Ahmed AbouAlfa is a Digital innovator and expert in transforming rigid data into a smooth feasible framework by reflecting Business Intelligence methodologies and Digital Strategy techniques and leveraging digital technologies in all fields to meet the business demands. Digital Business Strategy & Transformation Specialists in many industries employ Agile Project Management, Design Thinking, and Digitalization. Advisor in AECO Industry, Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) Manager, with Architecture background in addition to MBA with a Merit recently in Strategic Management from YSJ in the UK along with many credentials and certificates from different professional bodies and institutes worldwide.

Beth has over 20 years’ experience in all aspects of Integrated Project Controls, previously working mainly within the Defence Sector before joining the HPC Project in November 2017. Experienced in leading and implementing best practice project controls to support delivery.

Jordan Cannon serves as Pre-Sales Manager for lnEight located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is responsible for the EMEA region. His main focus is helping solve common, real-world industry challenges for customers. Jordan and his team do this by performing web-based and in-person demonstrations of InEight solutions and conducting deep dives into customer requirements. This requires complex solution mapping, building and enhancing of the demo environment data supporting EMEA market demands. Before joining InEight, Jordan spent his first years in the industry, boots on the ground, managing EPC construction projects for a subsidiary of Kiewit. He then used his studies and experience in organisational change management and technology innovation to introduce and implement operational excellence methodologies and culture in Graycor and Blinderman organisations. Jordan holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in civil engineering from Clemson University.

industries. She is currently responsible for the 250 strong community of PMO and project controls professionals at Costain. Leanne is a firm believer in the development of digital tools to delivery significant advantages and efficiencies to a PMO environment. As the digital PMO world evolves, there is a need to ensure that the skills and expertise in the interpretation of the data does not diminish. As a coach and mentor, she is keen to develop individuals in the project controls profession and facilitates the sharing of best practice across a number of technical forums.

Tassilo Deinzer (born 1971) has joined the Executive Board as of January 1, 2022, and is responsible for the Fastening & Protection Business Area and Corporate Logistics. He joined Hilti headquarters in Schaan in 2003 as a Senior Project Manager in Corporate Development. Shortly after, he was assigned to work in the United States as Project Director of Corporate Strategy. Afterwards, he took the role of Vice President of Sales in Germany. From 2006 on, he had multiple roles as Head of different Business Units at Hilti headquarters before moving into the position of Head of the Power Tools & Accessories Business Unit in 2013.

Carol Deveney is the founder and Managing Director of See Change International Consulting Ltd. Carol is a transport and project sponsorship consultant and sponsor coach. She has held head of profession and vice president roles of Sponsor divisions in the UK and internationally in the transport sector. She has led on a variety of projects and programmes and at varying levels of seniority, including director and vice president level. Carol combines a background in sponsoring infrastructure projects and change programmes with coaching and leadership development gained in complex, high value environments. She is an ambassador for sponsorship as a successful approach to dealing with ongoing ambiguity in projects and leading the delivery of benefits. Carol has been accountable for audit and assurance of a capital investment portfolio in excess of £34bn. She has peer reviewed several major programmes and projects with a focus on achieving benefits, open dialogue and behavioural observations as enablers of good governance. Carol has a Post Grad in Business and a BA Business and Management and is dual qualified in Environmental Management and Occupational Health & Safety.

David Currently managing director of WiiPlan Project Solutions which service a number of Engineering Construction Commissioning Qualification & Start Up Clients in EMEA regions. Experience in detailed & benchmark planning of EPCMV, CQV, CM, HVAC, Mechanical, Electrical, BMS, Automation and I&C Contracts in Bio Pharmaceutical Projects, Medical Device Projects, Data Hall Projects, & Commercial Projects @ 100M + scale. Professional Experience from all sides as continuously work with & represent the client side, the main contractor and multi discipline sub-contractors.

John is an experienced construction and civil engineering planning professional with a background in data science, quantitative construction industry research, and data analysis. He is a co-founder at FlowLedger, a workflow management platform. John has previously published research with the University of Cambridge on the use of machine learning and data analytics for predicting project schedule outcomes.

