Speakers

The IBEA first annual conference will feature sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers, innovators and practitioners in the field on Innovation and the Built Environment.

Profiles of key speakers are currently being added to this page. More speakers will be published here once speakers are confirmed.

Prof. Birgitte Andersen
Director of the Big Innovation Centre
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Dr. Guillermo Aranda-Mena PhD
Senior Lecturer in Property, Construction and Management
RMIT University
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Prof. Peter Barrett
Professor of Management and Construction
Salford University
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Dr. Mark Brown
Group Development Director
Halcrow
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Prof. Mark Casson
Professor of Economics
University of Reading
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Dr. Carolina Maria Pozzi de Castro
Doctor Associated II
Department of Civil Engineering
University Federal of Sao Carlos (UFSCAR)
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Prof. John Cantwell
Distinguished Professor (Professor II)
International Business
Rutgers University
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Prof. Derek Clements-Croome
Emeritus Professor
University of Reading
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Prof. Terrence Fernando
Director of the ThinkLab
University of Salford
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Dr. Simona Iammarino
Reader in Economic Geography
Department of Geography & Environment
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Prof. Teresa da Silva Lopes
Professor of International Business and Business History
Management School
University of York
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Prof. Ram Mudambi
Professor and Perelman Senior Research Fellow
Fox School of Business
Temple University
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Prof. Rajneesh Narula
Director of the John H. Dunning Centre
International Business at the Henley Business School
University of Reading, UK
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Dr. Theo Papaioannou
Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Politics of Development
Department of Development Policy and Practice
The Open University
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Dr. Karen Sieracki
Visiting Professor
Faculty of the Built Environment
University of Ulster
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Dr. Emanuela Todeva
Senior Lecturer in Strategy and International Business
University of Surrey
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Prof. Robert Xiao
professor of Structural Civil Engineering
London South Bank University
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