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Smart Built Environment Forum

4^th UAE Edition
3 – 4 October 2023

The Smart Built Environment Forum, Dubai, is the annual meeting place for powerful stakeholders who lead the management of the built environment.

In the past three years, this platform has successfully brought together five major built industry sectors under one roof in its previous iterations.

The 4th Edition of the Smart Built Environment Forum, Dubai aims to expand conversations to include urban planners, architectural firms, real-estate developers, construction consultants, FM businesses, community management and owner’s association representatives, property & asset management firms, and PropTech platforms.

The Theme for the 2023 edition is Artificial Intelligence and the Built Environment.

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Agenda

DAY 1 | 3 OCT 2023 DAY 2 | 4 OCT 2023

TIME	SESSION	TOPIC
9:35 - 9:40 AM	Welcome Speech	Fyna Ashwath Editor, Built Environment ME, Media Fusion
9:45 - 9:55 AM	Keynote
10:00 - 10:50 AM	Panel Discussion	A Just Transition: Transforming The Way We Build Maria Flouda [MODERATOR] Founder and Managing Consultant, Sustainability Switch Consultancy Abdulmajid Karanouh International Director \| Head of Interdisciplinary Design & Innovation, Drees & Sommer Dr Ali Amiri Regional Director - Sustainability & Specialisms, Egis Carl Wamsley Construction Director, Innovo Build Hani Adnan Abdel Razeq Associate Director, AESG
10:55 - 11:25 AM	Fireside Chat	Net Zero Campus Kulvinder Singh Director of Facility Management, NYU Abu Dhabi Safder Nazir SVP – Public Sector, Middle East & Central Asia, Huawei Technologies
11:25 - 11:40 AM	COFFEE BREAK
11:45 - 12:35 PM	Panel Discussion	Urban Planning for Sustainable Living Christine Espinosa-Erlanda [MODERATOR] Associate Director, Godwin Austen Johnson Architects Ali Al Suwaidi Senior Executive Director - Facilities Management Services, Imdaad Firas Alsahin Co-founder, Design Director, 4SPACE design Marwa Al Nahlawi Head of Urban Planning, Diamond Developers Rony Hobeika Associate Principal, Urban Design, Middle East, AtkinsRéalis Steven Velegrinis Design Director - Urbanism & Landscape Architecture, Gensler
12:40 - 12:55 PM	Presentation	Tenant Experience Technology Khalifa Al Suwaidi Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Real Estate Solutions
12:55 - 1:40 PM	LUNCH BREAK
01:50 PM : 2:35 PM	Panel Discussion Sponsored By	Artificial Intelligence and the Increasing Footprint on the Built Environment John Shenton [MODERATOR] Chair of the CIOB's Dubai Hub Alexander Karabet Founder & Managing Director, Mansions Owners Association Management Dr Anas Bataw Technology Committee member, COP28 Andemir Bizhoev Regional Director, MENA, AN Security James Massey Managing Director - Facilities Management, Energy and Retail Intelligence, MRI Software Oliver Kallenborn Regional Data Analytics & Assurance Director - Middle East, Faithful+Gould
2:40 - 3:00 PM	Case Study	Smart Buildings – Critical Path to Net Zero Francois Boueri Board Member, Dutco Over Technologies Stuart McGregor Managing Director, BKA Facilities Management
3:05 - 3:55 PM	Panel Discussion	Retrofitting to Decarbonise Buildings Salma Aboul-ela [MODERATOR] Managing Director - Real Estate Development, LITE Development & Consulting Andy Dean Technical Director - Middle East, WSP Jawad Al Tamimi Regional Director, IFMA FMCC - Middle East Muhammad Faisal Aziz Principal Consultant- Digital Buildings-Middle East & Africa, Schneider Electric Tharun Thomas Deputy Manager- Energy Efficiency, Engie Solutions
4:00 - 5:30 PM	COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

TIME	SESSION	TOPIC
9:35 - 9:40 AM	Opening remarks	Fyna Ashwath Editor, Built Environment ME, Media Fusion
9:45 - 10:35 AM	Panel Discussion	DEI in the built environment: Strategies, Policy & Culture Michelle Dsouza[MODERATOR] Business Manager - Property & Construction KSA, Page Executive Francis Giani Chief Community Management Officer, Nakheel Kristina Golubic Corporate Culture & Leadership Consultant, Dubai Chamber's Business Women Council Member Renji Mathew Head of Human Resources, Emrill Services Said El Haouasli Executive Director Community Management, Dubai Community Management
10:40 - 11:00 AM	Presentation	Governance & Regulation of 3D Printing Technology in Construction Eng. Meera AlAmeri Head of Resarch and Building Systems, Dubai Municipality
11:05 - 11:35	Fireside Chat	Sustainability in Building Materials Mario Saab [MODERATOR] Head of Sustainability MENA region, Cundall Seb Davies Director – Cost Management, Rider Levett Bucknall Simone Materazzo Structural Associate, Arup
11:35 - 11:45 AM	COFFEE BREAK
11:45 - 12:40 PM	Panel Discussion Sponsored By	Navigating Digital Twin Technology David Carey [MODERATOR] CEO and Founder, MET Consulting Amr Saad Associate Director, BIM, ROSHN Asmaa A. Atta Digital Delivery & BIM Manager, Saudi Diyar Consulting Mamdouh A. Salem UAE Ambassador, BIM Coordinators Community Mike Hapoianu Regional Manager MENA, Bright Spaces Samit Sheth Director - Technology and Digital, JLL
12:45 - 1:00 PM	Case Study
1:00 - 1:45 PM	LUNCH BREAK
1:50 - 2:40 PM	Panel Discussion	Health & Wellbeing Framework: Building Smart Communities Misha Mittal [MODERATOR] Senior Manager ‑ City Advisory, Expo City Dubai Dr Harpreet Seth Head of Architecture, Heriot Watt - School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society Huda Shaka Director, Urban Strategy and Planning, Gehl - Making Cities for People Kanagaraj Gurusamy Managing Director, Better Communities Owner Association Management Karan Nag Head - UAE, ANACITY Tekha Selim VP & Head of MENA Region, International WELL Building Institute
2:45 - 3:15 PM	Fireside Chat	Big Data, Digitization and Tokenization/Blockchain in Real estate
3:20 - 4:10 PM	Panel Discussion	Status Check: Achieving Net Zero by 2050 Mahesh Ramanujam [MODERATOR] Chief Executive Officer,The Global Network for Zero Anna Olink Director of Real Engagement, EMEA, GRESB Ahmed Samir Elbermbali Sustainability Market Leader - Middle East, Bureau Veritas Group Chris Wan Director of Sustainability and CSR, Masdar City Majd Fayyad DSM Strategy & Policy Lead, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy Rohan Chopra Regional Director, Sustainability - Middle East & Africa, Johnson Controls
4:10 - 5:30 PM	COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

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Smart Built Environment Forum | 2023 | UAE

Macro Themes

Smart Environment

Smart living experiences that are empowering, effective and give a sense of ownership offer a sense of belonging to a “smart community.” Our cities are only as smart as our people, and their opportunities as co-creators of their experiences create “smart connectedness.”

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial generative intelligence can prove to be a boon or a bane to the built industry. From threatening to make certain tasks and roles obsolete to powering business efficiency, the evolution of ChatGPT’s capabilities signifies immense change for the built environment.

Sustainability

A status check on the commitment to be Net-Zero by 2050. The discussions around this will also involve the challenges and pitfalls that are hampering acceleration towards decarbonising the built environment. A more elaborate conversation will discuss relevant solutions and technologies.

Smart Built Environment Forum | 2023 | UAE