Rob Jones, Partner, Ventures Connect

Sustainability meaning and aspirations for major developers across project design, construction, procurement and operations. What is required by them to action net zero in structured way such as baseline calculation and is it achievable? What tops the risk register such as availability of supply chain data and lack of green infrastructure and how can these challenges be offset?

Led by:

Hani Adnan Abdel Razeq, Associate Director, AESG

In conversation with:

Maryam Telmesani, Chief Sustainability Officer, MBL

Abdulaziz Al Shareef, General Manager of Operations and Programs, National Housing Company

Ana Hudson, Head of Sustainability, SEVEN

Waleed AlGhamdi, Director of Sustainability, ROSHN Group

The speed and ambition of the region’s giga projects is outpacing the market’s supply of materials, human capital and general time/cost resources. To achieve Saudi’s vision, all stakeholders must collaborate. The Solution: A new model that is open to cooperation. How can technology and new ways of working help beat the supply chain crunch by empowering collaboration as well as provide visibility and predictability on supply chain planning, contract management and risk?.

Led by:

Craig Garrett, Digital Construction Manager KSA, ALEC Engineering & Contracting

In conversation with:

Aymen El Waleedi, Executive Director - Projects Development, Rua Al Madinah

Mohamed Radi, VP Digital Transformation and Shared Services, Shurfah Holding

Paul Saba, Corporate Business Transformation Manager, Nesma & Partners

Wees Abraham, VP Operations and Board Member, SHADE Corporation

As data becomes an increasingly strategic issue for the construction and real estate sectors, organisations are dealing with increasing amounts of data – structured, unstructured, across multiple sites, silos and hybrid environments – but how can proper data strategy help reduce the chaos? This session deals with 3 key issues 1. What key data is being collected and why 2. How it is being collected and put together 3. How organisations can make sense of that data for competitive advantage including AI and RPA powered solutions.

Led by:

Rob Jones, Partner, Ventures Connect

In conversation with:

Mohamed Swidan, Senior Director, Head of Middle East & North Africa, Procore

Muhammad Farrukh Munir, Associate Director – IT Enterprise Architecture, ROSHN Group

Reda Bin Abdoun, Chief Technology Officer, Ajdan Real Estate Development

Theofanis Fanourakis, Digital Services Director, Diriyah Company

Dr. Zaid Alyami, Advisor, Ministry of Transportation and Logistics Services, Saudi Arabia

Remote Quality Management of Giga Projects

Sherief Elabd, Director of Industry Strategy and Innovation, Oracle Construction and Engineering

Reality site capture has rapidly accelerated as a valuable tool in quality construction, supervision, H&S and asset monitoring. With advancements in photogrammetry, high accuracy Lidar, AI and virtual realities – the industry is getting close to actual real-time, reality capture with phenomenal accuracy and quality to desktop, mobile or fully immersive environments. This session reviews the current status of reality site capture through a series of 10 min. talks by real users based on giga projects, power plants and residential projects.

Peter Park, CEO & Co-founder, Angelswing

Petros Zouzoulas, MEA Innovation Practice Lead, Parsons

Ahmed Abdelmaged, Senior GIS Manager, Jeddah Central Development Company

Digital transformation promises to reap benefits for organisations that can fully integrate, automate and digitalise their processes, providing end-to-end visibility and control of business and projects. This session showcases 3 recent ERP and PMIS implementations across the industry value chain with obvious project cost, time and efficiency gains.

Waleed Salaheldin Hassan, Director, Projects Control, AWJ Holding Company

Procore

Vitaly Berezka, Regional Head Central Asia, MENA & APAC, PlanRadar

Siraj Maeen, Lead PMIS, Rua Al Madinah

Think Project

BIM is the key to design and construction efficiencies, but there is a lack of maturity in application that is limiting the benefits of the full data model, particularly between departments (planning, procurement, quantity, engineering and construction) and across the value chain. These short case studies showcase real examples and experiences of 4D+ projects and what needs to happen to take the next leap in schedule, cost, quantity, asset management and sustainability dimensions.

Azza Nureldin, Pure Salmon

Tolis Chatzisymeon, CEO, Nomitech

Fawwaz Hammad, Technical Office Director, Al Bawani

Mohamed Samy, BIM Manager, ROSHN Group

The future of a digitised job site is connected not with a single technology that solves a specific customer task but with the synergy of digital services: laser scanning, drone survey, photo 360 and, of course, onsite BIM & cloud CDE that form the digital data workflow needed for enhanced collaboration and a single source of truth creation for all construction works. Find out how with specific use-cases presented.

Petr Manin, Regional Director MENA, Signax

Through real-world examples, we will demonstrate how digital twins are empowering organizations to achieve their ESG goals by optimizing their environmental performance, enhancing their social impact, and improving their corporate governance practices.

Wissam Hijazi, Senior Director Innovation MENA, EllisDon

Exploring the benefits of the latest precast, module and formwork solutions in the market and as an industry how to embed offsite approaches at an organisational level to ensure economic feasibility and resource availability/capability.

Led by:

Bandar Alkahlan, General Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)

In conversation with:

Nada Ibrahim Mohammed, Director – Master Planning & Design, Saudi Downtown Company

Aleksandra Popivoda, Technical Director - Building Structures Practice Lead Middle East, Mott Macdonald

Ali Ali Shash, Professor, Architecture Engineering and Construction Management at the College of Design and Built Environment, KFUPM

Amana Group

Even though efficiency gains are obvious, the ability to connect and share data for upstream or downstream insight across different departments and systems remains a challenge from a mindset and vendor perspective. From master planning to operations, enhancing the interconnectivity of BIM, CDEs, document control systems, BMS, CAFMs and digital twins and having a clear data strategy that aligns department objectives will be a game changer. Seizing the opportunity for collaboration and open data sharing will propel operational productivity – so what is stopping us?

Led by:

Rob Jones, Partner, Ventures Connect

In conversation with:

Fadi Kobersy, Head of Sales & Customer Success for the MENA Region, RIB Software

Arsen Safaryan, Director Information & Data Management, SEVEN

Wakecap

Saudi Aramco

How are mega projects impacting your business – particularly around planning, resources and supply chain? What kind of technologies/new approaches/solutions will have the biggest potential of success in helping the kingdom deliver these projects? Which ones are you investing in/pursuing and what efficiencies does your business expect?

Led by:

Sherief Elabd, Director of Industry Strategy and Innovation, Oracle Construction and Engineering

In conversation with:

Yahya Alhassan Siraj, Chief Project Development Officer, National Housing Company (NHC)

Majed Tamer Aljendy, Chief Control Officer, Saudi Binladen Group

Johar Gangannagari, Vice President & Country Head, Shapoorji Pallonji

Muntaser Kalahji, President & COO, Shurfah Holding

Sultan Batterjee, President, CEO, Lifestyle Developers, IHCC

Dr. Paul J McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, HanmiGlobal Saudi

Mohamed Magdi, Chief Executive Officer, DAC Group