Agenda 2026

Day 1: Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Conference Hall A

08.00

Registration and networking

The Keynotes | Hall A

10.00

Keynote Panel: Supply Chain Resilience in Construction

The GCC construction supply chain has never been under more pressure, with procurement delays, material shortages, logistics disruption, and supplier instability impacting project delivery across the region. In this interactive conference session, industry leaders will explore where the biggest vulnerabilities lie today, which technologies are helping teams identify risk earlier, whether local sourcing can become a realistic regional solution, and how businesses can build resilient response plans before the next disruption hits.

Led by:

Cristina Savian

CEO and Founder

BE-WISE

In conversation with:

Douglas Zuzic

Chief Digital Officer

Innovo

Hichem Troudi

Vice President – Project Transformation

DAMAC Properties

Dr. Mahmoud AlBurai

Advisor to Director General

Dubai Municipality

Thenayan Althenayan

EVP Digital

acwa

10.30

Keynote Panel: Execution at Complex Scale: Lessons from Industrial Construction Technologies

This session cuts to what works when delivering complex projects at scale—from off-site fabrication, engineering optimisation to BIM & digital twins, digital workforce planning and data-driven project controls—what hasn’t worked, and which proven practices the wider construction sector can realistically adopt today.

Led by:

Benoît Meulewaeter

Director

Accuracy

In conversation with:

Dr. Abdullah Sultan

Group Vice President – MEP & Smart Services

DP World

Amin Aljaber

Chief Information Officer

Nesma and Partners

Erhan Cengiz

Director of Projects

National Infrastructure Construction Company

Juland Al Busaidi

Head of Project Technical Service

OQEP

Mark Sweeney

Project Controls SVP

Sports Boulevard Foundation Office

11.10

Panel: Who Owns the Decision? Human-AI Collaboration in Construction

As AI enters construction workflows, the challenge is no longer adoption but decision ownership. Examine the limits of AI judgment—hallucination, bias, and “average outcome” behaviour—and how human–AI collaboration models can augment professionals, set clear guardrails, and keep humans accountable and in control.

Led by:

Lee Miles

SVP EMEA

Procore

In conversation with:

Amr Saad

Executive Director | Projects Digitisation

Osool Integrated Real Estate

Fabrizio Degni

AI Ethics and Data Governance Lead

Global Council for Responsible AI

Dr. Ozan Koseoglu

Global Head of BIM

Siemens Energy

Juan Tena

Digital Services Director

KEO Group

Tony Pagliocco

Associate Director Product Management

Aldar Properties

11.45

The Three Horizons of Construction AI: Survival, Prediction and Molecular Transformation

From today’s giga-projects to the cities of 2040, construction is entering a new era of intelligence. This session explores the three horizons of AI transformation: data-driven sites today, predictive autonomy in the near term, and a future shaped by advanced robotics, intelligent materials, and next-generation computing. Discover how AI is not just optimizing the Middle East’s skyline, but reinventing the very physics of how we build.

Andrew Rampton

Industry Transformation Leader

Procore

11.55

Why Visibility Isn’t Control: The Hard Truth About Construction Technology

Construction organizations have more dashboards, reports, and tools than ever—yet projects remain reactive, margins unpredictable, and decisions delayed. This session explores why visibility alone doesn’t equal control, and what leaders must change in how financial, project, and execution data are connected to achieve real predictability and accountability on live projects.

Mahmoud Radwan

General Manager MENA

Premier Construction Software

12.05

Networking Break

12.30

The Missing Metric of the Digital Age: Why Digital Transformation Has Been Impossible to Measure

As organisations invest billions in digital transformation, a fundamental question remains: how digitally ready are they truly? This keynote explores the shift from measuring technology adoption to measuring digital readiness through evidence-based benchmarks. It examines digital maturity across technology, data, governance, cybersecurity, AI, innovation, and organisational practices, and introduces a framework for creating meaningful comparisons across industries and geographies.

