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6th-8th March 2019 | Marina Mandarin, Singapore
marcus evans takes great pride in organising our flagship event, the 8th Annual Vertical Cities large scale event from 6th – 8th March 2019 in Singapore. Key industrial players are facing various challenges in developing new skyscrapers to cater to the requirements of the emerging vertical urbanisation. Uncover practical insights, real world success stories, lessons learned, future high-rise project opportunities and new vertical living trends across regions.
With the growing needs for social connectedness, ease of movement, safety and, sensory stimulation, do not miss interesting case studies focusing on delivering smarter and greener human-centric tall buildings.
Choose between the two full expert-lead streams that have been meticulously prepared for the hungry industry-leaders
Masterplanning & Design Innovation
Structural Engineering, Construction & Technologies
Cities in the Sky: Towards A Sustainable Vertical Future
STREAM 2
EXCLUSIVE 3rd DAY
Conference Agenda
ABOUT THE EVENT
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Building a sustainable vertical city through innovative solutions and
cater to growing diversity and complexity in today’s high-density cities.
This stream focuses on how to design humanised towers that deliver a vibrant environment to foster social interactions between the habitants. Gain innovative ideas and perspectives on how to best incorporate both private and shared spaces within high-rise buildings to ensure sustainable vertical living. Foster integration between vertical and horizontal communities via interconnected transportation hubs. Learn how to incorporate futuristic design to redefine high-rise living and one-of-a-kind experience.
This stream highlights the latest structural innovations to ensure stability, safety and sustainability. Discover practical solutions when utilising damping devices to counteract the wind impacts, drones to improve construction efficiency, advanced robotics for increased façade performance, BIM to create highperformance aerodynamic and curved structures, earthquake resilient building design, and many more. Lastly, gain the latest insights on mitigating risks for building fire safety through case studies from world-famous skyscrapers.
Delve into a series of case studies of innovative green projects across regions focusing on developing a new generation of sustainable skyscrapers. Discover the latest innovations in creating energy-saving and zero-carbon high-rises through various solutions and technologies including the use of crosslaminated timber structures, sky farms, vertical forests, green envelopes and nature-inspired approaches. Engage in an interactive panel discussion with industry futurists to understand what makes a “smart skyscraper”, as well as, experience the future of developing high-rises through a live demo of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.
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"Overall well organised with high calibre speakers." BG&E
"Your organising ability is superb. I attended and benefitted." BOARD OF INVESTMENT OF SRI LANKA
"Invited well experienced presenter/selected good place for event." ENTIRE BUILDERS & ENGINEERING
"Speakers from different backgrounds or knowledge." HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BRUNEI
"Excellent organisation of event and gathering of resource persons, very good choice of theme for the benefit of humanity as a whole." TDC
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TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST DELEGATES
Endorser
Media Partners
BinaTECH is a construction technology and living trends magazine published by Innovacia, a Malaysian consultancy firm. The company offers Publications, Consultancy, Training and ICT Solutions related to construction technology, especially prefab or IBS. Among its major brands are binaTECH, TiffinBIM, axdea, Innovacia Mobile and Innovacia VR/AR.
More information: www.innovacia.com.my
Throughout the years, WTIA keeps on taking the role as a super connector in the industry, associating developers, service providers and government, and work together to expedite the development of wireless technology in Hong Kong. In these years, we established centers with the theme of wireless and mobile technology, and also numerous seminars, awards and projects to popularize the usage of wireless technology. In the future, we will continue to implement more practical works that will help to advance the industry.
EdgeProp is Singapore’s fastest growing property portal, providing proprietary and comprehensive research tools and market news, assisting property seekers and real estate enthusiasts make better decisions through a personalised search experience.
