Alihan Dumankaya

Alihan Dumankaya is an architect based in Barcelona, where he runs Estudio AD. Born in Istanbul and trained at Pratt Institute in New York, he worked from 2019 to 2023 at Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura on large-scale international projects. His practice currently works across adaptive reuse, housing and hospitality in Istanbul, Barcelona and the Balearics, alongside a body of speculative work published online. His research asks why certain places make us feel good, why so many people find more soul in traditional architecture, and whether there is a scientific approach to design. He argues that beauty has geometric properties which can be studied, and that long-established forms can give a place its basic geometry while materials and details adapt to climate, local conditions, and culture. He sees AI and robotic fabrication as instruments to do this at scale.

Ana Luisa Vaz

Ana Luisa Vaz is VP of Products at Paebbl, the industrial company turning captured CO₂ into carbon-storing construction materials. She led product development for Rebond, Paebbl’s supplementary cementitious material which replaces up to 30% of the cement in a concrete mix and carries a verified net-negative carbon footprint of -149 kg CO₂e per tonne of materials. She holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Porto and a Post-Graduate degree in Product and Process Design from the Technical University of Eindhoven. With extensive experience in applied research, innovation, and product development, Ana has led product lifecycles and market introductions at multinational companies, including Merck and SABIC. She has successfully launched sustainable solutions across industries, including automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical packaging.

Andrew Kudless

Andrew Kudless is a designer, professor, and co-founder of Muddy Robots, bringing two decades of research in robotic fabrication, parametric design, and material systems to the challenge of building with earth. As founder of the award-winning studio Matsys, he has consistently operated at the intersection of computation, craft, and construction. He is the Kendall Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Houston’s Hines College of Architecture & Design, where he directs a construction robotics research lab. At Muddy Robots, he is developing the algorithms, geometries, and fabrication logics that will allow earthen 3D printing to scale — turning an ancient material into a precision building system for a more beautiful, resilient, and sustainable world.

Dan Carlberg

Dan Carlberg is the creator of Vorform, which lets architects simply draw a building and see it in 3D. He previously co-founded a media startup, raised over $20 million and grew it to 15 million users across offices in Stockholm and New York. His name was included in the 30 under 30 list in 2016. He studied architecture at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich, and worked at Jan Kinsbergen Architects and Johannes Norlander Arkitektur.

Daniela Mitterberger

Daniela Mitterberger is a Professor at ETH Zurich, leading the Architecture and Human Augmentation Group. Her research focuses on digital fabrication, extended reality, and human-machine collaboration. Mitterberger serves on the Board of Directors of the COMPAS Association and leads the development of COMPAS XR. Prior to ETH Zurich, she was an Assistant Professor at Princeton University and co-led the Immersive Design Lab at ETH Zurich. She received her doctoral degree in Architecture from ETH Zurich in 2023, with a focus on adaptive digital fabrication and human-machine collaboration. Parallel to her academic career, Daniela Mitterberger also explores the boundaries between science and art with her multidisciplinary architecture office MAEID which she co-founded in 2015.

Federica Sofia Zambeletti

Federica Sofia Zambeletti is the founder and managing director of KoozArch, a platform and studio for critical design. She is an architect, researcher and storyteller whose interests lie at the intersection between art, architecture and regenerative practices. In 2022 Federica founded KoozArch with the ambition of creating a space where to research, explore and discuss architecture beyond the limits of its built form. Prior to dedicating her full attention to KoozArch in 2024, Federica collaborated with the architecture studio and non-profit agency for change UNA/UNLESS working on numerous cultural projects and the research of “Antarctic Resolution”.

Francesco Moiraghi

Francesco is a partner at Unruly Capital, where he invests in early-stage deep tech businesses, from biotechnology to robotics. Previously a founder of a supply chain security company and an investor at Oxford Technology Management, Francesco researches and invests in the fundamental technological stack that will define civilisation in this century. At Unruly, he has worked on how automation, robotics and decentralised manufacturing will transform labour and production in the age of demographic collapse, and how this will reshape our way of life, cities and nations. Some Unruly investments that will redefine our environments and lives are AUAR, Kubik, Terran Robotics, and AtmoCooling.

Helen Oleynikova

Helen Oleynikova has recently founded Exclaim Robotics, a Zürich-based start-up creating robots to maintain the next generation of AI Datacenter compute. She has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (robotics) from ETH, and her previous experience includes being a Senior Researcher at ETH Zürich, Senior Software Engineer at Nvidia, and Senior Scientist at the Microsoft Mixed Reality and AI Lab, among other positions. She is particularly passionate about making robots that do useful work, not just lab demos.

