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Oral Presentation Program

Program Day 1 (pdf)

Program Day 2 (pdf)

Program Day 3 (pdf)

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Speakers

 

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Keynote speaker

Professor Dr Ardeshir Mahdavi

Director, Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology
Chair, Graduate Studies in Building Science and Technology
Vienna University of Technology, Austria



Professor Dr Ardeshir Mahdavi is the Director of the Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology and the Chair of the Graduate Studies Program in Building Science and Technology at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria.

Professor Mahdavi's area of research and teaching covers building physics, energy-efficient and sustainable buildings, computational building performance simulation, and building systems control. Professor Mahdavi has directed a number of internationally influential research efforts pertaining to eco-efficient buildings, indoor climate, integrated computational design support systems, building automation, and human factors. He has pioneered the application of simulation-based predictive building systems control methods and the introduction of human ecological reasoning in building science.

Professor Mahdavi is a frequent keynote speaker at international scientific conferences and visiting Professor in various universities in USA, Europe, and Asia. He has authored over 400 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conference proceedings. His current and past organisational memberships include IBPSA, ASHRAE, IESNA, IBPSA, SHE, ÖNORM, ÖAL, and IÖHE. He is a member of the editorial board of five international scientific journals. In the last three years, Professor Mahdavi has been consecutively awarded the "Austrian Building Award" in the research projects category.

Professor Mahdavi’s keynote presentation will be on “The human dimension of building performance simulation”

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Dr Ellen Franconi

Keynote speaker

Ellen Franconi, PhD, LEED AP, BEMP

Senior Consultant, Built Environment Team
Rocky Mountain Institute
Boulder, Colorado, USA

Dr Ellen Franconi is a senior consultant with the Rocky Mountain Institute in Boulder, Colorado.  She has worked in the building energy field and performed simulation analysis for nearly 25 years. She‘s performed simulation analysis to support research, utility demand-side management programs, measurement and verification (M&V) and integrated design assistance. Her work is application focused - giving her first-hand experience of the challenges modellers face. She has held positions at two the US Department of Energy (DOE) research labs, three consulting firms, and one not-for-profit.  She has served a five-year term on the USGBC Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group. She is Vice-Chair of the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) Committee. She is a board member of IBPSA-USA.  She is a member of ASHRAE.

Dr Franconi will discuss the 2011 Building Energy Modeling (BEM) Innovation Summit with BS 2011 attendees to share the North American perspective on the industry’s concerns and paths for solutions. “During BS 2011, we hope to gain a better understanding of the global modelling community’s industry perspective.” Franconi says “We aim to apply what we learn to leverage the Summit follow-on work to better address commonalities, recognise differences and plan for progressive future trends.”

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Keynote speaker

John Mitchell

Principal, CQR
Chair, Australasia chapter - buildingSMART.

John Mitchell is the principal of the consulting company CQR which focuses on the application of construction information technology (ICT), specialising in BIM and open-standard model sharing such as IFC. He is trained as an architect. The central thread of his professional activity has been the application of computing in the field of architecture and design, and later to the wider industry context of ICT.

Mitchell has lectured widely nationally and internationally for buildingSMART and others. From 2001-2004 he was an expert reviewer for several projects in the European Commission’s IST Construction Research program. From 2006-2010 he was a part-time Associate Professor at the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of NSW, delivering a course in multi-disciplinary design collaboration using an IFC model server and a suite of openBIM-compliant applications. He was a Research Fellow on an ARC Research project, urbanIT, developing an IT framework to integrate GIS, BIM and other statistical, demographic data for improved support for planning analysis using an urban model based on BIM. Mitchell has been engaged by the CRC for Construction Innovation and the CSIRO on a number of commissions supporting the piloting of openBIM application developments and building projects associated with them.

He is the Chair of buildingSMART Australasia chapter, and an observer on the International ExCOM. Mitchell has been involved in the delivery of buildingSMART’s study of the significant economic benefits to the Australian construction sector of BIM. Productivity in the Buildings Network: Assessing the Impacts of Building Information Models. The report was adopted by the Built Environment Innovation and Industry Council (BEIIC) and is part of innovation and efficiency recommendations to the Commonwealth Government.

Mitchell’s focus is appreciating the impact of IT on the whole construction industry both locally and globally, while articulating and implementing the business process changes organisations must make to exploit these new technologies.



Building Simulation 2011

The Conference will be held from Monday 14th November 2011 to Wednesday 16th November 2011, with ancillary events from Sunday 13th November to Friday 18th November.

Please note: Session times below are tentative and may change. A final timetable will be issued closer to the conference.

DAY 0 (Sunday 13 November):

DAY 1 (Monday 14 November):

DAY 2 (Tuesday 15 November):

DAY 3 (Wednesday 16 November):

Sydney Harbour. Photo: Hamilton Lund. Courtesy Tourism New South Wales

Dinner Function - Harbour Cruise Day 3, Wednesday 16 November, 6.45PM - 11PM:

Be captivated by the breathtaking scenery as you sail through the shimmering Sydney Harbour with its mesmerising panorama of bright city lights, Opera House and the famous Harbour Bridge.

Departure from the Conference & Exhibition Centre wharf at the King Street Wharf 4 at 6.45pm. Please ensure you arrive on time as the cruise will depart the wharf at 7pm. Dress: Casual