Joseph Aamidor
Managing Director
Aamidor Consulting (USA)
- Identifying what users really care about in a smart building
- How to reduce service costs and enable new services
- Highlighting the strategies used to increase building and users’ productivity
- Discussing different case studies where quality and cost have been met
Paul Oates
Head of Development
Dexus
Approximately 172.000 people are using mass transportation services during peak-hours in Hong Kong and they are able to take advantage of mobile loyalty applications with indoor navigation in retail real estate properties around MTR stations. MTR is using the collected consumer footfall analytics and behaviour data for the commercial management of their properties.
Markus Porvari
Technology Entrepreneur, Founder
HyperIn Inc. (Finland)
- What are the strategies to successfully implement an emerging technology into everyday practice?
- What are the reasons why users will reject technological changes and emerging technologies?
- How can companies assess if emerging technologies will be well received by users?
- What are the criteria to build human centred design digital technologies?
Moderator:
Joseph Aamidor
Managing Director
Aamidor Consulting (USA)
Panellists:
Craig Rodgers
Innovation Lead
Charter Hall
Chris Ball
PropTech Advisor, Stockland Accelerator/ SPV & Head of Partnerships
Blue Chilli

Hendry
- Understanding your assets and making them work for you
- Discussing operational excellence through integration and asset optimisation
- How people (occupants, end users and community) should drive smart building technology
Emma Hendry
Chief Executive Officer
Hendry
- Creating significant energy savings with technologies and smart operation strategies
- Designing a digital strategy with environmental sustainability in mind
- Measuring the savings of your strategy
David Gerrelli
Global Director, APAC Head of Digital Innovation
CBRE
- Other industry digital disruptions and the trajectory of smart buildings
- Smart buildings and the intersection point of people, assets, and spaces
- Outcomes and experiences driving the digital loop
- Bee’ah Headquarters digital brought to life
John Kofron
Digital Solutions Leader
Johnson Controls Australia
- Driving a blended innovation approach centred on people, technology and place
- Clear decision making for optimal building performance and user experience
- Exchanging and consolidating information between building systems and management platforms
- A meaningful approach to multi-tiered asset management innovation

Knight Frank
- Implementing face recognition across a building
- From marketing to security – unleash the potential of face recognition
- What to think about before implementing face recognition in a building
- Facial recognition technology use cases
Karen Messitt
Founder and Managing Director
Optic Insights
- Increasing productivity, reducing cost and mitigating physical and cybersecurity risks
- Implementing physical access control and gateways
- Understating automation and control system
- Managing security control systems
Salil Kanhere
Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering
UNSW Sydney
- State of EVs in Australia and the need to accommodate their users
- Identifying the new challenges generated by the increase of EVs
- Building a modern car charging network across several smart buildings
- Smart EV charging applications to support parking and building operations
Carola Jonas
Chief Executive Officer
Everty