Juan Nieto

Zacua Ventures – also Pitch Jury

Juan Nieto is Zacua Ventures Founder & General Partner, and has also worked as a ConTech investor for CEMEX CVC unit since 2018, where he developed Asia Pacific investment strategy, and set up the Shanghai Office in 2019. Prior to this, Juan worked as an alternative asset manager for Altamar CAM Partners, one of Europe largest private managers, in Madrid, and as a Consultant for Techedge Group in Chicago (USA). Juan holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid and Tongji University of Shanghai

Kathrin Dörfler

Kathrin Dörfler is Associate Professor of Digital Fabrication in Architecture at the School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich. Her research lies at the intersection of fabrication-aware design, collaborative fabrication processes, and on-site robotic construction. She is Co-Spokesperson of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre TRR 277 Additive Manufacturing in Construction and coordinates the TUM Innovation Network CoConstruct.

Matthias Kohler

Prof. Matthias Kohler is a Swiss architect, and Professor of Architecture and Digital Fabrication at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich. He is also the co-founder of the architecture and design group Gramazio Kohler Research, which focuses on the integration of digital fabrication and robotic technologies into architectural design and construction. Kohler has been a leading figure in the field of digital fabrication in architecture, and his research and practice have contributed significantly to advancing the use of robotic technologies in the building industry. The research is outlined and theoretically framed in the books “Digital Materiality in Architecture” (2007) and “The Robotic Touch: How Robots Change Architecture” (2014). He has lectured and exhibited his work worldwide and has received numerous awards for his contributions to the field.

Ming Shan Ng

Charmaine Ming Shan Ng is Full Professor at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, currently awarded an SNSF Scientific Exchange with ITA and Design++. She was trained as an architectural historian at the University of Cambridge. An architect (Dipl. Arch ETH) with over ten years in industry, registered across Switzerland, Japan and beyond (SIA, ARB, RIBA, AIJ, M.ASCE, LEED AP), she led design, construction and DfMA on complex-geometry projects such as Google’s Bay View for Heatherwick Studio. Her doctorate (Dr. sc. ETH) on Design for Digital Fabrication (DfDFAB) frames the Building Process from design, detailing to construction delivery and repair, where craft, circular construction and liability meet. Her current research maps four decades of robotic construction in Japan, from collapse to revival, into a queryable library, and applies AI to modular and circular construction in Switzerland.

Oliver Thomas

Oliver Thomas is the Founder of Archi-Tech Network (ATN), a leading platform at the intersection of architecture and technology. A qualified British architect, his career spans design, technology, and fabrication, from Aedas and Front Inc. to specialising in design technology at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), before moving into entrepreneurship. He later became Director at Facit Homes, co-founded Facit Technologies, and founded Pixel Architects, and now focuses on empowering architects to embrace emerging technologies shaping the future of the built environment.

Philippe Block

Philippe Block is a structural engineer, architect and researcher, known for his expertise in structural design, computational engineering, and digital fabrication of sustainable construction, specialising in masonry and (unreinforced) concrete. He is Full Professor of Architecture and Structures at the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) at ETH Zurich, where he has been leading the Block Research Group (BRG) with Dr Tom Van Mele since 2009. He studied architecture and structural engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned his PhD in 2009. His research is translated into practice through the ETH spinoff VAULTED AG, which he co-founded.

Philippe Morel

Dr. Philippe Morel is an architect, theorist, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded EZCT Architecture & Design Research (2000) and initiated the large-scale 3D-printing company XtreeE (2015), serving as its founding CEO. He is currently developing a new ConTech venture. He previously taught at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture, where he led the MSc Architectural Computation programme; ENSA Paris-Malaquais, where he headed the Digital Knowledge department he co-founded; Rotterdam’s Berlage Institute; and London’s Architectural Association. He co-edited the books Computational Politics and Architecture: From Digital Philosophy to the End of Work (Editions ENSAPM, 2017) and, with Dr Henriette Bier, Disruptive Technologies: The Convergence of New Paradigms in Architecture (Springer, 2023). In 2007, he curated the exhibition Architecture Beyond Forms: The Computational Turn at Marseille’s MAV PACA.

