Full Speaker List (Alphabetical by Surname)
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Raj Achan
Director, Business Development – Middle East and India
Goettsch Partners
Session Chair: “Financial Free Zone as Polycenter”
Mariam Al Dhaheri
Senior Public Relations Specialist
Louvre Abu Dhabi
“Louvre Abu Dhabi - An Overview”
Mohamad Al-Dah
Director
Webb Yates and Esther Engineers
“Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Challenges”
Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi
Group Chief Investment Officier
Equitativa & Emirates REIT
“The New Interest of REITs in Emerging Countries”
Amjad Alkoud
PhD
Illinois Institute of Technology
“The Impact of Height Limitation Ordinances on Tall Buildings: Chicago and Dubai”
Frank Altmann
Regional Manager - Materials Technology
BG&E
“Increasing Sustainability and Liveability by Reducing Building Defects in Basements”
Abbas Aminmansour
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Session Chair: “Polycentric Urban Case Studies”
Oussama Baalbaki
Senior Structural/Materials Engineer
Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
“What are the Main Challenges for Megaprojects in Polycentric Cities?”
Abdulla Balalaa
Director of Real Estate Investment & Design
Masdar
“Masdar City: An Update on Achieving Urban Carbon Neutrality”
Manuela Belova
Founding Partner
VA Architects
“The Advent of the Skyscraper in the City That Did Not Plan for It”
Iskandar Bendaly
Commercial Manager, Middle East & Africa
Dow
“Enabling High-Performing Façades Through Technology and Material Innovation”
Chengwei Bian
Project Director
China State Construction Overseas Development Co., Ltd.
“High-Rise Building Technical and Construction Management”
Christophe Bilaine
VP Preconstruction
Bouygues Batiment International
“What is The Future of High-Rise Construction?”
Terri Meyer Boake
Professor
University of Waterloo
Session Chair: “Critical Issues in High-Rise Façade Design”
Robert Boog
Vice President - Sales and Marketing, Large Project Division
Schindler
“What Does a Smart City Look Like?”
Christopher Bowler
Director - Sales & Marketing
Otis Elevator Company
“Connected Service Technology: Unlocking Building Potential”
David Bradford
Project Director
Turner Construction Company
“Mastering the Challenges: Lessons from the Recent Past”
Peter Brechtelsbauer
Regional CEO Middle East
Permasteelisa Group
Session Chair: “New Frontiers in Façade Design”
John Brown
Regional Support Manager - Protective Coatings
Jotun
“What are the Main Challenges for Megaprojects in Polycentric Cities?”
Chris Browning
Director
NORR Group Consultants International Limited
Session Chair: “High-Rise Residential”
Sascha Brozek
Senior Vice President, Major Projects
KONE
“Urban and Building Transit 2050: What Will it Look Like?”
Mathew Burke
Associate Director
ADP Consulting
“Buildings that Water Themselves: An Oasis in the Concrete Jungle”
Afaf Burki
Director, Marketing
Select Group
Session Chair: “The World’s Tallest Residential City Block”
Jeffrey Callow
Principal
Thornton Tomasetti
“Hudson Yards – Building a City Within a City from Rail to Sky”
Rodrigo Carazo
President - Design Director
Carazo Architecture
“Biophilia and Vertical Urbanism – A Symbiotic Relationship Between Nature and Tall Cities”
Flora Castillon
Visitor Experience & Event Management Director
Louvre Abu Dhabi
“Louvre Abu Dhabi - Visitor Experience”
Michael Cesarz
CEO MULTI
thyssenkrupp
“Skybridges Powered by MULTI: A Whole New Level of Human Transportation”
Angela Chang
President
Taipei Financial Center Corporation
“What Will the Future High-Rise Occupier Want?”
Yongqiang Chao
Director of Lighting Design
Beijing Fortune Lighting System Engineering Co., Ltd.
