architect, Nick’s project experience is eclectic and exceptional. He has worked on masterplanning cities in China, to boutique offices in North America. Nick is drawn to projects that help communicate and define the strategic objectives of clients.

Nick’s extensive experience has led to a strong understanding of the design and delivery of complex and large-scale projects across Mixed-Use, Commercial, Aviation, Pharmaceutical and Research projects. With a passion for sustainable design, his buildings often break paradigms.

Nirmal is India Director – Architecture for M Moser Associates, a global architectural, interior design and construction Management firm. He is a licensed architect in California, USA and India. He holds Master of Architecture from University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA, and Bachelor of Architecture from Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh.

Prior to moving back to India 6 years ago, he had worked in the US for more than 30 years and has held leadership positions with global architectural and interiors firms, and design build firms including HOK, RTKL, Cannon Design, Leo A Daly, Fluor Corporation and Friedmutter Group among others. He was also Director of Taliesin Architects Studio, the successor firm of Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. He was adjunct faculty at Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA and has also taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. He served on the advisory board at School of Architecture at the Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

He has led large scale architecture and design-build teams for successfully completed projects in USA, Middle East, China and India. His areas of interest are high rise buildings, corporate campuses, healthcare and hospitality projects.

Nitin Govila is a senior level International Director with diversified experience in managing business operations in B2B, B2C environments across different business categories at a Regional level. He has also handled international consulting assignments and global projects. Nitin is based out of Singapore

Owen Wee has been working in the architecture field since graduating and has been involved in a wide range of projects that include Master Planning, public housing, private housing and NUS SDE Zero Energy Building.

Since joining Surbana International Consultants, Owen has been on various projects in Singapore since then. With his vast experience and knowledge in architecture and master planning he has won the SIA GOLD design award for his involvement in the Marina South Pier as well as BCA’s buildability award and BCA Barrier Free for his work for the Sengkang public housing project ‘Coris II). He was also awarded the Singapore BCA Green Building individual award 2013

Owen has taken on the task to drive sustainable design in Surbana since 2008. He is a Green Advocate and is a registered Green Mark Professional with Singapore Building Construction Authority. His drive toward sustainability design and construction has already borne fruit with some projects obtaining higher green certifications as well as created a design guide and set minimum green targets for all projects. This drive has also resulted in more than 25,000 green homes designed in Singapore since 2008. He is now focus on Zero energy building in the tropics.

Paola Blasi is a chartered geologist with 30 years’ experience in natural stone, many of them spent in Carrara, Italy - the international marble hub. As Architectural Stone Specialist at Arup supports the work of facade engineers, landscape and interior architects in many parts of the world thanks to her solid background and extensive professional network.

She has extensively travelled, visiting quarries and processing plants and has given lectures to architects and designers on the use and characteristics of stone materials in many Countries.

Paul has worked across a diverse range of sectors on significant projects both locally and overseas, dealing with myriad structures and materials. Paul’s expertise includes leading multi-disciplinary mixed use projects; façade projects, conversion and re-use of Heritage-listed structures; innovative architectural engineering; structural surveys, investigation and forensic engineering; industrial and process engineering; and multi-storey steel structures. Highly regarded for his inclusive approach to coordinating design teams.

Paul has recently shifted his focus to conceptual design, applying his knowledge to develop innovative architectural solutions for buildings requiring both renovation and conservation particularly within institutional and community settings, as well as for notable public art installations.

Paul E. Totten is a Vice President at WSP and leads the Building Enclosures Division. He has over 23 years of experience in the fields of structural engineering, building enclosure design and commissioning, and building science. He has concentrated his expertise on the evaluation and analysis of heat, air, and moisture transfer, and the cumulative effect these elements have on building components and building operation. He is a member of NIBS, ASHRAE, and USGBC including the EA TAG. Paul was a committee member of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Guideline 3 – Exterior Enclosure Technical Requirements for the Commissioning Process.

PAUL-ROUVEN DENZ studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Stuttgart and the E.T.S.A. Madrid with a focus on “resource-efficient construction“ and “building construction”. He has gained a wide range of experience during showcase building and research projects on sustainability in Germany and abroad. He also successfully participated in architectural and innovation competitions. Paul worked among others at Foster & Partners (London), Werner Sobek (Stuttgart), Fraunhofer IAO (Stuttgart), IBK2 (University of Stuttgart), Gutierrez-delaFuente Arquitectos (Madrid) and ATOL architects (Shanghai). At Priedemann Facade-Lab he focuses as Head of R&D on research on new façade technologies, materials, systems and planning processes. Since 2017 Paul is also a PhD guest researcher at TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, investigating Smart Textile Skin solutions for material and energy efficient building envelopes.

Peter Goff is an Associate in Buro Happold’s London Façade Engineering team. Since joining Buro Happold in 2009, Peter has worked on a variety of complex façade projects in the UK and globally, ranging from residential and commercial developments to prestigious cultural buildings. Peter is currently leading the BuroHappold facades team on the Stratford Waterfront East Bank development in London, which includes new buildings for the V&A, Sadler’s Wells, BBC and London College of Fashion.