More information: https://www.edgeprop.sg/
In the realm of Automation, where innovation is rapid, Plant Automation Technology stands adept at conceptualizing unique ideas relevant to the B2B space. PlantAutomation-Technology is essentially a B2B online business and technology media platform that has under its wraps the largest global database of automation buyers and suppliers. Plantautomation-technology.com covers in-depth trends that shape industry dynamics and metamorphose global economics. With services like search engine optimization, social media marketing, product video showcase, e-mail marketing, e-newsletter sponsorship, banner advertising, event marketing and micro-website within our platform, plantautomation-technology.com has created a recognition that spans over a global audience, thereby revolutionizing how businesses transact
In the realm of Steel, where innovation is rapid, Steel Technology stands adept at conceptualizing unique ideas relevant to the B2B space. Steel-Technology is essentially a B2B online business and technology media platform that has under its wraps the largest global database of automation buyers and suppliers. Steel-Technology.com covers in-depth trends that shape industry dynamics and metamorphose global economics. With services like search engine optimization, social media marketing, product video showcase, e-mail marketing, e-newsletter sponsorship, banner advertising, event marketing and micro-website within our platform, Steel-Technology.com has created a recognition that spans over a global audience, thereby revolutionizing how businesses transact.
Iridium Partner
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization, which add value to the life cycle of any building. In 2017, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 8.9 billion and at the end of the year over 55,000 employees.
We operate in more than 60 countries around the world, serving more than 450,000 customers. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we have eight global R&D centers and seven global productions sites, as well as a worldwide network of authorized distributors.
KONE is a pioneer in developing eco-efficient solutions in the elevator and escalator industry. KONE’s leadership in sustainability has been recognized by The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and have achieved the best possible score in CDP’s Global A list.
KONE, is the only elevator & escalator company to be featured in the Forbes world’s top 100 innovative companies for 8 years. We hold more than 3,000 patents across our business and continue to develop breakthroughs to improve city life.
Gold Plus Partners
JENSEN HUGHES is the global leader in safety, security and risk-based engineering and consulting services. Our team of engineers, scientists and consultants offer a broad range of assessment and mitigation services to protect people, property and the environment. We provide expert consulting, design, construction support, forensic engineering and investigation, R&D, software solutions, and training throughout the world, across every industry.
Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing and protecting in the building construction sector and motor vehicle industry.
Sika’s product lines include concrete technology, waterproofing, roofing, industrial flooring, fire protection coatings, specialty mortars, structural strengthening systems, sealants, adhesives, specialty acoustic and reinforcing materials.
From watertight basements to critical infrastructure, from high rises to the high seas, and to vehicles that drive on the highways that stretch across nations, Sika products make the living environment more durable, more reliable and more sustainable!
USG Boral is a leading innovator of plasterboards, manufacturing and supplying building solutions across Asia, Australasia and the Middle East. We deliver a wide array of high-performance interior and exterior building products and end-to-end solutions at consistent quality service levels for all our customers. Main brand names include USG Boral, SHEETROCK®, DUROCK®, SECUROCK™ and DONN DX®.
Our products are manufactured to stringent in-house product quality specifications that match industry standards and adhere to applicable national, regional or international standards. Product categories include Plasterboard, Ceilings, Interior Finishes, Metal Framing and Substrates.
Gold Partner
Associate Partner
BMT is a leading global consultancy with a reputation for engineering excellence. We're driven by the belief that things can always be better, safer, faster and more efficient. In the civil construction industry BMT is internationally recognised as a leading independent specialist in the fields of wind engineering and computational modelling. We provide wind engineering specialist consultancy services for the assessment of all aspects of architectural aerodynamics and ensure the cost effective and safe design of civil engineering structures.
Exhibitor Partner
Windtech Consultants is a global firm specialising in the study of wind loads and the dynamic response of wind sensitive structures, utilising the most advanced instrumentation and analysis techniques. Windtech also undertakes a broad range of environmental studies within and around buildings. Other services include damper design and long term monitoring of building motion.
Since 1991 Windtech Consultants has worked on more than 2,500 major building projects around the world, offering innovative and cost effective treatments and solutions.
Associate Partner
Thomas Bell-Wright International Consultants is a Dubai-based, multi-accredited and privately held engineering firm providing independent Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) services primarily for the building construction sector. Mainly focused on large commercial buildings we provide a range of TIC services for building architectural elements, as well as for fire separation and material safety.
We hold accreditations to ISO 17025 (Testing Lab), ISO 17020 (Inspections), ISO 17065 (Certification Body) and AC291 (Special Inspections Agency) variously provided by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service, IAS (International Accreditation Service from the USA) and GAC (Gulf Accreditation Centre) for more info visit www.bell-wright.com.
