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Keynote Speakers
Professor Amrik Sohal
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Professor of Operations Management and Deputy Head
Department of Management, Monash University, Australia
Industry Summit Chairperson
Professor Sohal will act as the Chairperson for this Industry Summit. His presentation will focus on the global impact of climate change and sustainability, particularly on the challenges facing organisations. |
Professor Dr. Mohsen M. Aboulnaga
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Professor in Architecture and Sustainable Built Environment
Advisor Special Projects, The Executive Council, Government of Dubai
Eco-friendly Cities: Low Carbon and Sustainable Buildings in Dubai to Counterbalance Climate Change
International and regional calls for combating climate change across the world are increasingly manifested. People living in urban areas such as cities are forming over 80% of the world's population which produce over 70% of all carbon emissions. The creation of sustainable urban cities would largely reduce such high emission rates per capita. This paper focuses on presenting the leadership vision towards sustainable development in Dubai. It also focuses on featuring the elements of a sustainable city. High-performance building criteria incorporated in three case studies in Dubai are reviewed, analysed and presented. Performance indicators of the building's fabric, energy and water use, lighting, IAQ and carbon emission are highlighted. A reduction in the carbon emission target of 37 to 49% (380 kg CO2) was achieved. |
Professor Graham Winch
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Professor of Project Management
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, U.K.
Managing Budget and Schedule Escalation on Major Projects
Major infrastructure projects face continual challenges in meeting the commitments made when they were authorised. Professor Winch explores the dynamics of escalation and makes a number of policy recommendations.
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Ms Gabrielle Aitken
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Energy & Environment Leader, IBM Global Business Services, Melbourne, Australia
Reducing Our Carbon Footprint Through System and Business Process Improvements
All industry sectors need to create a more sustainable business practice to deliver stakeholder and customer value whilst minimising their environmental impact. Ms Aitken will discuss how organisations can reduce their carbon footprint and increase their energy efficiency through system and business process improvements. |
Associate Professor Adil Al-Tamimi, MSc, PhD., FABE
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of the Institute of Materials Systems, Co-Director of the College of Engineering Outreach Program, and Director of the MidEast Society of Materials Education. American University of Sharjah.
Sustainability of Carbon Fiber Polymer
Evaluate durability of Carbon Fiber Polymer use in structures under harsh environment, trend to modify ACI 440 code and increase sustainability. |
Professor Ian McLoughlin
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Professor of Management and Head
Department of Management, Monash University, Australia
Managing Complex Projects: Learning Across Sectors
Management of complex projects has many potential pitfalls and makes new demands on the capabilities and competence of the contractor organisation and their partners. Professor McLoughlin addresses these issues and identifies the lessons that can be learnt from cross-sector comparisons with a specific emphasis on the issue of sustainability. |
Professor Brian Fildes
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Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Prato, Italy
Transportation Infrastructure, Safety and Sustainability
Building and sustaining an efficient transportation infrastructure is a critical concern for all developed and developing countries. Professor Fildes will discuss challenges facing transportation authorities with respect to safety issues and how these can be managed. |
ENG Ahmed Abdel Rahim Dorabi
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Master in Engineering Management
Acting Head of Irrigation Section Ministry of Environment & Water
The role of Ministry of Environment & Wain Sustainable Conventional Water Resources Infrastructure Development
In recent decade, an obvious increase in demand on fresh water resources used for agriculture purposes has been observed, in spite of the scarcity in the conventional water resources in United Arab Emirates due to shortage in renewable water resources. Ministry of Environment & Water has taken leading actions in seeking to make these vulnerable resources sustainable such as building recharge dams, maintenace of traditional Falaj Systems, conserving water by modern irrigation systems and increasing public awareness. Furtheremore, the paper will cover the topic on water efficiency in the Green Building initiative guidelines and its role in reducing loads generated on fresh water resources and waste water treatment plants.
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Mr Robert C. Lange
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Principal and Group Vice President for Exponent.
(Formerly with General Motors, U.S.A.)
Mr. Lange has almost 40 years experience in automotive engineering, specialising in motor vehicle safety and public health.
Motor Vehicle Safety Challenges and Sustainable Mobility
As the individual wealth of a society grows (when expressed as per capita Gross National Income) the ownership density of individually owned light duty motor vehicles increases. This imposes greater social costs, including greater human and economic losses related to motor vehicle road traffic collisions.
To transform an increased level of motorisation into a "sustainable" increase, the public health costs anticipated to occur with the increase in motor vehicle use must be mitigated. This paper addresses the opportunities associated with increasing motorisation, the public health challenge from increasing motorisation and the associated growth in collision related injury, and proposes several possible technology countermeasures that could potentially moderate the negative public health effects of increasing motorisation.
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