Phil Obayda is an Associate Director at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with over 17 years of experience in the industry. He co-leads the Technical Design Group at the London office, heading up the design and delivery on a broad range of complex landmark projects, in both the UK and the international market. In addition to his extensive residential experience, which includes the delivery of 3,000 units in London alone, he has also worked in the commercial, transport and hospitality sectors. His work is coupled with research into composite timber structural solutions and modular off-site fabrication as strategies for addressing the industry’s carbon reduction challenges. Phil also sits on the RIBA Housing Expert Advisory Group which reviews policy and practice issues in the housing sector.

Philip has an analytical and creative approach to architecture which enables him to focus on innovative yet appropriate solutions for any given design challenge. A versatile and skilled designer, he has a particular interest in the cultural significance of sports and entertainment buildings, how venues evolve, and how they can be integrated successfully into their environment. From a professional standpoint, he is interested in how different clients make decisions about the procurement of the construction of their projects, and how they balance cost, programme and their perceptions of quality. His work at Populous includes leading the design of the redevelopment of Ascot Racecourse, the Olympic Stadium for London 2012 and its transformation into London Stadium, the Masterplan and new Warner Stand at Lord’s Cricket Ground, as well as the concept design for the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. His current project is the redevelopment of the Riverside Stand at Fulham Football Club

Philipp Hesse studied at the Technische Universität in Dresden and Cottbus and obtained his Diploma from the Universität der Künste in Berlin in 2005. From 2005 to 2008 he lived in Leipzig where he gained experience at various offices in the fields of architecture, interior design and exhibition planning.

After that, he started working freelance in Berlin. In 2010 Philipp joined Sauerbruch Hutton, where his main responsibility lies in facade planning, accompanying projects from competition to building completion. Philipp became an asscociate in 2020.

With over 20 years of experience in Masterplanning and Architecture, Prabhanjan is a director in RSP Dubai, bringing in the critical skills for planning and delivering large scale and complex projects. His experience ranges from Masterplanning of Cities and Town centers to establishing Urban Design Guidelines for Integrated Developments , design of Technology parks and Mixed Used Developments across Middle East and Asia. Prabhanjan has lead and managed a diverse team of architects, planners and engineers through all stages of design and execution. Many of these projects have won international acclaim through numerous awards.

Prashanth graduated from Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, with Master in Architecture Urbanism and Building sciences and Facade Engineering. His strong interest in mathematics combined with on-site training with his Father in his early years, led him to pursue studies in Façade engineering and building technology which involve a more technical approach to architecture. Subsequent to his graduation from TU Delft, he was involved in the research for development of flexible mold system for Double curved Concrete panels with ir. Roel Schipper during the next one year. He joined VS-A.FR in 2013 and has been working as a Project Manager since then, at Lille till 2015, and transferred to the VS-A.HK office since then. Research work in precast concrete and steel in early years makes him more focused on details. His key interests are in Geometry and Structure. Prashanth has successfully rationalized and optimized many complex geometry facades at VS-A.HK. He has also been focusing on several R&D projects, including development of new products, in addition to Façade Projects.

As a senior environmental designer, Priya uses her engineering, architecture, and research background to help high performance buildings achieve their sustainability 16 July 2020 2/10 goals. She has experience solving unique design challenges across a wide range of sectors, including commercial, tertiary education, residential, and laboratory.

From 2011 he was a member of Buro Happold Sustainability Team and later BH Facade Group in London where he was coordinating projects on the basis of the environmental certification criteria and facades parametric optimization. Since 2014 is a part of Snøhetta, working on projects like Opera House in Busan, Riyadh Metro Station and HQ of Banque Libano Francaise in Beirut. Guest editor of polish magazine A+M regarding contemporary technologies and innovation in construction.

Rafael Contreras is a founding director of Contreras Earl Architecture (CEA). He leads CEA with a strong belief that architecture should evolve with technology, designing buildings that are liberated from traditional building practices and forms.

Rafael’s years of experience and unique design skills saw him leading international teams working in Zaha Hadid Architect’s (ZHA) exclusive “design cluster” in London where he worked directly under Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. For 7 years he was design leader at ZHA on major commissions and competition winning bids such as the Grand Theatre in Rabat Morocco, the Tokyo National Stadium and the New Beijing Daxing Airport (world’s biggest airport terminal).

A registered American Architect, Raj leads Gensler’s Lifestyle Studio in the Middle East focusing on large and intricate architecture projects throughout the region. Raj’s experience across different cultures influences his design approach as he weaves together traditional and modern architecture into contemporary designs, relevant to their cultural and contextual settings.

A passionate designer, Raj enjoys collaborating with teams, mentoring young architects and understanding cultural influences on how buildings are used. A perennial figure in the list of Top 40 Most Powerful Architects in Middle East by Middle East Architect magazine, Raj’s professional thoroughness combined with his creative talent and leadership ability has made him an award-winning architect with many esteemed projects in his portfolio.

Raj also frequently speaks at conferences and events with an aim to engage in conversations that influence design trends. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Architecture from the Yale University.

Rajan has 25 years of international experience within the facade industry, out of which he has served more than 11 years at Arup. With a structural engineering background Rajan has good overall facade specialist experience. He has gained working experiences in various regions such as Asia, Middle East and Australia. He has also successfully delivered several prestigious projects with integrated facade designs, involving 3D design, complex engineering and building integration.

