Emilia Cardamone is an Architectural and Construction Engineer, with several years of experience in the market, covering different aspects such as Digital Construction, Digital Twins and Smart Buildings.

She is currently working as Associate Director- Digital within the Digital Real Estate team at Turner & Townsend, helping clients set up their digital strategy, Smart Buildings capability and Digital Twins foundations.

Before Joining Turner and Townsend, she worked as Programme Manager for the Digital Built Environment stream within BSI – British Standards Institution, where she has been responsible for certification schemes related to BIM, Smart Cities and Carbon Management in infrastructure.

Emilia is highly involved in Stakeholder engagement, facilitating discussions and Workshops and Speaking at international conferences within the Global Built Environment Sector.

She is currently part of the Women in BIM community and sits in the advisory group of the Digital Twin Hub.

Ceri’s background stretches from industrial control systems development in the 1980’s, Command & Control systems in the 1990s, through to Enterprise Architecture and consulting at the Business/Technology interface. He regularly focuses as much on organisational and process design as technology architecture to address multi-organisational challenges of technology exploitation.

Paul Rogers is the Managing Director of Tridium EMEA and holds a Master's Degree in Engineering. Before his current position Paul led the global business development team in Tridium supporting customers in the USA, EU and Asia. Previously Paul was a Product and Marketing manager at Samsung Electronics (HVAC) and a project manager at NG Baily.

Paul is passionate about reducing our environmental impact on the world through connectivity and collaboration.

The first step to understanding what you have.

Having been in technology and engineering since 1979 I thrive on constantly learning new things. I started providing MSI services back in July 2014 when I started a team that made Smart Buildings come to life.

The first MSI in the UK project was a 770,000 sq.ft. iconic building for a global investment bank in the city of London. My team and I learned every day on that project and many of the principles we discovered and have since developed now form part of a very successful delivery team backed by own in house software development team.

We have developed a unique approach to Smart Buildings as a whole that is founded on practical deliverable principles. We don't talk the art of the possible, we show how it can be done. Words are easy to write, showing is proof we understand it and that is what we do collectively as a team.

A pioneer in the Smart Buildings industry leading the way as the founder and CEO of Smart buildings Limited - 10 years in the making Smart is now part of the Equans global porfolio after guiding Smart to a market leading brand and development company and

Delivering Smart technology to global clients such as Barclays Bank and Arcadia

Recently Joined the exciting global Buildings IOT business to drive the development of the UK and Europe - Now working with like minded experts and leading the market within the integration IOT arena.

As is the case with most in the building technology industry, Ciarans journey to designing Smart Buildings was somewhat unconventional.
A Building Services Engineer by qualification, his first exposure to Smart Buildings was when he joined a BMS manufacturer which subsequently sparked his interest in building technology. Spending nearly ten years as a BMS engineer working on projects worldwide, gave him a broad understanding of the technologies involved in Smart Buildings and how they were implemented in the 'real world'.
He brings this real world experience into the design of Smart Buildings where he now leads the Building Intelligence team at Hoare Lea delivering better buildings for people and planet.

Dr. Jimmy Abualdenien has spent over ten years developing enterprise cloud solutions, specifically for managing and validating AEC/O data throughout its lifecycle. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. During this time, he collaborated with Nemetschek on innovation projects focused on AI and cloud solutions. As of 2022, Jimmy is leading product management for Nemetschek's digital twin offering. This involves creating solutions for efficiently managing and connecting diverse data sources, as well as assisting in making informed decisions.

Over a 20 year career, Lucas has been bridging the gap between construction and operation by facilitating the procurement, delivery and management of asset information. Having held information management roles in the development, design, construction and operation of large, real estate assets, Lucas saw opportunity for the use of data at each stage in an asset's lifecycle and has worked to manage its transition and exploitation from one stage to the next.

Right now Lucas works as the strategic lead for Glider Technology, managing the go-to-market strategy for creating value for asset owners from the information produced from design and construction.

