Date: 19 September 2024, 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Innside by Melia, 1 First St, Manchester M15 4RP
Email: [email protected]
Innovation in Property
Date: 19 September 2024, 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Innside by Melia, 1 First St, Manchester M15 4RP
Email: [email protected]
Those who fail to adapt, perish. Taking that to heart, this conference is set to explore the latest innovations in the built environment – whether that’s in proptech, construction methods, or materials. This is an event for the forward-focussed, who want to learn more about how to make their business and developments fit for the future.
Cool tech providers showcase the latest efficiency-enhancing tools you can deploy in your next project. We will also look at the latest research regarding how to make our buildings more sustainable and less carbon-heavy. Gather around for some fast-paced and entertaining pitches from the best in innovation for some actionable insight to take back to your team.
Speakers confirmed include:
Will Swan, professor & director of Energy House Labs, University of Salford
Richard Kingston, professor, The University of Manchester & director, NERC Digital Solutions Programme
Josh Sykes, technical director, WSP
Amit Puri, head of technical solutions, Autodesk Construction EMEA
Nathan Feddy, chief executive officer & co-founder, Vector Homes
Tom Cox, construction solutions director, Saint- Gobain
- RICHARD KINGSTON, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER & NERC DIGITAL SOLUTIONS PROGRAMME | Richard MRTPI is professor of urban planning and GIS in the department of planning, property & environmental management at the University of Manchester. He is director of the University’s digital futures platform & leads the NERC funded £8m digital solutions programme which is making over 40 peta-bytes of data available to non-academics to support decision making across the UK and beyond.
- JOSH SYKES, WSP | Josh is a technical director with a leading role on net zero carbon & sustainability. Josh has broad knowledge of energy, sustainability & low carbon design. Josh has a diverse engineering background with experience in mechanical design, building control systems, sustainable development & smart buildings. Driving innovation within the built environment is a key motivation for Josh, he supports research and innovation activities working with leading UK universities on a range of topics including predictive control, scalable IoT solutions and cyber security.
- AMIT PURI, AUTODESK CONSTRUCTION EMEA | Amit heads up the technical solutions division at Autodesk Construction EMEA & has worked on building & infrastructure projects of varying size & complexity. His background is in property & construction and over the past several years, has worked in the tech space to drive digital transformation & acceleration for clients across AECO.
- WILLIAM SWAN, ENERGY HOUSE LABS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD |Professor Will Swan is the director of Energy House Laboratories at the University of Salford, where he has led the energy & buildings research for more than 10 years. The labs include the award-winning Salford Energy House, a whole Victorian house in a climate-controlled chamber, the Smart Meters Smart Homes Lab & the £16m Energy House 2.0 research facility, which is currently working with companies on developing demonstrators for the new Future Homes Standard. He has published a wide number of papers on retrofit & building performance & has advised on a national & regional policy level.
View last year’s event write up and gallery here.
Tickets cost £80+VAT. There will be a mix of presentations and panels. Breakfast and lunch are included, providing plenty of opportunity for business development.
Book using the form below – if you can’t see the form, please contact [email protected]
This event is sponsored by WSP and Yardi.
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We are always on the look-out for great, diverse speakers. If you would like to put yourself forward, fill in this form.