Russell Loveridge

Russell Loveridge is the Managing Director of the NCCR Digital Fabrication. He studied civil engineering and architecture, completed his professional bachelor’s degree in Toronto, Canada, his MAS Diploma in Architecture at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and obtained his doctorate at the EPF Lausanne, Switzerland. He has worked professionally in construction and architecture but also has extensive experience in academia. In his role as the Research Director at the Laboratory for Architectural Production (LAPA) at the EPF Lausanne he developed the advanced manufacturing lab for EPFL ENAC, and taught courses on digital production and manufacturing.

Sam Baker

Sam Baker is an Investment Manager at Planet A. Sam is an aerospace engineer and former operator with 10 years of experience building and operating high spec manufacturing operations across Europe. Having launched FOAK facilities in aviation, automative and ag-tech, at Planet A Sam leverages his expertise to drive impactful deep-tech investments with a focus on industrial decarbonisation and automation.

Shiv Malik

Shiv Malik is an author, broadcaster, entrepreneur and former investigative journalist now working on building Britain’s first city in over 50 years. He began his career in 2004 reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan and subsequently worked for the Guardian for six years breaking exclusive front page stories on everything from the UK government’s austerity programme, to secret ISIS documents.He’s the author and editor of several books including the 2010 cult economics book, Jilted Generation, which first highlighted how Millennials would be priced out of the housing and rental market. He is also the co-founder of the think-tank, the Intergenerational Foundation, a former board member of Generation Rent, and a former advisor to the Yimby Alliance.Deeply passionate about repairing the UK’s social contract, especially around housing, Malik co-founded the Forest City project in late 2025. The project’s latest 300-page report details how to build a new city of 1 million people east of Cambridge, situated within what would be England’s largest nature reserve on land, while also ensuring genuinely affordable housing for everyone.

Tom Vroemen

Tom Vroemen is Founder of TETMET and inventor of its Adaptive Spatial Lattice Manufacturing technology. The company focuses on producing 3d trusses at any scale with industrial economics in such a way that they can be abundantly used in vehicles objects and buildings. The technology pursues the efficient middle ground between assembly of prefabricated elements into structures and additive manufacturing. It finds use in high performance markets such as aerospace and defence industry as well as large scale manufacturing in automotive and construction industries. With degrees in both mechanical engineering and economics, he previously founded and sold two ventures. He also serves as president of the Investment Committee for BOM Capital, a deeptech investment fund established by the Dutch government.

Amirali Delavari

Spherene

Amirali Delavari is a Solution Engineer at Spherene, where he connects the company’s geometry technology with the engineers and designers using it. His work spans customer onboarding, webinars, demos and presentations, and hands-on design support for teams applying minimal-surface infill structures to their own components. He holds an MSc in Materials Engineering for Industry 4.0 from Politecnico di Torino, including an internship at Mat3D on the development of 3D-printable resins and a thesis at EPFL’s GR-MeC lab on 3D-printed gyroid structures reinforced with foam. A competitive chess player since childhood, he maintains that thinking several moves ahead is just as useful in engineering.

Claus Carste

Sitegeist Robotics

Claus Carste is Co-Founder and CPO of Sitegeist Robotics. He started out leading Sitegeist’s machine side mechanics, electronics, embedded software, and functional safety  and has since built up and now leads the team behind it. As CPO he owns the product end to end, translating customer and site requirements into the machine itself and into the roadmap, and he leads the company’s customer deployments. Building machines has always been his default mode: alongside his studies he built a quadruped robot, a CNC machine, and an injection-moulding machine from scratch. He holds an MSc in Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence from the Technical University of Munich and has been part of the Althoff Lab since 2021, where Sitegeist originated.

Daniel Haas

3D-Components

Daniel Haas is CTO and AI Engineer at 3D-Components, an Oslo-based technology company developing AI-driven software for robotic welding and metal additive manufacturing. He holds an MSc in Computational Physics from the University of Oslo and a BSc in Physics, with graduate research focused on developing and applying novel machine-learning methods to solve challenging problems in quantum mechanics, particularly quantum many-body systems. His work has moved across scientific computing, data science, medical imaging, and industrial AI, with a recurring focus on turning complex physical systems into problems that can be modelled, learned, and optimised. Today, he works at the intersection of machine learning, computational physics, robotics, and production software, developing intelligent tools that enable manufacturing systems to better understand, predict, and optimise their own processes.