Prior to joining Glider, Lucas started the European business for a well-known digital twin software company, growing the business in the region whilst contributing to the development of the software.

Dr. Maor Ganz is a leading researcher from the Hebrew University. He is among the most prominent Israeli researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). He is one of the most prominent researchers world-wide in the field of Quantum Computation.
Dr. Ganz's articles and breakthroughs have been published in world-renowned scientific publications & journals.
He has been heading Urecsys' Machine Learning Department for 6 years, acted as the Chief Technology Officer, and has led much of the research into air pollution kinetics and behaviour in real-time.

Some Publications:
A simpler proof of existence of quantum weak coin flipping with arbitrarily small bias, SIAM Journal on Computing · 2016
Quantum leader elections, Quantum Information Processing · 2017
Quantum coin hedging, and a counter measure, LIPICS · 2017
Dining Philosophers, Leader Election and Ring Size problems, in the quantum setting, AQIS 2017

Some of the key talks:
Asian Quantum Information Science Conference, Singapore 2017
Facility Management Expo 2022
Bynet Leading with EmPassion, collaborating with AI, Expo 2023
Bynet EXPO-2022 Empowering Growth

Alastair has accumulated over two decades of expertise in the Enterprise Data Networking arena, working in both Enterprise and Public Sector roles at senior levels with National and Global organisations helping those businesses understand the latest technology and how that technology can support their business transformation and drive true business outcomes. He has a reputation for getting to the heart of what businesses truly want to achieve as an outcome and helps them build strategies to achieve it. Alastair is excited to be part of the Smart Buildings and Hybrid Work revolution as it moves at an extraordinary pace to deliver true business outcomes

Chris has a diverse technical background spanning across telecommunications, data networking, IoT, infrastructure design, deployment, and support. He specialises in the practical application of technology, particularly in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design for buildings and data centres.

An adept problem solver, Chris enjoys leveraging technology to create meaningful experiences for people, enhance operational efficiencies, and foster organisational change.

Mark Nallen is a distinguished technology leader renowned for enabling and bring to life new innovations. With a history of devising customer-centric strategies and steering implementations. Prior to joining Cisco Mark held senior influential positions at Canary Wharf. His expertise spans diverse areas – from software and hardware implementation to project management, cyber security, and real estate infrastructure. A sought-after advisor to boards, he propels B2B, B2C and stakeholder engagement for digital transformation. A trailblazer in thought leadership and innovation, he's instrumental in fostering partnerships with industry giants, yielding breakthroughs published in prestigious outlets. Mark Nallen's legacy resonates in smart IoT integration, groundbreaking apps, and pioneering technologies that have reshaped urban landscapes.

Dr Matthew Marson is an experienced leader, working at the intersection of technology, sustainability, and the built environment. Having founded WSP’s Smart Places practice and grown Accenture’s offering in this field, Matthew led a €100m business across a range of asset types and geographies.

Marson was named as the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Young Engineer of the Year 2022 and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Young Visionary 2016 for his contributions to the global Smart Buildings industry.

As a recognised thought leader, Matthew is a keynote speaker at international industry events related to emerging technology, net zero design and places at the building and city scales. He was an author in the Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Technologies and a published writer in a variety of journals, earning a doctorate in Smart Buildings.

Kas Mohammed is the Vice President of the Digital Buildings division at Schneider Electric in the UK and Ireland. His team work within both new and existing buildings across Commercial Real Estate, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Education segments to deliver systems which ensure optimal efficiency and user comfort across all stages of the building life cycle. Kas is passionate about improving sustainability across the built environment and reducing carbon emissions in our sector.

Neil Pennell is Head of Design Innovation & Property Solutions at Landsec, one of the UK’s leading property companies. He is responsible for the design and development of innovative, environmentally sustainable and technically excellent buildings.

Neil is a senior thought leader specialising in technical and innovative solutions for Landsec’s current and future portfolio, acting as a trusted adviser to the senior executive team.

