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”
Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi
Group Chief Investment Officier
Equitativa & Emirates REIT
“The New Interest of REITs in Emerging Countries”
Frank Altmann
Regional Manager - Materials Technology
BG&E
Session Chair: “Constructing an Inter-Tower Skybridge Over a Highway”
Abbas Aminmansour
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Session Chair: “Polycentric Urban Case Studies”
Abdulla Balalaa
Director of Real Estate Investment & Design
Masdar
“Masdar City: An Update on Achieving Urban Carbon Neutrality”
Roland Bechmann
Managing Director
Werner Sobek Group
Session Chair: “Building an Efficient Structure and Skin for an Expressive Tower”
Terri Meyer Boake
Professor
University of Waterloo
Session Chair: “Critical Issues in High-Rise Façade Design”
Peter Brechtelsbauer
Regional CEO Middle East
Permasteelisa Group
Session Chair: “New Frontiers in Façade Design”
Chris Browning
Director
NORR Group Consultants International Limited
Session Chair: “High-Rise Residential”
Afaf Burki
Director, Marketing
Select Group
Session Chair: “The World’s Tallest Residential City Block”
Louise Collins
Director of Projects
WME Consultants
Session Chair: “At Sea: Dubai’s Extraordinary Land Reclamation Efforts”
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”
Ariane Dienstag
President, Founder
Ariane Dienstag sas
Session Chair: “Tall Timber 2030: Where Will We Be?”
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”
Shelley Finnigan
Global Technical Sales Engineer, Head of Technical Sales & Marketing
ArcelorMittal
Session Chair: “Innovative Engineering: Case Studies”
Noura Ghabra
Assistant Professor
King Abdulaziz University
Session Chair: “Polycentrism at the Site Scale”
Steve Gonzalez
Director - Major Projects
KONE
Session Chair: “Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Challenges”
Vivek Gupta
Chief Financial Officer
Nshama
Session Chair: “Delivering a Well-Balanced Community From the Start”
Peter Halliday
Head of Building Performance & Sustainability
Siemens Building Technology
“The Adaptive Role of Tomorrow’s Smart Buildings”
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”
John Jacobs
COO
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Session Chair: “Transit-Oriented Developments”
Yahya Jan
President, Design Director
NORR Group Consultants International Limited
“What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
Timothy Kelly
Senior Vice President, Operations and General Manager
Kerzner International
“Atlantis and Royal Atlantis - Key Elements in Dubai Tourism”
Shaun Killa
Design Partner
Killa Design
“Crafting a Middle Eastern Skyscraper: Working with Climate and Culture”
Shaun Killa
Design Partner
Killa Design
“The Museum of The Future: An Iconic Project Can Also Lead to a Better World”
Michael Kleiss
Associate Professor
Clemson University
Session Chair: “What Makes a Skyscraper "Smart"?”
Brian Kleiver
Associate
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Session Chair: “Constructing a Carved and Cantilevered Office Tower”
Mikkel K. Kragh
Professor and Head of Unit
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”
Matthew Makes
VP, Director of Business Development
Turner International LLC
Session Chair: “Tall Timber: Asia, Australia & Africa”
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 Director High Rise
Ramboll Group
Session Chair: “Prefabrication and Modular Construction for High-Rise Buildings”
Petar Mladenovic
Director - Middle East
Multiplex
Session Chair: “Gateway to Growth: The Dubai International Financial Centre”
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 Muscettola
Associate Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Session Chair: “Skybridges: What are the Opportunities?”
Ibrahim Odeh
Founding Director
Columbia University
Session Chair: “Planning and Construction Management”
Peter Pardoe
Regional Director - Buildings
Arcadis
Session Chair: “Managing the Skybridge: Operational Aspects”
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”
Daniel Safarik
CTBUH Editor
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Session Chair: “Polycentrism and the Future of Urbanism”
Ole Scheeren
Principal
Buro Ole Scheeren
“What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
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”
Dario Trabucco
Research Manager
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Session Chair: “Vertical + Horizontal Landscaping”
Christian Vasquez
Architect, Business Development Executive
National Engineering Bureau
Session Chair: “Towards Net-Zero Energy Skyscrapers”
James von Klemperer
President
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
“A Permeable and Polycentric Urbanism: The Atlantis and Other Projects”
Chris Wan
Head of Design Management
Masdar
Session Chair: “High-Performance Buildings Taking Center Stage”
May Wei
Vice President
CallisonRTKL
Session Chair: “What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Polycentric Cities?”
Christopher Wodzicki
Engineering Services Director
BuroHappold Engineering
Session Chair: “Capturing the Future in 3D”
Antony Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Session Chair: “Polycentric Developments in the Middle East”
Antony Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
