CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL KSA

H.E. Majed Al Hogail, Minister of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, KSA

With the projects market so focused on resourcing and delivery issues, the big picture can easily be forgotten. How do you lay the best digital and sustainable foundations to ensure that what you are doing today will meet the needs of the project in 10-15 years’ time? How will customers and clients interact with these projects then and how should digitisation futureproof those needs? Explore which tools and approaches are making the best impact on project delivery and operation now and which are being mapped now to support future capability.

Led by:

Dr. Mansour AlOtaibi, Chairman of the Architectural Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

In conversation with:

Scott Henshaw, Head of Design, Project Delivery, Red Sea Global

Julie Alexander, Smart Cities Director, Diriyah Gate Development Authority

Menno de Jonge, Director Digital Delivery, NEOM

Eng. Abdulaziz Al-Shareef, General Manager of Operation, National Housing Company

Supply chain maturity is a key challenge facing project delivery in the Kingdom. Only when the entire value chain collaborates will the industry be able to transform digitally at scale. Getting the fundamental enablers - regulation, data, training and access to materials in place will support maturity and allow the industry to focus on digitalisation. Join the debate on value chain pain points in digital adoption and how the industry can come together to overcome these issues and move the needle.

Led by:

Riyadh Derouiche, Partner

In conversation with:

Shawki Gholmie, Vice President - Strategy & Corporate Development, Nesma & Partners Contracting Co.

Zulema Sanchis, Senior Digital Transformation Lead, Accuracy

Mohamed Elweshahy, Projects Director, Shomoul Holding Company

Abdulmajid Karanouh, International Director, Head of Interdisciplinary Design & Research, Drees & Sommer

Simon Cuciurean, Senior Advancement Director, Bentley Systems

With sustainability as a founding principle, NEOM will reshape the construction industry, creating a blueprint for planning, designing and, ultimately, building the communities of the future. NEOM is taking a leading role in the digital transformation of the international construction industry, by defining and implementing the state-of-the-art digital, Industrialized Construction, Sustainable and Circular technologies. We “make it before we make it.” In other words: we build digitally first before we build physically. NEOM’s vision of the Design & Construction sector will be shared, including examples of using digital technologies in real projects and the outcomes so far.

Menno de Jonge, Director Digital Delivery NEOM

With the mega programmes competing for resources and sensitive to regional and global supply chain disruption, criticality of materials is a reality for most projects. Discover how monitoring platforms are being leveraged to predict material inflation, availability and risk and how localisation policies are being developed to help secure what is required.

Riyadh Derouiche, Partner

The implications of hosting data locally can be huge when it comes to enabling the supply chain to deliver projects on schedule and budget, especially if the rules are misunderstood or overstated. This session explains how understanding the value of data and its classification throughout the project lifecycle is key to compliance and successful project delivery and looks at the changing landscape in terms of infrastructure, governance and suppliers.

Led by:

Rob Jones, Partner, b2b Connect

In conversation with:

Khaled Alsulaimi, Cybersecurity GRC Director, Red Sea Global and AMAALA

Eng. Majed Tamer Aljendy, Chief Control Officer, Saudi Binladen Group

Richard Dib, Smart City Advisor, Royal Commission of Al Ula

Badr Burshaid, President, PMI KSA, Programme Director, Saudi Aramco

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

Mamdouh Khawaji, Group Chief Information Officer, Saudi Binladen Group

Evan Filis, Principal Solutions Engineer, Deltek

Syed Saud, Systems Director, Red Sea Global

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

Okan Kizilirmak, Regional Director, Middle East & Africa, Aksa Power Generation

Ihab Ramlawi, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Dupod by Amana

Hattan Nazer, Vice President KSA, Saudi Amana

Ali Alahmad, General Manager of Modern Constriction Initiative, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing

Moving construction activities to factory environments will facilitate digital transformation through more effective applications in data science (AI & Digital Twins), BIM and Common Data Environments. The convergence of precast methods with drone reality capture and advanced solutions like the metaverse will also ensure absolute efficiency in design. This session examines modular construction and its merging with digital solutions in Saudi Arabia as well as other parts of the world. By comparing lessons learned in the US Silicon Valley with advances in KSA and the wider region, get a full view of the art of the possible and implementation realities in their respective markets.

Led by:

RJ Mahadev, Founder & CEO, RaaP Builders

In conversation with:

Mashael Bin Saedan, President and Chairwoman, Al Saedan BT

Yoshihiro Aizawa, CEO, Aizawa Concrete Corporation

Bandar Alkahlan, General Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Institute

Mark Graham, Executive Director, Design Engineering Management, ROSHN

Patrick D. O'Callaghan, CEO, Off-Site Engineering Solutions

Jens Otterstedt, General Manager, Al Masaood Bergum

Access to information (as data) of the right quality at the right time, trusted by all parties, is a critical enabler of the sectors digital transformation. Here we look at how daisy-chained Common Data Environments from supply chain through to client, managing Projects, Programmes and Portfolios, can produce direct productivity gains and drive-up quality.

Peter Lynch, Snr Advancement Manager, Bentley Systems

Developing immersive virtual experiences throughout the design and build stages improves stakeholder engagement, cuts down cost and rework, improves safety and end-user experience and will become the main stay of how executives want to experience projects. The Metaverse, VR, Gamification and Reality Capture tools are becoming increasingly important in work winning, controlling design decisions and constructability rehearsals.

Nizar Jegham, Advisory Director – Digital Middle East, WSP

Abdullah Hassan Saqr, BIM Manager, Modern Building Leaders

Wassim Haroun, Re-founder and CEO, CONSER

Taishi Aizawa, Senior Managing Director, Aizawa Concrete Corporation

Wees Abraham, VP–Operations and Board Member, SHADE

This series of talks will explore innovative building materials or combinations of materials that can be used or reused to build better and help address sustainability and volume shortages such as green cement, graphene and alternatives for steel, glass and other examples.

Led by:

Rob Jones, Partner, b2b Connect

Waleed Alghamdi, Sustainability Director, ROSHN

Julie Alexander, Smart Cities Director, Diriyah Gate Development Authority

Research shows that the AEC industry is an aging one, and that it is becoming harder to attract younger tech savvy talent, more likely open to change. This candid debate delves into the youth perspective on the challenges facing the industry in relation to digital and cultural transformation and where it should be focusing its efforts to bring about change.

Led by:

Rob Jones, Partner, b2b Connect

In conversation with:

Mateusz Lukasiewicz, Digital Projects Analyst, KEO International Consultants

Abdulrahman Bin Muqrin, Senior Manager, ROSHN Real Estate Company

Anas Harun, Design Manager, SEVEN