2024 CIFE Summer Program

08:00 AM - 08:30 AM

Coffee, light breakfast, and registration

08.30 AM - 08.40 AM

Welcome and introduction to the Summer Program
by Martin Fischer, Kumagai Professor of Engineering and Director of CIFE

08:40 AM - 09:30 AM

Keynote on AI and Applications
by Guido Appenzeller, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Break

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Panel on Applications of AI in AECO moderated by Martin Fischer
Panelists:

• Hrishi Maha, Leader AI/ML and Data, DPR Construction

• Melody Spradlin, VP Global Workplace Services, KLA, CH Yeoh, APAC GWS, Senior Director, KLA, Marlaina Thompson, Global MEP Engineer, KLA, and Yan-Ping Wang, Founder and CEO, iDRC

• John Rewolinski, Scheduling Lead

• Niels Falk, CEO, HD Lab, and Peter Fangel, Managing Partner, BAUHERR

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Breakouts on Applications of AI in AECO

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch (catered)

01:30 PM - 02:20 PM

Keynote on Innovation and Sustainability
by Bill Barnett, The Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, and Organizations, Stanford Graduate School of Business

02:20 PM - 02:50 PM

Break

02:50 PM - 04:20 PM

Panel on Innovation and Sustainability in AECO, moderated by Eleni Alexandraki, PhD Candidate and Living Lab Fellow (23-24), Stanford University
Panelists:

• Claire Maxfield, Director, Atelier Ten

• Caroline Quinn, Director of Innovation, Autocase

• Brad Jacobson, Partner, EHDD and Founder, C.Scale

• David Kirk, Project Executive, Stanford University

04:20 PM - 05:10 PM

Breakouts on Innovation and Sustainability in AECO

05:10 PM - 05:30 PM                       

Concluding remarks for day 1
by Martin Fischer, Kumagai Professor of Engineering and Director of CIFE and program participants

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Networking reception on the Huang Terrace

Panel on VR in AECO moderated by Simge Girgin, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Panelists:

• Terry Raby, Global Workplace Design Director, Meta, Solon Stewart-Rose, Facilities Projects Lead North America, Meta, and Gabor Nagy, Global Workplace Research Lead, Meta, and James Abeyta, Workplace Design Manager North America, Meta

• Matt Breidenthal, Director of Engineering, HOK

• Varun Raja, LEED Green Associate, VDC Manager, DPR Construction

Panel on Applications of Robotics in Construction, moderated by Yaojing Huang He, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Panelists:

• Cynthia Brosque, Product Manager, SafeAI and Instructor of CEE327 Construction Robotics at Stanford University
• Simone Zatti, Director of Sales, Hilti North America
• Uriel Engle, Self-Perform Application Specialist, DPR Construction
• Mihir Somalwar, Innovation Lead, Hensel Phelps

Audience

1 Day Event (Tuesday or Wednesday)

Public

$400

CIFE Members/Non-Profit/VDC mentors

$200

University/Faculty/Students
(must use a university email to register)

$50