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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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 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 is not only passionate about the implementation of BIM in the design and documentation phase, but he also has a strong link to the Digital Engineering side of projects, having participated in and managed projects in a variety of roles in Australasia and Europe. Holger is also a Sessional Lecturer at the University of NSW, registered with the Chamber of Architects of Lower Saxony (#020262) in Germany, certified BIM Manager with BIMcreds, and a sought-after author and speaker.

Holger is the CEO and Founder of Modmation, offering independent BIM and Digital Engineering consultancy services to the AECO industry. Holger has previously 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. At both, he was responsible for interacting with various disciplines and advising on BIM matters at all levels.

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.