September 26, 2019

Live from the World Summit on Digital Built Environments

In bringing together ideas, people and concepts that will improve the built environment, the 2019 World Summit on Digital Built Environments was able to explore important topics like the digital twin, urban innovation and integrated ecosystems in great detail. Taking place over two days in Helsinki, Finland, representatives from Microsoft, Amazon and Google provided powerful keynote presentations, although the messages that speakers from companies large and small had to share were equally informative.

During the conference program, presenters from across Europe talked through smart city solutions they have created or adopted to help solve political, economic, social, technical, environmental and legal challenges that are often associated with the effort to enable truly sustainable cities. Other sessions focused on what it will mean to truly digitize the construction industry, but these are just a couple highlights from the event.

Speakers, attendees and organizers live tweeted quotes and pictures throughout the event to give everyone who wasn’t in Helsinki a sense of the discussions, learning and updates that were explored at the event. For plenty more direct quotes, videos and pictures, check out the #WDBE2019 hashtag.

Janne Saarikko helps to kick off #WDBE2019 pic.twitter.com/Hfa6XPZT64
— Jeremiah Karpowicz (@jeremiahkarp) September 24, 2019

Big ideas told by Karl Fitzpatrick!
I agree! Do you agree? #wdbe2019 pic.twitter.com/IKADfOzSGd
— Timo Lehtoviita (@LehtoviitaTimo) September 25, 2019

Eric Baczuk explains how people ties together disparate elements like technology, architecture and urbanism at #WDBE2019 pic.twitter.com/gdIQ2YqOhR
— Jeremiah Karpowicz (@jeremiahkarp) September 24, 2019

Automation enters the construction industry in 3 waves: algorithm, augmentation and autonomy. And we prepare for it by investments in R&D, training our people, establishing centres of excellence and collaborating with start-ups & new partners. #wdbe2019 pic.twitter.com/iu3iFWLmBe
— Ramboll Finland (@ramboll_fi) September 24, 2019

Why are construction sites like the Tower of Babel? Smart Built Program in Sweden designed to show it doesn’t have to be, at #WDBE2019 pic.twitter.com/5sgIakVQjn
— Jeremiah Karpowicz (@jeremiahkarp) September 24, 2019

A New Way to Manage Projects – A-Format (Project Management Process) + Cave3 (Command Center) + Visual Leader (Situational and Predictive Awareness) ⁦@JyryKuokkanen⁩ ⁦@AInsinoorit⁩ #WDBE2019 pic.twitter.com/3bUmXgVG5s
— Vesa Järvinen (@jarvinen_vesa) September 24, 2019

Digital twin for the built environment is not only the digital equivalent of the physical asset. Connection and exchange of information is also required: ”Making a living link, not a digital zombie” ⁦@cristina_savian⁩ #WDBE2019 pic.twitter.com/SJVpKhUkWn
— Vesa Järvinen (@jarvinen_vesa) September 25, 2019

How to stop built environment to kill our planet? asks @aapo_huovila. In LCA of smart city solutions should be taken into account e.g. the energy consumption of buildings before operation (50%) and electric vehicles (raw materials, CO2 of electricity, battery waste). #wdbe2019 pic.twitter.com/7CQgSQsLJM
— Tuija Mikkonen (@MikkonenTuija) September 24, 2019

How do we stop the built environment from killing the planet? Challenges and opportunities to work through at #WDBE2019 @WDBESummit pic.twitter.com/2S9PBZeBG9
— Jeremiah Karpowicz (@jeremiahkarp) September 24, 2019

The potential Impact of data is extremely high in built environment, we should use the momentum #wdbe2019 Platform of Trust Toni Luhti RIL – Suomen Rakennusinsinöörien Liitto – Finnish Association of Civil Engineers https://t.co/MSIJDt8owL
— Miimu Airaksinen (@MiimuAiraksinen) September 24, 2019

Digital Twins: Does one size fit all? @Francisco_Forns starts his presentation at #wdbe2019 @GranlundOy pic.twitter.com/VOEEZjEQRf
— Ken Dooley (@KenDooley) September 25, 2019