Speaking

Paul speaks regularly at industry conferences, academic institutions, training workshops, webinars and other events.

Forthcoming:

21 July – “Embedding technology in building surveying practice” – RICS Building Surveying Conference

Recent engagements include:

2020

4 June – “Navigating the digital built environment ‘alphabet soup’” – Keynote to Glimpse of the Future (online)
28 May – “Does my BIM look big in this? BIM, mobile and wearables” – UK BIM Alliance communities day (online)
28 May – “Re-building a digitally-enabled industry” – Constructing Excellence panel discussion at UK BIM Alliance communities day (online)
20 May – “Digital Twins – interview of Jacobs’ Marina Villanueva” – video for ThinkBIM (online)
28 April – “Digital transformation” – Zoom Regenerative (online)
25 March – “BIM: changing behaviours to deliver value” – UK BIM Alliance East event – online due to COVID-19
27 February – “The Common Data Environment” (chair, panel discussion), Newcastle – BIMShowLive 2020
19 February – “Big Data, BIM, and blockchain” – Middlesex University
12 February – “BIM and the bigger data picture” – Middlesex University
21 January – “BIM and digital standards”, Newport, south Wales – UK BIM Alliance Wales event

2019

27 November – “The BIM and digital construction summit” (chaired conference day one), LondonBuid 2019
5 November – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Cardiff – Specifi event
1 October – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Newcastle – Specifi event
25 September – “Big Data: an overview”, London, Constructing Excellence Digital Group half-day conference
18 September – “Digital Transformation: Shaping the built environment for change”, London – Deltek conference
9 September – “Ask me Anything” (co-chairing session with Anne Kemp) at ICE Digital Twin conference, London
3 September – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Edinburgh – Specifi event
25 July – “Digital transformation – BIM and beyond”, London – Graitec seminar
19 June – “Productivity and tech” – panel discussion at Facilities Show, London
18 June – “Digital transformation in construction” – Deltek / Consult Australia webinar
13 June – “Digital transformation in construction” – COINS user conference
4 June – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Glasgow – Specifi event
22 May – “New digital directions” (chairing panel discussion), London – Viewpoint EMEA user conference
14 May – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Liverpool – Specifi event
30 April – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Nottingham – Specifi event
2 April – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Birmingham – Specifi event
19 March – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Leeds – Specifi event
5 March – Keynote at “Glimpse of the Future of BIM”, London
25 February – “BIM, data, value”, London – BIMOpenMic
13 February – “Big Data, BIM, and blockchain” – Middlesex University
12 February – Keynote at “Glimpse of the Future of Project Controls”, London
6 February – “BIM and the bigger data picture” – Middlesex University
29 January – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Manchester – Specifi event
24 January – “Salesforce technology adoption in construction”, London – facilitating panel discussion at Salesforce construction council
22 January – “The future of construction collaboration”, Munich – panel discussion at think project! internal conference
15 January – “Digital transformation – Design 2029”, Bristol – Specifi event

2018

2 October – “Data: the New Normal”, Newcastle – Specifi event
25 September – “Shaping a digital world”, London – chairing webinar / panel discussion at ICE
17 July – “Data: the New Normal”, London – Specifi event
4 July – “Data: the New Normal”, Manchester – Specifi event
5 June – “The impact of digital”, London – CIMCIG Construction Futures conference
23 May – “New digital directions” (chairing panel discussion), London – Viewpoint EMEA user conference
20 March – “The [digital] future of the professions”, London – Landscape Institute
10 January – “Big Data, BI and BIM – Pt2” – Middlesex University

2017

7 December – “Encouraging positive project behaviours”, London – PwC Project Leadership Forum
22 November – “CIPR Independent PR Practitioner Network”, Manchester – CIPR NorthWest Group
21 November – “Big Data, BI and BIM – Pt1” – Middlesex University
18-19 October – hosted Digital Construction Week podcasts, ExCEL, London – Digital Construction Week
15 September – “Digital Transformation and Capital Projects” podcast – PwC
7 September – “PR and Open Data”, online – webinar organised by CIPR
18 May – “Going Digital: What is the right software to adopt?”, London – BIMRegions
1 March – “Reimagining construction in the age of Smart”, London – Charles Russell Speechly
February-March – four lectures to BIM MSc course – University of Westminster
25 January – “Big Data, BI and BIM – Pt2” – Middlesex University