He is also a certified SGMM (Singapore Green Mark Manager), enabling him to understand sustainable design requirements from architectural and practical perspectives. He has technically lead, managed and delivered several large projects with highly practical and efficient designs resulted successful implementations. With his extensive International and regional experience with on-going leading role on number of projects he has attained extensive knowledge on façade and construction industry in the region. He is a known face to the regional facade industry and has attained good reputation with high quality works completed.

Industrial engineer, with a specialised training in mechanics (UVI/2005), he specialised in the field of the façades in 2006 after leaving an R&D company in the automotive field. As a designer, project manager and Technical Director of the international plasterer’s company.

Currently he is the Managing Director of BIFF SA, a Façade consultant company based in Switzerland. He provides façade consultancy during all construction phases and performs several challenging projects.

Ravindra Kumar (Ravee), heads Design as a Director at Venkataramanan associates. His strength has been in providing innovative design solutions to emerging project trends in Asia. He has a keen understanding of the complex needs of urbanity and its reconstruct for innovation on design ideation. Specialisation on new laboratory facilities, technology campuses and R&D facilities, New building typologies and understanding the need to integrate building and landscape aesthetics has been his unique abilities. He has designed many of VA's large complex project with more than two decades of experience. He is also a founder of Pragrup, a research lab and an architecture studio has pioneered in rigorous sustainable approach to design, through work that spans the spectrum from master plans to furniture design.

Raya is a facade expert with structural engineering background. Her portfolio consists of a number of challenging projects across the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Europe and the Middle East. Raya is Head of International Business Development at BU Façade, Schueco International KG Germany and is working on some of the most innovative products of the company in the field of curtain walling. Raya is leading the effort for Schueco Germany to bring clarity into the issue of the new UK fire regulations and deliver safe products for the building envelope.

As part of Cox Architecture’s Queensland office for 18 years, and with over 25 years in the industry, Richard has been part of many of the firm’s major projects nationally and internationally. He has undertaken a diverse portfolio of projects throughout his careerspanning across a range of building types, including the sports, education, cultural, community, and transport sectors. He is passionate about the sports sector and has completed many notable projects nationally and internationally, including two venues for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games – the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre and the Anna Meares Velodrome. He was also the Project Director for the recently completed Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville and the Jakarta International Velodrome. Richard’s experience extends to many public venues with integrated art projects and a focus on civic engagement. The projects all have a focus on patron experience and have demonstrated delivery in tourism engagement and increased patronage and revenue. Richard is recognised for his ability to interpret a project brief and bring insightful conceptual thinking to solve complex strategic problems.

Richard leads the Sustainability group for COX Queensland and has been directly involved in leading six-star Green Star projects in Australia.

In over 25 years of practice, Rob Goodwin has created a compelling body of work, spanning a broad range of types and scales that is unified by the desire to create a unique expression for each project. Driven by a critical investigation of program, site, context and environment, he identifies the essential underlying forces that truly shape a genuine architecture of place, and transforms those forces into meaningful architecture through inventive design strategies, integrated sustainability and innovative technologies. Rob’s design work has focused on program-driven architecture, encompassing educational, research, healthcare and commercial projects. As the Design Director for the New York office of Perkins + Will, Rob explores and expands the idea of place, moving beyond conventional solutions to pursue an authentic design expression rooted in a deep understanding of the influences of program, context, climate and culture. Rob’s approach has been widely recognized, with over 25 local, national and international design awards and publications including the Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Architecture, and the New York Times. He has spoken about his work at the AIA, the Architectural League, Stanford, Cornell, and MIT.

Robert Perry, AIA, is a Design Director with Gensler in San Francisco, California. His work focuses on parametrically defined, high performance facades that are handcrafted with unexpected material solutions, such as fiber-reinforced polymers. In addition to his unique perspective on façade design, he is a leading expert on innovative design concepts for large-scale, commercial projects internationally, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Robert's passion for traditional craftsmanship and digital design tools lends an alternative approach to his clients' biggest challenges. His work has been featured in Building Design + Construction, Facades Plus, and he recently presented at the Advanced Building Skins Conference in Bern, Switzerland.

Robert-Jan van SANTEN is an architect who graduated from UPA3 VERSAILLES (FR). He worked for approximately 4 years in “Atelier de Paris” for Renzo PIANO in Paris before staying for a year with Marc MIMRAM. He set-up "Bureau d'études façade van SANTEN" (1989), which later became "van SANTEN & Associés" (1999), and eventually VS-A (2010). Under his supervision, then came the establishments of VSA.HK in 2011, and VS-A.KR in 2013. Honored with a Silver Medal from the French Académie d'Architecture for Research and Technique in 2008, he has also been guest speakers in numerous building envelope engineering conferences across Europe and Asia.

