edition
16
Date
27 October 2015
Venue
Marriott Marquis City Center
City
Doha
After the huge success of the inaugural Zak World of Façades Middle East earlier this year in Dubai, the second edition in the conference series took place on the 27th October 2015 at The Marriott Marquis in Doha, Qatar. The event had gathered 241 attendees comprising some of the region's leading architects, façade consultants, glass processors, fire & life safety consultants, façade contractors, developers, PMC's and representatives from the Qatar Civil Defence and ASHGHAL. The single day event had featured 27 speakers and panelists spread over four engaging sessions.
The opening keynote for the day was delivered by Lars Anders from Priedemann “The Future of Façade Consultancy / Engineering” which set the tone for the conference for the rest of the day; this was followed by other interesting case studies and technical presentations from some of the top consultants on diversified topics. The first half of the day ended with an interactive panel discussion on “Energy Codes, Ratings and Guidelines for Façades” in Qatar.
The afternoon session kicked off with the keynote presentation from Harald Halvorsen from Arabian Profiles, giving insights on GRC & GRP usage in the building envelope with a case study on the iconic Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan and also from some of the iconic projects in the region. The afternoon session came to an end with some interesting and very involved discussion on “Fire Safety in Façades” which featured official representation from the Qatar Civil Defence. The main focus of discussion on this panel was understanding the right choice of material for façades and the current regulations in Qatar and how to improve them.
The last session featured more presentations from our partners and consultants and the conference concluded with an interesting panel discussion on “Understanding Façade Process Management (FPM)”. The second edition of the Zak World of Façades Middle East Doha edition was well received for its content, level of attendees, ambience, networking break-out sessions and more importantly imparting the knowledge of designing aesthetic and fire safe façades in the state of Qatar.
Anees Backer Managing Director, Pridemann Middle East
Andy Kay Global Façades Manager, Siderise Group
Waleed Hagag Lead Project Manager, Arab Engineering Bureau
Waleed Ibrahim Director, James Cubitt & Partners
Amr El Kady Director, Arab Engineering Bureau
Badih Tomah Executive Director, Lacasa Qater
Rabih Hamzeh General Manager, Qatar Technical Aluminium
Osama Zubdeh General Manager, Alumco Qatar
Samir Kohi Head of Marketing, Hilti, Qatar
Imran Manasawala Director, Future Architectural Glass
Dia El Masry General Manager, Qatar Green Leaders
Dr Neil Kirkpatrick Head of Sustainablity, Faithful + Gould Fadi Haidar Fadi Haidar Lead Design Engineer, MZ & Partners
Harald Halvorsen Director, Arabian Profile Jean Marc Luvisutto Jean Marc Luvisutto Managing Director, Technal Middle East
Mohamad Najib Project Director, KEO International
Robert Stephens Executive Director, Inhabit Group
Thomas Spitzer Managing Director, Seele Austria
Alex Dantziguian Managing Director - MEIA, Technoform
Lars Anders Managing Director, Priedemann Façade Experts
Amr Metwally Head of Architecture PMC, Hamad Medical Corporation
Benjamin Beer Head of Façades, Ramboll Middle East
Sajid Raza Advisor & VP Butler, Engineering Consultants
Firoz Kachwala Director, Future Architectural Glass
Alex Dantziguian
Managing Director, Technoform
Amr El Kady
Director, Arab Engineering Bureau
Amr Metwally
Head of Architecture PMC, Hamad Medical Corporation
Andy Kay
Global Façades Manager, Siderise Group
Anees Backer
Managing Director, Pridemann Middle East
Badih Tomah
Executive Director, Lacasa Qater
Benjamin Beer
Managing Director, Werner Sobek Dubai
Dia El Masry
General Manager, Qatar Green Leaders
Fadi Haidar
Lead Design Engineer, MZ & Partners
Firoz Kachwala
Director, Future Architectural Glass
Harald Halvorsen
Director, Arabian Profile
Imran Manasawala
Director, Future Architectural Glass
Jean Marc Luvisutto
Managing Director, Technal Middle East
Lars Anders
Group CEO, Priedemann Façade Experts
Mohamad Najib
Project Director, KEO International
Every speaker for the day, grouped by session. Select a topic to see who is presenting, the session focus and the talk points.
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Topic
Welcome Address
Lars Anders
Group CEO
Priedemann Façade Experts
Topic
The future of façade consultancy/engineerings
Talk points
Robert Stephens
Executive Director
Inhabit Group
Topic
Innovations and efficiencies in designing high rise façades in the Middle East
Talk points
Samir Kohi
Head of Marketing
Hilti, Qatar
Topic
Safety in façade fastening
Talk points
Topic
Tea/Coffee Break & Networking
Benjamin Beer
Managing Director
Werner Sobek Dubai
Topic
Advanced façade engineering at the cutting edge
Talk points
Jean Marc Luvisutto
Managing Director
Technal Middle East
Topic
Technologies towards sustainability from TECHNAL
Talk points
Thomas Spitzer
Managing Director
Seele
Topic
From architectural concept to realisation
Talk points
Moderator
Alex Dantziguian
Managing Director
Technoform
Panelist
Badih Tomah
Executive Director
Lacasa Qater
Panelist
Dia El Masry
General Manager
Qatar Green Leaders
Panelist
Firoz Kachwala
Director
Future Architectural Glass
Panelist
Neil Kirkpatrick
Head of Sustainablity
Faithful + Gould
Panelist
Osama Zubdeh
General Manager
Alumco Qatar
Panelist
Waleed Ibrahim
Director
James Cubitt & Partners
Topic
PANEL DISCUSSION: Energy codes, ratings & guidelines for façades
Talk points
Session summary
Alex Dantziguian
Topic
Lunch Break
Harald Halvorsen
Director
Arabian Profile
Topic
GRC & GRP - Current trends & innovation for architectural façades
Talk points
Imran Manasawala
Director
Future Architectural Glass
Topic
Understanding fire resistant glass
Talk points
Andy Kay
Global Façades Manager
Siderise Group
Topic
Perimeter barrier firestop systems for curtain walls
Talk points
Panelist
Amr El Kady
Director
Arab Engineering Bureau
Panelist
Fadi Haidar
Lead Design Engineer
MZ & Partners
Panelist
Rabih Hamzeh
General Manager
Qatar Technical Aluminium
Panelist
Sajid Raza
CEO
Butler Engineering
Topic
PANEL DISCUSSION: Fire safety in façades:
Talk points
Session summary
Lars Anders
Topic
Tea/Coffee Break & Networking
Anees Backer
Managing Director
Pridemann Middle East
Topic
Unveiling the real value of façade Engineering - A provocative statement on technical design leadership vs. copy/paste intelligence
Talk points
Panelist
Amr Metwally
Head of Architecture PMC
Hamad Medical Corporation
Panelist
Mohamad Najib
Project Director
KEO International
Panelist
Waleed Hagag
Lead Project Manager
Arab Engineering Bureau
Topic
PANEL DISCUSSION: Understanding Façade Process Management - FPM
Talk points
Session summary
Navin Keswani
Topic
Vote of Thanks
Associate Partners