“The Spiritual Landmark at Night in Beijing’s CBD: Exterior Lighting of CWTC 3B Tower”
Mustafa Chehabeddine
Principal
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
“Future-Proofing for Supertall Possibilities”
Julian Chen
Senior Architect
Henning Larsen Architects
“Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Challenges”
Matthew Clifford
Head of Energy and Sustainability Services, Asia Pacific
JLL
“Command Centers – Reshaping Property Management and the Future of Work”
Christopher Colasanti
Associate Partner
Jaros, Baum & Bolles
“Hudson Yards, New York: A City Within A City”
Louise Collins
Director of Projects
WME Consultants
Session Chair: “At Sea: Dubai’s Extraordinary Land Reclamation Efforts”
Elena Cortona
Head Digital Transformation
Schindler
“Optimizing the Performance of Elevators in Tall Buildings Through Simulation”
Robert Costabile
Marketing Director
Otis Elevator Company
“Using Digital Technology to Create a Frictionless Journey”
Alan Cronin
Divisional Director Vertical Transportation
Hilson Moran Partnership Ltd.
“Extending the Walkable Urban Journey to the Sky”
Donald Davies
President
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Session Chair: “Advancing the Skybridge: What's Next?”
Johannes de Jong
Founder, Executive Vice President
Elevating Studio Pte. Ltd.
Session Chair: “Building and Human-Scale Mobility”
Molly Dee
Senior Project Engineer - Commissioning
Jaros, Baum & Bolles
“Closing the Gap: Project Vision vs. Reality”
Roy Denoon
Vice President
CPP Wind Engineering and Air Quality Consultants
“Is Your Supplementary Damping Going to Do What You Want It To?”
Stephen DeSimone
President, CEO
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
“Performance-Based Approach to Optimizing Supplemental Damping Requirements for Tall Buildings”
Ariane Dienstag
President, Founder
Ariane Dienstag sas
Session Chair: “Tall Timber 2030: Where Will We Be?”
Alper Dilek
Design Director
Ronesans Holding
“Stylobate: The Connection Part of the Tall Building with the City”
Michael Doring
Chief Operating Officer
Turner International LLC
Session Chair: “High-Rise Real Estate: The Big Picture”
Peng Du
China Office Director & Academic Coordinator
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Session Chair: “Skyspaces”
Scott Duncan
Partner
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
“Urban and Building Transit 2050: What Will it Look Like?”
Issam Ezzeddine
Architecture Design Director
National Engineering Bureau
“Revitalizing Social Life in High-Rise Development”
Christopher Fannin
Managing Director
INSITE Landscape Architects
“Abu Dhabi Open Space in the Rear View: the Public Realm Moving Forward”
Robin Fiala
VP, New Equipment Marketing
Otis Elevator Company
“What Will the Future High-Rise Occupier Want?”
Shelley Finnigan
Global Technical Sales Engineer, Head of Technical Sales & Marketing for the Americas
ArcelorMittal
Session Chair: “Innovative Engineering: Case Studies”
Kevin Frary
Associate Principal
Fisher Marantz Stone
“Vertical Light – Burj Khalifa: Vertical Urbanism Illuminated”
Luca Frattari
Global Director AEC
Altair Engineering
“Can Pedestrian Comfort Analysis Be Introduced at the Concept Design Stage?”
Jens Fussing
Technical Director
BG&E
“What are the Main Challenges for Megaprojects in Polycentric Cities?”