2016

29 November – “Digitalisation and the industry currently known as construction”, Edinburgh – Viewpoint – Built environment data management in Scotland
17 November – “Social Media for civil engineers”, Glasgow – ICE Scotland
16 November – “Big Data, BI and BIM – Pt1” – Middlesex University
10 November – “From document collection to data collaboration: BIM and beyond”, Prague, Czech Republic – Czech BIM Council
11 October – “Construction collaboration technologies: from email to BIM (and beyond)”, Bristol – Lecture to University of West of England
22 September – “Open data, trust and transparency – are we sufficiently prepared?”, Jersey – CIPR Channel Islands Group
8 September – “Open Data: Digitalisation and the industry currently known as construction”, Hemel Hempstead – COMIT community day
12 August – “Twitter – what’s it all about?”, London – ICE NW Group webinar
14 June – “Public Relations and Crisis Management in the Construction Industry”, London – Construction Industry Council policy and economics forum
25 May – “From document collaboration to data collaboration”, London – Viewpoint user conference
24 May – “What can we expect next on this digital journey?”, IOD, London – IFS user conference
28 April – “Construction collaboration technologies: from email to BIM (and beyond)”, Loughborough – Lecture to Loughborough University MSc group
15 March – “Disruptions in the AEC software market”, London – AECOM
21 January – “Construction collaboration technologies: from email to BIM (and beyond)”, London – University of Westminster BeginBIM

2015

16 December – “Big Data, BI and BIM (Pt2)” – Middlesex University
11 November – “ICE and social media” – ICE group chairs
21 October – “Big Data, BI and BIM (Pt1)” – Middlesex University
14 October – “Construction collaboration technologies: from email to BIM (and beyond)” – Loughborough University
18 July – “Disrupting the AEC software market”, London – AEC Hackathon
25 June – “How we work”, Reading – Futurebuild
1 June – “ICE and social media”, London – (for ICE staff)
22 May – “Effective user of Twitter”, London – (webinar for ICE staff)
20 May – “Disrupting the AEC software market”, London – 4Projects Customer Summit
12 May – “Social media for surveyors”, Birmingham – RICS West Midlands CPD day
16 April – “Big Data: opportunities and challenges in construction”, London – Asite/ConstructIT
26 March – “From email to BIM, Big Data and beyond”, Loughborough University – lecture to MSc Civil Engineering group
17 March – “Social media for surveyors”, Loughborough – RICS East Midlands CPD day
12 February – “Social and Mocial”, London – Workplace Trends
28 January – “Effective use of Twitter”, Sunningdale – (for CIOB branch administrators)

2014

17 December – “BIM and Big Data, Pt 2”, London – Middlesex University
3 December – “Behaviours for Collaboration“, London – ThinkBIM – organised by Leeds Beckett University
2 December – “From email to BIM and beyond”, London – Leeds Beckett University
19 November – “BIM and Big Data, Pt 1”, London – Middlesex University
19 November – “Behaviours for Collaboration”, London – Bentley Sytems Technology Day
14 November – “Improving the image of construction“, London – Constructing Excellence National Convention
15 October – “From email to BIM, Big Data and beyond”, Loughborough University – lecture to MSc Project Management group
25 September – “‘Mocial’ – mobile and social media in construction”, Loughborough – COMIT community day
24 September – “Disruptions in construction IT”, Coventry – talk to Eque2 customer summit
9 July – “Big Data is the new currency”, Leeds – ThinkBIM – organised by Leeds Beckett University
9 July – “Big Data is the new currency”, Salford – Construct IT
29 April – “Social media for construction”, London – Forum for the Built Environment
20 March – “Blogging for business”, London – WorkplaceTrends Social Media for Business event
13 March – “Using social media in the construction industry”, Loughborough – RICS East Midlands CPD event
5 March – “Mobile BIM – future gazing”, ThinkBIM Twilight seminar – organised by Leeds Metropolitan University Centre for Knowledge Exchange
4 February – “Wikipedia – it’s search engine gold, it’s inaccurate, it’s used by lazy students for research, it’s mainly edited by white male 50-somethings…..” – London, TagTribe Breakfast meeting