Ahmed AbouAlfa

Chief Ambassador Officer

Digital Workplace

Reality Capture Case Study Series: Closing the Gap Between Site and Office

Real-world case studies show how LiDAR, 360 capture, drones, and AI are transforming progress tracking, QA/QC inspections, claims, and reporting, cutting decision cycles from days to hours. By connecting site activity directly to management systems, these tools improve visibility and close the long-standing gap between the site and the office.

12.40

Robotics and Digital Scanning for Progress Tracking & Delivery

Douglas Zuzic

Chief Digital Officer

Innovo

12.50

Digitally Governing Mega Project: Turning Reality into Measurable Control

Ammar Al Jamal

Lead Manager – Digital Delivery & BIM

Trojan Construction Group

13.00

Visual Intelligence for Mega Projects: Turning Site Visibility into Project Control

Sam Badrah

Managing Director – Middle East

OpenSpace

Simon Joss

Development Director

KEO Group

13.10

From Site to Office: Achieving Real-Time Project Visibility Through Connected Construction

Ahmed Shahin

PMO Director

Tamini Group

AI Case Study Series: We Don’t Want Talk, Show Us What Worked: Where AI Delivers Value Today

A case-study-driven series cutting through AI hype to focus on real deployments with measurable results. Practical examples across HSE, contracts and claims, scheduling, progress tracking and more show how AI strategies were implemented, how business cases were built and what actually delivered value on live construction projects.

13.20

Generative AI in Construction, workforce transformation, project delivery

Reserved

13.30

AI for Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Monitoring

Ramy Abdelwahab

Technology Hub & AI Solutions Director

NMDC Group

13.40

AI for Supply Chain Risk Management: Prequalifying Subcontractors at Scale

Mohamed Atef

Executive Director

MSB Holding

13.50

Contract Review & Claims Analysis

Pier Massimo Marras

Vice President Operations Saudi, India and Indonesia

Webuild

14.00

AI in Engineering Operations: Saving Engineers Time Through Intelligent Document transformation

Syed Saud

Senior Director Digital Delivery

Red Sea Global

14.10

Networking Lunch

15.00

Smart Infrastructure: From Planning to Operations with Digital Twins

How do we transition from static designs to highly responsive, living infrastructure assets? This session explores the practical framework of building a unified digital twin that scales from complex facilities - like airports and campuses - to entire smart cities. We will examine how an open solution architecture aggregates diverse datasets - including reality capture, BIM, and live IoT data - to establish a truly connected data environment.

Kasia Wlosowicz

Manager – Solution Engineering

Bentley Systems

15.10

Panel: Transforming Project Delivery Through AWP, BIM, and Digital Twins

Discover how Advanced Work Packaging (AWP), Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Digital Twins are reshaping project delivery—driving greater predictability, efficiency, and value across the construction lifecycle.

Led by:

Dr. Jacques Khouri

Regional Head of Client Solutions

O3 Solutions

In conversation with

Jamil Jaoua

Managing Director, Middle East

Streicher

Joaquín Hernández Meseguer

Projects Digital Transformation Area Manager

Técnicas Reunidas

Serdar Atılgan

Deputy General Manager

Calik Energy

Sourendra Dey

AWP Champion

Target Engineering Construction

15.40

Onsite Robotics: When Does the Business Case Finally Work?

Examine where construction robotics delivers real value today. Grounded in regional site conditions, they explore how robotics addresses summer heat, safety, productivity and manpower constraints and where the business case works when weighed against low-cost labour.

Leo Liu

Chief Technology Officer

Gammon

The Connected Site Series: IoT Sensors & Real-Time Tracking

Practical case studies showing how IoT sensors, wearables, and real-time tracking improve site safety, visibility, and productivity—focusing on tools that actually get used on site.

15.50

Case Study 1:

Jose Candel

Engineering Director

Ferrovial Construction

16.00

Case Study 2:

16.10

Panel: Data Before AI: Fixing the Foundations

AI fails without clean, connected data. Know how to prepare construction data for real AI use that delivers value by eliminating silos, moving toward a unified data lake and shifting from BIM models to true information management.

