UK Construction Week Birmingham 2026: agenda and talks

George Clarke, TV Presenter and Architect · Jackie Rigby, Assistant Director - Regeneration, Partnerships and Major Projects, Homes England · Saul Humphrey, President, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) · Tim Balcon, Chief Executive Officer, CITB

Hadeel Saadoon, Digital Construction Technical Lead, Connected Places Catapult · Kathryn Donald, Director, Digital Design & Building Performance Modelling & Partner, Max Fordham · Lilian Ho, AI Program Director at ZIGURAT Institute of Technology Regional Lead & AI Ambassador at Women in BIM, AECOM · Mohammed Shana'a, CEO & Co-Founder, Morta · Paul Eyden, BIM Manager, University of Warwick and a Co-Chair of the AUDE Digital Estates Group

April Comerford, Director of Corporate Development, Considerate Constructors (CSCS) · Gregor Leckebusch, Professor of Meteorology and Climatology & Met Office Joint Chair, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences · Leonard Connolly, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Balfour Beatty · Marta Calore, Just Transition Analyst, Climate Change Committee

Gwilym Still, Director, Passivhaus, Max Fordham · Sarah Price, Consultant, Passivhaus Trust & Director, Spruce Retrofit Consulting

Alex Ferguson, Area Sales Manager, Casavent

Cam Thrower, Account Management Lead, Ideagen, Ideagen · Sam Thomas, Ideagen

Ed McCann, Senior Director, Expedition Engineering and Past President, Institution of Civil Engineers & Chair Infrastructure Client Group Productivity Task Group · George Clarke, TV Presenter and Architect · Rachael Owens, Co-Director, National Retrofit Hub · Sarah-Jayne Pizzie, Deputy Director for Construction Commercial, Ministry of Justice

Dana James-Edwards, Head of Fairness, Inclusion and Respect, Supply Chain Sustainability School · David Stevens, Director of Estates, Facilities & Capital Development, East London NHS Foundation Trust & Vice President, CIBSE · Desiree Blamey, Managing Director, Considerate Constructors Scheme · Nagina Bawar, Technical Director, Waterman Aspen & Professional Development Manager, Muslims in Construction (MIC) · Sandi Rhys-Jones OBE, Former President, CIOB

Paul Spies, CEO, AcuSaif by Smart Safety Solutions and co-founder of IronHead Roofing

James Cannon, Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer, Zutec

Clarissa Youden, Associate Director, Total Home Environment

Lorna Hagan, Assessor, Building a Safer Future (BSF) · Tom Paterson, Director of Product & Systems, Considerate Constructors (CCS) · Tom Weller, Head of Group Building Safety, Persimmon Homes

Ann-Marie Fallon, Co-Director, Passivhaus Trust · Chris Carr, Immediate Past National President, Federation of Master Builders (FMB) · Ed Griffiths, Head of Analytics, Barbour-ABI · Matt Mahony, Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Construction Industry Council (CIC) · Rico Wojtulewicz, Director of Policy & Market Insight, National Federation of Builders (NFB)

Dr Anastasia Mylona, Technical Director, CIBSE · Jade Lewis, Chief Executive, Jade Advocacy & Chair, Healthy Homes & Buildings Group · Mark Allen, Head of Technical Services, Fortem · Olga Turner Baker, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Ekkist

Alan Heron, Managing Director, Procurement Hub, part of the Places for People Group · Claire Baron, National Business Development Manager, City plumbing · David Morrison, Managing Director, PM+ · Stephanie Finley, Client Relationship Coordinatorl, Procurement Hub, part of the Places for People Group

Joshua Collins, Heat Networks Manager, ALTECNIC

David Stevens, Director of Estates, Facilities & Capital Development, East London NHS Foundation Trust & Vice President, CIBSE · George Clarke, TV Presenter and Architect · Olayemi Usman, Cost Consultant, Turner & Townsend · Virtue Igbokwuwe, Programme Manager, Cushman & Wakefield

Carl Bairstow, Director of Operations - Membership, Materials and Retrofit, Efficiency North · Rachael Owens, Co-Director, National Retrofit Hub · Rufus Grantham, Partner & Co-Founder, Living Places · Sarah Fletcher, Freelance Consultant and PhD Researcher, London South Bank University

Henry Fenby-Taylor, Athenophilia · Lilian Ho, AI Program Director at ZIGURAT Institute of Technology Regional Lead & AI Ambassador at Women in BIM, AECOM · Melanie Dawson, Director, Origin7 · Mike Tofton, BIM & Digital Construction Lead, BRE

Rebecca Rickwood, Founder & CEO, Gement Group · Siu Mun Li, Director, Constructing Siu-lutions Ltd

Alison Kilby, Associate Director, Arup · Jack Smith, Director, Platform · James York, Area Director, Morgan Sindall · Lindsey Ions, Head of Pre Construction, Urban & Civic

