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Program

Keynotes

Dr. Michel Bohms| Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, The Netherlands>
»Smart and Open Building Information Modelling (BIM)«
With a combination of W3C SW (Semantic Web) and IAI Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)

This keynote will discuss the relevant aspects of Building Information Modelling (BIM): semantics, interoperability, information management versus handling etc. It will show the issues on both an ICT Solutions layer (management and design applications, schemas/ontologies) level and on the underlying ICT Platform layer (STEP technologies, Plain XML technologies, Semantic Web technologies like OWL, and implementing model servers). Theory will be complemented with implementations and demonstrations from various projects and initiatives (like EU SWOP, Manubuild, InPro, ECTP FA7 and NL COINS, ProClient).

Prof. Jeffrey Wix | AEC3 Ltd, UK> | Visiting Professor, University of Salford, UK
»Capturing and Using Knowledge With Building Information Modelling«

This presentation will discuss how we can capture and use knowledge with building information modelling tools. It will consider areas where knowledge can be applied and where this can help to accelerate the growth of technology use. In particular, the separation of ideas into requirements and solutions will be discussed and solutions based on use of the IFC model proposed. The SMARTcode method for the capture of rules will be discussed to show how the tools for knowledge interpretation and capture can be given to users. The presentation will draw on real examples of knowledge capture and use including building codes development and housing design.

Beate Koegel | Project Manager Technical Knowledge Management | Bilfinger Berger AG>
»Value Knowledge Management«
In the information age having immediate access to data is fundamental to progress. The internet/intranet allows the documentation of essential information which are fundamental for the work progress and text messaging has made written communication more immediate as well. The ability to store tons of information in databases allows us to keep technologies portable. But finding quick answers and the development of durable high quality products is the real value behind knowledge management. By measuring the value of knowledge people mean reviewing and comparing new measures, analysing their successes and failures of the implementation of systems. But it is also essential to look at all the questions where there are no direct access to answers and where the knowledge is only locally available - searching for “hidden knowledge” and for the ideas represented behind such scenes ... The know-how of people over the projects, technical background, customers or the market is the crucial factor for the progress of each enterprise and its existence in the competition. It depends above all on the fact that the information research functions effectively. All the more because the construction industry has non-stationary business processes. The solution reads here: semantic technologies. With their assistance a general search can be converted into a firm specific. In addition goals and the background can be brought into the interaction with the information. Knowledge Management is the process by which both the tacit and explicit information and intellectual assets, including organisational lessons learnt within the group of companies are captured, leveraged and managed. tore, Bilfinger Berger’s technical operational research engine is the semantic network, which comprising knowledge assets, developed in-house and relationships as well as business disciplines around presentation and prequalification. The aforementioned can all be summarized in the term Value Knowledge Management. Beside technical competences, innovation strength and risk management, time in particular is the most deciding factor that create value for a company.

Gert Birnbacher, Msc. Economics, Phd. Sociology
"PracTrac" Keynote: »E-business and Building Information«

Gert Birnbacher has a background as Cofounder and Chairman for many years of the Danish E-business Association and has worked as manager and consultant in complex public and private e-business enterprises in Scandinavia. Mr. Birnbacher has worked especially with information intensive projects and has in the later years specialised in open source projects with an international perspective. This key note will discuss how building information can be seen in an e-business and customer orientated perspective