Mazwan has over 30 years of working experience in undertaking major turnkey projects involving oil & gas development, high speed railways, steel processing plant and major infrastructural projects. He has extensive knowledge in project planning and scheduling specifically in the schedule management area including setting-up project planning system, management & control during project execution and schedule contingency quantifications through schedule risk management. At PETRONAS, he is responsible in ensuring technical compliance in project planning, provides advisory and consultancy services to projects as well as contributes to the talent and competency development by the introduction of best practices through the development and enhancement of project control procedures and guidelines.

Ahmed AbouAlfa is a Digital innovator and expert in transforming rigid data into a smooth feasible framework by reflecting Business Intelligence methodologies and Digital Strategy techniques and leveraging digital technologies in all fields to meet the business demands. Digital Business Strategy & Transformation Specialists in many industries employ Agile Project Management, Design Thinking, and Digitalization. Advisor in AECO Industry, Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) Manager, with Architecture background in addition to MBA with a Merit recently in Strategic Management from YSJ in the UK along with many credentials and certificates from different professional bodies and institutes worldwide.

Abdelrahman has 14 years of diverse digital construction experience (Steel Fabrication, Software Provider, Design, Environment/Energy, & Construction) with 2 Masters's degrees and one scientific publication. Besides, he has strong experience in Computational Design, 4D, and Laser Scanning. He was the BIM Manager (Program) for the busiest and largest airports worldwide, DXB & AMI (40bn$). He is currently BIM Manager for the DGDA 1 portfolio in KSA. He is also an Advisory Council Member at the UAE Society of Engineers, Digital Engineering Chapter. Abdelrahman has strong knowledge in AI/ML, Bl

Mohamed Adel is currently the East BIM/VDC Manager for Bird Construction, where he oversees the Digital Transformation and implementation of BIM/VDC in Bird Eastern region. Mohamed has a combined 12+ years of comprehensive experience in Digital Construction and project management that allowed him to lead the transformation on such a large scale like Bird. He has a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Ain Shams University, a diploma of project management from the American University in Cairo and Digital Transformation from London Business School. Prior to joining Bird, Adel has worked in various organizations and countries, e.g., ALEC, a large multi-disciplinary construction company in Dubai.

Georgie has 20 years' experience in business change management, project controls and functional leadership and has worked in the nuclear, oil and gas and banking industries. Georgie is passionate about the project controls profession and sees behaviours, passion and leadership skills as the keys to success.

Manesh Alias is the COO of Wrench Solutions. With hands-on domain knowledge based on over 20 years of experience in the digitization of the EPC industry, he has spearheaded the successful adoption of SmartProject technology across landmark projects in Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, and Real Estate for some of the world's largest global players. Manesh balances the pioneering Wrench spirit with a relentless sense of practicality and realism and combines his knowledge of what is possible through digitization with his experience of where the limits of digitization lie to give his clients

Dr. Vittal Anantatmula received a MS and DSc from George Washington University and a BE (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) from Andhra University. He is a professor in the College of Business at Western Carolina University and has been working there since 2005. He also taught at George Washington University for seven years. Dr. Anantatmula is a certified project management professional (PMP) and was a director of the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center (PMI-GAC) from 2016 to 2021. He is elected to serve as a member of the Academic Insight Team of the Project Management Institute. He has authored more than 80 publications, 10 books, 10 book chapters and 60 conference papers. He is a recipient of Australia’s Endeavour Executive Fellow. Dr. Anantatmula is a Global guest professor at Keio University in Japan since 2014 and a visiting professor at Skema Business School, France.

Industrial Engineer. Certified project management, scheduling and risk professional. Director and Founder of Appian Global Solutions and Consultant specialist in project controls. Worked in construction, mining, and Oil & Gas industry. Experience in planning, scheduling, costs, claims, contract and risk management.

PROJECT PLANNING & COST CONTROL PROFESSIONAL (B-Tech, MBA,PMP®)Seeking challenging managerial assignments, offering 14+ years of imperative industrial experience
• Astute professional with progressive experience in driving business growth & fostering efficiency while executing multi-faceted projects.
• Currently spearheading efforts as Sr. Planner – HILL International.
• Expertise in building/optimizing organizational processes along with deploying enhancement measures to maximize efficiency for optimum productivity, while meeting business objectives & vision.
• Professional competencies in mobilizing & judiciously managing resources; structured inputs across project planning, designing, scheduling & monitoring to ensure timely project accomplishment.

Engr. Johnson Olugbenleke Awoyomi- FNSE, FNSChE, FOSHA, CCP, CEP, PMP was the immediate pas Managing Director of National Engineering Company (NETCO) – a subsidiary company of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). Currently, he is the Principal Consultant of Cost Engineering and Project Controls Services Limited He is the current Regional Director of the Region 9 (Africa and Europe) of the AACE International supervising the Section Presidents in both Europe and Africa and he was the immediate past President of the Nigerian Section of the AACE International.

Bernardo is a Civil Engineer graduated from UFRGS and Co-founder of Climb Consulting, the company tlounched Construction Innovation Forum in Porto Alegre. He holds a Master's degree in Lean Construction and a PhD candidate in Construction Management with a focus on Innovation at PPGCI-UFRGS. He has more than 10 years of experience in implementing Lean Construction and Operational Excellence consulting projects in development and infrastructure projects in Brazil, Africa and the Caribbean. Since 2018, he has been engaged in open innovation processes and encouraging the implementation

Santosh Bhat has been planning and scheduling for over two decades across a range of projects in the Australasian region. Having worked across a diverse range of project and corporate planning and controls roles for major contractors,including governance, assurance, systems and knowledge management. Based in Sydney, Australia Santosh now operates as an independent consultant offering planning, scheduling and schedule risk analysis services and is also Co-Founder of Linear Project Software, developing the Time Location charting application “Turbo-Chart”.

