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Kieran is a senior executive with over 30 years of experience in structural and façade engineering design consultancies in Europe, Asia and Australia. Kieran is interested in exploring new pathways to delivering innovative design through breaking down the boundaries between engineering disciplines. From his background in light-weight structures and free-form geometries, he has recently undertaken research studies investigating the links between Facades/HVAC/ESD and Cost as well as developing workflows to optimize embodied CO2e in structures and facades.

Kieran is currently working on several major projects , including the new LA Clippers NBA arena in Los Angeles, the design of three stations for the City Rail Link in Auckland, NZ and the 430m high mixed-use Camelia Tower in Kunming, China for Greenland Properties.

Kamil is a Senior Associate at BG&E Façade Consultant with extensive experience in the Facades Industry and has provided ongoing expertise to a broad range of clients and stakeholders.

With his Architectural background, Kamil has been entrusted to work with dynamic and complex projects throughout the full project life cycle, from schematic design to completion Stage. These experiences have led him to significant involvement in delivering the largest development in Melbourne CBD, the West Side Place.

Kamil has in depth interest and passion in the subject matter related to Responsive Building Envelope. This has been the catalyst and drive for him to serve a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Architecture specialising in Kinetic Facades Design for Environmental Performance.

He is keen on continuously exploring the subject related to design optimisation and experiential aspects of the façade projects to enable delivering an effective facade solution based on challenging industry demand.

Based in Melbourne, Australia Jarrad is an Associate Principal and design leader in SOM’s Melbourne studio. Throughout his 10 years with SOM, first in New York and now in Melbourne, he has been instrumental in the design of numerous large scale mixed-use, residential, commercial office, retail and hospitality projects in the United States, China, Korea, Middle East and Australia, bringing to each a refined design sensibility with a careful attention to scale, placemaking, sustainability and material innovation.

As a founding member and leader of SOM’s Melbourne office, Jarrad has been instrumental in their numerous Australian-based projects, always seeking to bring SOM’s highly collaborative and innovative approach to design and engineering to bear with a high degree of local sensitivity and focus on the creation of an artful experience for the individual user.

With a formal background in architecture and construction management, Elissa leads façade design and delivery across a variety of high profile projects for the Melbourne office. She approaches project teams collaboratively, using her project management experience and astute commercial acumen in the areas of project design, coordination, contracting and client management. Elissa has an extensive understanding of how façade systems are influenced by structural, mechanical, energy, thermal, daylighting, acoustic, fire and budget considerations and how they affect the façade design outcome. Her in-depth knowledge of both the local façade market, as well as the capabilities of international players offers insight into the intricacies of façade procurement and delivery. She uses this knowledge to convey understanding to project teams throughout the design process.

Bobby Wei is an Associate Director at Bates Smart and a leading specialist in façade design.

He is a key member of the practice’s façade team working on the external fabric of buildings and has experience across commercial, hospitality, institutional and residential sectors.

Bobby has contributed to significant projects including the new Australian Embassy in Washington DC, Melbourne’s first 6 star Green Star office building, 171 Collins Street, as well as the benchmark sustainable office development, 435 Bourke Street.

Through his rigorous approach, meticulous attention to detail and strong design sensibilities, Bobby is committed to resolving complex architectural issues and achieving high-quality design outcomes.

Li Yang is a Principal for Built Environment Melbourne and the Façade leader for Victoria and South Australia. He has an MSc in Façade Engineering from the University of Bath (UK) and a Bachelor of Architecture from the National University of Singapore. He has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He has a broad experience base of projects in Australia, Singapore, South East Asia, UAE and New Zealand. Façade projects he worked on includes Australia 108, Queens Place, Victoria Place, Adelaide Convention Centre Stage 2, Zaha Hadid’s Tower on 600 Collins Street, Jean Nouvel’s Le Nouvel, Kuala Lumpur, Ken Yeang’s Solaris Singapore, and UN Studio’s Shenton V Singapore.

Douglas has reached 20 years of global façade engineering consultant and contractor experience. His specialist experience in façade engineering is strengthened by previous roles including main contractor, infrastructure project management and technical, cost and contractual consultation.

Douglas has undertaken various world-class projects including Hong Kong Disneyland, Macau City of Dreams and Dubai Metro. As a super high-rise building façade specialist, he worked as the façade-consultant-team-leader on the two tallest buildings in the World - Burj Khalifa and Dubai Creek Harbour Tower in Dubai.

In May 2014, Douglas joined Aurecon (Middle East) as the facade services group leader of the Middle East office, and was responsible for managing the façade team operation which includes strategic business development, client engagement, and managing design project delivery. In October 2021, Douglas relocated to Australia and continued his service in the Aurecon Melbourne façade team.

Besides his in-depth knowledge and experience in façade design and construction, Douglas is particularly interested in parametric façade design and fabrication modelling, as well as sustainability façade design.

Cindy is a Facade engineer with bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Architectural Design from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Throughout her time at Aurecon as a Facades engineer, she has developed skills in structural and façade design calculations, preparation of technical specifications and material/product research. Cindy has worked on a plethora of façade projects including high-rise commercial/residential towers, data centres, universities, and research facilities. Cindy has a keen interest in the digitisation of facades, and her specialty lies in 3D façade modelling and parametric design to automate façade analysis and optimisation, combining her interests in both architecture and façade engineering.

Frank Goudman is a Belgian engineer in civil building graduated in 1988. In the first years of his career he was R&D manager for Reynaers Aluminium and since 1994 as an Export Director for Reynaers Aluminium, has been developing new export markets in CE Europe, Middle East, Asia & Oceania. Since 2012, he is active as an Export Sales Director at Renson, a Belgian family-owned company specialised over 110 years in natural ventilation, sun protection and outdoor systems where here too he is developing the export markets.

Marcus Tan is the Sales and Marketing Manager of the Smart Glass Division at AGC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. He handles the sales and marketing business of SunEwat, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), in South East Asia and Pacific region. Marcus has been in the building construction industry for more than 10 years. Prior to his career in AGC, Marcus held various roles from project management in electrical installation, engineering sales for ASEAN specification to key account management in the coatings industry. In these appointments, his versatile experience in both engineering and commercial roles enabled him to understand the dynamic needs of the building industry. He has always been passionate about innovative building technologies that improve human well-being and the environment.

Nitin Govila is a senior-level International Director with diversified experience in managing business operations in B2B, B2C environments across different business categories at a Regional level. He has also handled international consulting assignments and global projects. Nitin is based out of Singapore.