Anil is passionate about Project Controls and working in multiple capacities for implementation and enhancement of this growing subject i.e., Managing Director of Projcon Group (Project Controls Consultancy), Founder of Project Controls Online (Global Project Controls e-network and knowledge base), Project Manager for Project Controls Expo (Largest Project Controls event/- show) and finally, Founder and Program Director at Project Controls Institute (Blended Project Controls learning platform), Anil's professional experience spans over 19 years at corporate and field offices offering diverse and in-depth exposure to implementation of Project Controls on a range of EPC Projects (Oil & Gas- upstream and downstream, CCU - Carbon Capture Units, Power Projects and Pipelines). Registrations, Certifications, Publications & Voluntary Contribution. IEng registration with Engineering Council, UK Holds Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) and Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) certifications fr

Katherine Grant serves as a Principal Project Controls Manager for AWE located in Aldermaston, England and is responsible for delivering best practice project controls in major infrastructure projects. She spent her first years at AWE as a research scientist specialising in analytical chemistry and engineering before moving into project controls where she has devoted the last 10 years helping AWE evolve into a world class organisation.

Omar Habib is a Digital Delivery Manager passionate about BIM and Project Controls with deep expertise in reports and dashboard development, creating reports and visual, interactive dashboards using Tableau and Power BI. Work collaboratively with business stakeholders to understand their analytical needs and provide insightful reporting solutions. He has worked with large multinational construction and development companies to deliver a range of building and infrastructure projects across the Middle East, UAE, KSA, Qatar, and Egypt. He has worked on +25 BIM projects in the infrastructure, commercial building, residential, oil, and gas sectors. Ahmed AbouAlfa is a Digital innovator and expert in transforming rigid data into a smooth feasible framework by reflecting Business Intelligence methodologies and Digital Strategy techniques and leveraging digital technologies in all fields to meet the business demands. Digital Business Strategy & Transformation Specialists in many indus

Stephen is a Charted Mechanical Engineer and leads Laminar's data & digital consultancy. Stephen has worked across a number of industries including oil and gas, infrastructure and real estate with roles in design, construction, PMO and as a product manager for a software company. The continuous theme throughout his career is in maximising the value of data that is collected on projects and optimising processes that surround this data in order to improve project performance.

"Ryan Kubacki is currently the Chief Executive Officer of ARES PRISM Software, the global leader of enterprise project controls software. Ryan was recruited into the role by growth equity company M33 Growth and is a co-investor in the business. Ryan is an experienced growth equity operator and investor with a track record of successful value creation and financial exits of technology companies. Ryan has experience with platform investments and M&A for both large and small companies. Ryan brings deep expertise in go-to-market execution. Previously, Ryan was recruited by a PE firm to be Chief Revenue Officer of Flexera upon acquiring company for $1.4 billion and exited upon selling company to another PE firm for $2.9 billion, doubling company valuation in under 3 years. At Flexera, Ryan led a global organization of 400 employees responsible for customer experience and company revenue. Team included sales, solution engineering, professional services, renewals, channel partners, sales op

Prasad Rajkumar Kulkarni is a senior project controls professional in PDO holding a bachelor’s degree in engineering and Post-Graduation in Project and Finance Management. He is having round 19 years of experience in Oil and Gas Industry with expertise in Project Management, Cost estimation & control, Scheduling, Change management, Risk Management, Proposals & Bidding in LEPCC, EPC/ LSTK, EPCM, PMC project environment. He is having deep knowledge of Projects execution from Identify phase to Operate phase with broad experience of Project Controls in all the key phases of project. He is certified TA2 professional in PDO Shell Oman.

Sunil Kumar is a senior project controls professional holding a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (2004) with expertise in Project Management, Cost Control, Scheduling, Change management, Risk Management in EPC/ LSTK, EPCM, PMC project environment and over 18 years of experience in Oil & Gas Projects execution from Identify phase to Operate phase.

Andrew Langridge is the Director of Business Development for Europe. In this role, he is responsible for delivering Estimation and Project Controls solutions across a wide range of industries. Andrew started his career as an apprentice mechanical engineer working in a bespoke machine tool company in London. After a 5-year technical apprenticeship, he moved into advanced manufacturing supervision and management roles. For 25 years Andrew has been working in the field of Estimation and Project Controls supporting the implementation of best-inclass processes and solutions for organizations across many industries. Andrew is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Bath, a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University and a Fellow of the Association of Cost Engineers. In 2022 Andrew was awarded the status of Honorary Certified Professional Cost Engineer due to his extensive contribution and guidance to the profession.

