Themes
Theme 1
The Intelligent Enterprise
How organisations are embedding intelligence into decision-making, operations, and strategy.
- AI in construction decision-making (planning, cost, risk, scheduling)
- From data to insight: building data-driven organisations
- Digital twins as a decision-support tool
- Predictive analytics in project delivery and asset management
- AI governance, ethics, and responsible adoption
- Leadership in the age of AI: culture, change, and trust
- Integrating AI into existing business processes
- Data strategies: ownership, interoperability, and value creation
- Real-world case studies of AI deployment in construction
- Measuring ROI and business value from AI investments
- Cybersecurity and data protection in connected construction
- Intelligent asset management and lifecycle optimisation
Theme 2
Connected Disciplines
Integration across disciplines, organisations, and project phases.
- Integrated project delivery (IPD) and collaborative contracting models
- BIM maturity and next-generation collaboration workflows
- Interoperability between platforms, tools, and stakeholders
- Digital integration across design, construction, and operations
- Aligning architecture, engineering, construction, and FM
- Data sharing across supply chains: challenges and solutions
- Role of standards (ISO 19650, open data frameworks, etc.)
- Multi-disciplinary coordination using digital platforms
- Client-led integration: the role of public and private clients
- Breaking organisational silos: lessons from industry case studies
- Connecting sustainability, design, and delivery teams
- Integration of infrastructure and building systems
Theme 3
New Ways of Building
How construction methods are evolving through industrialisation and technology.
- Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) adoption strategies
- Productisation in construction: from projects to products
- Platform-based approaches to housing and infrastructure
- Automation in construction processes (on-site and off-site)
- Robotics in manufacturing, assembly, and inspection
- 3D printing and advanced manufacturing techniques
- Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA)
- Offsite construction: scaling, quality, and productivity
- Supply chain transformation for MMC delivery
- Integration of digital design and manufacturing systems
- Case studies of MMC delivery in Ireland and internationally
- Lean construction and process optimisation
- Barriers to adoption: commercial, regulatory, cultural