Digital twins are on everyone’s mind these days. And it’s no wonder, considering the widespread benefits they provide. In this roundtable, a panel discusses and shares experiences regarding the benefits and barriers to implementing digital twins for built assets.

Digital Twins offer a wide range of opportunities, benefits, challenges and risks. At Digital Construction Week in 2019, we spoke to experts on how Digital Twins could be applied in the Built Environment. They highlighted the opportunities that Digital Twins provide and what needs to happen next to implement Digital Twins in the Built Environment. What is Digital Twin Technology? Or what is digital twin in manufacturing? Quite simply, a digital twin is a virtual model of a process, product or service. This pairing of the virtual and physical worlds allows analysis of data and monitoring of systems to head off problems before they even occur, prevent downtime, develop new opportunities and even plan for the future by using simulations. For more information, read our white paper on Digital Twins for the Built Environment by visiting: theiet.org/built-environment.

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Speaker: Cristina Savian Founder & CEO, BE-WISE Cristina is the founder of BE-WISE, an international consultancy focused on driving adoption of technology and bringing to market the most promising innovation in the construction and property industries across Europe, the US, and Australia. Cristina has two decades of experience in the civil engineering and technology industries, working on projects ranging from traffic management schemes through to transport planning for major events such as the London 2012 Olympics. As a recognized industry trailblazer Cristina is a regular speaker at international industry events and regular columnist for aec-business.com and holds judge and board positions on engineering and construction panels such as the IET built environment industry panel in the UK. In Australia, she is part of the National Workgroup for the Digital Built and Legal Environment and the Australasian BIM Advisory Board, Asset Management Technical Working Group. Twitter: @cristina_savian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristina-savian/ Website: https://www.be-wise.xyz/ _____ Speaker: Belinda Hodkinson Director, Magnae Belinda is an experienced digital transformation strategist, executive director of Magnae, chairperson, and committee member to industry initiatives. She has substantial involvement in the building and construction industry where her leadership has been applied to help organizations embrace technology for their success. Twitter: @bellehod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belindahodkinson/ Website: http://www.magnae.com.au _____ Speaker: Amanda Wyzenbeek Airport Design Manager, Sydney Airport Amanda is the Digital Twin Champion for Sydney Airport. Her role is to discover and translate the actual needs of the organization whilst demystifying the offer from prospective digital technologists and establish those who can meet the business's requirements. From a customer’s perspective, she has hands-on experience with culture transformation, achieving executive buy-in and overall project management of the process, partnering with both the business and the consultant on the digital transformation journey. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandawyzenbeek/ _____ Shadow Summit brings together the most technologically advanced commercial real estate companies, architects, engineers, and contractors to share their lessons on how to innovate in AEC + CRE. Visit our website: https://shadow.vc/ Learn more about Summit: https://shadowsummit.co/ Follow us! Twitter: @shadowventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shadowvc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shadowventures Instagram: @shadow.ventures

'Collective sensemaking' is a series of fireside chats with prominent personnel in the construction industry, organised by CIB Student Chapter of Western Sydney University. The first session was themed "The Great Reset - Resilience Through Innovation" which was joined by two global speakers Prof. Kira Matus, Associate Head, Division of Public Policy, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Cristina Savian MSc MBA MIET, the CEO and Founder, BE-WISE, Melbourne, Australia.

Cristina Savian, managing director and founder of BE-WISE, joins us for the next instalment of our 2018-19 keynote lecture series Constructs: digital innovation in the built environment. The advancement of digital technologies and the adoption of BIM processes in the built environment has enabled the construction industry to catch up with aerospace and manufacturing - made possible through the creation of digital twins. Digital twins aim to be the single source of truth in a built asset, serving the role as a live digital representation of a physical entity through the asset’s lifecycle, from conception to decommissioning. This lecture will explore the double face of digital twins. On one hand they offer an inspiring new frontier in their role as problem-solvers - enhancing asset performance and reducing risk. But some argue digital twins are yet to deliver tangible, measurable benefits. Cristina will analyse the central questions - are we ready for digital twins? And who stands to benefit? The lecture will begin at 18:30 and will be followed by a networking reception from 19:30. Please note that places for this event are limited and seating will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Room G.12 22 Gordon Street London WC1H 0QB United Kingdom The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management http://ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/construction/digital-twin