Dinorah Martinez Schulte

MANUFACTURA

Dinorah Martinez Schulte is a Mexican architect, professor, and researcher whose work explores cultural exchange through technology, focusing on digital fabrication in Mexico. She is a PhD student at the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning in the SHARE Lab (2026–2029), where her research bridges material experimentation, technology, and cultural production through vernacular lime based biocomposites for low-carbon construction. She holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication from ETH Zurich and a Bachelor of Architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. She is founder and director of MANUFACTURA, teaches at the University of Florida, and has earned international recognition through fellowships, awards, and collaborations with leading design practices.

Hans Jakob Wagner

UniversalTimberSlab

Hans Jakob Wagner is a ligno-centric design technologist and leads the Computational Wood Architecture research group at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart. His research focuses on computational design, robotic fabrication, and innovative building systems for timber construction. He graduated with distinction from the University of Stuttgart’s ITECH Master’s Program in 2017 and holds a B.Sc. in Architecture from Vienna University of Technology. As director of Corthus, a Stuttgart-based design-tech consultancy, he works with venture capital firms, corporate innovation departments, and startups in the construction-tech sector. Since October 2023, he has also led the UniversalTimberSlab team, which is developing the world’s first point-supported timber-concrete composite slab for multi-storey buildings.

Jan Petrš

Déploya Robotics

Jan Petrš is a roboticist, architect, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of robotics and construction. He is currently the co-founder of Déploya Robotics, an EPFL spin-off developing deployable robotic systems for automated façade installation. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at EPFL’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, where he focused on tensegrity robotics. He obtained his PhD from the Czech Technical University in Prague, where his research explored robotic systems combining reconfigurable and soft robotics for architectural and construction applications.

Julian Kretzschmar

1zu100

Julian Kretzschmar is co-founder and CEO of 1zu100, the AI architecture firm planning multi-unit residential buildings. He studied Information Systems (B.Sc.) at TU Munich and was pursuing his Master’s there when he began building 1zu100 full-time. Before founding 1zu100, Julian worked in Cloud Sales at Microsoft and co-founded immoML, an AI-powered due diligence platform for real estate brokers. At 1zu100, Julian is building AI that reasons from architectural intent to buildable delivery under changing constraints.

Li Jingxuan Josh

InfraTwin

Li Jingxuan is a PhD researcher in the Department of the Built Environment at the National University of Singapore (NUS), based at the Centre of Digital Building Technology (CDBT) under the supervision of Dr Vincent J.L. Gan. His research focuses on 3D point cloud semantic segmentation for AEC indoor environments, encompassing the development of a labelled indoor-scan dataset, multi-model benchmarking across point-based deep learning architectures, and validation through robotic data capture. He has presented related work at ISARC 2026, including a heritage-building defect detection study and a paper on the dataset underpinning his research. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Chongqing University and a Master of Architecture from NUS, where his thesis developed an automated parametric BIM modeling framework for heritage shophouse conservation in Singapore. His earlier design work reflects a longstanding interest in architecture’s capacity to address social and environmental challenges, spanning sustainable infrastructure and housing responses to displacement.

Lukas Kromminga

Rayfield

Lukas Kromminga is the co-founder of Rayfield, a construction technology startup developing AI-powered tools to turn visual construction-site data into actionable insights. Rayfield uses 360° cameras and computer vision to create 3D representations of construction sites, enabling teams to document progress, compare as-built conditions with plans, and identify deviations with minimal capture effort.

Before founding Rayfield, Lukas worked as a management consultant on large-scale AI transformation projects. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science and is currently building Rayfield together with co-founder William Bittner, whose research at the University of Oxford and the Technical University of Munich focuses on 3D computer vision and reconstruction.

Lynn Hyun Kieffer

Building with Microbes

Lynn is the co-founder and CTO of Building with Microbes, based in Denmark and developing a technology for low-emission alternatives to structural, cementitious materials. Educated in and with an early career in academic architecture, her mission is to drive sustainable change in the built environment. Her PhD titled: Fungal Highways and Calcite Columns: Co-Cultivating a Mycelium-Bacteria-Based Composite; developed a new form of binder for structural building materials, therewith, building the foundation for her startup. Building with Microbes connects biosolutions with the abundant resource of recycled concrete aggregate while permanently storing CO2 in their products.

