WDBE Summit programme published – scroll down or click button for pdf!
9 high-level Keynotes
+40 expert presentations
Thought-leader panels
Online networking tool
Excursions –
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DAY 1 – 28th Sept 2022
Venue: Hotel Clarion, Helsinki, Finland + Virtual platform // Please note that all times are in EEST.
10:00
Opening of the Summit Day 1
10:20
Keynote Session

Jacqueline Rohrmann
Researcher, That BIM Girl (US)
#generativedesign #sustainability #BIM

Achim Menges
Professor / Director, ICD Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart (DE)
#integrativedesign #interdisciplinary approach
11:00
Shared Q&A with keynote speakers
11:20
Speed meets – Use the matchmaking tool to set up 1-on-1 meetings!
11:45
12:30
Lunch break
Session 1: Digitally Driven Circular Buildings
Hosted by the Netherlands
13:30
Coffee break + speed meets
14:00
Community Session 2: Land Use Planning & Permits
Sova3D – Kunta3D – part of 3d building Permit and automated update of City Models, Petri Kokko, Sova3D Oy, Finland |
Spatial planning information modelling in Tallinn, Christopher-Robin Raitviir, Tallinn Urban Planning Department, Estonia |
BIM based building permit in Estonia, Christopher-Robin Raitviir, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia |
Towards interoperable plan data with a collaborative approach in KAATIO project, Dr. Pilvi Nummi, Asiantuntijat n+1 Oy, Finland |
Decisions City, Pedro Aibeo, Architectural Democracy, Finland |
Cetopo – Landscapes for Architecture, Max Cedercreutz, Cetopo, Finland |
15:00
Community Session 3: Digital Twins
Interface of Buildings: Data-driven immersive and addictive metaverse building Holodesk experience, Dr. Jarkko Moilanen, Vastuu Group, Finland
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Value proposition and realization in Build Environment Digital Twins, Jenna-Riia Oldenburg, Sitowise Oy, Finland |
Find your green and cybersafe path with enterprise architecture, Hanna Pikkusaari, Osaango, Finland |
The Social Dimension of Urban Digital Twins, Dr. Juho-Pekka Virtanen, Forum Virium, Helsinki, Finland |
Building LifeCycle Management in Smart City with IoT, Petri Kokko, Sova3D Oy, Finland |
16:00
Keynote Session

Shehzan Mohammed
Director of Product Management
Cesium (US)
#3Dengineering #ecosystems #geospatial

Dr Ben Guy
CEO, UC 3D Planning Technology (AU)
#urbanplanning #3D #citymodels #simulation
16:40
Shared Q&A with keynote speakers + closing words
17:00
Programme ends – Joint Transition from Clarion to the Ferry Terminal
17:30
Ferry boarding opens
18:30
Ferry departs towards Tallinn
WDBE AWARDS GALA – 28th Sept 2022
Venue: Ferry Stage + Virtual platform // Please note that all times are in EEST.
18:30
Speed Meets – Use the matchmaking tool to book 1-on-1 meetings
19:00
WDBE Awards Gala opening
19:10
Gala Keynote

Tero Vanhanen
Phenomenon Creator
Fira (FI)
#creativity #cocreation #transformation
19:30
Announcing the winners
CATEGORY 1: Best use of open standards |
CATEGORY 2: Most Collaborative use of Data |
CATEGORY 3: Most Innovative Digital project Delivery |
CATEGORY 4: Most impactful digital act for sustainability |
CATEGORY 5: Best research for digital built environment |
CATEGORY 6: Most insiightful learning experience |
CATEGORY 7: Most advanced digital twin |
CATEGORY 8: Most promising digital solution |
20:30
Buffet dinner
22:30
DAY 1 Programme ends
DAY 2 – 29th September 2022
Venue: Port of Tallinn, New Terminal, Tallinn, Estonia + Virtual platform // Please note that all times are in EEST.
09:00
Opening of the Summit Day 2
09:20
Keynote session

10:00
10:20
Shared Q&A
Coffee break
10:30
WDBE sessions
Community Session 4: Digital Platforms
The digital material platform to optimize road and infrastructure projects, Nicolas Miravalls, ORIS, France |
Digitalizing urban built environment stocks for circular construction and low-carbon city development, Prof. Gang Liu, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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Solving labor shortages in construction with the help of skilled migrants, Martin Kalamees, Werk, Estonia & Tanja Karonen, Finland Country Manager, Werk |
Iffent – letting people be free, Else Källo & Paavo Pärn, Iffent, Estonia |
Smart City Access Ecosystem, Tero Kosonen & Olli Kilpeläinen, Abloy, Finland |
Turning planning and management of projects upside down – the way your grandfather wanted it to be! Michael Szelwis, DeepMAP, Germany
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Session 5: BIM-based building permit (ACCORD HEU)
Session will be hosted by the ACCORD project and joined by EU BIM Task Group.
We will hear from the recent developments in Estonia and Finland from the Rava3 project, world’s first BIM-based building permit in Järvenpää and Hyvinkää, project hosted by the Ministry of Environment Finland as well as from Dubai and the Netherlands.
11:30
Community Session 6: TOOLS FOR OWNERS
Helping asset managers become more efficient and resilient, Adrian Merkel, Framence, Germany |
Competition Cloud, Tomas Westerholm, Tietoa Finland, Finland |
Cityfier, Jukka Kettunen, AINS Group / Cityfier, Finland |
Codeax SAFE – the world’s easiest rescue plan and property management platform that helps you to keep everyone safe – in every situation, every day,
Ari Virtanen & Sara Tapola, Codeax, Finland
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Retrofitter, Dr. Frederik Vandyck & Prof. Sven Verbruggen, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium |
12:30
Lunch break + WDBE Speed meets
13:30
WDBE Sessions
SESSION 7 – TBC
SESSION 8: Digital Construction Hackathon 2022
Hosted by G48
14:30
Coffee Break + WDBE Speed Meets
15:00
WDBE Sessions
Community Session 9: Industrialized Construction
Mass-customized, sustainable single-family homes, Martti Mela, Asumma, Finland |
A Platform of Opportunities: Delivery of industrialized and regenerative buildings, Volker Weissenberger, CREE Buildings, Austria |
Application of machine learned generative design to the optimization of the telescope enclosure,
Luka Gradišar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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NEOM: Industrialising sustainable construction, Mark Linder, NEOM & Lars Albäck, Vastuu Group, Finland |
BIM in residential construction projects, Harri Majala, GBuilder, Finland |
Using Digital Techniques to Increase the Sustainability of Concrete Production in China,
Aku Wilenius, Caidio, Finland
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Session 10: Future technology-driven business models
Hosted by Platform of Trust
16:00
Keynote Session

To be announced

Reid Senescu
VP of product management
Doxel (US)
#AI #ConTech #datadriven #IoT #platforms
16:40
Shared Q&A + closing words, summit day 2
17:15
EXCURSION: Sailing to Wolfscape
19:15
Dinner reception
Hosted by the City of Tallinn
22:00
Day 2 Programme ends