Prof. Kincho H. Law
Ph.D. , M.S. , B.S. , B.A.
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Informatics Group, Stanford University, USA

Kincho H. LAW is currently a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. His research has been focused on computing, information and communication technologies in engineering. He has published over 400 articles in journals and conference proceedings. He was the recipient of the ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Award in 2011. He has received a number Best Paper Awards, including ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference in 2015, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering in 2014, ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering in 2013, and the 6th and the 4th International Conference on Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) in 2012 and 2010, respectively. He acts as Editorial Board Member of Journal of Engineering with Computers, International e-Journal on IT in Construction (ITCON), Journal on Advances in Engineering Software, and ASTM Journal on Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems. He has also served as an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Computing Information and Science in Engineering and a Senior Specialty Editor of ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.

Keynote Speech Title: "Applications of Computing and AI in Engineering"

Prof. Chimay J. Anumba
FREng , Ph.D., D.Sc., Dr.h.c. , CEng/PE , FICE , FIStructE , FASCE
Dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, USA

Professor Chimay Anumba is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the United Kingdom’s National Academy of Engineering. 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 for outstanding scientific contributions to Building and Construction Engineering. His research interests are in the fields of advanced engineering informatics, concurrent engineering, knowledge management, distributed collaboration systems, and intelligent systems. He has over 450 scientific publications in these fields and his work has received support worth over $150m from a variety of sources. He has also supervised more than 45 doctoral graduates and mentored over 20 postdoctoral scholars. He is a Chartered/Professional Engineer and Fellow of the ICE, IStructE and ASCE.

Keynote Speech Title: "Cyber-Physical Systems in Construction - Development Lessons and Future Directions"

Prof. Lucio Soibelman
Ph.D. , M.S. ,B.S.
Professor and Chair, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, USA

Professor Soibelman obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering Systems at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1998. He then started as an Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. In 2004, he moved as an Associate Professor to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and in 2004 was promoted to Professor. In 2012, he joined University of Southern California as the Chair of the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research areas include advanced data acquisition, management, visualization, and mining for construction and operations of advanced infrastructure systems. He published over 100 books, book chapters, journal papers, conference articles, and reports and performed research with funding from many different funding agencies, such as NSF, NASA, DOE, US Army, NIST, IBM, and RedZone Robotics. He is the current chief editor of the ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Journal. He received the ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Award in 2010 and the 2011 FIATECH Outstanding Researcher Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation Award in 2012. In recent years, he has been providing consulting services on BIM implementation in Brazil.

Keynote Speech Title: "BIM and IT in Construction - The Research and Practice Gap"

Prof. Xiangyu Wang
Ph.D. , M.S. , B.S.
Curtin-Woodside Chair Professor for Oil, Gas & LNG Construction and Project Management; Curtin Director of Australasian Joint Research Centre for Building Information Modelling (BIM), Department of Construction Management, Curtin University, Australia

Professor Wang is currently the College of Experts of ARC (Australian Research Council) and received 2016 nomination for Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE). Prof. Wang is an internationally recognised leading researcher in the field of Construction IT, BIM, Lean, Productivity, Computational Methods for Engineering, Data Analytics, Visualization Technologies, Megaproject Management, and Training, having obtained over USD $ 10 Million research funds and published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has presented over 30 keynote and plenary speeches at international research and industrial conferences on BIM, construction and project management. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Visualization in Engineering which is an international research journal hosted by Springer-Verlag. His work with Woodside Energy Ltd., Shell Ltd., and other 40 industrial partners, win numerous awards and has dozens of global media exposures.

Keynote Speech Title: "Towards Smart Industry in Construction: A Pathway of Converging Research"

Prof. Calvin Kam
Ph.D. , AIA , PE , LEED AP
Director of Industry Programs and Adjunct Professor, Stanford University's Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), USA

Dr. Calvin Kam is the Founder and CEO of Strategic Building Innovation | bimSCORE—the "GPS Navigator" for construction innovation. He is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), where he specializes in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Smart City Developments, and Management Scorecards. He is the Senior Program Expert and a Co-founder of the National 3D-4D-BIM Program with GSA Public Buildings Service. He is an appointed international BIM expert for Singapore Building Construction Authority, Shanghai Municipal Government’s BIM Center, and the only international Honorary Director of the China National BIM Union and Standards. He is serving on the Research Advisory and International Practice Committees of the American Institute of Architects; he was AIA’s former National Co-Chairman of AIA Center for Integrated Practice and AIA-TAP Knowledge Community. He was a recipient of various AIA, ASCE, SOM, Stanford University and ENR’s “20 under 40” honors/awards.

