UK Construction Week Birmingham 2026: agenda and talks

89 sessions across 6 theatres. Times and access details as published by the organiser — always check the official programme on the day.

Getting in

Free registration includes every published stage session. The £99 + VAT VIP ticket adds reserved seating in select sessions and priority entry to roundtables; it does not gate any catalogued session.

Checked 2026-09-21 · organiser programme

All sessions Tuesday 29 September Wednesday 30 September Thursday 1 October Build Connect Lounge Building Envelope Stage Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage Digitalisation & AI Stage Futurebuild Innovation Showcase Stage The Construction RESET Stage

Thursday 1 October 2026

10:30–11:15
Competent Until It Gets Difficult: What Pressure Does To Performance
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Melisa White, Founder, KindStay
10:30–11:15
Winning Work with AI: Smarter Project Lead Research for Construction
Digitalisation & AI Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
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
10:30–11:15
The West Midlands Construction Boom: Where’s the Work Coming From?
The Construction RESET Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
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
10:30–11:15
Solar, Storage and Heat Pumps: What New Build and Retrofit Mean for Your Business
Building Envelope Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
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
11:10–11:40
Forest cities: How carbon capture materials can transform urban areas into carbon sinks - Copy
Futurebuild Innovation Showcase Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Anna Simmons, Support Manager, earth4Earth
11:30–12:15
Getting Data Governance Right: A Practical Panel for Construction and Design
Digitalisation & AI Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Henry Fenby-Taylor, Athenophilia · Mohammed Shana'a, CEO & Co-Founder, Morta
11:30–12:15
Early Contractor Involvement: Building Better Projects from Day One
The Construction RESET Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
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
11:30–12:15
Fixing the Rules, Not the Design: How the New Hospitals Programme (NHP) Façade Strategy Creates Certainty Without Losing Local Identity
Building Envelope Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Saverio Pasetto, Head of Facades, Skanska · Stephen Tanno, Director Pre-Construction Services, Schüco International KG
11:30–12:15
Professional Practice on Site: Safety, Competence and Compliance
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Ian Brant, Director, Brant Construction Quantum Experts · Paul Jenkinson, Founder, Accredex.com
11:50–12:20
Making Recycled Rubber Products Work for Construction
Futurebuild Innovation Showcase Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Sarah Skinner, Group Commercial Director, TCT Inc and Co-Founder, TCT-Europe
12:15–13:45
Workshop: Implementing the Advance Market Commitment to accelerate next-generation low carbon concrete
Build Connect Lounge· Hall Hall 4
Workshop
Included
Bill Yost, Reclinker · Charlotte Downes, WSP · John Ward, Pengwern Associates · Joshua Bennett, Tarmac · Natalie Fredericks, Carbon Limiting Technologies · Stafford Lloyd, InnovateUK
12:30–13:15
Working at Height: Why Are We Still Falling Short?
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
12:30–13:15
NIMA Panel - Title TBC
Digitalisation & AI Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
12:30–13:15
AI in Construction: Reimagining How Real Applications Deliver Real Results
The Construction RESET Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
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
12:30–13:00
Beyond Cement: Cutting Embodied CO₂ in Floor Construction - Copy
Futurebuild Innovation Showcase Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Sam Chartouni, CEO & Co-Founder, Aerobel
12:30–13:15
Net Zero Transition Planning: Turning Construction Ambition into Action
Building Envelope Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Lucie Shackley, Manager, - Construction & Infrastructure, Carbon Trust
13:30–14:15
Building Safety Five Years On: Lessons Learned and What Comes Next
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Dr Krish Parmar, CEO, Elevate Building Safety
13:30–13:45
Digital & AI Stage - Exhibitor 15min Slot TBC
Digitalisation & AI Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
13:30–14:15
The New Industrial Revolution: How Digital-First Construction Can Finally Scale Productivity
The Construction RESET Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
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)
13:30–14:15
RISE to the Challenge: What Needs to Change in Residential Construction?
Building Envelope Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
14:00–14:15
Digital & AI Stage - Exhibitor Slot - 15mins TBC
Digitalisation & AI Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
14:30–15:15
Strong foundations: building competence for a safer, healthier future
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
14:30–15:15
Visualising the Future: How Immersive Technology Can Tackle the Skills and Productivity Challenges within the Construction Industry.
Digitalisation & AI Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
Majid Al-Kader, CEO, mXreality · Tracey Patmore, Head of Products, NOCN Group
14:30–15:15
The Construction Industry's Future: 2050 and Beyond
The Construction RESET Stage· Hall Hall 4
Included
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