Draft Programme This programme is subject to change.
Shaping the Future of Construction
08:00 - 09:00 Registration & Networking
09:00 - 09:05 Conference Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr. Alan Hore, Co-Founding Director, CitA
09:05 - 09:10 Morning Plenary Address
Dr. Claire Penny, Partner Strat-ergy and Director, CitA
09:10 - 09:20 Ministerial Address
Seán Canney TD, Minister of State at the Department of for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports
09:20 - 09:30 Regional Address
Tomás Kelly, AECOM, President of Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
09:30 - 09:50 Keynote
Frederic Vaeremans, Director of Digital Solutons, TetraTech The industry that builds the world must now build its AI capability: A practical roadmap to AI adoption for Construction leaders
09:50 - 10:10 Keynote
Mairéad Morgan, Community Lead at Forma, Autodesk Making Agentic Workflows Work for AEC Teams
10:10 - 10:25 Platinum Sponsor
Daniel Byron, Senior DPS Project Lead, BAM Ireland Design Collaboration in Autodesk Forma: Reducing Manual Effort and Streamlining Model Coordination
10:25 - 10:40 Platinum Sponsor
Jonathan Reinhardt, Consultant Director and Ciaran McLoughlin, Autodesk Technical Consultant, NTI Digital Solutions Ireland From Construction to Operations: An Intelligent Asset Journey with Copilot
10:40 - 10:55 Q&A
10:55 - 11:25 Coffee break, Exhibition & Networking
Breakouts Connacht 1 Connacht 2 Connacht 3
From BIM to Integration: Connecting Design & Delivery Chair (TBA) Immersive Technology Zone Chair (TBA) Connected by Difference: Diversity, Disciplines & Collaboration Chair (TBA)
11:25 - 11:40 Rubens Lage Lopes Grangegorman Development Agency Co-Ordination is NOT Clash Detection: How to Measure What Matters John Kerrigan Ireland Manager, Leica-Geosystems Survey Workflows from Leica Geosystems RTC700 Laser Scanner Joanne White Founder and Director Women in Construction Ireland Beyond the Technology: Transforming Construction Through People, Diversity and Innovation
11:40 - 11:55 Davitt Lamon Head of BIM, NSAI Patterns, Problems, Progress: What seven years of audit evidence tells us about ISO 19650 Oliver Murray Matterport Specialist, Hitechniques Limited Reality Capture: Connecting the Physical and Digital Built Environment Mary Flynn Assistant Chief Quantity Sureyor, Dublin City Council
11:55 - 12:10 Hayley McAvoy BIM Lead Coordinator, ENGDOC BIM Specialists, Galway City Council Offices The reality of day-to-day tasks in BIM Integration & Delivery RIB Software Speaker to be confirmed Gerard Nicholson and Mark Costello Lecturer, ATU Galway , Director at Tetra Tec Europe and Adjunct Lecturers ATU Digital Infrastructure Design WorldSkills
12:10 - 12:25 Zulkefly Abu Baker BIM Coordinator, MCA Architecture BIM Beyond Automation: Human–Machine Collaboration with AI and Web3 Mohammad Benotmane 3D Team Lead, Evercam Sébastien Cliche BIM Manager & Head of Digital Innovation Tetra Tech Beyond the Headset
Connecting Reality Capture, BIM and Spatial Awareness at Tetra Tech
12:25 - 12:40 Available slot Available slot Available slot
12:40 - 13:40 Lunch and Networking (Optional Stadium Tour)
Breakouts Connacht 1 Connacht 2 Connacht 3
Building Differently: MMC, Offsite & Advanced Manufacturing Chair (TBA) Connected Disciplines: Data, Integration & Delivery Chair (TBA) Scaling MMC: Skills, Capability & Adoption Chair (TBA)
13:40 - 13:55 Gavin Fox Business Development Manager, CPAC Modular This Isn't a School. It's a Platform.
- From Prefabs to Industrialised Construction 		Alex Small Manufacturers Information Hub, Founder and Project Lead Is interoperable product data a myth? Or does it just need a Hub? Suzanne Purcell and Polina Shost Director CitA and Project Co-Ordinator Skillnet MMC Accelerate Skillnet MMC Accelerate: From Industry Insight to Business Impact
13:55 - 14:10 Darragh Ryan Head of Commercial at Remagin Ireland by Etex Supply Chain Integration Accross Offsite Construction Bronagh Carty and Mikey Ryan Commercial Director, John Paul Construction , Group Operations Director, Kirby Group Engineering Padraig Boland FET Manager Strategic Projects, National Construction Campus, Mt. Lucas Upskilling the Transition: People, Practice, and Modern Construction
14:10 - 14:25 HTL Technologies (Speaker TBC) Dan O’Gorman Community engagement consultant, GS1 Ireland Digital continuity across disciplines, organisations, systems through nine (9) lifecycle stages Alan Hore and Daria Choromanska Director at CitA and Training Manager, CitA Skillnet CitA Skillnet: From Training to Leadership
14:30 - 14:35 Afternoon Plenary Address
David Philp, Chief Value Officer, Bentley Systems and Director CitA
14:35 - 14:55 Keynote
Nata Zaman, Deputy Director of Equipping, Secretary General for Global Clinic Engineering Alliance, New Hospital Programme UK
14:55 - 15:15 Keynote
Pat Kirwan, Associate Director, Head of Industrialised Design and Construction, President of the European Association for Industrialised Construction
15:15 - 15:30 Platinum Sponsor
Cillian Kelly, Head of Digital Project Delivery AI won't Build the Future: People Will: Building an Intelligent Industry Through People, Data & Technology
15:30 - 15:45 Platinum Sponsor
Eugene Corrigan, Associate Director with KOSMOS To replace fragmented collaboration with shared commercial clarity
15:45 - 16:00 Q&A
16:00 Closing Address
Dr. Alan Hore, Conference Chair