Keynote Speech Title: "Global VDC Adoption - Insights into Best Practices and Challenges"

Prof. Rafael Sacks
D.Sc. , M.S. ,B.Sc.
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental engineering, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Rafael Sacks’ research focuses on the synergies of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean Construction. Research at his Virtual Construction Lab at the Technion includes development of BIM-enabled lean production control systems; innovative approaches to BIM interoperability; BIM systems for earthquake search, rescue and recovery; and design for safety. Prof. Sacks was Head of Structural Engineering and Construction Management in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 2012-2015. He is a co-author of the “BIM Handbook”.

Keynote Speech Title: "Implementing Intelligent Semantic Enrichment - the SeeBridge Project"

Ms. Ada Fung, BBS, JP
Deputy Director of Housing (Development & Construction), Hong Kong Housing Authority
Chairperson, Working Group on Roadmap for BIM Implementation Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong

Ms. Ada Fung, JP is the Deputy Director of Housing serving the Hong Kong Housing Authority. She supervises the Development & Construction Division of the Housing Department, overseeing all facets of work covering project management, planning, design and contract management, as well as establishing operational policies on procurement, design, construction, quality, performance assessment, dispute resolution, research and development, safety and the environment for public housing development in Hong Kong. She is the Chairperson of the Working Group on Roadmap for BIM Implementation at Hong Kong Construction Industry Council (CIC). She is an active member in the architectural field as well as in the construction industry in Hong Kong. She is Chairperson of CIC’s Committee on Construction Safety, Chairperson of the APEC Architect Monitoring Committee of Hong Kong (2012 – 2016), one of the directors of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, past Chairperson of the Architects Registration Board (2010 – 2011), Immediate President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (2013 – 2014).

Keynote Speech Title: "BIM in Hong Kong: What is your contribution?"

Ir Kevin Poole
Executive Director, Hong Kong Airport Authority, Hong Kong

Kevin Poole is an Executive Director of the Hong Kong Airport Authority and independently responsible for the direct management of the planning, concept development, feasibility study, engineering, design, procurement and implementation of all capital works projects undertaken by the Authority. He has more than 30 years of experience in the building and civil engineering field specializing in major multi-disciplined infrastructure and building projects. In the UK, he was involved in the construction management teams on the London Docklands’ Connaught Crossing and the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge over the Thames at Dartford. Experience in Hong Kong includes as a senior member of a consultant team working for Government clients of tube tunnel, highway and reclamation projects. He is a member of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) in Hong Kong and Chairman of the Committee on Environment at CIC.

Keynote Speech Title: "BIM Technology enabled Smart Airport Design and VR Applications in Third Runway Development"

Mr. Tai Fatt Cheng
Deputy Managing Director, BCAA and BERII, Building and Construction Authority, Singapore

Mr. Tai Fatt CHENG is currently a Deputy Managing Director of two groups in Building and Construction Authority (BCA), namely BCA Academy and Built Environment Research & Innovation Institute. In BCA Academy, he oversees the various built environment training programmes from tradesman to post-graduate. In the Built Environment Research and Innovation Institute, he is responsible for driving BIM/VDC adoption in the Singapore. He helped to formulate the BIM roadmap and is tasked to drive the wide adoption of BIM across the industry to improve construction productivity. He was directly involved in the development and implementation of CORENET e-Submission system in Singapore. He is also an active member of buildingSMART Singapore Chapter.

Keynote Speech Title: "Building BIM Capacity in Singapore"

Mr. Kuang Jiazhi
General Manager (Department of Architectural Digitalization and BIM), China Construction Design International, China

Mr. Kuang, is currently a certified Senior Engineer and General Manager of the Department of Architectural Digitalization and BIM at China Construction Design International (CCDI), the largest private design company in China. He oversees research, technical advancement, project management, quality assurance and standards drafting of BIM for the company. He holds a BA degree in Engineering of Thermal Energy from Northeastern University (China). He has devoted himself in the AEC industry for over 20 years, and in building digitalization and BIM for over 10 years. He also act as the Vice Director of Beijing Exploration and Design Information Committee, Special Consultant of Tsinghua University National BIM Research Group, and Member of the Drafting Committee of Beijing Civilian Architecture BIM Standard. He supervised the utilization of BIM for a serials of iconic building projects in China, such as Tianjin Ship Terminal (2008), Wanda Xishuangbanna Theater (2012), Longfor Changyingtianjie Residence Area (2012), Shenzhen Pingan Tower (2012), and Beijing Z15 Tower (2013).

Keynote Speech Title: "Integrated Management of BIM Design and Construction in Mainland China"

Ir Francis Leung
Founding Chairman, The Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling, Hong Kong

Ir Francis Leung is the Founding Chairman of The Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling. He is a Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Registered Structural Engineer. Ir Leung has been developing BIM from an engineering consultant perspective and now in an enterprise approach. In New World, a BIM team is established for the BIM modelling and information management as well as the development of BIM Standards and Workflow.

Keynote Speech Title: "BIM Implementation in Mainland and HK: Similarity & Difference"