David Martini, Director of Renewables & Electrification, Jewson

Ian Lumsden, Digital Services Group Leader for the UK, Middle East, India, and Africa, Arup · Maryrose Lyons, Founder, AI Institute · Tom Storey, Senior Specialist, Data and Technology, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Andrew Spencer, Energy & Carbon Services Director, Equans UK & Ireland · Ann-Marie Fallon, Co-Director, Passivhaus Trust · Michael McLaughlin, Group Head of Social Value, LHC Procurement Group · Rachael Owens, Co-Director, National Retrofit Hub

Desiree Blamey, Managing Director, Considerate Constructors Scheme · Emma Richman, Assistant Director - Strategic Asset Management, Altair & Past President, Women in Property · Karina Wood, Project Manager, Women in Construction Anglia · Michaela Wain, Managing Director, Design & Build UK and Founder, Women in Construction · Rashida Rajkotwalla, Direstor, DWIP Consultants & NAWIC Midlands Co-Chair Building · Siu Mun Li, Director, Constructing Siu-lutions Ltd

Tim Martel, Standards and Certification Programme Manager, Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB)

Alessia Scola, Head of Design Safety & Compliance, T P Bennett · Darren Brennan, Specification Director, Siderise · Victoria Millward, Director, Paddock Johnson · Will Pitt, Technical Leader, Laing O'Rourke

Doug Johnson, Co-Founder of building performance specialists, Mesh

Andrew Bailey, Head of Technical & Product, Alpha ESS UK · Claire Enstone, Director of Technical, Eco2Solar · John Southern, Operations Director, Energy Storage Association · Michael Collinge, Technical Director, Certi-fi Schemes

Dr Bola Abisogun OBE, Founder & Chief Excitement Officer, Digital Twin Skills Academy CIC & Fellow of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) · Emma Hooper, Head of Information Management Strategy, RLB Digital · Robert Barbour, Data Integration & Insights Director, Travis Perkins · Shervin Yousefzadeh, Head of Construction, GS1 (UK)

John Palmer, Director of Operations, Building Safety Regulator

George Ashbrook, Managing Director, Ashbrook Roofing Services and CPS contractor · Stephen Holt-Bjørnerud, CEO, Certchain · Tanya Cooper, Managing Director, NFRC Competent Person Scheme

Edward Impey, Strategic Sales Director, VOGO UK

Bernardine Cooney, Head of Construction Technical Support & Engagement, HSE · David Towler, HM Principal Specialist Inspector of Occupational Hygiene, Health & Safety Executive (HSE)

Alistair Ringer, Head of Construction Engineering, Kier Design · Elliot Wilford, Temporary Works Centre of Expertise Lead, BAM UK & Ireland Division · Georgios Soldatos, Temporary Works Lead, Mace Dragados · Harry Seal, Enterprise Team Manager, Zutec · Ray Moloney, Programme Director, Costain

Alison Nicholl, Head of Constructing Excellence, BRE · David Hancock, Construction Director and Infrastructure Practice Lead, His Majesty’s Treasury, Expert Advisory Team & NISTA · Molly Morgan, Procurement Manager, Procurement Hub · Rob Byrnes, Head of Frameworks, Vinci Building

Jason Kirrage, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, SolarEdge

Murray Bean, Partner, Constructive Pioneers · Tim Handy, Partner, Constructive Pioneers

Rafie Faruq, Co-Founder & CEO, Genie AI

Doug Baldock, Executive Technical Director, NHS Hew Hospital Programme · Emily King, Industrialisation Director, NHS New Hospital Programme

Alana Mahoney, Terraquest · Chantelle Hallet, Terraquest · Lewis Godsmark, Land and Planning, Richborough Commercial

Sam Chartouni, CEO & Co-Founder, Aerobel

Dr Zsuzsanna Gyenes, Director, Director, Global Industrial Safety Solutions Ltd

Carlos Vargas, Place-based Consultant, Social Value Portal · Phoebe Magoma-Dennis, Head of Place & Real Estate, Social Value Portal

Andreas Simmer, Managing Director, Finstral UK · Gareth Burgess, Business Development Manager, Finstral UK

Ash Snaddon, Director, Zealux Access Consulting · Chris Milne, Director, Will Rudd Davidson · Purav Patel, Structural / Temporary Works Engineer, StrucTemp LLP

Juliette Enser, Executive Director, Competition and Markets Authority · Marie-Claude Hemming, Policy Director, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)

Ann Vanner, Founder, Healing Buildings · Lee Smith, Founder, Cambridge Architectural Design · Usman Yaqub, President, Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) and Founder and Principal of Studio Yaqub

Robert Claridge, Learning Solutions Owner, Laing O'Rourke

Anna Simmons, Support Manager, earth4Earth

Dr Bola Abisogun OBE, Founder & Chief Excitement Officer, Digital Twin Skills Academy CIC & Fellow of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

James Tallentire, Delivery Manager - Stakeholder Engagement, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) · Rossella Nicolin, Head of Sustainability, Laing O'Rourke · Ste Garlick, Strategic Lead for Decarbonisation & Retrofit, BDP and AECB Chief Executive · Will Arnold, Head of Sustainable Materials, Useful Simple Trust

