Ian, an Australian architect, was Managing Partner of the Sydney office of a national practice and also distributor for RUCAPS and Sonata software (the first 3D design systems before the term BIM was coined) in Australia and NZ before relocating to the US to work for Autodesk as Director of AEC Products and Industry Marketing.  While at Autodesk, Ian co-founded the Industry Alliance for Interoperability as the predecessor to buildingSMART International and served on the Board of the North American Chapter.  In the dot.com era Ian was Vice President of Product Marketing at Blueline Online and Citadon, pioneering how the internet could be used as a collaboration platform by AEC project teams.  As CEO of Newforma, Ian led the development of the first global Project Information Management solution designed specifically for architects and engineers. Ian has served on the board of the NH Tech Alliance, as an Executive-in-Residence at Building Ventures, as a MITdesignX mentor and is a buildingSMART Fellow.  Currently, Ian is principle consultant at Built Environment Strategies engaged as the US Representative for buildingSMART International tasked with re-establishing the US Chapter.  At the request of the Board, Ian is also currently serving as Interim CEO pending the appointment of a replacement full-time CEO.

Devon Middleditch is an engineering and technology leader and the Executive Director of TfNSW’s Digital Engineering Services division.

Devon’s career has spanned across design, project delivery, organisational leadership, and digital change programmes.

Key achievements include the role of Technology Architect where he authored and implemented the “BIM for Lineal Infrastructure framework” on the Doha Expressway programme which supported the infrastructure design and construction for the recent Qatar 2022 world cup’s transportation network, and most recently the launching of two higher education micro-credential pathways for Digital Engineering in a partnership between Transport for NSW and UTS.

Oystein Ulvestad specializes in model-based engineering, drawing-free design and parametric design of bridges. In 2017, his team designed the world's first concrete bridge built without blueprints. In 2020, the team started design on the Randselva bridge, which today holds the record as the longest bridge in the world designed and built without drawings, based exclusively on BIM models. Randselva bridge won Trimble Global BIM awards for best BIM model in the world 2020. 

• Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) • Senior Road Safety Auditor, Transport and Main Roads Queensland • Queensland Main Roads accredited Traffic Management Designer

• Chartered Professional Member, Institution of Engineers Australia (CPEng)

After completing a Bachelor or Architecture at the University of Sydney Scott has over 35 years of experience practicing in Architecture and 28 years in CAD-BIM teaching at university and technical colleges. For the past 6 years, as well as his university commitments Scott has worked as a digital technology manager for a leading quantity surveyor helping with validation of models for quantification to derive costs.

After 2 decades in the construction industry in Germany where she was at the forefront of early 3D project initiatives, she transitioned to the transport sector leading on client-side the BIM and Asset Information delivery of the Doha Metro project. She has also been involved in major global transport projects like the UK's High-Speed Rail and the Sydney Metro West and Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport projects in Australia. As a female with a leading position in a traditionally male-dominated field, Sandra brings diversity and fresh insights to the Board.

With over 30 years of experience in digital transformation, Sandra’s professional journey has been deeply rooted in the international construction and transport industries. She holds a master's degree in Global BIM Management with a specialized focus on openBIM implementation. Currently leading the Digital Engineering team for SYSTA ANZ, she is also an integral part of SYSTRA's corporate Digital Engineering team, leading their Digital Twin innovation stream.

In my role as buildingSMART Australasia Chairman and engagement with buildingSmart International I've developed a wide set of local and international, industry & government contacts and experts in the fields of BIM and Digital Engineering, in areas of asset management, product data, sustainability, compliance checking and automation.

My current interest is the integration of multi-disciplinary facility and land (GIS) data, not only at a single building scale, but over urban extents to model cities and larger urban contexts using building model server technology. My early years of experience as an architect specialising in health facilities gave me a robust grounding in the challenges in complex building design.

An active member of buildingSMART Australasia for many years and a partner of the working group that drove the development of the current National BIM Initiative, Jim has had a career-long interest in BIM. Starting with a Research Masters during the late 1970s that demonstrated the concept of 3D building modeling technology, Jim’s research in the area saw him offered an academic post at UNSW from 1981-2012. Whilst retired from university teaching, Jim remains an active member of the industry as a current member of the Australian Standards Mirror Committee appointed to a number of ISO Working Groups delivering continual improvement on BIM standards, and the buildingSMART International Infrastructure Committee currently focused on coordinating new work to extend the IFC data schema into the infrastructure space. Jim’s BIM vision is to engage the industry in greater and more effective use of BIM across both public and private procurement in Australia and New Zealand.

Holger de Groot is the CEO and Founding Director of Modmation, having more than 20 years of experience within the AEC industry. As a certified BIM Manager, he has accrued invaluable experience in (building) information management and digital project delivery in Australasia and Europe.