Dr. Bouhou, Vice President at ASLPM, is a project controls and construction claims and litigation expert. As a project controls professional, she provides planning, scheduling, change order evaluation and cost controls services contractors, subcontractors and owners, on large scale projects, including infrastructure, commercial, healthcare, as well as military projects requiring DoD cost-loaded schedule reporting and time impact analysis requirements services. As a construction and claims & litigation expert, she performs schedule delay analysis, productivity impact assessments, damages qua

Dr Jon Broome is a recognised expert on contract strategy and the NEC contract form, having had books, academic papers and numerous articles published on the topic. For the last twenty-five years, he has been an independent consultant on these topics, trading through his own company, Leading Edge Projects Consulting Ltd. As well as giving training on these topics, Jon has helped put together contractual frameworks worth billions of pounds and been an expert witness on disputes worth £100’s of millions. In addition, Jon was chair of the Association for Project Management’s Contracts and Procurement SIG for some 10 years and is currently the association’s joint chair.

Rob joined InEight in March 2018 as Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific. Rob is responsible for sales and general operations of InEight throughout the Asia Pacific region. Before joining InEight, Rob was director of operations for ECI Solutions, leading sales and operations for its Australian business. Previous to that, he was chief operating officer with TeamBinder, as it secured the use of its system on over $100b worth of projects, including numerous Government infrastructure projects and contractors from across the globe. Prior to that, Rob was general manager for IBISWorld Business Information. Rob started his career in London, working in marketing and public relations, following an education that saw him switch from database and systems management to marketing and communications. Rob has led sales and operations for a range of cloud-based product and service organizations, with significant experience in leading high growth software business servicing the construction and

Charlotte Candy leads a team of 20 risk managers within the UK at AECOM. She is a certified IRM Fellow with a construction and legal background. She has 17 years’ experience within the industry. Charlotte has led teams across Nuclear, Water, Rail and Infrastructure domains for both public and private sector clients. She has a passion for increasing knowledge and understanding of risk management by creating lasting legacies for her clients. Charlotte enjoys applying traditional risk theory in creative environments.

Maran Chandraraja is the Certified Change Specialist with K-Pintar Sdn Bhd. He is also a Business Process Management Specialist and was involved in many process automation projects around the region. He has vast experience in providing consultation, technology advisory and business solutions in the area of Digital Transformation while working with top customers in the APAC region. In one of his previous roles as Senior Principal Business Analyst with one of the top 10 oil and gas company in the world, he provided thought leadership, digital strategy, drive user adoption, and sweating digital assets to achieve their ROI. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree (Hon) in Applied Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia and has attended Executive Leadership Program from Cranfield School of Management, UK on Strategy & Performance Measures in 2013.

Jordan Christensen is a construction professional with 20 years' experience in the field and a Takt guru for 10 years. He is an innovator that constantly envisions ways to improve workflows and processes. His passion is continuous improvement, and seeks to enact forward change in the industry. He has extensive experience in various roles and is well-versed in project management methodologies, process engineering, organizational change management, risk management, project planning, team building, ommunication, technical implementations of change, and software creation collaborations.

Paul Darling is currently a senior trainer with Project Controls Solutions. He is a retired Army Infantry Officer and graduate of the United States Military Academy and US Army War College. While in uniform, he served as a commander at all levels from Platoon to Regiment as well as serving as the Branch Chief for Plans, Strategy and Policy at the National Guard Bureau in Washington DC . Following retirement he has served as a Control Account Manager, Program Manager, senior trainer and curriculum developer. He is a Project Management Professional and Certified Scrum Master. He is the author of dozens of professional papers on military tactics and strategy as well as the book, Taliban Safari from the University Press of Kansas.

Kunal Dubey is an APAC Technical Solutions Executive for Autodesk Construction Solutions. He has experience in providing solutions via technology integration in business, software and processes. He is always keen to try new gadgets related to construction, virtual reality, augmented reality, and is constantly learning about new tools to transform the construction industry.

David has worked in Portfolios, Programmes and Projects since 1990.

As an apprentice at Westland Helicopters, he did Manufacturing at Loughborough then worked in consulting and software companies then freelance with Balfour Beatty and Sainsbury before forming CPS in 1995, delivering project management solutions and recruitment before expanding to more Microsoft technology solutions. David was Head of Professional Services and is now Chairman.

Recently he founded the Core P3M Data Club (community interest company) seeding an example data model based on the Praxis Framework, which was extended into a model for Business Integrated Governance (BIG).

David more recently co-Founded Deepteam and works with organisations to improve "strategy to delivery", offering a radically different engagement approach.

Project Control Manager expertise gained through over 16+ years' experience in mega Design, Construction, and Consultancy projects in various industries including but not limited to Oil/Gas Onshore & Offshore, Cities Infrastructure, High Rise Buildings / Hotels, and Residential projects.

Tamer Elgohari is widely known for his Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), innovation, and project management expertise. He took the lead on the VDC implementation in various locations and projects across the globe, including UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, USA, UK, Netherlands, and Morocco. Currently, he is working as a Digital Innovation Manager for ASGC Group in the UAE.

Tamer is specialized in 4D/ 5D BIM, innovation, and construction project management solutions. He is a member of the 4D construction group, also Tamer is the 4D BIM section editor for BIM Arabia Magazin

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Leonardo is a Project Controls professional with more than 30 years experience in the construction, steel, mining, and energy industries. He has worked on many projects from development to commissioning, both in Australia and 6 countries overseas, and worked with EPCMs and Owner Organisations. Leonardo is a structural engineer and holds a masters in Project Management. He has a passion for project controls, and teaching about his profession. He presently lectures part-time for the University of NSW and Swinburne University in Cost Management, Risk Management, Procurement and Contract Admin. Leonardo is the National Chair of the Australian Cost Engineering Society (ACES), a Technical Society under Engineers Australia (EA). Recently Leonardo joined Project Portfolio Management as their Project Controls Lead with one remit to expand the knowledge of PPM project staff in project controls and to train younger staff in this area also but not necessarily as project controls team members.