Marcel Winter

CMiD

Marcel Winter is CEO and Co-Founder of CMiD – Component & Material Identity. He studied at the Technical University of Munich and ETH Zurich. During more than ten years of professional experience in the construction industry, he worked as an architect and explored how buildings, materials, and processes can be designed for a more sustainable and future-ready built environment. This experience forms the foundation of his current focus on digital material identities, circular value creation, and new data-driven approaches in the construction sector. With CMiD, he aims to make materials and building components permanently identifiable, enabling their management and reuse across multiple life cycles.

Michele Leidi

UrbanMetrix

Dr. Michele Leidi is the Founder and CEO of UrbanMetrix. He has a multidisciplinary background that spans across architecture, engineering, and computer science. He studied micro-engineering at EPFL and computational architecture at the ETH, where he also worked as a researcher. After having pioneered volumetric site analysis in academia he moved to the practice founding Archimethod, an experimental architecture firm with which he realized several projects supported by innovative methods of building energy simulation, sustainable architecture, environmental analysis, and computational design. Successively he founded UrbanMetrix to help architects and developers in using environmental data to design healthier and more sustainable cities. UrbanMetrix is a site-analysis and early-design software that allows to invert the building design process starting it from environmental resources. The tool is now openly available on the Swiss market, and its first pilot application has won the public award of the Prix SIA 2026.

Noah Graf

VAULTED AG

Noah Graf is the Corporate Development and Strategy lead at VAULTED AG, a deep-tech ETH spin-off in sustainable construction that develops and commercialises prefabricated concrete floor systems that use significantly less material than standard slabs and cut emissions by roughly 75%. Before joining VAULTED, Noah worked as an independent AI consultant, and previously held roles as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, a business transformation and sustainability consultant at EY, and an M&A advisor at BDO AG. He holds an interdisciplinary educational background, with an MSc in Management, Technology and Sustainability from EPFL, IMD, and HEC Lausanne, and a BA in Business and Economics with a minor in Behavioral Science from the University of Basel.

Vincent Gan Jielong

InfraTwin

Dr. Vincent Gan Jielong is an Assistant Professor at the College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore. He is currently leading the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Built Environment (RAIS4BE) Lab and serves as the Director of the Centre for Digital Building Technology. He is a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and an Editor of Developments in the Built Environment (Elsevier). Dr Gan was listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier (Career-long and Single-year, 2023–2025). He has served as PI and Co-PI on several research grants funded by AI Singapore (AISG), the Singapore Land Transport Authority through the Land Transport Innovation Fund, the Public Utilities Board through the Coastal Protection and Flood Management Research Programme, as well as several industry-funded research projects.

Anaïs Cimbidhi

PT1

Anaïs Cimbidhi is an investor at PT1, a Berlin-based venture capital fund, where she focuses on early-stage European startups, particularly in construction robotics and the built environment. She began her career at a proptech startup in Paris, before moving into commercial real estate investment in Berlin, working across European markets. Anaïs holds a Master’s in Business Management from EDHEC and studied sustainability at Universität Hamburg. PT1 is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm investing in transformative technologies across Europe that make a tangible impact in real estate technologies, energy transition, infrastructure resilience and climate adaptation.

Ashish Mohite

Hyperion Robotics

Dr. Ashish Mohite is an architect, co-founder, and CTO of Hyperion Robotics, a startup based in Finland and the UK that develops robotic micro-factories for producing low-carbon concrete elements. He earned his PhD (cum laude) in Architecture from Aalto University in Finland, where he conducted research on Additive Manufacturing and Architecture for a decade. Prior to that, he completed his Master of Arts in Advanced Architectural Design at the Städelschule Architecture Class in Germany. Recognized as the Researcher Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 in Finland, Ashish also advises startups in the AEC sector during his free time. His current focus is Physical AI and its applications within construction robotics.

Bernd Bickel

ETH Zurich

Bernd Bickel is a Professor for Computational Design at ETH Zurich. He is a computer scientist interested in computer graphics and its overlap into robotics, computer vision, machine learning, material science, and digital fabrication. His main objective is to push the boundaries of how digital content can be efficiently created, simulated, and reproduced.

Bernd obtained his MSc in Computer Science from ETH Zurich in 2006. For his Doctorate, Bernd joined the group of Markus Gross, professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich and the director of Disney Research Studios. From 2011-2012, Bernd was a visiting professor at TU Berlin, and in 2012 he became a research scientist and research group leader at Disney Research. From 2015-2023, Bernd was a professor at IST Austria.