2013

10 December – “A Wikipedia 101“, online – webinar organised by CIPR
4 December – “Time and Relative Dimensions in Social” (‘Pecha Kucha’ presentation), at ThinkBIM, Leeds – organised by Leeds Metropolitan University Centre for Knowledge Exchange
28 November – “‘Mocial’ collaboration: incorporating mobile and social media into construction project delivery”, BRE Watford – Mobile Computing Solutions Priority1 user conference
17 October – “Getting Social”, Peterborough – organised by Peterborough CIOB
16 October – “From paper to BIM: the construction collaboration story”, Loughborough University – lecture to MSc Project Management group
15 October – “Time and Relative Dimensions in Social”, Didcot – BE2campOxon
4 September – “A Wikipedia 101”, online – webinar organised by CIPR
12 June – “Losing control, earning authority”, Leeds – GreenVision ‘Building Transparency‘ event
11 June – “Just in Time Knowledge”, London – Institution of Civil Engineers Learned Societies forum
20 March – “Effective use of Twitter for Business”, London – WorkplaceTrends event
9 February – “Getting Started with social media”, Marriott, Liverpool – Institute of Architectural Ironmongers annual meeting

2012

5 December – “Data Everywhere” (‘Pecha Kucha’ presentation), at ThinkBIM, Leeds – organised by Leeds Metropolitan University Centre for Knowledge Exchange
14 November – “Getting Social” Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex – organised by Essex CIOB
25 October – “From paper to BIM: the construction collaboration story”, Jubilee Library, Brighton – organised by Sussex Constructing Excellence
17 October – “Twittiquette”, CIPR webinar, online – organised by CIPR
6 September – “Powerful blogs”, CIPR webinar, online – organised by CIPR
21 June – “Wikipedia 101: The Basics”, CIPR Social Summer event – organised by CIPR
23 May – “Construction PR in the digital age” – Old Broadcasting House, Leeds – a joint CIMCIG/CAPSIG seminar
16 May – “What’s next for digital communications in construction marketing” – Building Centre, London – a CIMCIG conference
12 May – “Getting Started with social media”, Marriott Forest of Arden, Warks – Guild of Architectural Ironmongers annual meeting
9 May – “From paper to BIM: the construction collaboration story”, Aecom House, St Albans – organised by Herts & Beds Best Practice Club
26 April – “Creating dedicated online communities”, CIPR webinar, online – organised by CIPR
25 April – “What is BIM, and what can it do?” – Winning with BIM, Building Centre, London – a CIMCIG conference
28 March – “Twittiquette”, CIPR webinar, online – organised by CIPR
21 March – “Social media marketing and sustainability”, RIBA Pavilion, Ecobuild, ExCEL, London – for RIBA Enterprises
15 March – “Powerful blogs”, CIPR webinar, online – organised by CIPR
13 March – “Getting Social”, Lovell Partnerships office in Elstree, WD6 3BS – organised by Herts CIOB
7 March – “Collaboration and social media in construction”, Technology keynote presentation to software vendor internal conference, Germany