Elena Generalova
PhD Architecture, Professor, Department of Residential and Civic Architecture
Samara State Technical University
“Dubai Residential High-Rises: Typology, Uniqueness, Tendencies, and Prospects of Development”
Mike George
International Director, Head of Premium Asset Group - Office, Asia Pacific
JLL
“Maximizing Tall Building Success Through Best Practice Management”
Noura Ghabra
Assistant Professor
King Abdulaziz University
Session Chair: “Polycentrism at the Site Scale”
Beshoy Girgis
Vice President Development
Aldar Properties
“High-Rise: Real Estate Developer Perspective”
Tim Gokhman
Director
New Land Enterprises LLP
“The Tallest Mass Timber Building in the Americas: Mass Timber as a Sales, Marketing & Financing Tool”
Mario Goncalves
Principal, Global Business Leader - Building Science
Underwriters Laboratories
“Commissioning Building Envelopes Using Infrared Thermography”
Steve Gonzalez
Director - Major Projects
KONE
Session Chair: “Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Challenges”
Julien Grange
Quantity Surveyor
Multiplex Construction
“22BG: A New Era of Vertical Transportation Analytical Tools for the Construction of Tall Buildings”
Tim Gudmand-Høyer
Senior Chief Specialist
Ramboll Group
“Aarhus City Tower – A 100% Precast High-Rise”
Nirodha Gunadasa
Chairman
Archedium (Private) Limited
“Using the Mathematics of Nature in Vertical Urban Design”
Vivek Gupta
Chief Financial Officer
Nshama
Session Chair: “Delivering a Well-Balanced Community From the Start”
Murali Guruvappan
Associate Director
WME Consultants
“Fountain Views: Addressing Engineering in a Dynamic Market”
Patricio Gómez-Salas Ramírez
Region Manager
Rothoblaas
“Tall Timber: Standard Connections and European Examples”
Yusuf Zahit Gündogdu
President
Miyamoto International Turkey
“Feasibility Study for Seismic Base Isolation Design of a High-Rise Building”
Taehun Ha
Chief Research Engineer
Daewoo E&C
“Predicting the Long-Term Movement of a Tall, Complex Steel-and-Reinforced-Concrete Building”
Peter Halliday
Head of Building Performance & Sustainability
Siemens Building Technology
“The Adaptive Role of Tomorrow’s Smart Buildings”
William Hallock
General Manager
CS Group Construction Specialties Company
“Designed and Built for Resilience – Drift-Ready Stair Systems”
Mounib Hammoud
CEO
Jeddah Economic Company
“Urban Oases: Generating Polycentric Communities in the Middle East”
Hashimah Hashim
Executive Director
KLCC Property Holdings Berhad
“The Design, Construction and Operational Maintenance of The Petronas Twin Towers Skybridge”
Tarek Hassan
Senior Associate - Head of Design Unit
Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
“Structural Analysis and Design of Concrete Tall Buildings: Efficiency and Effectiveness”
Cameron Hateley
Construction Engineering Manager, Central Region
Robert Bird Group
“Greenland Centre, Sydney – Construction Methodology to Partially Demolish, Rebuild and Extend Upward”
Jan Henckens
Senior Project Manager
NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
“Tall Timber: What are the Main Drivers and Challenges?”
Holger Hinz
Principal
Werner Sobek Group
“Dubai’s Wasl Tower – a Case Study for Cultural Sustainability in the Middle East”
Yongjun Huang
Director, Vice GM, Chief Engineer
Shenzhen Aube Architectural Engineering Design
“Design of a Multi-Column Intersecting Steel Joint for the China Resources Headquarters Tower”
John Ivanoff
Associate
BuroHappold Engineering
“Uplifting Urban Living: Façade and MEP Considerations for Skybridges”
Fadi Jabri
Executive Officer, Principal MENA, CIS & India Region
NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
“Advancing the Skybridge: What's Next?”
John Jacobs
COO
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Session Chair: “Transit-Oriented Developments”
Jamil Jadallah
Managing Director, Partner
National Engineering Bureau
“What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
Werner Jager
Director – Technical Marketing
Technal Middle East
“Urban Evolution in Curtain Wall Design”
Yahya Jan
President, Design Director
NORR Group Consultants International Limited
“What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
Yahya Jan
President, Design Director
NORR Group Consultants International Limited
“Rethinking Density”
Markus Jetter
Head of Research & Innovation Center Rottweil & Product Development Center MULTI
thyssenkrupp
“Advancing the Skybridge: What's Next?”
Prabhanjan Kambadur
Director, MENA
RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers (MENA)
“The Palm Tower/Mall - Architecture”
Hermann Kamte
Chairman, CEO, Founder, Creative Director
HKA | Hermann Kamte & Associates
“Lagos Wooden Tower: Shaping Future Smart Cities with Memory, Resilience and Cultural Identity”
Pooyan Kazemi
MS, Architectural Technology
Shahid Beheshti University
“Achieving Structural Efficiency of Tall Buildings by Means of Parametric Generative Design”
Timothy Kelly
Senior Vice President, Operations and General Manager
Kerzner International
“Atlantis and Royal Atlantis - Key Elements in Dubai Tourism”
Tony Kettle
Design Principal
Kettle Collective
“Lakhta Tower: Landmark as Generator for Polycentric Growth”
Shaun Killa
Design Partner
Killa Design
“Crafting a Middle Eastern Skyscraper: Working with Climate and Culture”
Shaun Killa
Design Partner
Killa Design
“Incredibly Slender and Yet Sustainable: The Story of a 470m Supertall Innovation in Dubai”
Michael Kleiss
Associate Professor
Clemson University
Session Chair: “What Makes a Skyscraper "Smart"?”
