CTF KSA
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
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
Paul Saba
Director of Business Transformation
Nesma & Partners
11.05
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
Juan Tena
Digital Services Director
KEO Group
Dr. Ozan Koseoglu
Global Head of BIM
Siemens Energy
Tony Pagliocco
Associate Director Product Management
Aldar Properties
11.40
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
11.50
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
12.00
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.
Haytham Hamed
Product & Business Growth Manager
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
Tamimi 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
AI for Supply Chain Risk Management: Prequalifying Subcontractors at Scale
Mohamed Atef
Executive Director
MSB Holding
13.30
Contract Review & Claims Analysis
Pier Massimo Marras
Vice President Operations Saudi, India and Indonesia
Webuild S.p.A
13.40
AI in Engineering Operations: Saving Engineers Time Through Intelligent Document transformation
Syed Saud
Senior Director Digital Delivery
Red Sea Global
13.50
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
Joaquín Hernández Meseguer
Projects Digital Transformation Area Manager
Técnicas Reunidas
Mauro Scarabelli
Operations Director
Streicher
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 Construction
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
Connected Equipment & Real-Time Tracking
Amr Gomaa
Business Applications Director
Al Ayuni Investment and Contracting
16.00
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:
Casey Rutland
Chair
buildingSMART UK & Ireland
Fady Sleiman
Group Chief Information and Digital Officer
Albawani
Dr. Himanshu Jindal
Former Director - Asset Management
Dar Al Riyadh
Mike Soldan
SVP of Global Technology Solutions
Egnyte
Puneet Narang
Senior Vice President Transformation–Engineering & Projects
DAMAC Properties
16.35
Close of day 1
Day 2: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Conference Hall A
08.00
Registration and networking
The Keynotes | Hall A
10.00
Keynote 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
Roger Wahl
Group Digital Transformation Leader
Trojan Construction Holding
Scott Beaver
Senior Director Digital Design and Delivery
Diriyah Company
Walid Abou Chacra
Senior Manager – Digital Energy & Utilities Digital Services
Khatib & Alami
10.30
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
10.40
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
10.50
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
Senior Advisor
UN High Level Climate Champions
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
Dr. Zakria Osman
Corporate Engineering Manager
El Seif Engineering Contracting
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.
11.45
Moving Beyond Pilots — Modular Systems Approved by Authorities
Steve Day
Divisional Manager
Dutco Construction
11.55
Modular and Lean Execution
Midhun CK
General Manager – Commercial Strategy
Sobha Modular
12.05
Data-Driven Modular Delivery for Giga-Projects: From Concept to Reality
Vangelis Skoufoglou
Former Modular Asset Director
NEOM THE LINE
12.15
Networking break
12.40
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:
Ahmed Wael Gad
Engineering Manager
BK Modular
Ajay Venu
Director Project Controls
Modon Real Estate
Graham Petty
Operations Manager
LINQ Modular
Mohammed Azzam
Division Head Modular Construction
ECC
Iman Abi Saab
Buildings Lead Middle East
Mott MacDonald
13.15
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
13.25
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
14.00
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:
Cristina Savian
CEO and Founder
BE-WISE
In conversation with:
Amr Gomaa
Business Applications Director
Al Ayuni Investment and Contracting
Dana Nahas
Corporate Engineering Director
Trojan Construction Holding
Kollol Sengupta
Director – Engineering & Design
Petrofac
Shariq Siddiqui
Director – Project Controls
Jacobs
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
15.40
From Reality Capture to Cost Certainty: BIM Use Cases in Forecasting and Claims Prevention
Mahmoud Adly
Digital Engineering Director
Abu Dhabi City Municipality
15.50
4D BIM for Cost Forecasting and Variation Discipline
Rania Abdelfattah
Associate – BIM & Digital Delivery
STUDIOI
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.
16.00
Design & coordination automation
Micheline Nader
Director – BIM and Digital Design
Khatib & Alami
16.10
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.
Omar Kaakani
Associate Partner
Mckinsey & Company
16.30
Close of day 2
Day 1: Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Live Demo Lab
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
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
12.00
Networking break
12.05
From Bid to Build: Lessons from Digitising Earned Value Management Across the Project Lifecycle
Explore how digital earned value 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
From Cost Tracking to Intelligent Lifecycle Management
Explore how Dolphin Horizon connects construction, costing, procurement, asset management, and facilities management across the entire property lifecycle. From BOQ and procurement to project performance, profitability, and asset operations, Dolphin Horizon moves beyond recording what happened to highlighting what needs attention, delivering end-to-end visibility across the property and asset lifecycle and supporting smarter, faster decision-making.