Associated Director for Mace Group, Member of the Association of Project Managers and Chartered Civil Engineer with over 10 years working in the Construction Industry in the United Kingdom, Middle East and Latin America within marine, education, healthcare, commercial, hospitality and residential.

Recent focus has shifted from single project to delivering major programmes that have included Dubai Expo 2020, Autoridad de Reconstrucción Con Cambios and PEIP Escuelas Bicentenario.

Roles have included Project Engineer, Project Management and Procurement Management, fro

DJ Gibbs is a Senior Digital Manager at Gammon. He is part of the leadership team responsible for setting the digital strategy, implementing change and realising value across the organisation. DJ is a strong advocate of 4D modelling.

Jennifer is an industry leader with more than twenty years of experience in delivering outstanding results for building and construction projects.She has served on numerous boards and committees such as National Association of Women in Construction, where she was the QLD president for three years, Qld Government's Ministerial Construction Council and Building Construction & Maintenance Category Council, and leadership and diversity committees for Property Council Australia and Australian Institute of Project Management. Her project experience across industries has provided her with diversity of thought in delivery. Delivering projects for the client, and as the client, has provided her greater knowledge for what success looks like across the project. Her leadership roles, particularly external to work, have provided her with better leadership skills, strategic development, and the joy of empowering others to achieve through collaboration and innovation.

Anil is passionate about Project Controls and working in multiple capacities for implementation and enhancement of this growing subject i.e., Managing Director of Projcon Group (Project Controls Consultancy), Founder of Project Controls Online (Global Project Controls e-network and knowledge base), Project Manager for Project Controls Expo (Largest Project Controls event/- show) and finally, Founder and Program Director at Project Controls Institute (Blended Project Controls learning platform), Anil's professional experience spans over 19 years at corporate and field offices offering diverse and in-depth exposure to implementation of Project Controls on a range of EPC Projects (Oil & Gas- upstream and downstream, CCU - Carbon Capture Units, Power Projects and Pipelines). Registrations, Certifications, Publications & Voluntary Contribution. IEng registration with Engineering Council, UK Holds Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) and Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) certifications.

Prof. Amit Goel has over 20 years of experience in academics and industry. He has served at various administrative levels including leadership positions in various Universities. His research interests are in the area of Road Asset Management Systems including the development of robotic structural condition evaluation systems. He has been involved in many sponsored research and consultancy projects from Government and private sectors. He has published numerous papers in reputed international Journals and conferences, and is also a reviewer of reputed journals. He has given technical presentations at international conferences held at USA, Germany and Singapore. He has been an invited speaker in various institutional events and chaired conference sessions. His team was National winner in BIM-Design competition and represented India at Autodesk University Conference, USA, 2013.

Manager and team leader on the Capital Programmes & Projects division formed by two of the biggest Consulting firms around the world, currently working on Organizational changes and Digital Transformation for the Construction industry: Mature PMOs, Data Analytics, Blockchain, and Smart Contracts. More than 10 years of experience in Engineering & Construction around Latin America with proven commercial and negotiation skills developed by the Harvard Business School. A experimented professional in project risk management and in the implementation and monitoring of PMOs with a high level of ma

Co-founder and Digital Delivery expert at WiiGroup, driven by a profound passion for Construction Innovation and Project Controls. My expertise revolves around helping companies implement digital construction and developing intelligent reporting systems. Throughout my career, I've worked and provided consultancy services to prominent multinational corporations across Europe, the UK, and the Middle East, primarily focusing on commercial, residential, and infrastructure sectors. In my commitment to knowledge sharing, I have been privileged to serve as an lecturer for the International Master's Degree in BIM Management . Furthermore, I have had the honor of imparting my insights as a keynote speaker and panelist at more than 20 international conferences held in diverse countries, including the UK, Ireland, the USA, North Africa, and the GCC.

John has close to 20 years’ experience in Data and Analytics, specialising in Machine Learning (ML), in which he completed a PhD to predict Customer Churn using ML technologies. With much of his career spent as a consultant, John has applied his skill set across a plethora of industry sectors including Mining, Telecommunications, Banking, Utilities, and Agriculture. As a pioneer in his field, John has led many organisations through their Digital Transformation, from Data Warehouse planning and design, right the way through to the implementation of Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning based solutions that has released business value to industry, well in excess of $100m.

Andrew Harris joined InEight in 2018 as Vice President of Sales for APAC. In this role, he is responsible for regional sales strategy, focusing on InEight’s commitment to customer experience, cementing the company’s reputation for high levels of customer satisfaction and success. Andrew brings extensive client focused ICT and Managed Services experience to InEight gained from delivering high-value solutions to some of Asia Pacific’s most well-known cloud-based technology organisations. Prior to InEight, he served as General Manager of Sales for blueAPACHE and as National Sales Manager of Southern Cross Computer Systems. In these roles, he led national sales and customer service teams across commercial, state and federal government sectors, all within highly competitive markets. Andrew holds an MBA from Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Mohd Nizazwajidi is a Technical Professional in Planning & Scheduling Section in PETRONAS Project Delivery & Technology Division based at PETRONAS Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur. Hold Bachelor of Civil Engineering from University Technology PETRONAS, he is a member of AACE International and Malaysian Chapter. Possess more than 14 years’ experience in undertaking complex projects from Front End Loading to Execution including Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) Project, Garraf Development in Iraq, Malaysia LNG in addition to various Downstream and Plant Change Projects as Subject Matter Expert (SME). Engaged with multi-national Stakeholders from Client, EPCC and FEED Contractors, PMC, Licensors and Consultants. Provided advisory and consultancy in Project Planning and Control as Business Technical Authority. His other involvement as SME includes Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis, Schedule Risk Assessment, 4D Scheduling, Advanced Work Packaging and Project Control Work Process improvement. Trainer for Project Control Skill Group Training apart from developing talent through coaching and promoting best practices.

