SASBE 2024 Auckland

Prof. Ali GhaffarianHoseiniSASBE 2024 Conference ChairFounder of GDI Academy

Prof. Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseiniSASBE 2024 Conference ChairFounder of GDI Academy

Prof. Farzad Rahimian

Honorary Chair of SASBE 2024 and champion of the SASBE series. Professor of Digital Engineering and Manufacturing, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Professor Rahimian works on digital engineering and sustainable construction. He formerly led the Centre for Sustainable Engineering at Teesside University, directing a team of more than 100 academics, postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students. His research covers digital construction, circular economy, offsite and industrialised construction, BIM, digital twins and AI-enabled Industry 4.0 and 5.0 technologies. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building and a member of the Building Digital Twin Association, has secured more than £3 million in direct research funding and led collaborative projects valued above £20 million. He is Editor-in-Chief of Smart and Sustainable Built Environment and received the Institution of Civil Engineers Bill Curtin Medal in 2024.

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Prof. Nashwan Dawood

Honorary Chair of SASBE 2024

Prof. Dawood research has been recognised in the UK’s best breakthrough list. The list of breakthroughs, compiled by Universities UK, demonstrates how UK universities are at the forefront of some of the world’s most important discoveries, innovations and social initiatives and also highlights the less celebrated, but vital breakthroughs, that transform lives.Professor Dawood is a member of the senior management team (Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, AD for R&I) at the School Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies (SCEDT). This school was formed in 1st Oct 2019 following a restructuring at Teesside University to create ‘super schools’ and reduce the number of school at university. Previously he was Associate Dean for Research & Innovation at School of Science, Engineering & Design (SSED). As the AD for R&I, his main responsibilities are: creating a vibrant research culture; leading and growing research and innovation; contribute to the University's research strategic vision and mission; develop international collaboration; maintain a high quality of research impact, respond to local and national grand challenges (in particular decarbonisation of industrial sector, Digital City and Biologics). He is responsible for REF2021 submission of three big UoAs, Engineering, Design and Computing with 100 staff expecting to be returned. Prof. Dawood developed and operationalised school research strategy focusing on increase capacity and capabilities to deliver research projects and outputs. He developed ‘Industry Facing’ strategy within the school to enable research teams to develop solutions for industrial challenges: Decarbonisation, Digital Health, Smart Energy Systems and Transforming Construction. Operationalisation of the strategy was accomplished through alignment of the research base to local and national industry strategies to deliver applied research, research consultancy and knowledge transfer.

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Prof. Jeremy Gibberd

Honorary Chair of SASBE 2024

Jeremy has over 20 years of experience working in a range of roles within the planning, design and management of the built environment. He has developed specialist expertise in sustainable built environments, education and community architecture, building performance analysis and facilities management. He has a wide knowledge of relevant legislation, technological developments and best practice within these areas. Following a science course at the University of Botswana, Jeremy trained and registered as an architect in the UK. He completed a Masters degree in Advanced Architectural Studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, UK. His PhD, completed in 2003, is on methodologies for integrating sustainability into built environments in developing country contexts. As a visiting professor, Jeremy lectured on environmental design, advanced technology and design at SCAD in the USA and has developed and taught courses on urban design, architectural design, materials, sustainability, energy and facilities management with organisations such as GIZ, ICLEI, the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) the University of the Pretoria and the University of the Free State. He has examined at masters and doctorate levels at Queensland University of Technology (Australia), University of Cape Town and University of Johannesburg (South Africa).

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Dr Mahesh Babu PurushothamanChair of the SASBE 2024 Organising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Prof. Charles WalkerAcademic HostAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Janie van WoerdenEvent ManagerAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Dr Roo KalatehjariOrganising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Dr Funmi RotimiOrganising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Dr Dat DoanOrganising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Dr Esther AigwiOrganising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Dr Megan BurfootOrganising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

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Dr Priscila BesenOrganising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Dr Kamal DhawanOrganising CommitteeAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand

• Assoc. Prof. Nicola NaismithAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• Dr Mani PoshdarAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• Prof. Chansik ParkChung-Ang University, Korea
• Prof. Robyn PhippsVictoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Prof Vanessa GomesUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

• Prof. John TookeyAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• Prof. Suzanne WilkinsonAuckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• Prof. Salman AzharAuburn University, USA
• Prof. Ahmed MassoudQatar University, Qatar
• Prof. Umberto BerardiToronto Metropolitan University, Canada
• Prof. Rahinah IbrahimUPM, Malaysia
• Prof. Tim AndersonCharles Sturt University, Australia
• Prof. Noorh AlbadiDar Al Uloom University, Saudi Arabia
• Prof. Robert AmorUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand
• Prof. Derek Clements-CroomeUniversity of Reading, UK
• Prof. Steffen LehmannUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
• Prof. Richard HydeThe University of Sydney, Australia
• Prof. Joseph LaiHong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Prof. Roopak SinhaDeakin University, Australia
• Prof. Manish K. DixitTexas A&M University, USA
• Prof. Frank SchultmannKarlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• Prof. Ümit IşıkdağMimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Turkey
• Prof. Baojie HeChongqing University, China
• Prof. Ivo MartinacKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Prof. Jose GuevaraUniversity of Los Andes, Columbia
• Prof. Usha Iyer-RanigaRMIT, Australia
• Prof. Patrizia LombardiPolitecnico di Torino, Italy
• Prof. Ali CheshmehzangiUniversity of Queensland, AU
• Assoc. Prof. Kjartan GudmundssonKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Assoc. Prof. Yangang XingNottingham Trent University, UK
• Assoc. Prof. Elmira JameiVictoria University, Australia
• Assoc. Prof. Ipek Gürsel DinoMiddle East Technical University, Turkey
• Assoc. Prof. Abiola AkanmuVirginia Tech University, USA
• Assoc. Prof. Michael DonnVictoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Assoc. Prof. Paola BoarinUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand
• Assoc. Prof. MohsenTabassiIAUM, Iran
• Assoc. Prof. Mohammad MayoufBirmingham City University, UK
• Dr Husam Al WaerUniversity of Dundee, UK
• Dr Karam M. Al-ObaidiSheffield Hallam University, UK
• Dr. Alessandro PremierUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand
• Dr M. Reza HosseiniUniversity of Melbourne, Australia
• Dr Pernille H. ChristensenUniversity of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Dr Mehrtash SoltaniChem Concrete, Australia
• Dr Borja García de SotoNew York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Dr Sergio RodriguezTeesside University, UK
• Dr. Salman ShooshtarianRMIT University, Australia
• Dr Eziaku Onyeizu RasheedMassey University, New Zealand
• Dr Jan HugoUniversity of Pretoria, South Africa
• Dr Ehsan AsnaashariNottingham Trent University, UK
• Dr Ali RashidiLa Trobe University, Australia
• Dr Ankit R. PatelUniversity of Minho, Portugal

As listed on the SASBE 2024 conference website. Affiliations are those given at the time.