Clarissa Youden, Associate Director, Total Home Environment

Andrew Johnson, AI Systems Director, Ryder Architecture

Gray Gibson, Policy & External Affairs Manager, National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) · Matthew Sexton, Compliance and Technical Director, BMI UK & Ireland · Thomas Marshall, Technical Manager (Construction), DON & LOW Ltd · Adrian Howe, Director, Stormforce Roofing

Sarah Skinner, Group Commercial Director, TCT Inc and Co-Founder, TCT-Europe

Cathal Quinn, CEO, Moy Group · Lee Wilcox, Co-Founder & CEO, On The Tools · Nicola Roberts, Head of Service, Siemens · Samantha Jones, The Jones Collective & Founding Member, Raise the Roof

Jenny Wallace., Managing Director, Mesh · Mike Tofton, BIM & Digital Construction Lead, BRE · Rachel Heaton, Construction Engagement Manager, GS1 UK · Vicki Reynolds, Technical Director - Digital Estates, One Creative Environments

Amy Voce, Presenter, FMB's Build Up Podcast · Carl Goodhew, Founder, G2 Construction and Consultancy · Nicola De Sousa, Central Director, Federation of Master Builders (FMB)

Chris Bridgman, Managing Partner, Bridgman & Bridgman and Chair, Green Roof Organisation (GRO), Vice President, European Federation of Green Roof and Wall Associations and Founder, World Green Roof Day · Keith Hills, Founding Director, Eco Green Group · Luke Rootham, Product Manager – Multifunctional Roof Finishes, Axter Ltd · Maggie Fennel Wells, Principal & Green and Blue Infrastructure Consultant, The Environment Partnership (TEP) Ltd

Melisa White, Founder, KindStay

Angie Wilkes, Managing Director, Construct Virtual · Faisal Amin, Managing Director, Peak One Partners · Leigh Simpson, Founder & CEO, Insynth Marketing & ConstructUK · Paul Indinger, CEO, Building Radar

Catherine Hadfield, Strategic Lead, Birmingham Knowledge Quarter · Emily Stubbs, Head of Policy, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce · Shaun Hall, Senior Delivery Manager‑ Construction and Pre‑Employment, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) · Steve Bowyer, Head of West Midlands Investment Zone, West Midlands Combined Authority

Jason Howlett, Founder & CEO, Energy Storage Association · Neil Evans, UK & Ireland Country Manager, GoodWe · Nigel Banks, Technical Director, Octopus Energy · Tom Woolley, Director of Low Carbon, Residential (Metis), SMS

Anna Simmons, Support Manager, earth4Earth

Henry Fenby-Taylor, Athenophilia · Mohammed Shana'a, CEO & Co-Founder, Morta

Conor Neild-Crabb, Head of Centre, Centre for Construction Best Practice · Dr Kudirat Ayinia, Lecturer in Construction Management and Programme Lead for the BSc (Hons) Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying programme, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY · Karen Heigham, Public Sector Director, Wates Construction · Simon Rawlinson, Head of Strategic Research, Arcadis and Deputy Chair of CIC

Saverio Pasetto, Head of Facades, Skanska · Stephen Tanno, Director Pre-Construction Services, Schüco International KG

Ian Brant, Director, Brant Construction Quantum Experts · Paul Jenkinson, Founder, Accredex.com

Sarah Skinner, Group Commercial Director, TCT Inc and Co-Founder, TCT-Europe

Bill Yost, Reclinker · Charlotte Downes, WSP · John Ward, Pengwern Associates · Joshua Bennett, Tarmac · Natalie Fredericks, Carbon Limiting Technologies · Stafford Lloyd, InnovateUK

Marco Bonelli, Head of Digital, Galliford Try Construction · Meghan Davies, Co-Founder, Cammina · Nawal Ali, Graduate Analyst & Data Scientist, AI Implementation, BRE Group · Paul Beeston, Partner – Head of Industry and Service Insight, Rider Levett Bucknall

Sam Chartouni, CEO & Co-Founder, Aerobel

Lucie Shackley, Manager, - Construction & Infrastructure, Carbon Trust

Dr Krish Parmar, CEO, Elevate Building Safety

Darren Richards, Managing Director, Cogent Consulting and Chair of the UK Industrialised Construction Advisory Board · George Mokhtar, Director, Turner & Townsend · Lilian Ho, AI Program Director at ZIGURAT Institute of Technology Regional Lead & AI Ambassador at Women in BIM, AECOM · Trudi Sully, Co-Chair, Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP)

Majid Al-Kader, CEO, mXreality · Tracey Patmore, Head of Products, NOCN Group

Alison Watson MBE, Founder & Chief Executive, Class Of Your Own · Mark Enzer OBE, Fellow, Mott MacDonald · Philippa Birch-Wood, Head of Climate Action, UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) · Samuel Parkin, Senior Economist, BCIS