Specialist in NEC forms of contract providing training, consultancy and resources to the construction industry for the past 20 years, Glenn Hide offers insight and practical advice on how users within the industry should understand and maximise the effectiveness of the NEC contract on their projects/businesses.

Glenn has presented at various conferences and expo's over the years and gives valuable insight specifically around the use and updating of the contract programme and has produced numerous articles that have been published around this topic (all downloadable for free at www.gmhplanning.co.uk)

"Dr. Hulett has focused for the last 25 years on quantitative schedule risk analysis, integrated cost-schedule risk analysis and project scheduling best practices. His firm, Hulett & Associates, LLC, is recognized as a leader in project cost and schedule risk management and project scheduling. Hulett has many government customers including GAO, Architect of the Capitol and GSA. Commercial clients of H&A represent many industries, including: aerospace and defense, oil and gas, construction, bio-pharmaceutical plant construction, transportation, communications, IT, and large science. The clients are in the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Dr. Hulett was elected as a Fellow of AACE International in 2015 and received the Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award from the Association in 2018.Dr. Hulett is well-known as a leader in quantitative project schedule and integrated cost-schedule risk analysis concepts, methods, consulting and training.Dr. Hulett ha

Zaiton Bt Ismail, has an accumulated experience of more than 38+ years in Cost Engineering specific to project controls mgmt.

In 2015 under the PETRONAS RAPID (Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development) Project execution phase, she undertook the role as Project Control Manager for executing the USD 4 Bil Utility & Interconnecting Project package. She was also involved in the Feed Phase for the USD 27 Bil Rapid Project, as Project Control Manager and undertook Project Control deliverables until its Final Investment Decision in 2014.

She was appointed the highest Technical position in her discipline as Custodian of Planning & Scheduling as well as Group Technical Authority in the discipline of Planning & Scheduling for PETRONAS.

She is currently holding the position as the President of the Association of Cost Engineering for the Malaysian Section (AACEMY) under the AACE Region 8 of AACEI (Assoc of Cost Eng International).

Felipe is the Founder and Managing Partner of CONEXIG. With 23 years of experience in providing, he has extensive experience in dispute resolution (Quantum, Damages and Fraud expert witness), forensic accounting, risk management, compliance, and internal audit-related services.

Felipe has worked in more than 16 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania and has directed several consulting projects for owners and contractors on relevant issues in their infrastructure and construction projects and processes at any point in their life cycles: from conception, modeling, to construction, close-out and operation. He has clients in government and infrastructure, energy / power and utilities, oil and gas, mining, metals, real estate. Recognized globally, Felipe serves as a regularly speaking leader at international events.

Sarah is a passionate sustainability professional with a keen focus on reducing carbon emissions. Construction is responsible for over a third of global carbon emissions and throughout her career she has worked at all levels within the construction industry from trade operative through to corporate professional so has a very good understanding of all perspectives.

Sarah joined BAM in 2008 and since 2019 has led the organisations Carbon efforts, Sarah is responsible for managing the companies interests surrounding carbon legislation and the various certifications

Val is a highly skilled risk management expert, with extensive experience of training, facilitating and implementing project, programme, product and business risk management systems for government and industry in the UK, EMEA, North America and APAC regions.

With more than 30 years’ experience working with large organisations, Val has a wealth of practical experience and vision for how they can improve business performance through risk management framework and good practice. Val played a major part in the design and development of the Risk Decisions’ Predict! Enterprise Risk Management software. She pioneered Risk Management Masterclass sessions for senior managers and Connecting Risk workshops for middle managers.

In order to spread good/best practice risk management, Val authors white papers, speaks at international conferences, sits on international working groups and is an advocate of collaborative working. She is the author of the Risk Intelligence (RQ) series of white papers.

Val is an excellent communicator, at all levels within an organisation, with a very practical approach to problem-solving.

Clive is a Civil Engineer turned Contractor, Architect, Owner, and now Co-founder at his second BIM/AEC startup called Plannerly. At Plannerly (The BIM Management Platform), Clive helps teams simplify BIM implementation to ISO 19650 standards.

A Biomedical Science breed, with more than 12 years in Pathological expertise, Suba have managed on average 14,000 clinical cases yearly (X12) of routine and special molecular laboratory techniques on human pre and post - surgical and autopsy pathological product for diagnostic, research and higher education based in Dept of Pathology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Leveraging her knowledge and experience, she shares fascinating Neuroscience Strategies to prevent, manage stress and psychosocial crisis at workplace.

Evan has over 30 years’ experience in mining, oil & gas, infrastructure and defence mega projects in Australia, Europe, North and South America; Specialist expertise includes planning, project controls, estimating, cost engineering, risk quantification, independent project reviews, report writing, contract management, claim management and dispute resolution in both EOT and Quantum. Evan is an innovator and leader in the control of projects.

Professor (Dr.) Anil Kashyap is an academic leader, eminent scholar, and expert in the field of Infrastructure, Urban Regeneration, and Real Estate Research. He has 28 years of experience in practice, academia and research – both in India and abroad. In his leadership roles, Dr Kashyap has been Head of UWE Bristol School of Geography and Environmental Management, Deputy Head of Coventry University School of Energy, Environment and Construction, and Founding Professor and Director of RICS School of Real Estate before joining NICMAR as the Director General in September 2021.

His vision for NICMAR is to raise the profile as a nationally and internationally recognised higher education institute offering specialist undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD and Executive education programmes.

