Programme for the Day

09:30	Welcome to buildingSMART Opening Address: Mark Bew, Vice-Chair of buildingSMART UK
09:45	Welcome to RIBA Sunand Prasad, President, RIBA
10:00	Keynote Address 1: The International Perspective Finland’s Strategy to Transform the Competitiveness of its Construction Industry 10 Years On: Arto Kiviniemi, VTT, Helsinki
10:30	Keynote Address 2: The Industry Imperative Setting the Strategic Direction for Change: Andrew Eastwell, Chief Executive, BSRIA
11:00	Refreshment Break Informal Discussions and Demonstrations of Supporting Software and Services
11:20	Panel Session 1: Putting Sustainability on the Agenda
	Sustainability Explained An overview of what it means and what is required: Wolfram Trinius, Trinius Consulting, Hamburg, Germany
	Problems and Solutions Sustainability, standards, BIM/IFC and public authorities’ roles in policy, procurement and regulation: Svein Erik Haagenrud, SINTEF, Norway and Project Leader STAND-INN

12:10	Build LONDON Live Work to achieve the objectives described in the conference is going on as we talk. We plug into the activities of teams as they work. – What is a BIM storm? – What has happened so far? – What do we think of the proposals? – What does it mean for the future? Co-ordinator Nicholas Nisbet, AEC3
12:50	Buffet Lunch Informal Discussion and Demonstrations of Supporting Software and Services
13:00	For CITE members and guests Electronic Trading and CITE AGM Worldwide and UK Developments: Kevin Smith, CITE

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14:00	Breakout Sessions (details below)
15:00	Panel Session 2: UK Case Studies
	The Journey The journey from separate teams, sequential processes and 2D CAD to integrated teams, concurrent engineering and interoperable: Tim Williams, BDP
	Health PFI The UK Government’s Private Finance Initiative (PFI) turns contractors into clients and building owners. As long-term asset-holders, they need the benefits of BIM and Interoperability: Miles Walker, HOK, and David Throssell, Skanska
	HQ Building Achievements to date and future needs: Ben Alderman, Zisman Bowyer & Partners
	Life Cycle Costing Including the use of analytical tools and future developments: Neal Kalita, Davis Langdon
	The Long Haul Interoperable BIM is part of the corporate strategy to make the Company more competitive: Graham Brierley, Laing O’Rourke
16:00	Refreshment Break Informal Discussions and Demonstrations of Supporting Software and Services
16:15	Panel Session 3: What the Competition is Doing
	United States: How US Federal Government Agencies (GSA, Coastguard, Army Corps of Engineers, International Code Council) are using IFC-compliant information systems to facilitate process and culture change in construction and FM: David Hammond, US Coastguard

	Norway: The Norwegian Government is adopting BIM and IFC for its construction programmes and for planning. How it is proceeding and the support it is getting from buildingSMART: Mikael Lye, National Office of Building Technology and Administration
	Worldwide: Developments elsewhere and BuildingSMART International’s plans to support users in implementation: Lars Christensen, CEO, BuildingSMART International
17:00	Build LONDON Live Update on progress Co-ordinator Nicholas Nisbet, AEC3
17:10	Lessons for the Future BuildingSMART UK’s plans to deliver value to its members as they strive towards a step change in performance: Mark Bew, Scott Wilson & vice chairman buildingSMART UK
17:30	For BuildingSMART UK members BuildingSMART UK AGM

Breakout Sessions:
workshops commencing at 14:00 hrs, preference to be expressed at the time of registration

Session 1: Standards for Managing the Life Cycle	The significance of standards in the quest for sustainability and improved information-sharing and processes, with insights from members of the EU supported STAND-INN team. Facilitator: Jeffrey Wix, BSI and AEC3
Session 2: Creating a Market for Sustainable Buildings	Sustainability will only happen widely when it has credibility in the market place. This will require good information on which customers can make informed decisions. How might they be achieved? Facilitators: Svein Haagenrud and Christopher Groome
Session 3: Life Cycle Costing and Life Cycle Management	The technical issues surrounding the linking of design data to cost analysis are considered alongside the organisational requirements to ensure that specifi ed outcomes are met at all stages in a facility’s life. Facilitators: Simon Rawlinson and Neal Kalita, Davis Langdon
Session 4: Reaping the Benefi ts of Downstream Analytical Applications	Experience on projects will be used to illustrate the needs of software users in the context of linking the BIM to analytical software tools by rethinking business processes and information strategies based on BIMs and interoperability. Facilitators: David Saffin, Zisman Bowyer & Partners, and Tom Dengenis, Synchro

buildingSMART UK Limited reserves the right to change the programme.