2011

15 November – “Creating dedicated online communities”, CIPR webinar, online – organised by CIPR
11 November – “Mobile and social media adoption in construction”, at COMIT annual conference, London – organised by COMIT
18 + 25 October – “Social Media for architects“, RIBA Insight Consultancy Days, Manchester + London – organised by RIBA
1 September – “Developing successful online communities“, CIPR, London – part of the CIPR Social Summer series
23 June – “Getting social: using social media as part of your communication mix“, Sage Construction Customer Summit, Winnersh, Berkshire
2 June – “Marketing in a web 2.0 world” – Be2camp Heritage, Georgian Group, Fitzroy Square, London – organised by Be2camp
10 May – “Construction: Getting social“, London Constructing Excellence Club, (London Capital Club, London) – organised by London Constructing Excellence Club
4 May1 – “Entrepreneurs ‘getting social’: practical lessons in the application of Web 2.0“, Cass Entrepreneurs Network/CIPR Inside, CIPR, London
12 April – “Getting social: using social media as part of your construction marketing mix”, Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club, University of East Anglia, Norwich
4 April – “Getting Social: Web 2.0/social media and B2B“, Kent Institute of Directors Sales & Marketing Forum, Maidstone, Kent
30 March – “Getting Social – or – How the construction sector is adopting social media” – presentation to Constructing Excellence social media forum, Arup, London
25 March – “The state of construction collaboration (and where do we go from here)”, also chairing the ICT4Construction conference on Document & Knowledge Management Technology, Central Hall, Westminster, London
3 February – “Web 2.0 and what it means for construction and property PR”. Internal workshop for PR consultancy, London.
24 January – “Web 2.0/social media and its application to the architecture, engineering, construction and property sector” (on SlideShare), Institute of Directors Built Environment Discussion Forum, Maidstone, Kent

2010

25 November – “Getting social” at – Strategy & Tactics of Digital Communication – held at The Building Centre, London (a CIMCIG conference)
17 November – “Construction Collaboration 2010” (lecture to MSc students at Nottingham Trent University)
3 November – “SME 2.0 – Commercial Reality & Business Intelligence”, London – organised by TAGTribe
28 October – “Community management: Online, offline – it’s a people thing” at CIPR, London – part of the CIPR Social Summer series
20 October – “Construction Collaboration 2010” (lecture to MSc students at Loughborough University)
30 September – chaired “Constructing Social Media”, at Building Centre, London – organised by CIPR CAPSIG
15 June – “Why Social Media should matter to today’s architects (and others)” at Manchester School of Architecture – organised by Be2camp
11 May – “Social Media for architects” at South Bank University, London – organised by South London Society of Architects (SLSA)
30 March – “The state of AEC collaboration” at The Collaboration Symposium, The Building Centre, London – organised by StickyWorld.com
25 February – “Harnessing powerful IT to your business – workshop” at University of Wolverhampton (Millennium City Building, Wolverhampton) – organised by Black Country Constructing Excellence Club
9 February – “Social media (Web 2.0) in the construction industry” at London Constructing Excellence Club (London Capital Club, London) – organised by London Constructing Excellence Club
3 February – “Social media (Web 2.0) in the construction industry – keynote” at Construction marketing conference (America Square conference centre, London) – organised by Emap and CIMCIG

2009

8 October – “Online AEC communities of interest” at Be2camp@WorkingBuildings2009 (London Olympia) – organised by Be2camp
7 October – “Web 2.0, sustainability and sharing AEC data” at Be2camp@WorkingBuildings2009 (London Olympia) – organised by Be2camp
10 September – “Lessons in applying Web 2.0 to construction PR and marketing” at CIMCIG evening seminar (Building Centre, London) – organised by CIMCIG
12 August – “PR, marketing, Web 2.0 and construction” at Be2camp Brum (Fazeley Studios, Birmingham) – organised by Be2camp
15 May – “PR, marketing and Web 2.0” at Be2camp North (FACT, Liverpool) – organised by Be2camp
26 March – “How can Web 2.0 help us maximise impact on minimised budgets?” at CAPSIG Question Time (Building Centre, London) – organised by CIPR CAPSIG
19 February – “Collaboration: past, present and future” at Construction Management 09 (Bridgewater Hall, Manchester) – organised by Public Sector Events
11 February – “Online: the rise and rise” at Construction Marketing in a Recession (Building Centre, London) – organised by CIMCIG
04 February – Construction Collaboration Technologies (lecture to MSc students, Reading University)

2008

26 November – Construction Collaboration Technologies (lecture to MSc students, Loughborough University)
10 October – Web 2.0 at Be2camp 2008 (Building Centre, London)
22 May – Construction Collaboration Technologies (RIBA CPD event, Birmingham)
21 May – Construction Collaboration Technologies (RIBA CPD event, Knutsford)
26 + 27 March – Construction Collaboration Technologies (lectures to MBA for Construction Executives, Manchester Business School)

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