Ingo Kocke is a Senior Industry Consultant for Enterprise Project Performance at Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division. Hexagon empowers its customers in their digital transformation by offering innovative solutions to produce actionable insights that enable better decision-making applied to the management of large industrial and CAPEX projects. Ingo holds a Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management and has extensive experience in consultancy, international project management, and project controlling. Additionally, his background in global ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system rollouts and integrations allows him to support organizations by improving, transforming, and integrating their processes, tools, and technologies to a modernized approach and today's digitization requirements.

Assistant Professor in Enterprise Management at Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL, London, UK.

Served as a policy advisor to the Industrial Strategy at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.

Recipient of two awards for best research article 2020 from Project Management Journal, Project Management Institute research fund, Policy fellowship from BEIS and HEIF Interested in interorganizational governance, engineering and technology management, and the management of complex projects and megaprojects.

Andrew Langridge is the Director of Business Development for Europe. In this role, he is responsible for delivering Estimation and Project Controls solutions across a wide range of industries. Andrew started his career as an apprentice mechanical engineer working in a bespoke machine tool company in London. After a 5-year technical apprenticeship, he moved into advanced manufacturing supervision and management roles. For 25 years Andrew has been working in the field of Estimation and Project Controls supporting the implementation of best-inclass processes and solutions for organizations across many industries. Andrew is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Bath, a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University and a Fellow of the Association of Cost Engineers. In 2022 Andrew was awarded the status of Honorary Certified Professional Cost Engineer due to his extensive contribution and guidance to the profession.

Having worked in more than 20 projects in different segments, Eduardo helps clients to deliver greater value through lean transformation and operational excellence implementations. As a construction productivity and lean management expert, he has led teams in industrial, building and infrastructure projects in Brazil, Peru and Chile. Eduardo is a frequent keynote speaker in construction management events, in Brazil and Latin America.

Eduardo has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Brasília (UnB), a master of sciences' degree in lean and sustainable construction from the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a MBA in management, finances and value generation from PUCRS.

Matthew is a co-founder at Ynomia, a construction technology startup based in Melbourne, Australia, founded in 2018. Ynomia (ynomia.io) delivers the construction ecosystem a software and wireless sensor product that helps automate the reliable capture of progress and status information from supply chains and critical site workflows. As a co-founder at Ynomia, Matthew is involved in Ynomia's product and business development, client projects, operations and partnerships while also leading the hardware and IoT systems design and development within Ynomia. Before Ynomia, Matthew worked for several successful startups in Australia. Before migrating to Australia, Matthew was an engineering and production operations manager working in China, Europe and the USA for precision automated welding products in the automotive industry.

Maria Lizardo, Vice President at Pathfinder, LLC, has 40+ years of business and project management experience for Owner organizations in the Oil and Petrochemical Industry. She has extensive multi-disciplined hand-on engineering and construction management experience along with demonstrated competencies in procurement, planning, scheduling, cost control and project contracting. Maria has worked on both domestic and international projects and has broad-based experience in the development of projects from conception until completion. Maria worked 27 years for Petroleos de Venezuela

Two decades of experience, Subject Matter Expert, Trainer and Mentor in Engineering and Construction Project Management, Contracts and Project Controls.

I help Organisation's Leadership to bring Visibility and Accountability in Project Delivery by driving Robust Project Controls in executing Capital E&C Projects within the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Fertiliser, Mining and Infrastructure Industry.

I have associated and served global organisations and conglomerates like SABIC Petrochemicals, Qatar Petroleum, Saudi Aramco, Adani group, Larsen and Toubro and DFPCL.

Certified PMP, CCP and Post Graduate in Project Management.

Martin Lopez PE
Bachelors of Science in Construction Management
Licensed Civil Engineer

Over 30 years in procurement, engineering and construction with experience in in mega projects, multi contract programs, and capital improvement programs. Expertise in CPM scheduling, cost controls, project management and claims analysis. Projects experience with airports, light rail, highways, bridges, marine, infrastructure, prisons, courthouses, and educational facilities.

Panama Canal Expansion Program - Senior Project Controls Manager. Advised on issues regard

Alex is a Program and Portfolio Planning and Delivery consultant with over 20 years of experience in project management across different industries and countries. Alex has worked within multiple programs and portfolio management offices and supported government and private organisations in implementing innovative project practices, risk and scheduling methods, portfolio standards and delivery tools.

Ashutosh Maurya has 22+ years of construction project management experience. He has worked in various large and complex projects in India and Middle East as part of core project delivery teams. He is a specialist in PMO setup project planning/controls, setting up reporting systems, cost controls, and claims management and prevention.
Having worked for leading contractor, project management consultants and employer gives him 360 views on the management of construction projects. He has worked in large airports, urban infra development, power plant, university and office space bu

Phillip Mckenna is a Strategic Technical Solutions Executive APAC for Autodesk Construction Solutions.

Having worked in the industry for over 10 years, as a Contract Administrator, Project Manager, and client-side project manager, and with a degree in Design in Architecture with a major in construction management, before moving over to SaaS 3 years ago.

Phillip has a wealth of knowledge and is passionate about software in construction.

A Project Controls expert with over 25 years private and government industry experience in the delivery of major infrastructure projects globally, leading large multidisciplinary teams in complex environments across diverse sectors. Currently, the Director of Project Controls on the North East Link Project, Victoria’s largest infrastructure project, Cameron has a Master’s Degree in Project Management and specialises in project management and controls including construction, planning / scheduling, estimating, cost control, integrated change management, information management, quality assurance and compliance, process improvement and technology innovations, standardisation and implementation. Cameron also has significant experience in digital transformation, data management analytics and reporting, organisational and project risk, stakeholder engagement, commercial and finance management and continuous improvement, agile and lean methodologies.

Steve has spent over a decade, specializing in scheduling and project controls on large industrial projects. More recently, has has been building large healthcare projects. In his current rols, as innovaiton manager for a large contractor, he finds and creates new solutions for the industry.

Ben is a passionate data professional, with several years of experience working in Project Data Analytics. He has worked across Data Science, Analytics and Engineering, delivering consultancy solutions for a multitude of clients across different industries.