Roland is Managing Director and Partner of the international engineering consultancy Werner Sobek. Born in Berlin, he subsequently moved to Hanover, Germany, where he studied Structural Engineering. Having ac- complished his diploma, Roland started working at Werner Sobek and soon rose to be appointed first princi- pal, then general manager, and finally managing director and partner. Roland heads the department of com- petitions and is a specialist of project management, lightweight structures and steel constructions. He has ex- tensive experience in various important high rise projects, such as ADAC Headquarters in Munich/Germany, the Hegau Tower in Singen/Germany and the 400 m high Olympic Tower in Nanjing/China. In addition Roland has been in charge of several complex and large-scale projects such as World Expo 2017 in Asta- na/Kazakhstan and the underground railway station in Stuttgart/Germany. Since 2013, Roland has also been Country Representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

Ron Hull is the Marketing Manager at Kuraray Trosifol® PVB, Americas. He joined Kuraray in 2016 after working 4 years as the NA Sales Director for Axalta Coating Systems. He began his career as an engineer with Conoco Oil Company and then worked for DuPont for 15+ years in many different positions and business. He has 13+ years of experience in the architectural construction market and is a licensed professional engineer. He has a B.S. from the University of Michigan and Michigan Tech University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Russell H. Davies, P.E. has 27-years in practice and established AVRO Consult Engineering, P.C. in 2012. Prior to AVRO, Mr. Davies completed a wide range of projects with firms based in Boston, New York and London.

Russell received his Bachelor of Science with high honors from Northeastern University in 1993 and his Masters of Architecture from Yale University in 1999. Russell has lectured at numerous industry symposia and served on the faculty at Columbia University School of Architecture and Urban Design from 2004-2016.

Ruth has a Masters Degree in Engineering Design from the University of Bristol, she is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. A senior leader at RWDI and engineer specializing in microclimate design, building physics and computational modelling. Ruth collaborates with design teams and building owners to create spaces that are energy-efficient, well adapted to local climate, and comfortable for occupants. Ruth has carried out much of her work over the past decade on demanding projects, in challenging climates across the globe. Her project management approach is client-focused and results-driven, and her capacity to manage projects on any scale is demonstrated by her work as a client advisor and technical reviewer for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Sander is a Dutch Senior Architect / Associate from UNStudio. He graduated from the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture where he received his Master’s. He has been working on some of UNStudio’s key residential towers, including Canaletto in London and V on Shenton in Singapore. Sander currently has a strong focus on the Australian market, via his work on the Southbank by Beulah mixed use development in Melbourne. With the design team, he is responsible for translating design ideas and concepts into deliverables and prototypes that are possible to realise. Within the studio, Sander aims to motivate and foster team collaboration throughout the different project phases and is keen to share his knowledge to improve designs based on his broad experience in building and design phases.

Sandra has been with Arup for 10 years in the Façades Team and is now based in Manchester.

Sandra combines structural engineering skills and detailed knowledge of façades to provide multidisciplinary coordination and solutions meeting both the architectural intent and the client’s business objectives, particularly to projects with challenging budgets. Sandra has 15 years of experience in façade consultancy in the UK and her project experience includes: Salford Central high-rise residential, Manchester Metropolitan University Arts and Humanities, High-rise residential re-clad, Kuwait International Airport, VAC Cultural Centre in Moscow, and many other prestigious residential, commercial and mixed-use developments, in the UK and internationally.

Scott is a conservation accredited (CARE) structural engineer and heritage lead for Meinhardt Façade Technology. As a heritage specialist he has overseen works to structures of the highest cultural value – from Grade 1 listed landmarks to significant arts, community and industrial buildings throughout Australia, the UK and Nepal. His experience of conservation, refurbishment and adaptive reuse in the public, private and charity sectors has allowed him a deep understanding of conservation projects, their hidden risks and significant rewards.

Scott Coombes is the Managing Partner at AESG with an honours degree in Architecture from the University of Nottingham. Scott is a subject matter expert on building performance analysis, net zero advisory and sustainable design. As a resident of the UAE for 30 years, Scott has developed a particular passion for the sustainable development of the region through the use of traditional and passive architectural techniques.

Since co founding AESG, Scott has been at the forefront of the company’s growth into an award winning specialist consultancy across Europe and the Middle East, offering design and engineering services in sustainable development, building performance analysis, façades and façade maintenance, fire and life safety, MEP advisory, vertical transportation and acoustics.

Alongside his role at AESG, Scott sits on the height and data committee for the CTBUH and is the Chairman of the American University in Dubai’s (AUD’s) Advisory Board under the school of Architecture, Art and Design.

Scott is passionate and often speaks publicly about buildings: their design and construction, ongoing performance, deterioration and failure, and, ultimately, their renewal. His expertise is diverse and includes façade systems and cladding, the science and art of building enclosures, roofs and vegetated roofs, building retrofits and renewal, sustainability and carbon, and integrated design facilitation for new and existing buildings. His 20-plus years’ experience has provided direct project experience in the sectors of commercial, institutional, heritage, recreational, mid- and high-rise residential, and neighbourhood developments in Canada, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

Sean O’Brien is a senior principal and head of the Building Technology group in the NYC office of SGH., a national building design and consulting firm. Mr. O’Brien specializes in building science and building envelope performance. Sean has investigated and designed repairs for a wide variety of building types. He is a frequent presenter on the topic of building enclosures and has over 50 industry publications on related topics. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and is a licensed professional engineer in 16 states. He is a member of ASHRAE, the NYC AIA chapter, and co-chair of the NYC Building Enclosure C

Senoj Alexander V. is Head of Design & Product Development at Karle Infra in Bangalore. After a decade in the consulting arena, he moved to the development side of real estate in 2015. He is responsible for end-to-end product innovation and development, namely for Karle Infra’s 70-acre, 1.3 million-square-meter flagship project, an integrated township in Bangalore. Apart from developing new products for ongoing projects, he is reimagining the culture of delivering real-estate products in India by encouraging collaborative creation, micro-innovation, transparent contracting, strategic programming, and social consciousness. Following his postgraduate studies, he worked as Head of India Operations for JURONG International Group-Singapore, where he was responsible for the sixty-member consulting business in India.