Ron Klemencic
CTBUH Working Group Chair, Chairman, CEO
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Session Chair: “50 Forward, 50 Back”
Agnes Koltay
Façade Consultant, Owner
Koltay Façades
“New Developments in Façade Engineering for High-Rise Buildings – Dubai Case Studies”
Jason Korb
Principal Architect
Korb + Associates Architects
“North America’s Tallest Mass Timber Building: Design and Technical Challenges”
Mikkel K. Kragh
Professor, Head of Unit for Civil and Architectural Engineering
University of Southern Denmark
Session Chair: “Tall Timber: Europe”
Kyle Krall
Senior Principal, UAE Director
Thornton Tomasetti
“The Future of 3D Printing in Construction Industry”
Kanupriya Kuletha
Head of Development
Nshama
“Town Square: Key Takeaways for Medium-Density Communities”
Amitabh Kumar
Senior Vice President
Puranik Builders Limited
“Artesia Tower, Mumbai, India – Vertical Post-Tensioning of a Reinforced Concrete Core Wall”
Mario Lafontaine
Director Of New Technologies
Rene Lagos Engineers
“Tall Buildings and Seismic Resilience – Emerging Trends in South America”
Sam Lai
Project Director, General Manager
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited
“Good to Great – Evolving Polycentric Cities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area”
Billy Lam
Vice President, Design Director
Cheng Chung Design (HK) Ltd.
“Interior Planning for Modern Hotel Users”
Mark Lavery
Director
BuroHappold Engineering
“Interconnectivity of Design and Construction: A Case Study of Construction Movement”
Simon Lay
Director
OFR Consultants
“Voluntary Egress Elevators – Enhancements to the 2004 CTBUH Guidelines”
Richard H. Lee
Junior Partner
C.Y. Lee & Partners Architects/Planners
“Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Challenges”
Zhongjie Lin
Visiting Professor of Urban Design
University of Pennsylvania
“What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
John Lumpkin
Executive Managing Director
Cushman & Wakefield
“What Will the Future High-Rise Occupier Want?”
Matthew Makes
VP, Director of Business Development
Turner International LLC
Session Chair: “Tall Timber: Asia, Australia & Africa”
Lawrence Malcic
Senior Vice President, Director of Design
HOK, Inc.
“Europe’s Tallest Residential Tower: Spire London”
Douglas Masuku
Technical Operations Director
Louvre Abu Dhabi
“Challenges of Opening & Operating the First Major Museum in the UAE”
Christian Meinhardt
Director
GERB Vibration Control Systems, Inc
“Innovative Passive Control Systems to Increase Human Comfort in Tall Buildings”
Angela Mejorin
Research Assistant
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
“Cyclone-Resistant Façades: Best Practices in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines”
Elena Mele
Professor
University of Naples Urban Ferderico II
“Optimization of Tall Buildings Through Use of Diagrids”
Priyan Mendis
Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of ARC Centre for Prefab Housing
University of Melbourne
“Design and Construction of South Asia's Tallest Tower – Lotus Tower”
Nick Milestone
Director for Offsite and Innovation
William Hare Group Limited
Session Chair: “Tall Timber: What are the Main Drivers and Challenges?”
Shonn Mills
Global High Rise Director
Ramboll Group
“Smart Buildings as a Service – Creating Adaptable Building Platforms”
Petar Mladenovic
Director - Middle East
Multiplex
Session Chair: “Gateway to Growth: The Dubai International Financial Centre”
David Moncholi Badillo
Director Mobility at Consultancy Department
IDOM
“Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Challenges”
Ignacio Montaldo
Founding Principal
Moarqs
“Urban Condensers – Vertical Urbanism for a Polycentric City”
Craig Moorfield
Head of Engineering
Multiplex
“ICD-Brookfield Place – From Iconic Architecture & Complex Engineering to Construction Reality”
Magali Mouquet
Co-Founder, Group Chairwoman
Equitativa & Emirates REIT
Session Chair: “Climatically (and Culturally) Appropriate Desert Skyscrapers”
Peter Murray
Chairman, New London Architecture Centre; London Mayor’s Design Advocate
Wordsearch
“London: The Original Polycentric City”
Viviana R. Muscettola
Associate Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Session Chair: “Skybridges: What are the Opportunities?”