His background is in Statistics (MSc), and he is a certified Azure Data Science and Data Engineer Associate. Ben is currently working as the Technical Lead for the development of the Construction Data Trust, and will work as the Technical Director for a Well Plug and Abandonment Data Trust in the Oil and Gas sector.

- Construction project management professor, consultant, author, public speaker, and trainer.
- BS, MSc, and PhD in civil engineering specialized in Construction Project Management.

- Experience: 30 +years, diversified:
o Industrial: private and public sectors, in the U.S. and international. Positions occupied include project engineer / manager, cost estimator, planner / scheduler, project controls manager, cost manager, training manager.

o Academic: faculty member / professor, head of department.
- Extensive experience in continuing education and professional training around the world. Topics are mainly technical (construction planning / scheduling, project controls, project management, cost estimating) but also include soft skills. Have been doing a lot of volunteer presentations and training as well.

- Author of:
o Construction Project Scheduling and Control, 4th edition, published by Wiley
o How to Estimate with Means Data: Basic Skills for Building Construction 5th edition, published by Wiley
o Many articles; technical and other
- Many presentations in professional conferences such as PMI, AACE International. Public speaker in many local, regional, and international events.
- An authority on project planning, scheduling, and project control.
- An advocate of holistic healthy living

Education:
- M.Sc in Project Management

Certifications:
- PMOGI - Authorized Business Partner Instructor PMOGI-ABPI
(the first and only PMO Master Trainer in Asia-Pacific)
- Certified Baseline Project Management Office (CB-PMO)
- Green Project Management (GPM)b Certified Trainer
(the first GPM trainer/practitioner in Malaysia )
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- HRDF Certified Trainer (Ministry of Human Resource) – 2019 (Cert No: 6245)
- COMPTIA Project+ Certified Professional

Professional Bodies / Social:
- Director of Public Engagement, Project Management Institute, Malaysia (Apr 2022 - )
- Director of Membership, Project Management Institute, Malaysia (Apr 2018-Mar 2022)
- Industry Advisory Panel (IAP) – University Malaysia-Pahang (UMP)
- International Advisory Panel (IAP) – Asia-Pacific University (APU)
- Founding President, Toastmasters Club, Klang

He has deep domain expertise in EPC who wor ked with major EPC Contractors and owner organizations in the Oil & Gas sector, including Petrofac, KNPC, KIPIC, Chevron, Almeer, BPL Ltd, etc..
Graduate Engineer and certified Project Management Professional from PMI who carries 30 years of industry experience
Sajith is managing relationships with Wrench's global customers in the Energy sector, assisting them to utilize the full capability of Wrench-SmartProject and derive maximum value from their investment.

Over 20 years’ experience in Project Controls and Business Services in a variety of industries including Production & Fuels, Chemicals, Infrastructure and Renewables. This includes lump-sum, cost-reimbursable and target cost contracts for EPC scope executed from UK and international site environments.

Mark Nelson has been in the Enterprise Project Performance industry for over 15 years. He has worked as a software implementation and business process consultant in helping customers define their processes and leverage best practices for large global organizations. His current role as part of the EcoSys go-to-market team is to identify industry trends, product strategy, and best practices for customer’s Enterprise Project Performance solutions. Mark has experience that spans multiple sectors including Transportation Infrastructure, Construction, High Tech, New Product Development, and IT.

Mauricio has over 12 years of experience in engineering and construction projects, 3 certifications in project management (PMP, PMI-RMP and PMI-SP), an MBA in construction management, and was one of the authors of the book Opinions of Engineering by AACE. Mauricio also has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UFRGS. Mauricio is a participant from the Communities for Business Advancement of AWP and Project Controls of the Construction Industry Institute (CII).

Mauricio has gained experience in projects in various sectors such as Transmission, Nuclear Generation, Hydroelectric, Wind, Steel, Pulp & Paper, Industrial Products, Lithium Extraction and Mining.

He has extensive knowledge of tools and methodologies aimed at increasing predictability, productivity and confidence in capital projects. He is currently one of the ambassadors for the use of Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) methodology in Brazil.

Muhammad Syaiful Safwan bin Nordin is a BIM Manager at UMP Holdings Sdn Bhd. He has various experiences in Building Information Modelling (BIM) to lead, facilitate and manage BIM implementation as a BIM Manager for Public Works Department's Projects, Office tower, residential and mixed development under the public and private sector projects.

He was also involved in the development of the National BIM module for the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). He is one of the main trainer at UMP Holdings Sdn Bhd and had trained over 2000 people in BIM. He is a Certified CIDB Master Trainer for Fundamental Modelling of Architecture and Structure, Certified CIDB Master Trainer for Coordinator and Certified CIDB BIM Manager.

Julie Owen is an industry thought leader with more than 30 years of experience in project controls managing programs and delivering capital projects. She is a published author and international speaker delivering presentations in fifteen countries and six continents. She is a Distinguished International Fellow of the International Cost Engineering Council, Fellow of the Guild of Project Controls and AACE International Fellow. Julie works as Senior Executive Officer, Project Management Oversight for Los Angeles Metro. She is a senior leader with proven ability to lead teams and deliver program and projects on-time and within budget. She currently manages a $24B capital transportation infrastructure program.

Jean-Luc Ozoux is currently in charge of EcoSys Business Development at Hexagon, a company that supports its customers in their digital transformation by offering innovative solutions to adopt new technologies applied to the management of large industrial projects.

MBA graduate of Paris University in Information Systems and Management, he has been helping organizations implement their Capital Project Management solutions for 30 years. His experience with major project management software, as well as the advice he provides to major companies in France and Europe, allows him to take a critical look at the very rapid evolution of tools and technologies that are transforming the working methods, culture and tools that need to be mastered today.

passionate about improving the outcomes in the construction industry. Her work sits at the intersection of construction law, procurement strategy, human behaviour and governance models and poses the challenges:
- are we paying attention to human risks and behaviour at a corporate level?
- how do we create environments where people make great decisions?