Sergei Tchoban, born in Saint Petersburg in 1962, is a Russian-German architect. After his studies at the State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Ilya Repin of the Russian Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg, he worked as an architect in Russia. In 1992 he started working at the architectural office NPS Nietz - Prasch - Sigl in Hamburg. In 1995 he became managing partner of this company, which since 2017 trades as TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden. Since 2006 Sergei Tchoban is head of the architectural office SPEECH in Moscow. 2009 the Tchoban Foundation started, growing 2013 into the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin.

Silvia Prandelli is Façade Technical Director at Maffeis Engineering, a leading international consulting firm headquartered in Italy. Her experience lies in finding the best solutions on high-end projects where she has been part of several award-winning project teams.

Her involvement has varied ranging from a mixture of residential, high-rise, commercial developments to cultural, civic and public use projects in Europe, USA, UK, Middle-East and Far East.

Simon is an accomplished architect and a Director at COX Melbourne. His expertise covers the design, development, and delivery of a broad range of projects, particularly within the commercial, residential, and mixed-use sectors. He works primarily in the role of lead designer, steering projects from feasibility through to construction. His involvement across all phases of project delivery allows him to utilise his expert knowledge to efficiently resolve complex design issues and translate them into innovative built solutions. Simon works closely with COX’s team of advanced parametric designers and BIM experts to refine design outcomes and assist coherent communication between designers, client and stakeholder groups throughout the design process. His expertise in the use of these cutting-edge tools is utilised across the practice to assist with contract documentation outputs during construction, ensuring a more efficient and coordinated building process.

With 15 years of professional experience in the built environment, Simon joined Eckersley O'Callaghan in 2015 and leads project teams within our structural and facade groups, where he undertakes the engineering of some of our most challenging buildings. Simon is skilled in complex parametric modelling and analysis. Having worked previously for specialist facade contractors, Bellapart and structural engineering consultancy, Expedition Engineering; he has also collected a wide breadth of knowledge in materials and fabrication processes, notably in glass, metals, and composite-fibre plastics. Simon plays an integral role of the running of the facade group with a particular focus on developing improved working practices and systems. Most recently he has developed a training scheme to contribute to the group’s ongoing evolution.

Descended from four generations of engineers, Simon is wired to unravel how things work. He combines his knack for tackling complex problems with clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate diversely – with colleagues, clients and stakeholders. Importantly, Simon has an innate understanding of how people experience spaces and the way architecture can contribute to better communities. With an extensive background in education and public projects, Simon’s design focus centres on creating vibrant learning environments and engaging campus experiences. As a leader at JCB, he has overseen several major projects including Gillies Hall student housing at Monash University Peninsula Campus. This project has reset sustainability benchmarks by combining Mass Timber construction and achieving Passive House certification. Simon is committed to reducing the embodied and lifecycle carbon impact of every project we design. Whether it is for small learning c

Smaran Mallesh is the co – founder of Cadence Architects and is also involved in teaching design at architecture schools in Bangalore. The office from its initial conception was imagined to operate like a studio, the term “Studio” is generally associated with academia; and architecture as a “Speculative practice” can only thrive in a studio atmosphere. The spirit of speculation manifests itself into strategic processes which enable projects to evolve from conceptual ideas to sophisticated finished products. This process based rigor is laced with a certain sensibility, a sensibility to achieve new spatial and formal effects. Smaran received his Masters degree from Austen E. Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University (M. Arch 2004 – 2006). Since its inception in 2005 Cadence has won many prestigious national level awards for various projects. Cadence has been published in national as well as international architectural journals. Since its inception in 2005 Cadence has won many prestigious national level awards for various projects in architecture as well as interior design, the most coveted ones being, - A+D SPECTRUM AWARDS ‟07 (NATIONAL) - COMMENDATION - YOUNG ENTHUSED ARCHITECT. - IIID MK AWARDS‟08 (NATIONAL) – WINNER - EMERGING INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE. - JK CEMENTS „09– WINNER – YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR AWARD - CENTURY PLY AWARDS ‟11 – WINNER - BEST RESIDENCE - SOCIETY INTERIORS AWARDS ‟11 – DESIGN FIRM OF THE FUTURE - INDIA‟S TOP (YOUNG) ARCHITECTS AWARDS ‟12 – TOP 20 ARCHITECTS - CWAB AWARDS ‟14 – INDIA‟S TOP INN0VISIONARY ARCHITECTS - DESIGNER YOUNG ARCHITECTS AWARD „15 – WINNER – RESIDENCE - PES COLLEGE CAMPUS REVITALISATION „16 – WINNER

Sohyun Jin graduated from Yonsei University on 2013 with a major in architecture and a minor in business. During her studies of architecture, she has had particular interests in how the fundamentals make divergence. She has learnt and developed her expertise on the automation algorithms and finding the optimized state through the parametric models.