He is charged with providing strategic advice to the business on sustainable building design, smart building technology and innovative procurement and construction processes to ensure Landsec retains its leadership position in the real estate sector.

This involves a wide remit to drive innovation and the application of new technology, including Net Zero Carbon buildings, AI, advanced building analytics, Internet of Things, BIM, P-DfMA, modern methods of construction, smart building and Prop Tech solutions.

Neil is an advocate of sustainable buildings, renewable energy technologies and intelligent building design. His goal is to create amazing buildings for people; to live, work, shop and enjoy their leisure time.

Neil sits on the Board of the British Council of Offices (BCO) and chairs the Technical Affairs Committee which is responsible for producing the BCO’s industry leading technical publications. He is also chair of the Buildings Clients Group, a director of the Better Buildings Partnership and a member of the Construction Productivity Task Force.

Andrew has been with RICS for over twelve years, and prior to his role in leading the data and tech thought leadership and data standards function, managed RICS’ relationship with the finance and investment community working with debt and equity participants, their advisors in law and accountancy, and regulators. Andrew has also enjoyed a long career in IT starting out running programs on mainframes using punched cards, and then working through the eras of mini-computers, personal computers, and the internet - and now the world of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain. In his current role, Andrew is responsible for data and tech thought leadership and content development, and the adoption of the RICS Data Standard (RDS) that supports valuation, property measurement, life-cycle costing, building performance, brokerage, and due diligence.

A technology and innovation leader with over 30 years of experience across industry.

He is passionate about bringing value to the lives of others through innovation and technology.

Ashley excels in cultivating relationships with key stakeholders and his ambition is to transform the NHS by bringing his own brand and that of Mymesh to offer a technology experience that will benefit all building users.

He now leads Mymesh across the UK and is closely linked to the NHS with a strategy underway with Guys & St. Thomas' hospital.

His passion is to shape the future of healthcare by using IoT technology with Mymesh as the core infrastructure and driver behind the transformation.

A thought leader in the Industry, Ged has over 35 years of industry pedigree shaping Tyrrell Building Technologies Group (TBT) into a market leader in Smart Building Products, Services and Technology. Ged sits as CEO, heading up a board of dedicated and knowledgable divisional leaders.

Tyrrell Systems, formed in 1997 is focussed entirely on integration, remote monitoring and controls engineering and now positioned at the heart of of Smart Buildings as a premier MSI.

Tyrrell Products followed in 2012, creating, supplying their own drivers, apps, IoT and Smart Building products to over 40 partners throughout EMEA and beyond.

Simaxx Analytics was acquired in 2020 to extract value from environmental and building data for analytics in the pursuit of energy saving, operational efficiency, occupant well-being and compliance reporting. Simaxx is the brains behind TBT's next generation data analytics capabilities, enabling its clients to meet increasingly complex sustainability requirements.

Halo/Smart-IoT is the latest addition to the group, offering a rapidly deployable, low cost range of IoT energy saving and monitoring products, which integrate seamlessly into the Analytics and Reporting platform. Halo/Smart-IoT pairs IoT devices with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning allowing the development of tools capable of collecting vast amounts of data to create actionable intelligence in real time.

TBT operates across the entire technology food chain from consultancy, design and products through to analytics and reporting.

Loki specialises in move and change management, with a strong focus on people. In her role as Senior Workplace Project Director for MovePlan, she works closely with the senior executive teams of some of the world's largest financial and professional services companies, supporting them in maximising the human potential within their workspaces.

Loki holds qualifications in Prosci Change Management and AgilePM, and is a PRINCE2 practitioner. She has been with MovePlan, the global expert in specialist change management and relocation services, for over six years.