Led by:

Mahmoud Radwan

General Manager MENA

Premier Construction Software

In conversation with:

Awanish Shukla

General Manager – Projects

Sobha Constructions

Fady Sleiman

Group Chief Information and Digital Officer

Albawani

Dr. Himanshu Jindal

Director - Asset Management

Dar Al Riyadh

Mike Soldan

SVP of Global Technology Solutions

Egnyte

Puneet Narang

Senior Vice President Transformation–Engineering & Projects

DAMAC Properties

16.45

Close of day 1

Day 2: Thursday, 10 September 2026

Conference Hall A

08.00

Registration and networking

The Keynotes | Hall A

10.00

Panel: Building the Golden Thread — Keeping Construction Data Alive Beyond Handover

Building a golden thread of data from project inception through delivery to FM is essential to prevent information loss at handover. Understand why most data dies at project close and what the industry must do to define the right data foundations from the start—and develop them consistently across the project lifecycle—to preserve long-term operational value.

Led by:

Fady Kobersy

Director

RIB Software

In conversation with:

Debu Chakraborty

Senior Regional Director – Middle East & Africa

Bentley Systems

Omnia A. Abada

Chief Engineer

Road & Transport Authority, Dubai

Roger Wahl

Advocacy Leader

DXB ConTech Board

Scott Beaver

Senior Director Digital Design and Delivery

Diriyah Company

Walid Abou Chacra

Senior Manager – Digital Energy & Utilities Digital Services

Khatib & Alami

10.35

AI Ethics and Data Governance in Construction and the Built Environment

As AI adoption accelerates across the built environment, this keynote explores the importance of responsible innovation — addressing data ownership, security, transparency, and governance to build trusted, AI-enabled construction and real estate ecosystems.

Fabrizio Degni

AI Ethics and Data Governance Lead

Global Council for Responsible AI

10.45

Building the Digital Foundation: The Future of Information Management in Construction

The next phase of digital transformation in construction depends on how effectively organisations manage, share, and use information. This session will explore how the Information Management Initiative is helping the industry establish stronger information foundations, improve collaboration, and support the adoption of emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, and digital twins.

Andy Boutle

Head of Digital Construction

ALEC

10.55

Building a Smarter, Greener City Within a City: How Technology is Driving KAFD's Sustainability Journey

As KAFD continues to evolve into a world-class mixed-use destination, sustainability and technology have been embedded at every stage of its journey. This session explores how digital technologies—including BIM, AI, automation, smart construction, and intelligent asset management—have enabled more sustainable planning, safer delivery, and higher-performing operations, while supporting internationally recognised green building standards – including the rare Parksmart Gold and driving continuous improvement across the district.

Fahad Aljabr

VP – Project Delivery

KAFD

11.05

Panel: ESG, Net Zero and Delivery Reality

What ESG and net zero targets mean for design and operations—and how they translate into delivery on site. Explores how off-site manufacturing, material efficiency and design choices are being applied and what Dubai Decree 11 means in practice for developers and contractors moving from targets to execution.

Led by:

Deepthy K B

Senior Director MENA

Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)

In Conversation with:

Alida Saleh

Head of Sustainability

JLL

Chimsy Chandran

Director – Sustainability

Aegis PMC

Dima Al Srouri

Founder & CEO

MycoSphere

Sayeeduddin Mohammed

Board Member

Advancing Net Zero Group

Dr. Yiaonnis Spanos

Vice President – Sustainability

Expo City Dubai

11.40

Panel: Beyond Pilots: Scaling Modular and Off-Site Construction

Modular and off-site construction has proven its technical viability, yet mass deployment remains limited. Explore why modular has struggled to scale, what it takes to commercialise systems beyond pilot and how shifting from upfront cost comparisons to a total cost of ownership (TCO) view is key to unlocking adoption at scale.

Led by:

Mohamed Amer

Managing Director

ICC MENA

In conversation with:

Ajay Venu

Director Project Controls

Modon Real Estate

Mohammed Azzam

Division Head Modular Construction

ECC

Iman Abi Saab

Buildings Lead Middle East

Mott MacDonald

12.10

Networking Break

Offsite Case Study Series: Modular, Steel and Mixed Construction Systems in the GCC

These case studies highlight real-world deployments of modular and mixed construction where they outperform traditional methods on speed, quality, and delivery certainty and reveal what contractors must change—across design, sequencing and execution to scale modular construction successfully in the GCC.