Holger is also the Vice Chairperson at buildingSMART Australasia, registered with the German Chamber of Architects of Lower Saxony (#020262), associate member of the Australian Institute of Architects (#69913) and a sought-after author and regular speaker at high level industry conferences.

Before Holger founded Modmation in 2020, he has led the BIM implementation while employed at HDR as their National Director of BIM for the Australian region, and at Grimshaw Architects as their Office BIM Manager for the Sydney studio, advising on BIM matters at all levels.

Today, Holger’s professional experience in digital project delivery and his technical competence and comprehensive knowledge of BIM allow him to provide advice, support, guidance and resources to clients who need strong information management capabilities.

Bonnie is an accomplished and passionate supply chain and eBusiness professional with over 25 years’ experience working with many top 200 companies in different industry sectors including retail, manufacturing, and transport.

Her knowledge and expertise regarding supply chain digitalization underpins her current responsibilities for leading GS1 Australia’s engagement across a broad sector portfolio to enhance the digital capability of industry through the adoption of global data standards.

Bonnie works with key public and private stakeholders to facilitate whole of industry initiatives where common benefits can be derived through effective collaboration.  She is an active participant on several domestic and global committees and working groups striving to innovate, through relevant technology approaches to bring positive business and economic outcomes. 

Bonnie holds a Master of Business Management from Monash University.

Ligia is an Architect with a passion for Technology and Innovation. She holds a Master of Science in BIM, and since 2012 has been supporting Digital transformation in several organisations in the AEC Industry, especially within the Heavy Infrastructure sector. Ligia thrives on continual learning, teaching, and implementing the multiple dimensions of BIM in alignment with ISO 19650. She has demonstrated success in managing Digital Engineering on major transport infrastructure projects in Australia and Brazil, with a focus on enhancing design and construction management and business outcomes.

Andre is a Technical Director at TTW, bringing over 14 years of expertise in industry and academia. He specialises in delivering innovative digital solutions, including automated workflows, design optimisation, and software development.

Originally trained in biomechanical engineering, Andre started his journey in the AECO industry at Foster+Partners, where he conducted research on spaceframe design and the use of bone as a model for structural optimisation.

At TTW, he leads TTW Digital, an R&D group dedicated to solving complex problems through the use of artificial intelligence, data analytics, and advanced simulation techniques.

Ken is a Mechanical Engineer who has worked with the CIMIC group for 23 years across a range of infrastructure and process engineering projects. 

For the last decade he has lead our innovation and lean activities, participating in the groups Innovation Council and working to onboard new technologies into our businesses. For the last 4 years Ken has been the product manager for our Virtual Construction software suite. 

Ken now leads the team responsible for delivering virtual construction planning, and XR and VR solutions and is involved in the groups ongoing investment into digital twin Technolgies. 

Atsushi is a strategy executive with Infrastructure NSW, currently leading the implementation of the NSW Infrastructure Digitalisation Roadmap. Prior to this, he led the development of the 20-Year State Infrastructure Strategy 2022-2042 as Project Director. Atsushi has a passion for working with cross-functional teams to drive progressive and inclusive transformation. 

Aaron is an enterprise solutions consultant with nearly two decades experience in a variety of sectors on a global scale. He specialises in designing and implementing enterprise technology solutions, guiding organisations from the planning phase of future asset infrastructure through to delivery of operational digital ecosystems.

Greg is an Engineer with 15 years of experience in Infrastructure delivery across Private Industry, Local and State Government.

With a background in Infrastructure Modelling and Strategic Planning he has transitioned to the Digital Engineering Space within Transport for NSW and now manages the TfNSW requirements with respect to BIM Model integration and interoperability.

Eric has been at the forefront in the application of technology to improve efficiency. His early engineering career was in the development of leading edge automation of manufacturing processes, applying technology to improve quality and speed of manufacturing processes. He was also an early adopter of 3D design and BIM (Building Information Modelling). Following this, Eric worked with a start-up company to transition out of R&D into large scale manufacturing. In the last ten years Eric has transitioned his skills from Manufacturing and applied this knowledge to transport infrastructure engineering and construction. Eric has a passion for technology and driving industry change. Working on the implementation and standardisation of Digital Engineering in Infrastructure, he is currently EIC’s Principal for Digital Integration and Capability supporting the CIMIC Operating companies which include: CPB Contractors, UGL, Leighton Asia, Thiess, Sedgman and Broad.

