nima Virtual Conference 2023
Data: meeting today’s urgent needs
Thursday 2nd November 2023
At nima, our mission is to help the construction industry embrace the management of data across the whole lifecycle of the built environment. We actively engage with key decision makers across industry institutions to drive best practice and data driven decision making – with a strategy in place to maintain our continued involvement and development of the UK BIM Framework with the BSI.
The inaugural nima Virtual Conference will be a day of online learning with live keynote talks and panel discussions on topics shaping the industry, combined with interactive peer-to-peer networking.
Our ultimate vision is a thriving and sustainable built and natural environment, transformed by exploiting purpose driven interoperable data. As trusted advisors, we facilitate the implementation and integration of practical information management practices across our built and environmental infrastructure.
The nima Virtual Conference 2023 will inform, educate, share and signpost you to critical information and resources that will allow you to design, build and operate more efficiently and effectively through the better use and understanding of information management. You will witness exclusive live content from inspiring keynote speakers at the forefront of digital change, on how data is used to meet today’s pressing needs throughout the built environment.
Programme
8.45am – 9.15am | Open Networking |
9.15am – 9.25am | Opening the conference Anne Kemp OBE, Chair, nima and Fellow and Technical Director for Digital Engineering (DE) and BIM Strategy and Development, Atkins |
9.25am – 9.30am | Welcome from Conference Chair Paul Wilkinson, Vice-Chair, nima and Managing Director, PWcom.co.uk Limited |
9.30am – 10.00am | Keynote: Social Housing Charlotte Bates, Lived Experience Advocate, Expert Citizens |
10.00am – 10.45am | Panel Discussion: Social Housing – sponsored by One Engage Jack Ostrofsky, Director of Technical Consultancy Services, Ark (Chair) Charlotte Bates, Lived Experience Advocate, Expert Citizens Dave Smith, Director of Strategic Partnerships, South East Consortium Matthew Gardiner, Director, Smart Home Advice Shakira Akinwale, Founder, Teqie Jason Whittall, Director, One Engage |
10.45am – 11.00am | Open Networking |
11.00am – 11.30am | Keynote: Diversity of Thought Dr Mark McBride Wright MBE, Founder and Managing Director, EqualEngineers |
11:30am – 12:15pm | Panel Discussion: Diversity of Thought – sponsored by Procore Oliver Hughes, Co-Founder, Digital Construction Week (Chair) Dr Mark McBride Wright MBE, Founder and Managing Director, EqualEngineers Bola Abisogun OBE, Founder, DiverseCity Surveyors Dr Jenni Barrett, Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire Jenny Reavell, Author, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Michelle Lee, Industry Partnerships Manager, Procore |
12:15pm – 1.00pm | Networking Lunch |
1.00pm – 1.30pm | Keynote: Building Safety Dame Judith Hackitt, Chair, Enginuity |
1.30pm – 2.15pm | Panel Discussion: Building Safety – sponsored by Symetri Chris Lees, CEO, Data Clan (Chair) Paul Nash, Director, Paul Nash Consultancy Aman Sharma, Director, Totus Digital Neil Yeomans, Head of Property Safety and Technology, Orbit Housing Richard Clark, Senior Fire Engineer, National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Steve Rudge, Head of Technical and Delivery, Symetri |
2.15pm – 2.30pm | Open Networking |
2.30pm – 3.00pm | Keynote: Delivering the Digital Dream? Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director, Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), University of Cambridge |
3.00pm – 3.45pm | Panel Discussion: Delivering the Digital Dream? – sponsored by Trimble David Philp, Chief Value Officer, Cohesive (Chair) Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director, Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), University of Cambridge Emma Hooper, R&D Lead, BuildData Group Research Institute Tuomas Syrjänen, Co-Founder and Board Member, Futurice Ian Gordon, Head of Data, Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal Linda Chandler, Industry Advisor – Smart Places, Microsoft Ben Wallbank, BIM Strategy & Partnerships Manager, Trimble |
3.45pm – 3.50pm | Closing Remarks Anne Kemp OBE, Chair, nima and Fellow and Technical Director for Digital Engineering (DE) and BIM Strategy and Development, Atkins |
3.50pm – 5.00pm | Open Networking |
Keynote Speakers

Dr Mark McBride Wright MBE
Founder and Managing Director, EqualEngineers
Keynote: Diversity of Thought

Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE
Director of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), University of Cambridge
Keynote: Delivering the Digital Dream?
WATCH ON DEMAND
At nima, our mission is to inspire, influence, connect and support everyone active in the built environment and enable them to better manage information vital to the needs of our times.
This Virtual Conference was be a gateway to better information management, with actionable takeaways on how to improve your business, processes and projects.
VIRTUAL NETWORKING ROOMS
In addition to the main stage presentations, there will be 6 Networking Rooms, which will be open from 9.00am to 5.00pm, each with its own topic and led by a subject-area specialist to facilitate the conversation and introductions, and to help you make new connections.
Visit one of the topic specific networking rooms on:
- Building Safety
- Digital Twin
- Housing
- Interoperability
- Product Data
- Sustainability
You can also meet and engage with our networking rooms sponsors, Morta Technology, Glider, ONE Engage, Cadventure, Tata Steel and ZERO.
For all nima Virtual Conference enquires, contact: events@wearenima.im