12.40

Moving Beyond Pilots — Modular Systems Approved by Authorities

Steve Day

Divisional Manager

Dutco Construction

12.50

Modular and Lean Execution

Midhun CK

General Manager – Commercial Strategy

Sobha Modular

13.00

Data-Driven Modular Delivery for Giga-Projects: From Concept to Reality

Vangelis Skoufoglou

Former Modular Asset Director

NEOM THE LINE

13.10

Virtual Construction Twins: Powering Industrialised Construction

How Virtual Construction Twins are enabling the shift towards prefabrication, offsite construction and productisation, turning project knowledge into a shared, reusable asset. Exploring applications across data centres, hospitality and residential projects, and the impact on decision-making, sustainability and productivity.

Julie Gaubin

AEC Industry Business Strategy & Development Director

Dassault Systemes

13.20

Panel: Dubai BIM Is Mandated— What the Industry Needs Next

BIM is mandatory, but value isn’t automatic. It is more than 3D and only works when Employer’s Information Requirements are defined upfront. As BIM expands from design through construction to FM, what must regulators adjust to protect downstream value and avoid BIM becoming a compliance exercise rather than a delivery tool.

Led by:

Dr. Ibrahim Fahdah

Digital Transformation and BIM Expert

Dubai Municipality

In conversation with:

Ahmed Balawi

Head - Design & Digital Delivery

Igeneers

Asim Rehmani

Senior Manager - Business Transformation

Dubai Holding

Dr. Ali Ismail

BIM Expert

Dubai Municipality

Mario Cardenas

Head of BIM

Azizi Development

Kerolos Gerges

Head of Information Management

Bin Ladin Contracting

13.55

Networking lunch

15.00

Panel: Stop Digitising Chaos: Closing the People-Process Gap

Adoption breaks down when organisations skip skills, mindset and change management, diving straight into tools without fixing processes first. Understand why automating a bad process only delivers bad results faster and what it takes to upskill site teams, supervisors and executives together to make transformation stick.

Led by:

Shariq Siddiqui

Director – Project Controls

Jacobs

In conversation with:

Dana Nahas

Corporate Engineering Director

Trojan Construction Holding

Kollol Sengupta

Director – Engineering & Design

Petrofac

Shadi Al-Ghanim

Chief Technology Officer

Al Ayuni Investment and Contracting

BIM Case Study Series: From 3D Models to Project Control: Making 4D/5D BIM Real

BIM becomes a control tool—not just a model—when 4D planning and 5D cost visibility are unlocked. Moving beyond 3D reveals why models fail in isolation and how linking design to time and cost transforms sequencing, approvals, modular delivery and claims avoidance on complex projects.

15.30

Building the Digital Backbone in Energy Infrastructure Project Tracking

Anthony Lapierre

Head of BIM Strategy

Siemens Energy

15.25

From Reality Capture to Cost Certainty: BIM Use Cases in Forecasting and Claims Prevention

Mahmoud Adly

Digital Engineering Director

Abu Dhabi City Municipality

BIM Director

BINGHATTI Developments

15.50

4D BIM for Cost Forecasting and Variation Discipline

Rania Abdelfattah

Associate – BIM & Digital Delivery

STUDIOI

16.00

Machine Learning in Data Validation within BIM

Mahmoud Ali Salah

Technical & Digital Delivery Projects Manager

BEC Arabia

Automation Case Study Series: What Scales and What Doesn’t

Construction automation that delivers value at scale. How automating approvals, scheduling, reporting, progress tracking and compliance to remove friction, outperform early robotics efforts and lay the foundation for meaningful AI adoption.

16.10

Design & coordination automation

Micheline Nader

Director – BIM and Digital Design

Khatib & Alami

16.30

Closing Keynote: The Future of Construction Productivity: GCC vs Global Benchmarks — Redefining Productivity at System Level

This keynote compares construction productivity in the GCC against global benchmarks, examining where the region leads, where it lags, and why productivity gains have remained elusive worldwide. It explores the structural, technological, and workforce factors shaping performance—and what must change for the GCC to close the gap and set a new productivity baseline for large-scale, complex projects.