Sophie has more than 25 years’ experience in asset management practice, both in Australia and the UK. Since 2017, Sophie has worked in the Digital Engineering discipline, using her knowledge and experience to develop and define digital ways of working, including playing a key role in the launch and development of TfNSW’s Digital Engineering Framework and Sydney Metro’s Digital Engineering function. Sophie has spent much her career working with utilities, government agencies and the transportation industry. Her focus has been on management systems, particularly business process improvement, data and information, systems and the associated processes supported by these enablers. In this capacity Sophie has provided many organisations with improved asset management outcomes.

John has 40+ years experience in the delivery of major building and infrastructure projects including rail, road and pedestrian bridges, and railway stations. John has always been passionate about taking advantage of digital tools and technology to help deliver our projects and has been instrumental in driving transition and change throughout his career to the use and adoption of current and evolving digital workflows and processes. 

Experienced BIM professional with a strong background in developing and implementing BIM workflows for infrastructure projects, particularly within the context of TMR Bridges using openBIM.

My expertise lies in the validation of asset management information within Project Information Models (PIM) throughout a project's lifecycle. Employing openBIM workflows, we ensure the accuracy of data received from the supply chain before integration into our asset management systems upon receipt of the final Asset Information Model (AIM).

As I continue to advance in my career, I am passionate about collaborating with organisations and professionals from various sectors to harness the potential of BIM for enhanced project outcomes and long-term success.

Dr Julie Jupp is Associate Professor of Digital Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in the Faculty of Engineering and IT. Julie’s research, teaching and professional interests lie in the creation of a smart, resilient and sustainable built environment.

As an interdisciplinary academic, Julie works in the cross-cutting fields of digital engineering that link model-based design and construction with intelligent operations and maintenance, resulting in smart built environments. Research impacts originate from innovative contributions to the theory and praxis of sustainability, with the goal being to advance data-driven processes, and inform the policy and practice of smart property development, construction and operations. As the co-founder and Director of Research for the not-for-profit International Intelligent Building Organisation (IIBO), Julie aims to make a difference and help industry push the frontiers of digital building capabilities. In this role Julie is leading the development of the Intelligent Building (IB) Index, a multi-criteria performance assessment method for measuring the intelligence of smart buildings and precincts. Julie is also an active member of a number of academic and industry committees, including the Technical Education Committee in the Australasian BIM Advisory Board (ABAB), a core member of the BIM Excellence (BIMe) Initiative, SYDBIM Consortium, and Intl. Federation for Information Processing’s PLM Working Group (WG 5.1). In the Faculty of Engineering and IT, Julie is teaching studio-based and industry-engaged courses on Digital Engineering and BIM, including under- and postgraduate subjects in 3D modelling, model-based co-ordination, 4D construction scheduling and simulation, and BIM management. Julie has published in the fields of design science, engineering design, BIM, through-life knowledge and information management, multidisciplinary design optimisation, and artificial intelligence.

Dion has more than 15 years of experience working in open source software and software development. In the past he has been involved with the following open source software projects: Blender, KDE, Gentoo Linux, Radiance, OpenStreetMaps, OpenStreetCam, and FreeCAD. 

He has a M. Arch and has worked in large architectural and construction firms.  Since August 2019, Dion has had the opportunity to develop the BlenderBIM Add-on. The objective of the BlenderBIM Add-on project is to provide a complete, Native IFC, free software pipeline to replace proprietary software in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management industries.  Dion is also one of the founders of the Open Source Architecture (OSArch) community. This active community, with more than 1000 members, has a forum, chat group, wiki knowledge base, news site, monthly presentations and training resources, to support an ecosystem of 100+ open source software developed for the AECO industries.

Jon brings technical and practical openBIM experience to the buildingSMART Australasia Board, that helps facilitate a stronger awareness and successful adoption of openBIM for clients and projects in Australia. In 2018 Jon supported the buildingSMART Australasia board with organisation and execution of the “openBIM: Getting It Right” technical workshops.

Jon has a proven track record in achieving practical outcomes using openBIM standards and technologies. He has opensourced his C# IFC toolkit for reading and writing IFC files (view on GitHub) and taken a leading role on prototyping technologies such as ifcjson and applying version control such as git to an ifc repository. He is a member of the Building Smart International Model Support Group, providing sample files for the technical documentation and testing proposals for IFC improvements.

Maciej Wypych brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Building Information Modelling and Management, Project Management and Computational Design to the Team.

With several years of experience in the architecture and building industry in Australia and the UK. He brings extensive knowledge in architectural design technology, parametric 3D modelling and the rationalization and delivery of complex designs

Maciej is passionate about improving efficiency at every stage of the BIM process with automation and building lasting relationships with his clients. He has extensive experience in designing and managing projects in a variety of roles in Australasia and Europe

Maciej is also a Co-Founder of the Dynamo User Group Sydney, a Sessional Lecturer at the University of NSW, certified BIM Manager with BIMcreds, and a sought-after Author and Speaker at BIM-related conferences.