Over the course of her career in Studio Il Hoon Roh, The system lab and DMP, she has worked on architectural projects, where she could explore the aspects of proportions, aesthetic appreciations and good values, including Ewha Womans University kindergarten and Sejong Art Center. She joined VS-A.KR as a project manager of Ublo in 2018. Developing the products related to building façade provides her with the opportunities of further studies that she wants to pursue - integrating two different aspects of the design; aesthetic and engineering.

Sreenivas Narayanan (“Sreeni”) is Façade Specification & Compliance Officer at Siderise Insulation Limited, in charge of the Middle East and India regions.

He has over a decade’s experience in sales, business development and new market development, majority of which has been in the field of passive fire protection and working with façade related products. He has been in the Middle East since 2007 and has a keen understanding of the region, its requirements and regulations. He has worked extensively with contractors, architects and developers in Middle East, India and Australia, assisting and advising them on matters relating to applicable code compliance and completion of projects. On behalf of Siderise, Sreeni has been instrumental in ensuring successful completion of a number of large-scale system tests relating to external façade assemblies.

Sreeni is a regular participant at various façade and fire-safety conferences and frequently delivers CPD presentations on the subject to industry associates.

Stefan has a doctoral degree in structural engineering and further accomplishment in Business Administration and Management. With more than 20 years of experience in Building Engineering industry, Stefan is an experienced Head of Business Management with a demonstrated history of working in large global corporations in international leading roles. Since beginning of 2018 Stefan is Head of BU Façade at Schueco International KG, Germany.

Stefan Goeddertz began his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron in 2006. In 2008 he became an Associate of the firm. His focus is the building envelope. Among other projects, Stefan finished the building envelope of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany; currently in charge of the building envelopes of M+, Hong Kong and Triangle, Paris, France. Stefan studied at the Academy of Beaux arts, Nuernberg, Germany from 1991 to 1995, graduating with a Diplom Ingenieur. Between 1996 - 2006 he collaborated with Schneider + Schumacher, Frankfurt; Erik van Egeraat Architects, Rotterdam; Dominique Perrault Architecte, Paris; and Burckhardt & Partner, Zurich. He has developed and built various projects in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Hong Kong and South Korea.

STEFAN KRUMMECK, Principal Director of Farrells, holds over 30 years of experience designing award-winning buildings, master plans and infrastructure- related projects that have shaped towns and in Europe, Australia, Africa, and in particular the Asia- Pacific region.

Stefan has led a multitude of award-winning complex integrated infrastructure oriented developments including the Kowloon Station Development - (winner of the 2001 Best International Interchange Award). KSD is the most ambitious three-dimensional masterplan prototype ever built and incorporates Hong Kong’s tallest building. Passionate about city-making, Stefan believes in the potential of mixed-use and transit-oriented development to help transform cities into vibrant, sustainable communities which offer round-the-clock urban vitality.

Stefan Rohrmus graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 1996. Participant in the International Traineeship of Daimler (Automotive Industry). Various positions as Quality Manager within Daimler in fabrication plants and the Headquarter.

In Schüco International KG since 10 years as Quality Manager for Management Systems and 5 years as Head of Quality Planning & Supplier Management. Since 2017 Sustainability Manager. Fluently in English, Spanish and French. Intercultural Competence. Strong interest in sustainability strategies.

Stephane is a Mechanical Engineer who graduated in 1993. He is working in the construction market since 1999. He worked on Indoor and outdoor finishing solutions for professional and DIY applications as the European Marketing Manager at 3M. He is now the Facade Business Developer at Serge Ferrari and was the Market Manager, Product Manager and Applicative Expert since 2017

Stephen Katzis a Senior Associate and Technical Director at Gensler. Stephen has worked and lectured in the United States, Asia and Europe and has authored papers about façade design, intelligent building technology and sustainability. Stephen is the founder of Gensler Enclosures; a group dedicated to innovation and research for building enclosure design. He favors an inclusive design process which recognizes the importance of teamwork, listening and the power of imagination.Stephen is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the AIA National Building Performance Advisory Group and is a LEED Accredited Professional.He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.

Stephen graduated from The University of Southampton in 1987 and worked as a Consulting Engineer for the next 16 years, including 5 years with Ove Arup in Sydney and 8 years as Group Director with Buro Happold, where he founded the Facade Engineering Group, in London. In 2003 He joined Schneider GB Ltd initially as UK Technical Director and later as UK Managing Director guiding the company to become a market leader. In 2011 Stephen joined seele GmbH as Projects Director, and in 2015 he joined Schueco International as Director of Pre-Constructions Services.

Stephen is a chartered engineer in both the UK and Australia and has a consistent track record of leading and delivering complex and bespoke high quality projects. He is a lateral thinker and has an all-round appreciation for design, engineering and build-ability. Stephen has extensive knowledge of project delivery from initial planning and design stages right through construction and handover. In recent years Stephen has collaborated with numerous architects to develop sustainable and functional façade designs that went on to be implemented to a realistic budget through a reliable delivery mechanism by close collaboration with façade contractors.

Steve Muchowski is General Manager at Priedemann Facade-Lab and has an engineering background with 25 years of experience in the facade construction industry. In 2005 Steve joined Priedemann Facade Experts as a consultant working on projects in Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Russia, Middle East, United States and China. Prior to working as a consultant, much of Steve’s experience has been gained working in the facade engineering field on the fabricator’s side onsite. He is passionate about facades, focussing on optimization of facade systems/ integrated design solutions and developing high performing building skins. As an independent consultant Steve is, along with Priedemann Facade Experts, obliged to the entire life cycle of a building skin.