Chartered Accountant, Banking Executive and now CEO of the fast-growing UK Launchpad and Chair of Tech London Advocates Smart Cities. Sandeep Arora is a leading player in the innovation scene in the UK, advising and building go to market strategies for smart city tech companies looking to build their UK presence

Trevor is a Proptech evangelist. In his role as Business Development Manager for Chess UK, he promotes the benefits of wireless mesh technologies as a platform for adaptive and highly secure smart buildings. As the UK Area Manager for R8 Technologies, he enables owners and occupiers of large commercial buildings to achieve ESG goals, energy savings cost savings and improved occupier comfort.
Trevor previously worked in management consulting as the Smarter Buildings Consulting lead for IBM in the UK. Prior to this, he was a real estate and facilities management consultant at PwC. He has conducted client assignments in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Scandinavia, Canada and the Middle East. He also served as a Proptech coach for the start-up: Urbest.io
Trevor has spoken regularly at conferences and a served as a member of the RICS Management Consultancy Executive Board where he has led projects on change management and shared services. He co-edited the corporate real estate technology chapter of “The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate” (sponsored by CoreNetGlobal / The Global Association of Corporate Real Estate) and has had several articles published in property journals.

Melanie is an Associate at BIM Academy, specialising in BIM and information management according to ISO 19650. She manages several projects across multiple sectors within the UK and internationally and works closely with clients to develop bespoke digital strategies for project and asset management. Her current projects include working with a large health authority in Canada and several NHS Trusts in the UK as part of the New Hospitals Programme.

Melanie’s specialisms include change management, standardisation and digital collaboration, and she acts as Regional Lead for Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Women in BIM. Melanie holds a PhD from Edinburgh Napier University, which looked into the micro-level factors to an effective macro-level diffusion of BIM, including the gap between perceived and actual efficacy of BIM understanding and skills. She is also an award-winning graduate of ENU's Architectural Technology programme, having obtained a first-class Honours degree in 2015.

Dave currently sits as MD of IAconnects technology Ltd, a specialist I(I)OT Systems Integration company.
Coming from a traditional Electrical Engineering and Installation background he has a passion for analysing the real-world ramifications of our industries activities, whereby consideration for the individuals in every facet of a project will always be the priority!
Dave holds a unique position, helping to bridge the gap between the OT & IT markets daily. His in depth understanding of specification sales, delivery and aftercare affords him a holistic view of the customers’ requirements and their pinch points, often acting as the trusted go between required to drive Digital transformation, never deviating from his ‘everything and everyone is an asset’ mantra!
A passion for ‘common sense’ innovation has been honed over 30 years of cross industry successes, ranging from major infrastructure electrical systems delivery, through Enterprise Electronic Security systems, Industrial Automation, Building Automation and now I(I)OT in Digital transformation ensures a truly broad scope of knowledge and expertise.

After graduating in Internet Computing, Billal started his career in the Smart Buildings and IoT industry, holding positions in corporate organisations such as Schneider Electric, Honeywell, and Johnson Controls, as well as launching and working in his own start-up tech companies. Now almost two decades later, he’s still in love with this industry, that only gets more exciting as digital transformation intensifies. Billal’s experience spans across different countries, working directly with end users in key verticals such as Life Sciences, Commercial, Manufacturing, and Hospitality, and with channel organizations such as System Integrators, Telcos, and Facilities Management companies. It allowed him to gain great insights into the challenges all these organisations face, from managing their real estate portfolio, increasing operational efficiency, and implementing hybrid work models through to enhancing occupant engagement and improving energy efficiency with a drive to NetZero.

Viswesh currently is an Industry Principal and has 10 years of market research and consulting experience with expertise in a wide range of industry sectors including smart buildings, smart cities, green buildings, building automation, energy management, HVAC, construction and property development, elevators and escalators, and fire safety & security solutions. He manages several projects across multiple sectors globally and works closely with clients to provide strategies and recommendations that effectively address their business needs and is widely regarded as a thought leader in the Homes & Buildings industry.

He holds a master’s degree from the University of Florida, USA. He is also a gold medalist from Anna University, India, and a certified Energy Management Engineer. He has executed and delivered challenging strategic engagements for several global conglomerates within the building technologies market and authored the best‐selling research reports across markets in this industry. He is also a multiple award winner in recognition of his outstanding performance and contribution at Frost & Sullivan.