In his architectural practice, teaching and research Dr Robert Doe has pursued methods and examined technologies that improve interaction between participants engaged in the design and production of buildings. In practice he has led integrated project teams on complex urban residential projects, and has also co-directed a company which manufactured prefabricated components and modules. In teaching and research, he has focussed on computational design methods which improve building lifecycles, from conceptual to design development to the operational stages. He firmly believes that new thinking is required to resolve seemingly intractable management and technological issues which challenge the design and making of smart buildings in the AECO sector.

With over 12 years of experience in the construction industry and 20 years in both Design and Construction, Fiona has developed a strong expertise in project planning, management, data analysis, and project control, using digital tools and technologies.

Her mission is to deliver high-quality digital services that enhance the efficiency, productivity, and safety of CIMIC projects, and that align with the strategic goals and values of our clients and stakeholders.

Consistently acknowledged as a passionate, successful, devoted, and motivating executive leader and Project and Program Manager with 35+ years of wide-ranging experience. Incessantly focused on supplying strategic advice and project delivery in complex and hectic environments. Flexible and accommodating and a people/team manager and leader empowered to consistently deliver corporate goals.

Adroit at running and producing complex programs and projects on time and within budget. Competent in creating complex executive-level policy advice, project, and program advice, and detailed project reports for all levels of government. Customer/stakeholder centric.

Specialities: Strategic advice and insights, Program management, Project management, Governance advice, stakeholder engagement, executive level negotiations within Government, executive level advice, leadership, policy development, business planning, infrastructure policy and urban planning.

Edward Dalton is an Associate Director at TTW in Sydney, bringing a decade of experience from his work in Sydney, London, New York, and Seoul. 

In London, he worked at BuroHappold, where he focused on merging structural engineering with computer science, excelling in projects with significant architectural complexity. In New York at AECOM and at a startup in Seoul, he was responsible for developing software architecture for both internal and client-facing products. Now at TTW, Edward leads software and product delivery within the digital team. 

Throughout his career, he has significantly contributed to internal R&D initiatives, emphasizing the integration of advanced technologies and the streamlining of processes to improve the efficiency and precision of engineering practices.

Jason is a Chartered Civil Engineer who has been with CPB Contractors for nine years, working across several large projects and supporting Precontract Opportunities.

He is passionate about the digital technologies and processes that enable our projects to realise their full potential. In his current role as Digital Information Manager, Jason supports the Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) strategy across the business by developing, implementing and managing best practice digital information workflows to support digital engineering and innovation.

Constant improvement and innovation is vital to our business. To Jason, innovations include anything that enable our projects and teams to perform their jobs better, cheaper, faster, safer or more sustainably. Innovations come in all shapes and sizes across the spectrum of people, processes or technologies, and he is always working to incorporate new innovations across CPB Contractors.

Tony Ingold is a Civil Engineer with experience delivering Highway and Civil Projects in Australia, the U.K. and the Middle East.

Since 2000 Tony has lead the team at Extra Dimension Solutions, providing training, customisation, technical support and sales advice for 12d Model.

Since the 'Woolgoolga to Ballina' upgrade of the Pacific Highway in 2016 he has assisted Design Consultants use 12d Model to deliver projects comply with Engineering requirements and that meet Transport's DE requirements.

Vimal holds a Master’s degree in Construction Technology and Management from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal (2017). He has three years of research experience at Nanyang Technological University, where he developed Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions for projects funded by prominent government agencies, including the Building and Construction Authority, JTC Corporation, Housing and Development Board, and Land Transport Authority. His key research projects focused on BIM-based semi-automatic precast tracking and BIM/Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) process transformation for construction projects.

Vimal has hands-on experience with a variety of BIM software, including Archicad, Solibri, Revit, and Tekla Structures. Additionally, he possesses the technical expertise to develop API programs and plug-ins for all the aforementioned software, demonstrating his strong software proficiency.

At Graphisoft, Vimal is responsible for ensuring customer success, helping clients in Singapore optimize their use of Graphisoft products. His blend of academic knowledge, practical experience, and technical skills enables him to provide exceptional support and innovative solutions to his clients, fostering their success in leveraging BIM technologies.

Troy has actively participated in the architectural industry for more than 25 years on projects across Australia and South East Asia. His work in public and large-scale design has involved projects located at some of New South Wales’ most iconic addresses.

The core focus of his design process is to transform abstract ideas into clear narrative – especially in taking cues from nature. He deeply values the innate delight and connective experience brought to architecture through beautifully-detailed materials.

As a part of the team at Vectorworks Inc., Troy seeks to synergise the worlds of software design and professional practice. His focus on detail is expressed by defining workflows for our customers that enable complex and nuanced designs to be brought to life.