Testing & Certification Partner
Aliaxis is a global leader in manufacturing and distribution of advanced plastic piping system. Aliaxis provides Sustainable Water Management Solutions for a comfortable and safe living environment in High-rise Buildings. With a global workforce of more than 16,200 employees, Aliaxis provides both standard and tailored solutions that meet the client’s most demanding expectations.
We are active through more than 100 manufacturing and commercial companies, operating in over 45 countries. Aliaxis SEA consists of sales, marketing and warehousing organisations in Malaysia and Singapore supplied from a manufacturing hub in Malaysia. Learn more on https://high-rise.aliaxis.com/
Benefit from the practical experience, case studies and presentations from our distinguished plenary speakers
Ahmad Abdelrazaq
Sr. EVP, Executive Project Director (PNB118),
Project Executive (Lakhta Centre)
SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION, SOUTH KOREA
Paul De Santis
Partner
GOETTSCH PARTNERS, USA
Giles Robinson
Senior Partner - Deputy Head of Studio
FOSTER+PARTNERS, UK
John Gerondelis
Principal
SMALLWOOD, REYNOLDS, STEWART,
STEWART, USA
Bertil de Kleynen
Sector Director of Architecture, Planning,
Landscape & Interiors - APAC
ATKINS (A MEMBER OF SNC-LAVALIN), HK
Matthew Potter
MD
WILKINSONEYRE, HK
Eric Pelletier
Partner & Design Principal
LEMAY, CANADA
Patrik Schumacher
Principal
ZAHA HADID, UK
Cheol Lee
Vice President - Practice Leader, Nothern Asia
JENSEN HUGHES, US
Michael Grove
Chair of Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering &
Ecology, & Principal
SASAKI, USA
Stephen Pimbley
Director
SPARK ARCHITECTS, SINGAPORE
Caroline Fenlon-Harding
SVP
WSP, USA
Kieran Rice
Technical Director & Facade Practice Leader - ANZ
AECOM, AUSTRALIA
Ame Engelhart
Director
SOM, HK
Marshall Strabala
Design Partner
STRABALA+ARCHITECTS, CHINA
Dr. Nicholas Truong
Principal
WINDTECH, AUSTRALIA
Santeri Suoranta
Director - Technology, Kone Major Projects - Finland
KONE
Jeff Montgomery
Director - Kone Major Projects, Asia Pacific
KONE
Dr. Sascha Brozek
Senior Vice President
KONE MAJOR PROJECTS, FINLAND
Stephen Pimbley
Director
SPARK ARCHITECTS, SINGAPORE
Marcel Langenegger
Head of Corporate Waterproofing
SIKA SERVICES AG, SWITZERLAND
Showcasing Insightful Presentations By Distinguished Speakers
Benchmark with Global Practitioners & Trendsetters
Manal Rachdi
Owner
OXO ARCHITECTS, FRANCE
Gregory Kovacs
Design Director
BENOY, HK
Dr. Christopher Drew
Director of Sustainability
ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL, USA
Patrick Daly
Director
WOODS BAGOT, SINGAPORE
Simon Parsons
Practice Leader
PTW, AUSTRALIA
Barry Lee
Chairman & Director of Design
DBI DESIGN, AUSTRALIA
Nana Akua Birmeh
CEO
ARCHXENUS, GHANA
Robert Whitlock
Principal
KOHN PEDERSEN FOX, USA
Abhishek Chabbra
Marketing Development Manager
THOMAS BELL-WRIGHT
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS
Peter Wood
Director Architectural & Technical Services
USG BORAL
Mr. Juerg Schlumpf
Head of Corporate Target Market Concrete
SIKA SERVICES AG, SWITZERLAND
Michael Chin
Principal & Facade Engineering Leader
ARUP, SINGAPORE
Oliver Sterl
Partner
RLP RUDIGER LAINER + PARTNER, AUSTRIA
Guymo Wong
Director
RONALD LU & PARTNERS, HK
Shonn Mills
Global High Rise Director
RAMBOLL, SINGAPORE
Ganesh Krishnan
Business Development Manager, Built Environment - APAC
BMT, MALAYSIA
Jois Phoo
General Manager, Product Development
GUOCOLAND, SINGAPORE
Shaun Killa
Design Partner
KILLA ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, UAE
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