Reserved

16.40

Close of day 2

Day 1: Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Live Demo Lab

A hands-on, walk-through demo environment designed to show what actually works in ConTech & PropTech, using live platforms, real data flows, and practical workflows. The Lab is curated around end-to-end journeys, not isolated products.

11.00

Construction ERP in Action: Real Workflows, Real Control

See how a construction-specific ERP performs across real project workflows, not dashboards. This live session walks through commitments, approvals, cost control and financial visibility to demonstrate how contractor-driven systems reduce manual work, improve discipline and deliver faster time to value. Designed for firms seeking practical, site-ready digital solutions.

Adam Scugila

Senior Technical Lead

Premier Construction Software

11.40

Networking break

11.45

The Power of a Unified Digital Twin Platform

Explore the flexibility and scale of a unified digital twin platform. Walking through a live, multi-layered environment, we show how a single platform seamlessly aggregates diverse design, reality capture, and operational datasets.

Kasia Wlosowicz

Manager, Solution Engineering

Bentley Systems

12.00

Networking break

12.05

From Bid to Build: Lessons from Digitising Cost Management Across the Project Lifecycle

Explore how digital cost management was implemented across the project lifecycle to improve estimating, budgeting, cost control, and project delivery. Through a real project case study, this session will demonstrate the practical application of digital tools, the challenges encountered during implementation, and the measurable outcomes achieved, offering valuable lessons for organisations looking to enhance project performance.

Jayakishan Gopinathanpillai

Senior Technical Consultant

RIB Software

12.20

Networking break

12.25

Digital Workplace Platform: How Organizations Measure Their Digital Workplace Maturity?

The session will feature a live demo with commentary, showcasing a digital workplace assessment platform and demonstrating how organisations can measure their digital workplace maturity, identify key gaps, and develop targeted improvements across key workplace dimensions.

Haytham Hamed

Product & Business Growth Manager

Digital Workplace

12.40

Networking break

12.45

From Capital Project to Operational Asset: Making Better Lifecycle Investment Decisions with OmTrak

What happens to capital-project information once a building enters operation? In this live demonstration, WebFM follows asset through the OmTrak platform - from digital handover and asset information to planned maintenance, condition assessment, lifecycle forecasting and future capital planning. See how structured project information can support day-one operations, ongoing OPEX decisions and long-term CAPEX planning without losing continuity between construction and asset management.

Brett John Hulyer

General Manager, Global Business

Webfm ME

13.00

Networking break

13.05

Generative MODSIM for large infrastructure projects

Discover how Dassault Systèmes' core capabilities, including virtual twins, virtual companions, and generative experiences, are helping organizations transform the way they design, build, and operate complex assets thanks for 3D UNIVER+SES for AEC

Daniel Nesic

Lead Consultant for Smart Cities & Digital Transformation

Dassault Systemes

Khaled Althubaiti

Technical Consultant

Dassault Systemes

13.20

Networking break

13.25

Digital Intelligence: Driving Operational Excellence and Cost Reduction

Through our proprietary Smart O&M platform, ENGIE Solutions has built one of the region’s most comprehensive AI-enabled FM ecosystems, combining IOT, CMMS, energy profiling, data-driven maintenance and analytics. This implementation has set a benchmark standard for the industry, redefining what sustainable, and intelligent facility management looks like in the GCC.

Lina Zaghloul

Digital Solutions Manager

ENGIE

Mohammed Suhail

Innovation and Solutions Manager

ENGIE

13.40

Networking break

13.45

Spatial Twin & Craft, by PropVR

A live look at how PropVR turns a project into a walkable 3D twin and a sketch into a sellable render, both in real time. Spatial Twin: explore a real estate project as a real-time, browser-based digital twin, no app or headset needed. Craft: turn floor plans, sketches, and photos into photorealistic renders and 360° visuals in about a minute, at a fraction of traditional agency cost.

Sunder Jagannathan

Co-founder & CEO