CESC 2022 Symposium Agenda 16th March 9.00am (GST) till 4.00pm (GST) Heriot-Watt University
09:30 am
Coffee
10:00 am
Welcome
Vanessa Northway
Deputy Vice-Principal for Learning & Teaching, Associate Head SOTD
Heriot-Watt University
10:05 am
Keynote Speaker Address
Dr Anas Bataw
Director of the Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction (CESC)
CESC Heriot-Watt University
Session one
Performance & Productivity 10:30 am
Presentation 1
Yasser Baaj
CEO
B3G Engineering
10:45 am
Presentation 2
Dr Marwan Abu Ebeid
Transformation Lead Digital
Turner Construction
11:00 am
Round Table Session
Moderator: Linsey Thompson
Academic Lead for Student Engagement
CESC Heriot-Watt University
Co-founder of Immersive
Edify
Nadeem Eldhuieb
Content Platform Digital Specialist
Mott McDonald
Muhammad Jabakhanji
Operations Director
Concerted Solutions FZE
Panelists: Chris Bryson
11:30 am
Coffee Break
Session Two Sustainability 11:45 am
Presentation 1
Adam Smith
Managing Director
Polypipe Middle East
12:00 pm
Presentation 2
Dr Olisanwendu Ogwuda
Centre Manager
CESC Heriot-Watt University
12:15 pm
Presentation 3
Nareg Oughourlian
Managing Director
Alpin Limited
12:45 pm
Round Table Session
Moderator: Dr Karima Hamani
Academic Lead for Knowledge Exchange
CESC Heriot-Watt University
Head of Sustainability Services MENA
JLL
Harry Sealy
Environmental & Sustainability Manager
Jacobs
Jinan El Hajjar
Technical Analyst
Emirates GBC
Yara Aljundi
Assistant Vice President Procurement Sustainability
Aldar
Panelists: Hanifa Yamer
1:15 pm
Lunch Break
Session Three Wellbeing 2:15 pm
Presentation 1
Prakash Senghani
Director and Head of Digital Delivery
JLL
2:30 pm
Presentation 2
Andrew Iskandar
Data Scientist
ASGC
2:45 pm
Round Table Session
Moderator: Dr Hagir Hakim
Associate Professor
Heriot-Watt University
Panelists: Ahmad Al Darwish
CEO
Falcon Robotics
John Shenton
Chair of the Dubai Hub for CIOB
CIOB
Ishita Sood
COO and Co-Founder
Wakecap FZ LLC
Dr Anas Bataw
Director of the Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction (CESC)
CESC Heriot-Watt University
3:15 pm
Closing Remarks
3:30 pm
Tea and networking and optional campus tour
4:00 pm
Close
Dr Anas Bataw Director of the Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction (CESC) at Heriot-Watt University
Vanessa Northway Deputy Vice-Principal for Learning & Teaching, Associate Head (SOTD) at Heriot-Watt University
Mohammad Yasser Baaj CEO of B3G Engineering Services
Dr. Marwan Abu Ebeid Digital Transformation Lead for Turner Construction International
Linsey Thomson Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University
Nareg Oughourlian Managing Director Commercial at Alpin Limited
Chris Bryson COO of Edify
Dr Olisanwendu Ogwuda Centre Manager at Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction
Muhammad Jabakhanji Director of Operations at Concerted Solutions FZE
Dr Karima Hamani Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University
Hanifa Ymer Head of Sustainability Services MENA at Jones Lang LaSalle
Nadeem Eldhuieb Design Engineer at Mott MacDonald
Jinan Elhajjar Technical Analyst at Emirates Green Building Council
John Shenton Regional Contract Manager GCC at Averda
Yara Aljundi Sustainability Professional & Env. Engineer, AVP at ALDAR
Ahmad Aldarwish CEO of Falcon Robotics
Prakash Senghani Director, Head of Digital Delivery at JLL MENA
Ishita Sood Co-founder and COO at WakeCap Technologies
Hagir Hakim Associate Professor Senior Director of Studies at Heriot-Watt University
Harry Sealy Environmental & Sustainability Manage at Jacobs
Andrew Iskandar Data Scientist, ASGC
Adam Smith Managing Director at Polypipe Middle East