Steven established SCA | Steven Chilton Architects in 2014 and leads the design development on all SCA projects. He has over 20 years’ experience designing and delivering landmark buildings and innovative structures including the London Eye, the Han Show Theatre in Wuhan and the Wuxi Taihu Show Theatre.

Steven has designed numerous theatres in China over the last 10 years for technologically sophisticated shows produced by Franco Dragone, winning many awards for his narrative led, modern design. His London based studio of highly skilled practitioners specialize in connecting cultural insight and the creative use of technology to achieve an unexpected architecture that seeks to embrace, captivate and surprise.

In the last couple of years, Sumit Dhawan has established his name extensively in the design industry. Known for transforming homes into heaven, his aesthetic sensibility has found its way to renown celebrity homes of cricketer Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir. His eclectic facade style has made him a favourite amongst numerous practicing architects.

Sumit started a solitary practice directly after completing B.Arch in the year 2005 and founded Cityspace’82 Architects. The childhood passion for architecture manifested the perseverance and belief which lead him to practice unconditional hard work. Initially, during his college years, Sumit took inspiration from multiple international architects like Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Santiago Calatrava and Le Corbusier. Soo K. Chan, Principal-SCDA Architects has been a major influence for his work as he believes that his thought process resonates with the renowned designer, giving him immense confidence in his work.

Susanna Noureddine holds a master’s degree in Façade Engineering from the University of Applied Science in Detmold, Germany. She is a Principal Façade Consultant at Ramboll responsible for project management, commercial and technical design.

With just over nine (9) years’ experience in the façade industry in both Germany and the UAE, Susanna is knowledgeable of the various façade cladding materials for both commercial and residential sectors and has applied them confidently in practice. Her specialism is in façade design for sustainable building envelopes and has a detailed understanding of system development for curtain walls and aluminium windows, including façade testing and construction supervision.

Sushant Jai-AmitaVerma is a Design Entrepreneur, Architect, Computational Designer & Educator, currently leading rat[LAB] Studio (Research in Architecture and Technology)(www.rat-lab.org) that investigates intersections of design, art & technology through architecture, interior design and art installations. He holds a Masters Degree in Emergent Technologies & Design from Architectural Association, London and is a former architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, London& a Sr. Editor at Arch2O. He is the founder of rat[LAB] EDUCATION, which is an initiative to spread the idea of computation in design through independently-organized design workshops for profession and academia. Recipient of MAK Schindler Award from Vienna / Los Angeles and a finalist for AIA Emerging Leaders Fellowship from Chicago, his work is widely published and exhibited in London, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, San Francisco, Taipei, New Delhi, Mumbai among other places. He has been shortlisted in New Delhi among 5 architects for ’20 under 35’ Exhibition at Alliance Francaise de Delhi, featured as iGen 2017 Top 50 Gen-Next Designers in India, tagged as ‘Rising Star’ by Surfaces Reporter India, among other features. Sushant joined the elite list of TEDx Speakers by speaking at TEDxGurugram on ‘Smart Cities need Smarter Design Education’. His second TEDxTalk was recently given at the prestigious IIT KGP where he inspired the young professionals to pursue their passions in Design & Technology. He was recently selected to be a MentorOfChange for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) by NITI Aayog (National Institute for Transforming India), a policy think tank by Government of India where he shares his knowledge of design technologies to school students pursuing high school education to inculcate a culture of innovation and R&D in India. He also started and currently heads Smart Labs – India’s first 6 month hybrid programme on Computational Design that blends studio learning and e-learning using a technology-oriented approach. His third TEDxTalk was delivered at IIT Bhubaneswar on Diffusion of Technology in Architecture recently.

She is a founder director at TerraViridis, a Sustainable Design Consultancy, and the director of Sustainability at VeraTatva, a collaborative engineering consultancy specializing in ultra-highperformance design. She is a strong proponent of passive design as the first step towards sustainable design, constantly applying learnings from local vernacular and using state of the art simulation technologies to new buildings. TerraViridis works extensively with computer based building analysis to help architects make informed design decisions to maximize energy efficiency, improve comfort, integrate sustainable water management practices, Waste engineering, etc. TerraViridis works with several of the country’s leading architects and multi-nationals such as Infosys and Manipal Education and Medical Group helping them achieve best practice benchmark performances. Their iconic projects include the upcoming 1500 acre Government complex in Amaravati, High Court and Legislative Assembly. In the area of policy, she had worked on developing the environmental building design guidelines and a road map for their implementation for the city of Hyderabad (for Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority) along with TERI Prior to this, she worked at BDSP Partnership (London), a Sustainable engineering consultancy for 6 years where she worked with several international architects such as Rogers Stirk Harbour+Partners, Foster+Partners, Renzo Piano workshop, etc on iconic projects such as the National Welsh Assembly Building in Cardiff, GOGGS, London, Columbia University Masterplan, and Central Market in Abu Dhabi, etc.

Tali Mejicovsky is an Associate Principal at Arup in New York and Façade Skills Leader across four façade groups in the Americas (Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Toronto).