Jeancarlo Durán Maica, MBA, CCP™, PMP®, EVP™ is a subject expert on Power BI and Primavera P6. His in-depth knowledge and experience in project controls best practices are widely validated with international certifications in the areas of project and cost management. With experience across rail, civils, tunneling, mining and housing projects, Jeancarlo holds different professional certifications such as: CCP (Certified Cost Professional), PMP (Project Management Professional), EVP (Earned Value Professional), Microsoft Certified Data Analyst (MCP), and Primavera P6 EPPM Specialist. He has been an active member of AACE International, founding the AACE Peru Section in 2013 and serving on the Board of Directors of AACE International 2017-2019 as Director-Region 10. Jeancarlo is currently working as a Digital Planning and Reporting Manager for BAM Nuttall on a multi-million pound rail project in the UK (TRU).

Pauline McMahon has over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, delivering complex global programs. Pauline is currently the Innovation, Insights and Systems Manager for the North East Link Program, Victoria’s largest infrastructure project. Pauline provides an innovative skillset to the civil engineering and construction environment, recognized as unprecedented within the industry and has direct responsibility and accountability for the oversight of the project controls systems development and implementation.

A Project Controls expert with over 25 years private and government industry experience in the delivery of major infrastructure projects globally, leading large multidisciplinary teams in complex environments across diverse sectors. Currently, the Director of Project Controls on the North East Link Project, Victoria’s largest infrastructure project, Cameron has a Master’s Degree in Project Management and specialises in project management and controls including construction, planning / scheduling, estimating, cost control, integrated change management, information management, quality assurance and compliance, process improvement and technology innovations, standardisation and implementation. Cameron also has significant experience in digital transformation, data management analytics and reporting, organisational and project risk, stakeholder engagement, commercial and finance management and continuous improvement, agile and lean methodologies.

Hamza Afdhal Mehdi Mirza is working as a Technical Services Lead in Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), he has contributed extensively to project controls activities across PDO, led various continuous improvement initiatives within Planning & Scheduling, Cost Engineering, Risk Management, Contract Management, Change Management, Project Reporting and Project Health Checks. Hamza holds a BENG (Hons) in Mechanical Electronic System Engineering and has been in the company for more than 10 years. He has worked in multi-billion-dollar projects and developed Project Controls expertise in all the key phases of a project i.e. from Initiation phase to final handover. In addition to the above, he has been involved in conducting various knowledge sharing sessions and always keen in enhancing the capability of Project Controls professionals.

Steve has spend over a decade, specializing in scheduling and project controls on large industrial projects. More recently, he has been building large health care projects. In his current role, as innovation manager for a large general contractor, he finds and creates new solutions for the industry.

Will is a Chartered Construction Manager and a Lead Construction Data Strategist at Laminar Projects. Will has worked building data-driven workflows and products on some of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK and abroad.

Lloyd Norman is the Vice President of Strategic Solutions at ProSymmetry. Prior to joining ProSymmetry, Lloyd directed the Resource Management Office at a top 50 financial institution, where he spearheaded an enterprise resource planning ecosystem that continuously aligned strategic projects, agile initiatives, and operational work with vital delivery and governance resources. Lloyd has over 30 years of experience delivering value in RMO & PMO leadership roles, as a managing partner in a technology professional services firm, and as a consultant with IBM.

Jean-Luc Ozoux is currently in charge of EcoSys Business Development at Hexagon, a company that supports its customers in their digital transformation by offering innovative solutions to adopt new technologies applied to the management of large industrial projects.

MBA graduate of Paris University in Information Systems and Management, he has been helping organizations implement their Capital Project Management solutions for 30 years. His experience with major project management software, as well as the advice he provides to major companies in France and Europe, allows him to take a critical look at the very rapid evolution of tools and technologies that are transforming the working methods, culture and tools that need to be mastered today.

As of Head of PMO for EMEA with InEight, Jeff Quantrill focuses his expertise on helping shape and deliver systems that create real value for clients. Previous to InEight, Jeff created and ran a consultancy aimed at helping his clients use the value of interconnected data and systems to deliver actionable insights. He has also held leadership roles with Arcadis in their client facing IT group where his enterprise project management and process knowledge allowed him to develop an expertise in project management information systems. During this time, he worked with many large organisations, including three giga-projects in Saudi Arabia, to deliver a mix of proprietary and off the shelf systems. Jeff also spent 15 years at IBM delivering complex IT services, projects and processes to some of the UK’s largest companies.