Sergey Nikiforov
Chief Engineer
Lakhta Center
“What are the Main Challenges for Megaprojects in Polycentric Cities?”
Kazushi Obika
General Manager Design Section
NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
“One Za'abeel’s “World's Largest Cantilever” to Link Dramatic Dubai Towers”
Ibrahim Odeh
Founding Director
Columbia University
Session Chair: “Planning and Construction Management”
Felino Palafox, Jr.
Principal Architect - Urban Planner
Palafox Associates
“Urban Future: Planning the City of Dubai, 1977-1981”
Michael Palmer
Principal Architect
Perkins+Will
“A New Women's University Campus: A City within Riyadh”
James Parakh
Urban Design Manager
City of Toronto Planning Department
“The Space Within: Urban Habitat at Height”
Peter Pardoe
Regional Director - Buildings
Arcadis
Session Chair: “Managing the Skybridge: Operational Aspects”
Eric Parry
Founder, Principal
Eric Parry Architects
“Just What Is It That Makes Tomorrow’s Workplace So Different, So Appealing?”
Farhad Pazoki
Technical Director
WME Consultants
“SRG Tower: The Structural Challenges of One of the World's Slenderest Residential Towers”
Fernando Perez
Head of Transport Architecture
IDOM
“Riyadh: The Metamorphosis of a City – From Centerless to Polycentric?”
Minna Piironen
Service Manager, People Flow Planning
KONE
“People Flow Planning for Well-Functioning Buildings in Urban Areas”
Benjamin Piper
Principal, Design Partner
Killa Design
“The Office of the Future – a New Paradigm for Construction”
Nicoleta Popa
Head of Construction Resident Engineers
ArcelorMittal
Session Chair: “Engineering the Skybridge: Technical Aspects”
Richard Pulling
VP - Global Major Projects
Otis Elevator Company
Session Chair: “High-Rise Tenancies: What is the Shape of Demand?”
Alfredo Ramirez
Latin America Business Lead
Underwriters Laboratories
Session Chair: “Fire, Life Safety + Security”
Peter Ramstedt
Vice President, Project Director
Turner Construction Company
“The Project Before the Project – Mega Project Planning”
Shamim Rashid-Sumar
Vice President - Development, Middle East
Jensen Hughes
“New Developments in the UAE and Saudi Building Codes”
Daniel Safarik
CTBUH Editor
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Session Chair: “Polycentrism and the Future of Urbanism”
Swinal Samant
Senior Lecturer
National University of Singapore
“Cities in the Sky: Elevating Singapore's Urban Spaces”
Ole Scheeren
Principal
Buro Ole Scheeren
“What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
Robert Schmitz
Partner, Lead Architect
White Arkitekter
“Modular Construction – Case Study: Skellefteå Culture Centre”
Rodney Seely
Director - Head of Buildings
Robert Bird Group
“ICD-Brookfield Place – From Iconic Architecture & Complex Engineering to Construction Reality”
John Shamon
Chief Technical Services Officer
Kerzner International
“Atlantis and Royal Atlantis - Key Elements in Dubai Tourism”
Gurjit Singh
Senior Vice President - Real Estate
Dubai World Trade Center
“What Does a Smart City Look Like?”
Ian Smith
Vice President, Special Projects
thyssenkrupp
“Aerotropolis – Cities of the Future or a Fly-by-Night Idea?”