She has more than 20 years of façade experience around the globe, having worked in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and America. With a background in design and structural engineering, Tali has expertise through all stages of design and construction and has presented and published widely on the discipline of façade engineering.

Her project typologies have been wide ranging in scale and performance and include humidity sensitive art museums, laboratories and hospitals, retrofits, renovations and expansions of existing historic buildings, large transit hubs for rail and airports as well as small, standalone art pieces, handrails, canopies, one-off glazed jewels and temporary structures. With each project, Tali seeks to optimize the façade to dovetail with the architectural design intent, the multidisciplinary performance requirements, sustainability measures and the client’s objectives.

Ar. Theodore is Senior Director at CIAP Architects Pte Ltd where he was instrumental in the design and implementation team of several award-winning healthcare projects: Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital. NUH5 Medical Centre and Yishun Community Hospital. In 2019 he was a Finalist at the World Architecture Festival (Amsterdam 2019) and Recipient of the Green Architect Award 2019. He served as President of Singapore Institute of Architects (2012-2015) where he developed the curriculum for the Architectural Practice Course and the National Competency Standards for Architectural Practice.

Since 2009 Thomas Bögl (1968) joined LIAG as a partner and director architect. Apart from being trained as an architect Thomas also completed a Masters education in advanced and environmental studies at the University of East London. He also completed studies in Building Biology and in Cradle to Cradle in Germany. On several projects he examined the possibilities of integrating sustainability into the building in all its aspects. Excellent user-friendly design and healthy environments are the main aims of these examinations.

As a architect he has been responsible for many projects, one of such projects being the University of Applied Sciences Windesheim: a circular and modular renovation. Thomas and his team developed a circular facade system which can be used and reused several times and integrates all necessary installation components.

Thomas Kinzl studied Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany from 1997 to 2002. He began his career as an architect with Helmut Jahn, FAIA, in Chicago, USA. He joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) Chicago office in 2005, where he became a studio head and technical architect, managing a studio of more than 20 designers and technical architects, leading multiple projects in North America, Asia, and Europe, including the Tianjin CTF Finance Centre in Tianjin, P.R. China. The innovative and beautifully shaped façade of this tower serves as the case study for his presentation at Zak Virtual Festival of Façades 2020.

Tina is Senior Architect and Associate at UNStudio in Amsterdam and since 2017 responsible for the design coordination of the project FOUR Frankfurt. With its four towers and its multi-functional podium, FOUR is one of the most important and biggest projects of the office. The project involves urban design and architectural design down to the scale of the office interior spaces. The creation of inclusive places and spaces for creative interaction of its users throughout all scales is what Tina considers as one of her most important goals in all projects.

Next to FOUR Frankfurt, UNStudio’s airport in Kutaisi in Georgia and Reset, a stress reduction installation, are key projects she has worked on. Over a long period, Tina led the studio’s Innovative Organizations Platform, an internal platform that focuses on the development of typologies and spaces.

Tiyok, as the Managing Director of PDW, is responsible for managing the design & planning of the firm projects. His education includes Master of Urban Development and Design, The University of New South Wales, Sydney-Australia and Sarjana Teknik (Architecture), Institute of Technology Bandung, Bandung-Indonesia. He is also the guest lecturer at various universities where he is associated as reviewer and project case studies provider for undergraduate and post graduate student in various universities.

He also is associated with Green Building council of Indonesia as Deputy to the Chairperson for International Relations and Director of Rating Development, where he is responsible for international relations for developing international network of the Council in the World Green Building Council Asia Pacific Network. Since 2014, he has been responsible for Greenship rating development, Indonesia's own green building rating system.

Valentin Balog started in 1988 as a metalworking technician and master in a lightweight and steel company. In the beginning of the 90ties he studied architecture in Stuttgart/Germany. So he combined his experience in production und mounting of facades with the challenges and the way of view of advanced architecture. In 1996 he changed to DS Plan (today Drees & Sommer Advanced Building Technologies) and began with consulting, planning, tendering and quality assurance of high performance facades, most of them built in highrise-buildings. Further on he was envolved in inventory of façade renovation projects and feasibility studies, technical and economic controlling in facade planning and tendering.

Since 2013 he was in the position of a Senior Project Partner at Drees & Sommer Advanced Building Technologies, an led the swiss design team until 2019. His extraordinary broad knowledge was published in several expert reports in Germany and Switzerland, an even in China. He was a speaker at important conferences on glass and facades like the Adcanced Bulding Skins in Bern/Switzerland (2018) and die Glas Processing Days in Tampere/Finland (2019). Over the years he was the facade project teamleader und consulting engineer in several well known highrise projects with famous architects like Herzog & de Meuron/Switzerland, Murphy Jahn/USA or GMP/Germany.

Bringing over a decade of architectural engineering excellence from assignments in Europe, Asia and Australia, Zamaneh excels in projects that present technical challenges from design concept through to construction delivery. Her architect’s desire to bring challenging geometries and novel façade ideas to a client is complemented by her delivery expertise in sustainable design and energy efficiency focused outcomes. With her varied skillset which balances both design aesthetic and intent against engineering rigour, Zamaneh positively influences façade design outcomes and improves envelope performance. Working collaboratively with project teams, her extensive project leadership is renowned in the areas of project design, coordination, contracting and client management. This has been proven across a variety of notable projects and successful experimentation with new materials and assembly systems.