As well as operating her own consultancy practice, Kiri is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne law school lecturing in the Construction Law Master’s program in two courses “Construction Project Delivery” and “Major Projects – the Legal Interfaces”. In industry Kiri is co Vice-Chair or the FIDIC Contracts Committee and is actively involved locally with Consult Australia and the Society of Construction Law Australia.

Ajay is a project management professional with over 16 years of experience on rail, technology and construction projects and programmes.

Ajay’s niche in risk management is providing major projects with an informed insight into their level of risk maturity and developing associated risk improvement plans with the aim of maximising project performance whilst promoting collaboration and transparency.

Training and upskilling project teams and risk professionals is at the heart of his role, taking the discipline from a bolt-on control to an inherent business as usual activity.

Ray Paulk is a senior business and project advisor, specialising in the structuring, governance and control of capital investments, and he is a global thought leader in the application of technology in project and portfolio management disciplines - leading innovation in predictive solutions for capital-intensive industries.

As Founder & CEO of ProjectAI, his team is transforming businesses and projects through his advisory practice, and building a range of advanced technologies to achieve more competitive and predictable projects, delivering step-changes in value across the asset lifecycle.

With over 20 years of experience in the Oil & Gas, Resources and EPC industries, he has advised businesses and project teams of all sizes (minor, major and mega-projects) on six continents, and led global business transformation, systems implementation and functional standardization initiatives for some of the world's largest companies.

Maulik Poriya is the co-founder and CTO of VARMINE CONTECH PVT LTD. He work as Teaching associate at CEPT University.

He is a BIM & Technology Specialist with extensive knowledge and experience in using BIM and numerous technologies on diverse construction projects in order to achieve productivity, sustainability, and project completion on schedule.

Maulik won a silver medal and a medal of excellence at the national level BIM competition. Maulik has two research articles published and has spoken at a number of national conferences.

Janet Poses is a Director of Product Marketing for Oracle Construction and Engineering. Janet has spent over 20 years supporting the construction and engineering industry including building semiconductor fabs at Intel and working for both start-ups and some of the largest software providers in the industry. Janet has an MBA focusing on Technology and Marketing and is passionate about the intersection of construction & engineering and technology.

Erik Preus is a Director at Hexagon focusing on Enterprise Project Performance. Erik has twenty of project controls experience and has led multiple projects with focus on WBS development, Project Funding, Control Account Planning, Change Control, Performance and Earned Value Management, Variance Analysis, and project mitigation strategies. At EcoSys, Erik consults with leading project-driven organizations within Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Utilities, Government, Aerospace & Defense, and Transportation to provide direction for implementing best practices to plan and manage project portfolios, control project costs, and improve project performance. Prior to working at EcoSys, Erik developed his expertise at companies including Babcock & Wilcox, KBR, DynCorp, and Accenture.

Cuong Quang is the co-founder and Executive Director of Octant AI, an artificial intelligence company headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. Cuong invented the technology and developed the earliest business plans whilst at Oxford to scale his research, for the benefit of the Australian community and beyond. He has over 20 years of experience in the planning and delivery of major projects, and over eight years in machine learning for projects. His current research papers with Dr. Paul Chapman at Saïd Business School, Oxford University focus on major project risk and artificial intelligence, including project controls and behavioural decision making. Cuong Quang (MSc(Oxon), EngExec, CPEng, CPPM, MIEAust, NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE(Aus))

Senior consultant and trainer in Forensic Schedule Analysis, Planning and Scheduling, Data Analyst, Estimation of productivity losses, Risk Mangement. Certified in Data Analyst (PL-300) , PSP, CCP, EVP, PMI-SP, PMI-RM, PMP.

International speaker at webinars and events organized by AACE and PMI

MBA Project Management, Civil Engineer. CEO & Founder of Dayana Romero Consulting, General Director of Appian Global Solutions. Senior Project Control at Overall - MMG Limited. Certified project management, Lean Management and risk Professional. Certified Project Planning and Control Foundation and Practitioner. Consultant specialist in project controls. Worked in construction, infrastructure and mining since 2011. Experience in cost control, estimates, planning and programming, contracts and risks for more than 11 years.

Maryam has been a HSEQ supervisor at Imam Khomeini port complex in Iran since 2014. While working in the port, she completed her master's degree in environmental sciences. During university studies, Maryam gained the experience of a research assistant in the field of heavy metal pollution. Maryam has given several lectures on various topics including environment, safety and occupational health at work. In 2018, Maryam was selected as an audit representative in the field of HSE for port companies. she also received a commendation for advancing the HSE goals in 2014 and 2019.

April Santos is a 4D Planning Engineer at Gammon. She has more than a decade of experience as a Planning Engineer overseeing projects such as tunnels, MRT stations, and waste-to-energy plants among others. She is now part of the leadership team driving the 4D adoption across Gammon's organisation.

Project Controls Recruitment Expert with 16 years+ experience

Parveen Sharma is a BIM, Digital Twin & Virtual Construction Technologies Specialist with 20+ years’ experience of implementing BIM on 600+ complex projects.

Parveen is CEO of ‘The BIM Engineers’ which has global presence in 20+ Countries in 5 Continents.

Parveen’s contribution to the construction industry has been recognized by various international organizations, Parveen has written various Books, Research Papers, Articles and has spoken at various international events across the globe. He is an active member of national and international BIM forums and a regular speaker at Conferences and Seminars.