Maha Khoury
Accounts Executive
Dolphin Solutions
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
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
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 Solutions
Mohammed Suhail
Digital Transformation & AI Manager
ENGIE Solutions
13.40
Networking break
13.45
Turn a Project into a Walkable Digital Twin with Spatial Twin & Craft
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
PropVR
14.00
Networking Lunch
15.00
Bye Bye BIM: Never Again Draw a Road & Rail Design Manually
See how road and rail design happens when the system draws instead of you. LivDES turns engineering rules and inputs into an optimised design in minutes — clash-free by design, not by detection. This live session walks through the full process, end to end. Built for road and rail teams ready to hand over the pen for good.
Karthik Thumu
Founder
LivSYT
15.15
Networking break
15.20
Beyond Attendance: Using VR to Build and Measure HSE Competence
How immersive scenarios can strengthen competency management and performance assurance.
Matthew Sheedy
Consultant
Urban Surveys
15.35
Networking break
15.40
One Platform to Run Your Real Estate Business
An AI-powered, construction and real estate grade ERP, in production at Dubai Holding, Aldar and Modon. It runs the full real estate lifecycle, from sales and construction to handover, leasing, community and finance, on one ledger. Run it as one software across your entire group, or as the main source of truth for your real estate business, integrated into your existing enterprise architecture over APIs.
Alok Agrawal
Founder & CEO
Farvision Information Technology
15.55
Close of Live Demos
Day 2: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Live Demo Lab
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.
09.30
Virtual Twins Boosting Data Center Efficiency
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 UNIVERSES for AEC.
Daniel Nesic
Lead Consultant for Smart Cities & Digital Transformation
Dassault Systemes
Khaled Althubaiti
Technical Consultant
Dassault Systemes
09.45
Networking break
09.50
Break for Main Conference
14.30
Liquid Cooling Innovation Hotspots
Demonstrations of new fluids, cold plate designs, manifolds, and leak-detection systems, with side-by-side comparisons of performance and operability.
14.45
Networking break
14.50
Heat Re-Use Innovation: District Cooling, Agriculture & Water Tech Integration
Turning waste heat into usable energy for district cooling, controlled agriculture, and water systems - showing what is technically and economically viable today.
15.05
Networking break
15.10
AI-Driven Cooling Automation
Live dashboards and control loops showcasing self-optimising thermal systems, predictive failure detection, and real-time cooling optimisation under variable loads.
15.25
Close
Day 2: Thursday, 10 September 2026
The ConTech Fast Pitch Competition
The ConTech Fast Pitch Competition
The ConTech Fast Pitch Competition, hosted by the DXB ConTech Business Group in partnership with Construction Technology ConFex 2026, will showcase promising ConTech startups to leading investors and industry decision-makers. Selected startups will pitch innovative solutions with the potential to transform construction and the wider built environment.
11.00
Opening
Anas Bataw
Chairman
DXB ConTech
11.05
Welcome remarks
Dr. Mahmoud Alburai
Advisor to the Director General
Dubai Municipality
11.10
ConTech Fast Pitch Competition Kick off
Aya Sadder
Founder & CEO
Bolt Consultancy
11.20
Agentic AI Employees For Complex Construction
Alexander Pavlovskiy
Founder & CEO
AI PROPX
11.30
AI Powered Construction Execution Platform
Rowan Alawi
Co-Founder & CEO
Trase
11.40
AI Agents for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Execution
Ian Arden
Founder & Chief AI Architect
VitruAI
11.50
Construction Delay Recovery
Ahmed Hegazy
Co-Founder
Opteam
12.00
Procurement Software For Main Contractors
Alastair Blenkin
Founder & CEO
ProcurePro
12.10
Networking break
12.30
Infrastructure Design - Generated In Minutes Instead Of Months
Karthik Thumu
Founder
LivSYT
12.40
The First Mycelium Bio-Manufacturing Venture In The Middle East
Dima Al Srouri
Founder & CEO
MycoSphere
12.50
From Agentic CDE To The Autonomous Robotic Ecosystem
Pavel Goretskiy
Director MENA
SIGNAX
13.00
Innovative Forensic Software (Not AI)
SagayaRaja Kuttappan
Founder & CEO
Good Faith (LLC)
13.10
AI Industrial Automation For Construction Materials, Waste and Carbon
Hussain Hilli
CEO & Founder
Carboniko
13.20
Winner Announcement
13.50
End of The ConTech Fast Pitch Competition
Dr. Mahmoud Alburai
Advisor to the Director General
Dubai Municipality
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