Keynote
Speakers

Lille – France | 3rd to 5th November

Prof. Dr. Martin FISCHER

The Kumagai Professor of Engineering

Stanford University (USA)

Martin is known globally for his research and leadership in developing digital methods to increase the productivity of design and construction project teams, enhance the performance and sustainability of constructed facilities, and create new strategic opportunities for firms in the construction industry. His award-winning research results have been used operationally and strategically by many industrial and government organizations around the world. He is the lead author of the book “Integrating Project Delivery” published by Wiley in 2017, has written over 150 refereed journal articles and book chapters, and given over 200 keynote and plenary lectures. He has been or is the principal thesis advisor for over 70 Ph.D. students and has lived, worked, consulted, and taught in Europe, South America, North America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and Africa.

Chimay Anumba is a Professor and Dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. A Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, FREng, he holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK; a higher doctorate – D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) – from Loughborough University, UK; and an Honorary Doctorate (Dr.h.c.) from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. He has over 500 scientific publications and his work has received support worth over $160m from a variety of sources. He has also supervised 62 doctoral candidates to completion and mentored over 25 postdoctoral researchers. He is the recipient of the 2018 ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Award and is a member of the US National Academy of Construction (NAC).

Prof. Dr. Chimay ANUMBA

The University Of Florida

Prof. Dr. Tarek ZAYED

The Hong Kong Polytechnich University

Prof. Zayed has a Ph.D., M.Sc., and B.Sc. in Construction Engineering and Management. He has 30 years of professional experience working in the construction industry training and in academic posts in USA, Canada and abroad. Prof. Zayed conducted research on infrastructure management, simulation and artificial intelligent applications in construction, asset performance, scheduling, life cycle cost (LCC) analysis, budget allocation, and risk assessment for construction and rehabilitation of highways, oil and gas pipelines, water and sewer systems, and bridges. Recent developments include condition rating, deterioration, and LCC technology-based models for bridge deck; water, sewer, oil & gas pipelines; tunnels and metro stations; water / sewer treatment plant elements; and sustainability of buildings.

Prof. Ioannis Brilakis is the Laing O’Rourke Professor of Civil & Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and the Director of the Construction Information Technology Laboratory in the Division of Civil Engineering.

He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 2005. Prof. Brilakis began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005–2008) and later at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (2008–2012). In 2012, he joined the University of Cambridge as a Laing O’Rourke Lecturer, was promoted to Reader in 2017, and to Professor in 2021.

Prof. Dr. Ioannis BRILAKIS

University Of Cambridge

He has also held visiting posts at the Department of Computer Science, Stanford University as a Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Vision (2014) at the Technical University of Munich as a Visiting Professor, Leverhulme International Fellow (2018-2019), and Hans Fischer Senior Fellow (2019-2023), and as a Visiting or Honorary Professor at Tsinghua, HKU, CityU, HKUST, BJUT, and many other universities in Asia (2024-2026). He is a recipient of the 2024 IAARC Tucker-Hasegawa Award, the 2022 EC3 Scherer Award, 2022 EC3 Thorpe Medal, 2019 ASCE J. James R. Croes Medal, the 2018 ASCE John O. Bickel Award, the 2013 ASCE Collingwood Prize, the 2012 Georgia Tech Outreach Award, a 2010 NSF CAREER award, and a 2009 ASCE Associate Editor Award. Dr Brilakis is an author of over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, an Associate Editor of the ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE Construction Engineering and Management, Elsevier Automation in Construction, and Elsevier Advanced Engineering Informatics Journals, the

Prof. Dr. Thomas BOCK

Technical University of München

Pr. Bock’s research focuses on robotic construction as design, prefabrication, on-site robotics, robotic building maintenance and recycling. A further area of specialization includes life support systems, which are robotic environments inspired by space stations to empower elderly for independent life, work and mobility. Pr. Bock studied in Stuttgart, the IIT in Chicago, and in Tokyo. At the CNRS in France, he established the first European construction robotics commission. In 1989, he became Pr. for automation in construction management at Karlsruhe University, before being appointed to his chair at TUM in 1997. He is the co-founder and director of IAARC and the Asian Habitat Society and advises governments and academies worldwide. In 2017, he was awarded with the DFG Seibold award for 35 years of pioneering research in construction robotics. He has (co-)authored some 500 articles in various languages and holds several honorary and visiting professorships, professoral degrees, fellowships. He is also involved in editing several journals, and in publishing the world’s first book series on “Construction Robotics” at Cambridge University Press since 2015.