Dale Shermon is a QinetiQ Fellow and Head of Planning, Monitoring and Controls in QinetiQ Performance Excellence. Dale was co-author of the “Cost Engineering Health Check: How good are those numbers?”, A Gower book published in 2017 (ISBN: 978-1-4724-8407-9) and the author of the Gower publication “Systems Cost Engineering” (ISBN: 978-0-566-08861-2) which was published in July 2009. He was the first European to be awarded the ISPA Frank Freiman award in 2009 for “lifetime contributions to parametric estimating”. Dale was the first European to become an ISPA Certified Parametric Practitioner.

Adam Stamfield, Project Controls Manager at BAM Nuttall Ltd, has over 14 years' experience within Civil Engineering, of which 10 were within major projects and the highways sector. Adam's knowledge base in Project Controls have come through his career through Site Management, Planning and Digital Transformation Lead.

Adam is an advocate of reporting trusted data in a clear and understandable format. This has led to Adam creating a Performance Framework aligned to strategic objectives where data is translated to a standardised performance score, providing transparency and intuitive reporting across all projects, programmes and portfolios.

Isnin Sunik is Principal - Cost Control in Project Delivery & Technology Division, PETRONAS. He is an experience professional for the delivery of project cost control technical excellence, providing the technical leadership, consultancy services and talent development for upstream, downstream, and gas and energy projects. He has over 25 years of working experience in the area of finance and accounting, project cost management and system development for accounting and cost management. He holds professional qualification from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), MBA - Open U

Fernanda has over 15 years acting in infrastructure projects, implementing solutions of construction productivity in capital projects with proven expertise in different industry sectors: Mining, Power, Oil&Gas, Energy and Construction. Specialist in Lean Construction, worked in the implementation and stabilization of Operational Excellence in corporate areas of Engineering and Supplies and large projects thermoeletric & hydroelectric power plant, Light Rail, Railway and Subway and conducting highly complex improvement projects such as integrated planning and supply management in EPC contrac

Dr Jyoti Trivedi is an Experienced Assistant Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Building Information Modeling (BIM), Urban, Civil Engineering, MSProject, Primavera P6, and Project Planning, Lean construction. Strong professional with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) focused in Civil Engineering from L.D College of Engineering - Ahmedabad.

Jos van der Stelt is the Director of Professional Services at Cost Engineering Consultancy. Jos applies his knowledge and experience in Project Controls and Turnarounds to advise companies that need turnaround cost management solutions on digital tools and services. He coordinates the group of Cost Engineering Consultants currently working at Shell, Bayer, Cargill, Heineken, Neste, OMV, Vopak, Boskalis, Maasvlakte Oil Terminal and Qirion. Jos also works with the consultants on their personal growth to develop their strengths and potential.

Karthik is a VP at Oracle, where he has global responsibility for defining and delivering the data strategy for Oracle Construction and Engineering. In a career spanning 20 years across 4 continents, Karthik has been instrumental in building data and analytics capabilities from the ground up for many organizations across several industries. He has successfully led several large-scale digitization and transformation programs across IT, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations that have been the featured in case studies, patent applications, industry publications

Since 2009, Mr. Wargo has worked for MPR Associates leading project controls efforts for large capital projects within the government and domestic nuclear/renewable energy industries. Mr. Wargo has extensive experience in cost estimating, schedule development, risk management, and earned value management systems. He is very proficient with a broad range of project controls tools (e.g., P6, Acumen, Polaris, Safran, MII, etc...) and is the current chairman of the EFCOG Risk Management Task Team.

Paul is a Director of Adept Management where he takes responsibility for the development of Project Controls tools and services, as well as acting as a Senior Consultant to clients and projects across the construction industry. He is a Mechanical Engineer by background and has over 25 years’ experience in Design Management, Risk Management, and Project Controls. In addition, Paul has spent time working in central government and as a researcher where he developed some of Adept Management's innovative approaches to design planning and management. Since 2014, Paul has supported major rail projects where he has provided design management, schedule, risk analysis, contract administration support.

Nick Wells is an experienced Solutions Consultant with a background in Project and Programme Risk Management; with 10 years experience of working for a market leading European Aerospace and Defence organisations, Maritime Defence, Infrastructure and Nuclear sectors. Working most recently for the last 4 years for Sword GRC more recently known as Riskonnect, working to help organisations strengthen their risk and project risk management processes using ARM (Active Risk Manager).

Mike Younger – Project Controls Director at Turner and Townsend - Mike has well over 40 years of experience in Project Control primarily within the Oil and Gas, onshore and offshore, upstream and downstream but also in, Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical, mining and Real Estate. He has worked as a Project Controls Director, Manager & Principal Cost Engineer in a corporate capacity and on many diverse projects in, the UK, Europe and Asia and for the last 4 years in the USA where he lives in Los Angeles, California. His roles have included assignments at international sites, and in the home office. His current role at Turner & Townsend is as a Project Controls Consultant on Program Advisory in the Americas. Mike is an SME in EVM and has presented on this subject internationally on many occasions.

He enjoys the challenge of reviewing new and existing projects and portfolios to see how they could be improved by consistency, efficiency, measurement and analysis and has a proved track record in doing this to great success.

Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC and Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. Formerly Executive Director, Navigant Construction Forum™ and previously, Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation. Previously, Vice President of PinnacleOne and Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute. Earlier a Senior Construction Claims Consultant, CH2M HILL. For more than 50 years, worked on both private and public projects throughout the U.S. and in 39 countries abroad. A Fellow of AACE, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Guild of Project Controls, and

I am a Bachelor's in Industrial engineering with a master's degree in project management. Also, I am certified as PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, PMO-CP, and GPM-b. I have fourteen years of experience focused on Oil & Gas, Energy, Mining, and Infrastructure projects. Throughout my academic and professional experience, I have acquired knowledge and skills to manage projects efficiently using widely recognized international guidelines and practices to manage projects in EPC and PCS stages with budgets ranging from 10 million to 8 billion US dollars. I have been developing abilities among all phases of the life cycle of the projects. I have experience in controversies, claims, and forensic scheduling analyses to determine delays and causations for national and international arbitrations.