Davide Zampini

CEMEX

Dr. Davide Zampini is Vice President of Global R&D at CEMEX and the Innovandi Industrial Chair. He is known for his relentless pursuit of innovation in cement-based products and building solutions. With a design- and industrialisation-driven innovation approach, Davide heads a multidisciplinary and culturally diverse team working across different geographies and headquartered at CEMEX’s Center for Innovation and Technology in Switzerland. His team’s work transcends the traditional functionalities of cement-based materials, embracing an adaptive research and development model that integrates customer-centred strategies and fosters a strong emotional connection to a material traditionally perceived as “grey.” Davide’s expertise covers a broad range of research areas, including materials design, engineering, fabrication techniques, construction chemicals, sustainable construction, materials testing, automation, robotics, customer engagement, cement chemistry, and CO₂ management in cement manufacturing processes. Davide holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a PhD from Northwestern University.

Giulio Brugnaro

Production Capital

Giulio Brugnaro is a Founding Partner at Production Capital, an investment and deployment platform for physical AI, where he leads product and technology. Trained as an architect, he specialised in computational design and robotics at the University of Stuttgart before earning his PhD at UCL’s Bartlett as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. His doctoral research applied machine learning to robotic timber fabrication, enabling robots to learn from craftsmen and adapt to materials while feeding that knowledge back into early design. He then spent several years in venture building, most recently at Founders Factory, launching a dozen new businesses with corporate partners from concept through investment. At Production Capital he brings these experiences together to accelerate the adoption of robotics and autonomy across the industries that shape the physical world.

Greg Demchak

Bentley Systems

Greg Demchak is Vice President of Emerging Technologies at Bentley Systems. He is former Vice President of Industry and Market Development at Motif, a next-generation platform built for collaborative design for the AEC industry. With over two decades of experience at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and cutting-edge software, Greg is a recognised leader in crafting digital innovations for the built environment. Before joining Motif, Greg led the Innovation Lab (iLab) at Bentley Systems, where he used interactive prototyping to envision next-gen solutions for the design, construction, and operations of the build environment. Prior to Bentley, he led product management at the start-up Synchro, a 4D visualisation platform for construction. His career also includes formative work as a product designer for Revit/Autodesk, contributing to the early evolution of Building Information Modeling. Greg holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Master of Science in Architectural Studies from MIT. He currently resides in London.

Jess Clemans

noa

Jess is a Principal at noa, Europe’s largest built world VC, backing technology to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built world. Launched in 2019 as A/O, noa partners with visionary founders to drive disruption across the entire spectrum of the built world, from structures and materials to energy and environment.

Jess is responsible for deal sourcing, investment due diligence, and portfolio management. He also leads the firm’s focus on construction technology and deep tech businesses.

Johan Wiksell

JM

Johan is the Head of Corporate Ventures (CVC) at JM, the largest residential developer in the Nordics. JM has a high degree of standardization and covers the entire value chain from land acquisition to construction. Prior to this role, he led IoT/Smart Buildings at JM from 2019 to 2023 and served as a national expert in European standardization. Before joining JM, Johan worked as an Associate Director and Partner at Arkwright, a Nordic strategy consulting firm. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Karel van Eechoud

urb-X

Karel van Eechoud is Chief Growth Officer at urb-X AG. He was previously Head of Innovation at Implenia, a leading Swiss construction and real estate services provider. Karel joined Implenia in 2019 to build and develop the company’s innovation strategy and team. In 2022, he also served as Interim Global Head of Sustainability for the group. With a strong interest in open innovation and open-source approaches in the built environment, Karel was also a core team member of the open.source construction initiative. Before joining Implenia, he worked in innovation and new business consulting, as well as management consulting, in the Netherlands. Karel holds a Master of Science in International Business from Maastricht University and has specialised in Climate Innovation through the ETH Zürich CAS Climate Innovation programme.

Moritz Luck

NeoBIM

Moritz is the Founder and CEO of NeoBIM, a Karlsruhe-based technology company building an orchestration layer for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. He leads a team of around 30 across product, engineering, and design.

His work sits at the intersection of building design, computational systems, and the German regulatory framework, translating the complex logic of standards and regulations into software that architects and contractors can use in their everyday workflows. The vision is to have an end-to-end system where no data gets lost and to bridge the silos in the AEC Industry.

Previously, Moritz co-founded Enscape, which transformed architectural visualization by bringing real-time rendering directly into the design workflow. He scaled the company before selling it to private equity.