Geoff Roberts is a chartered professional with more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of project management & project controls. Geoff has been with Oracle Construction and Engineering Business Unit for 20 years. He is currently Director, Global Industry Strategy (Energy & Resources), providing strategic direction, domain expertise, and insight around Asset lifecycle with a focus on both the internal stakeholders and the Supply Chain. In addition he provides input into the solutions we deliver to our customers ensuring what we offer is best in class and able to support how these organizations deliver projects to time, cost, quality, safely from inception thru to decommissioning. Participates in Construction Industry Institute (CII) research teams and looks to deliver solutions that support CII best practices across the industry. Recently he is leading the Oracle UK Innovation lab and the experiences that the Oracle Construction and Engineering will provide to industry on

Susan is an accomplished Programme Manager with over 20 years of experience working across the whole life cycle of major complex combat air system programmes. This consists of leading high complex/uncertain engineering programmes through multi-disciplined teams, whilst working /with key partners in challenging environments, thus requiring a strong collaborative leadership style within different cultural experiences.

Ruchi Singh is Director of Kaleidoscope Transformation; a boutique consultancy specialising in supporting and leading projects designed transform public services and influence policy to improve outcomes for communities. She has been advised and delivered radical transformation strategies for close to 25 years for clients as diverse as MoJ, MoD, HMT, HS2, FCA and MHCLG Post Grenfell Building Safety Programme to name but a few. She recently completed a project on the mobilisation of the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction unit.

"Nick Smallwood is the Chief Executive Officer of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Head of Government’s Project Delivery Function. Nick is the former Vice President for Projects Engineering and Chief Projects Engineer at Shell. Nick has 40 years experience of managing complex project portfolios and having developed Shell’s Global Project Academy. At Shell, Nick was accountable for managing how projects were delivered and a variety of significant improvement programmes. Nick was also a trustee of the board of the Association for Project Management (APM) until November 2019, where he contributed to the overall development of the UK’s project management profession."

John Steele is Managing Director of Adept Management Limited. He brings a wealth of experience in the management and control of portfolios, programmes and major projects, gained over more than two decades working in industry. John has held research posts at Cambridge and Loughborough Universities and was awarded a coveted Gatsby Innovation Fellowship at Loughborough University's Department of Civil and Building Engineering. He remains a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the Association of Project Management (APM), and was one of the first cohort of professional Project Managers to be made a Chartered Project Professional.

During his career Rhys has has been responsible for developing and assuring schedules on many of the UK's biggest infrastructure projects including HS2, Sizewell C and Manchester Metrolink. He has used his expertise and industry knowledge to develop FlowLedger, a workflow management application specifically tailored to delivering large and complex projects as efficiently as possible.

Paul is an Executive Technical Director at Stantec, one of the largest engineering consulting companies with 25,000 employees in 400 offices in 36 countries. His UK role is to ensure consistency, predictability and the delivery of benefits and outcomes in Stantec’s infrastructure programmes, as well as providing advice and support to Stantec’s clientele. Over a 45-year career covering the UK, Europe, USA, Middle East and India, he has worked in the: Nuclear, Construction, Petrochemical, Telecommunications, and Water sectors. He is a Chartered Manager, and an Incorporated Engineer. He currently guest lectures at the University of Warwick and has written 2 chapters in the new book “Strategic Portfolio Management in the Multi-Project and Program Organisation” to be published this December.

Patrick is a highly motivated professional, with extensive experience in training, management and business development. He is an experienced Trainer, Coach, Mentor, Quality assurer, Assessor and compliance auditor. He has been instrumental in developing and managing entrepreneurial solutions for a wide range of businesses. He has worked in the education sector for more than 20 years in various guises, he has led teams of delivery, business development and consultancy. He specialises in strategizing, M&A’s, supporting education providers in growth strategies including subcontract strategy & audit, and supporting Directors through change programmes. A specialist in advising businesses and providers on a range of issues including new apprenticeship standards, subcontracting rules, compliance, liaison with EPAO’s / HEI’s (forming strategic partnerships) and internationally.

Simon White is an independent risk analyst, risk management consultant and trainer, with over 20 years’ experience in a wide variety of industries and major projects. Simon spent two years as UK Risk Analyst for ConocoPhillips, before which he was Senior Risk Management Consultant and trainer for Pertmaster, Primavera and Oracle. Simon uses methods that allow probabilistic models to be interrogated and understood by project teams and senior management, helping to ensure that risk assessments are reasonable representations of reality, and that they add value by setting and justifying reasonable expectation and positive management action.

Rob has 15+ years of Project & Change Management leadership experience through delivering challenging customer and transformation programmes in highly complex environments. This has ranged from the deployment of the first fully autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicle to developing and embedding a systematic continuous improvement methodology across a large engineering organisation. More recently, Rob has been utilising his experience to help shape how the programmes of tomorrow are architected for success by looking at how they can exploit uncertainty and ambiguity instead of being constrained and inhibited by it.