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 was 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 informed, educated, shared and signposted 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. The event featured 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. And all of that content is now available on demand.

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

Conference Sponsors and Exhibitors

Conference Partners