CIFE Summer Program 2023

07.45 AM - 08.15 AM

Arrival | Light breakfast

08.15 AM - 08.30 AM

Welcome by Martin Fischer

08.30 AM - 10.00 AM

Session 1  | Industrial and Infrastructure

Carlos Delgado Barrio de Mendoza, CEO, CGP Consultores Perú

• Topic "Delivering construction on time and with product enhancements"

Stefania Correa, Manager, Alvarez and Marsal

• Topic "1st VDC mentor-led program results"

Gunnar Dørheim, VDC Coordinator, VENI AS

• Topic "Virtual ICE-session in industrial scale project"

Tora Tjensvold, Design manager, BaneNOR

• Topic "VDC values for the client"

Panel session (20 min).

10.00 AM - 10.20 AM

Break

10.20 AM - 11.40 AM

Session 2 | Engineering Design 

Michael De Martin, CEO, Aicher, De Martin, Zweng AG

• Topic: "High efficient consulting"

Evelyne Jost, VDC Expert, FHNW

• Topic "BIM & fire protection in Switzerland"

Inge Handagard, Leader Digital Transformation, Norconsult

• Topic "Alvim Water Treatment Facility"

Øystein Løvdal Knutsen, Senior technical advisor at Nye Veier,  Vegard Brå, Project Manager of Project Development at Hent.

• Topic "Experiences from norwegian certificate program 2022/2023 from mentors and students"

Panel session (20 min)

11.40 AM - 12.30 PM

Lunch

12.30 PM - 01.50 PM

Session 3 | Construction Companies

Henrik Skjørstad, VDC Coordinator, GL Bygg AS

• Topic "The use of VDC as a framework and methodology for small construction projects and small to medium-sized businesses"

Christian Walle, Design manager, Skanska

• Topic "Accelerating Decisions, Eliminating Rework"

Ljupco Stoilov, Head BIM Buildings, Implenia

• Topic "VDC at project "DREIKLANG"

Yves Serventi, Project development VDC / BIM, ERNE AG Bauunternehmung

• Topic "VDC experience builder perspective"

Panel session (20 min)

01.50 PM - 02.20 PM

Break

02.20 PM - 03.20 PM

Session 4  | Multi-party integrated VDC

Alexandre Almeida Del Savio, Head of Scientific Research Institute, University of Lima

• Topic "IPD (VDC) implementation | Road map: a way to go..."

Antonio Furukawa, Senior Associate, Sasaki

• Topic "IPD (VDC) implementation | Design"

Omar Alfaro, Project Manager, COSAPI

• Topic "IPD (VDC) implementation | Contractor"

Ricardo Jara Ortiz, Managing Director, VDC Proyectos

• Topic "IPD (VDC) implementation | Supervisor"

Panel session (20 min)

03.20 PM - 03.40 PM

Break

03.40 PM - 05.00 PM

Session 5 | Global perspectives

Peter Scherer, VDC Expert, FHNW

• Topic "Global VDC - activities in Switzerland"

Eilif Hjelseth, Professor in BIM/ Digitalization + VDC at NTNU, Erik Gjørtz Langørgen, Project Manager at NCC, Thomas Iversen, Lead VDC manager at NCC.

• Topic "Global scaling of VDC | Academia – Industry Collaboration"

Calvin Kam, Founder & CEO, Min Song, Associate Director, and Jim Bedrick, Senior Industry Advisor, Strategic Innovation Building.

• Topic "Scaling Up VDC Globally"

Panel session (20 min)

05.00 PM - 05.15 PM

Reflection - Martin Fischer

05.15 PM 

Reception/Networking with Wine & Cheese

07.45 AM- 08:15 AM

Breakfast | Light breakfast

08.15 AM - 08.30 AM

Welcome by Martin Fischer

08:30 AM-10:00 AM

Session 6 - Emerging Technologies

Robert Otani, Chief Technology Officer at CORE Studio, Thornton Tomasetti

• Topic "CORE studio | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: COPILOT FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND BEYOND"

Mileta Pejovic, Senior BIM Manager at Bexel together with Stephen Hollstein, Sr. Manager of Schedule Integration at Clayco, and Kritika Agrawal, VDC Manager, Clayco.

• Topic "Driving Construction Innovation and Digital Transformation through technology partnerships"

Mitsuhiro Omata, Deputy Director Kawakami Dam Project, Obayashi Corporation

• Topic "Digital Transformation (DX) in Construction; Digital Twin Management @Kawakami Dam project"

Panel session (30 minutes)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Session 7 - Emerging Technologies

Aneesh Kulkarni, Chief Technology Officer, Rashi Singhania, Head of Growth, Strivr

• Topic "The Enterprise VR Platform | Revolutionizing workforce training with VR"

Taylor Gilmore, Operated Group Integrated Construction Director, Mortenson

• Topic "Collaborative VR Use on Hyperscale Data Center Projects"

Caner Dolas, CEO + Co-Founder, Gamma AR together with Stefan Gehder, Innovation Manager, GOLDBECK GmbH

• Topic "Advancing Construction Performance: The Synergy of Augmented Reality and Building Information Modeling in the Goldbeck Use Case, Empowered by GAMMA AR"

Panel session (30 minutes)

12:00 PM-12:50 PM

Lunch

12:50 PM-02:40 PM

Session 8 - Innovation and Knowledge Management

Aaron Chamberlin, Senior Transportation Engineer, CalTrans

Topic "CALMS A Connected Caltrans | Centralizing vision, standards, and data."

Patrick Theis, Managing Director and Partner, Drees & Sommer

• Topic "Corporate venture building"

Parker Mundt, Vice President, Platform, Suffolk Technologies

• Topic "Suffolk Technologies BOOST Program"

Pooja Jain, Senior Vice President, WSP

• Topic "Catalyzing Innovation through Strategic Partnerships"

Panel session (30 minutes)

02:40 PM-03:00 PM

Break

03:00 PM-04:50 PM

Session 9 - Innovation and Knowledge Management

Jon Berkoe, Digital Delivery Leader, ARUP

• Topic "Strategies for VDC Innovation in a Design-Build Environment"

Peter Scherer, VDC Expert, FHNW

• Topic "Optimizing project development - using integrated information"

Laurel Harrison, Design-to-Build Strategist, DPR

• Topic "Scaling up design-to-build strategy at a company level"

Calvin Kam, Founder & CEO, Min Song, Associate Director, Tony Rinella, Senior Industry Advisor, Strategic Innovation Building

• Topic "openBIM for Infrastructure: Seeing is Believing Initiative"

Panel session (30 minutes)

04:50 PM-05:00 PM

Reflection - Martin Fischer

2-Day Event

Public

CIFE Members/Non-Profit/VDC mentors

University/Faculty/Students

(must use a university email to register)

1-Day Event

Public

CIFE Members/Non-Profit/VDC mentors

University/Faculty/Students

(must use a university email to register)