Westminster Digital Business Symposium 2021

2nd Westminster Digital Business Symposium: Digital Construction

23 February 2021: Online

About this event

Digital technologies are transforming the landscape of the modern construction industry by improving the ways in which built assets are developed and maintained throughout their lifecycle. Mature information modelling and management practices are increasingly helping the industry to better respond to continuously evolving socio-economic needs ranging, for example, from optimal thermal comfort and occupancy levels to more extraordinary concerns, such as how to manage the safety and well-being of people during a pandemic.

The theme of the 2nd Westminster Digital Business Symposium is Digital Construction. The academic and industrial speakers of this symposium will discuss current issues of the modern construction industry such as digital twins, data management, smart cities and collaboration in the digital built environment.

We invite academics, students, practitioners and anyone interested in Digital Construction to participate in this event.

The link to the online symposium will be communicated to all registered participants prior to the event.

Schedule

14:00 - 14:05: Welcome by Peter Bonfield (Vice Chancellor of the University of Westminster)

14:05 - 14:20: Introduction by Sergio de Cesare (Professor of Digital Business, University of Westminster)

14:20 - 14:40 The Importance of Data that Oil our Cities by Olga Alexandrova (Account Manager, Bentley Systems - Digital Twins for Engineering, Construction & Asset Management)

14:40- 15:00: The National Digital Twin by Mark Enzer (CTO of Mott MacDonald and Chair of CDBB's Digital Framework Task Group)

15:00 – 15:10: Break

15:10 - 15:30: Effective Collaboration to Deliver the Digital Built Environment: Transforming the Perceived Norms by Jason Underwood (Professor of Digital Built Environments, University of Salford)

15:30 – 15:50: 3D Digital Visualisation of Cities and Projects by Alex Tosetti (Chief Commercial Officer, VU.CITY)

15:50 - 16:20: Discussion Panel with Q&A