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TECH+ provides a front row seat to the cutting edge technological innovations that are driving design forward. Earn up to 6 AIA LUs while unpacking the potential of data and tools to inform smarter and more equitable architecture and design. From optimized building performance and energy analytics to generative design practices, you’ll learn about new tools for mapping, modeling, data visualization, digital simulation, and fabrication. Hosted by The Architect’s Newspaper & AEC + TECH, this one-day conference will include keynotes, presentations, roundtables, and demos from leading tech experts creating a space where AEC professionals can network and connect.
The Architect’s Newspaper is a media company that serves up news and inside reports to a niche community of architects, designers, engineers, landscape architects, lighting designers, interior designers, academics, developers, contractors, and others interested in the built urban environment. AN delivers quality news and cultural reporting through print, including AN Interior magazine, web, blog, newsletters, and social media. AN is recognized for bringing together the top echelon of AEC industry leaders in its series of Facades+ and TECH+ conferences. If you care about architecture and design, join our community and get in the know.
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9:25 AM PST WELCOME
Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper
Niknaz Aftahi | aec+tech
9:30 AM SPOTLIGHT | Lucas Museum + Digital Twin
Presenter:
Michael Siegel | Stantec
Cory Hill | Stantec
10:00 AM SPOTLIGHT | Canvas: Generate Editable CAD/BIM AsBuilts with your Phone
Presenter:
Ben Petuchowski | Canvas
10:15 AM SPOTLIGHT | Automating Workflows for Optimization and Process Evolution
Presenter:
Joe Eichenseer | Imaginit
10:35 AM BREAK
11:05 AM PANEL | Digital Transformation: AI, ML, and New Applications
Presenters:
Alloy Kemp | CORE Studio - Thornton Tomasetti
Sila Gulgec | Thornton Thomasetti
Thomas Kerns | Perkins&Will
Rohan Jawali | Joist.ai
11:45 AM ROUNDTABLE | Investor Insights: Navigating Opportunities and Trends in the Design and Construction Industry
Presenters:
Nikhil Choudhary | Nirman Ventures
Curtis Rodgers | Brick & Mortar Ventures
Vivin Hegde | Zacua Ventures
Niknaz Aftahi | aec+tech
12:30 PM SPOTLIGHT | Archslate
Presenter: Vaishnavi More | Archslate
12:35 PM SPOTLIGHT | Spaces
Presenter: Campbell Yule | Spaces
12:40 PM NETWORKING LUNCH
1:40 PM ROUNDTABLE | Tools for Environmental Optimization
Presenters:
Sophie Pennetier | Enclos Kathleen Hetrick | Buro Happold
Laura Karnath | Walter P Moore
2:20 PM SPOTLIGHT | Advanced Technology and Education
Presenters:
Alvin Huang |
Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS
Matt Conway | USC Architecture
3:00 PM BREAK
Lisa Little | USC Architecture
Jia Zhou Zhu | USC Architecture
Sarah Hammond | USC Architecture
3:30 PM SPOTLIGHT | BIM and the Digital Twin
Presenter: Thesla Collier | Gensler
3:50 PM Womxn in Technology for Architecture
Presenters: Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS Laure Michelon | UCLA AUD
4:30 PM SPOTLIGHT | AI and the Design Imaginary
Presenter: Hassan Ragab | HSNRGB
4:50 PM CLOSING REMARKS
Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper
WI-FI
Network: archpaper
Password: techplus
Niknaz is the CEO and co-founder at aec+tech, an all-in-one innovation platform and community connecting AEC/O (Architecture, Engineering, Construction & Operations) professionals with the latest tools and technologies. Prior to launching aec+tech Niknaz practiced architecture in the bay area, California, both as a design professional as well as a design technologist. Niknaz is passionate about technology and innovation in the AEC space, and she has been a keynote speaker at various international aec-tech events. Niknaz is a member of AIA San Francisco design technology committee, and has also been developing curriculum and teaching architecture courses online to Bahai students in Iran who continue to be deprived of access to universities in their own country.
Kais Al-Rawi is an Associate Director in Eckersley O’Callaghan’s Los Angeles office, Kais is an established architect with a reputation for working on a diverse range of projects from art-forms to towers, stadia and aviation developments. His expertise lies at the intersection of architecture, engineering and technology – with a focus on solving complex design challenges through digital design. Kais’ expertise has been leveraged on several world-class projects including SoFi Stadium, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and the Orange County Museum of Art. In 2022, Kais was listed as one of Aviation Pros’ Top 40 under 40 in the Airport Business.
Nikhil Choudhary is a Silicon Valley based venture capitalist and general partner of Nirman Ventures, a VC fund focused on prop-tech, construction-tech, clean-tech, web3+realestate, and blockchain tech shaping real estate. Previously, Nikhil has founded several awardwinning AEC companies in the United States and has been an investor for over a decade. Nikhil is a highly published figure in the real estate industry and has been covered in notable publications such as Business Collective, Forbes & Inc.com.
Thesla Collier is one of five dedicated design technologists at Gensler’s Los Angeles Office. Her background is in Architecture, and she works with designers, architects, engineers, and contractors in all phases of building, design, and construction. Thesla uses design technology to develop methods and workflows to improve project outcomes and processes.
Joe leads a team of IMAGINiT’s dedicated services professionals who ensure that the people, technology and processes exist to provide the best possible solution for clients every time. Joe and his team provide leadership to building design firms through the process of selecting, implementing, and optimizing software solutions. They engineer new workflow processes that dramatically improve productivity and efficiency, managing cultural change necessary for firms to be successful.
