Prof Nashwan Dawood

Keynote Title: CONVR past and present, the role of digital technology to Transform Construction, UK perspective.

Professor Nashwan Dawood is a specialist in project construction management, digital construction and energy reduction in buildings.

This has ranged across a number of research topics including BIM technologies and processes, sustainability, Information Technologies and Systems (5D, VR, Integrated digital systems), Professor Dawood is currently Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, Teesside University, UK. He has extensive experience of leading internationally recognised research work in BIM technology and processes and in the application of 5D modelling in construction processes and has successfully generated peer-reviewed funded projects and currently involved in 5 EU H2020 projects.

Professor Dawood has published over 220 research papers and sits on the editorial board of a number of journals and conferences. His work has been recognized outside of the academic sphere, for example with its short-listing for the Constructing Excellence Innovation Award.