Ilkay C. Standard
Innovation Manager
GenX Design & Technology Consulting
Session Chair: “Smart Systems”
Kurt Strobel
Senior Project Engineer
GERB Vibration Control Systems, Inc
Session Chair: “Tall Building Damping”
Gary Strong
Global Building Standards Director
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
“International Fire Safety Standards”
Jörn Teipel
Lead Technical Manager Architecture
Outokumpu
“Highly Corrosion-Resistant Stainless Steel Façades”
Charu Thapar
Head of Strategy and Platform – Property & Asset Management Asia Pacific
JLL
Session Chair: “What Will the Future High-Rise Occupier Want?”
Shilpa Nirman Thilakarathna
Design Office Manager
Civil and Structural Engineering Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd
“Performance-Based Seismic Evaluation of Wind-Impacted Tall Buildings”
Mark Thompson
Senior Director
United Technologies Corporation
“Building Intelligence When You Need It the Most”
Nicola Tollin
Professor WSR in Urban Resilience
University of Southern Denmark
“A Circular Metabolic Approach for Polycentric Cities”
Dario Trabucco
Research Manager
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
“A Study on the Design Possibilities Enabled by Ropeless and Non-Vertical Elevators”
Dario Trabucco
Research Manager
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
“Measuring the Floor Area of Tall Buildings: Industry Need for a New Standard”
Matthé van Baalen
Global Leader Performance Driven Engineering
Arcadis
“How Will Biodiversity Influence the Development of Our Vertical Landscape?”
Bert van de Linde
Group Technology Executive
Permasteelisa Group
“Critical Issues in High-Rise Façade Design”
Frans van Vuure
Director, Senior Architect
UNStudio
“Wasl Tower: Taking Cultural Sustainability, Health and Innovation to the Next Level”
Christian Vasquez
Architect, Business Development Executive
National Engineering Bureau
Session Chair: “Towards Net-Zero Energy Skyscrapers”
Sylvain Vieujot
Co-Founder, Group Chairman
Equitativa & Emirates REIT
“Real Estate as a Financial Product”
Douglas Voigt
Partner
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
“Building Momentum: How Burj Khalifa Changed Dubai and the Middle East”
James von Klemperer
President, Design Principal
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
“A Permeable and Polycentric Urbanism: The Atlantis and Other Projects”
Teppo Voutilainen
Head of New Services & Solutions
KONE
“Optimizing People Flow in Tomorrow’s Office Buildings”
Shaofeng Wang
Chairman
China State Construction Overseas Development Co., Ltd.
“What is The Future of High-Rise Construction?”
Felix Weber
R&D Engineer
MAURER SE
“New Reduced-Mass Controlled TMD for Tall Building Vibration Mitigation”
May Wei
Vice President
CallisonRTKL
Session Chair: “What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
Stefanie Weidner
Research Assistant
ILEK University of Stuttgart
“The Implementation of an Adaptive High-Rise Building”
Peter Weismantle
Director of Supertall Building Technology
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
“The Evolution of Fire Safety in Supertall Buildings”
Daniel Joseph Whittaker
PhD
Illinois Institute of Technology
“Historical Lessons from 1920s-1950s High-Rise Multi-Family Construction Projects in Chicago”
Dana Williamson
Regional Director - Head of Agency & Corporate Solutions
JLL
“High-Rise Tenancies: What is the Shape of Demand?”
Chris Williamson
Founding Partner
Weston Williamson+Partners
“Investing in the Infrastructure of Polycentric Cities”
Richard Witt
Executive Principal
Quadrangle Architects
“Low-Rise to High-Density in 15 Years – Inversion and the Rise of the Toronto Exurb”
Christopher Wodzicki
Engineering Services Director
BuroHappold Engineering
Session Chair: “Capturing the Future in 3D”
Christopher Wong
Deputy Project Director
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited
“High-Rise Tenancies: What is the Shape of Demand?”
Antony Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
“Cities 2070: What is Truly "Sustainable?"”
Antony Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
“Skybridges: An Overview”
De Ming (Derry) Yu
Project Director
New World China Land Limited
“An Innovative Prefabricated Steel Structure System”
Aleksandar Sasha Zeljic
Principal, Design Director
Gensler
“Rationalizing an Idealistic City Plan – Three Projects at Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila”
Jue Zhang
Associate
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
“Beyond Diagrids: Next-Generation Exterior Bracing Systems for Tall Buildings”
Jie Zhang
Director, Partner
EFC Engineering Consulting Company, Ltd