Wendy W Fok (she/them), trained as an architect, is interested in design, technology, and creative solutions for the built environment. They have experience in Product Development and Program Management from Zero to Launch, Design-Build, Manufacturing, Hardware/Software, and Digital Fabrication. Fok holds a Doctor of Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in partnership with the Harvard Law School, obtained a Master of Architecture and Certification of Urban Policy/Planning from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a Concentration in Economics (Statistics) from Barnard College, Columbia University.
Sila’s research interests include deep learning, machine learning, big data, structural health monitoring, anomaly detection, sensor networks, compressed sensing, digital image correlation, and mobile sensing.
Zacua Ventures is an early stage global VC specialized in investing in the Built Environment sector. We work with exceptional founders from the conception of the idea and work to make them successful. We are backed by top tier corporates across the globe and help startups tap into their expertise to build best in breed companies.
As part of Buro Happold’s sustainability and physics team, Kathleen combines her passion for human-focused sustainable design with a technical background in mechanical engineering. She has experience in a wide range of cutting-edge projects across all scales of work including multiple LEED platinum projects, Living Building Challenge projects, historical adaptive reuse, LEED Neighborhood Developments, and city and campus sustainability plans.
Cory is an associate at Stantec specializing in the design and delivery of complex buildings. His work combines an expertise in computational design with deep investigations of specialty materials and assemblies. He has designed buildings, public spaces, and artworks with internationally acclaimed firms. Currently he is the lead architect for the façade and complex interior spaces of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
Alvin Huang is a Los Angelesbased architect with a global profile. He is the founder and principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture and an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California, where he is also the Director of Graduate and Post-professional Architecture. He received an M.Arch from the Graduate Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association in London and a B.Arch from the USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles.
Founder and CEO / Joist.ai
Rohan Jawali is founder and CEO of Joist.ai, a marketing enablement platform for the built world. Prior to foundin g Joist.ai, Rohan worked for more than 12 years with Hensel Phelps, where he focused on innovation and Virtual Design and Construction.
Senior Technical Designer / Walter P. Moore
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.
I’m Thomas. I am a transdisciplinary experience designer + builder. My work employs a user centered design process, driving thoughtful programming from deep context sensitivity. As a designer I craft rich narratives for stakeholders, as a builder I ensure the clarity of the narrative pushes through the experience. Being a builder extends the reach of my design thinking through applied knowledge.
Sr. Associate / CORE StudioThornton Tomasetti
Alloy Kemp joined Thornton Tomasetti in 2011. As a long standing member of the firm’s Facade Engineering practice, she is responsible for structural engineering of facades, detail / prototype development, parametric modeling and fabrication planning. Her multi-disciplinary education and dual licensure as an Architect and Engineer enables her to adapt easily to the creative nature of engineering of non-traditional elements; such as tensile membranes, structural glass, and long-span gridshells.
Vaishnavi
More / Co-Founder and CEO - Archslate
Vaishnavi More, an Architect by profession is an exceptional entrepreneur and visionary as the Co-Founder and CEO of Archslate.
Vaishnavi holds a Masters in Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Masters in Architecture from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has previously served as the Founding president of the American Institute of Architecture Student, Harvard chapter and a board member of Sustainability Council at Harvard.
Sophie holds over 12 years of experience in the design of complex structures and facades. She joined Enclos in 2018, where she has led various projects’ specialty facades scope sales and design assist efforts, engaged in prototyping, modular curtainwall systems, and various research topics such as ultra-thin glass and acoustical analysis.
Ben is a creative professional with over fifteen years of experience in television development and marketing. He leads marketing for Canvas, the iOS app that’s the most efficient way to create asbuilt drawings and models. Instead of spending hours measuring spaces and even more time modeling them, architects can scan houses in minutes and get accurate, editable as-builts in as little as one day. Focus on designing the future instead of measuring the past.
Hassan is an Egyptian interdiscisplary designer/artist based in southern california. He holds a bachelor degree in architectural design and his experiences vary between Museography, Exhibition design, Computational design, Furniture design, Architecture and Construction, Digital Fabrication and Conceptual art. Alongside his work as a computational designer for the AEC industry; Hassan is currently exploring the digital art scene using artificial intelligence.
Curtis Rodgers is a construction technologist and investor at Brick & Mortar Ventures, with six years of construction operations experience across federal, energy, industrial, infrastructure, and commercial markets at both Kiewit and McCarthy Construction. Curtis founded The Society for Construction Solutions (SCS) in 2014, contributed to the NASA Centennial 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, and participated as a lecturer for the US DOE’s Project Leadership Institute.
Mr. Siegel is a Principal with Stantec Architecture. He has over three decades of experience with large, complex, cultural, institutional, corporate and mixed-use development projects. He has worked with prominent international architects around the globe, Tadao Ando, Ricardo Legoretta, Gert Windgardh and Ma Yansong. His recent work has lead the design teams for the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC, Pioneer Park in Shenzhen China and Roosevelt Universities Vertical Campus in Chicago.
Following time with Cadimage, Buildmedia, GRAPHISOFT SE and BIMObject, Campbell currently works with small to medium business who are looking to drive growth. He has over 20 years experience with Subscription and Recurring Revenue business models. Campbell was part of Cadimage Group in New Zealand for 20 years (over 10 years as owner and Managing Director).
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