In his address at Property Technology Confex, Dr. Mahmoud AlBurai delivered a clear and confident message: innovation in real estate doesn't work without alignment, accountability, and a real business case. Technology alone won't move the needle. Policy, partnerships,...

The real estate industry loves new tools but struggles with real change. That tension sits at the heart of James Dearsley’s opening presentation at the Property Technology Confex, a session that set the intellectual tone for the entire...

Project Management Information Systems (PMIS) are often seen as silver bullets for capital project efficiency but too many fail before they begin. In this insightful session at the Construction Technology Confex UAE 2025, Mohammad Alshenqiti, PMO Director at...

  What if you could compress weeks of construction monitoring into just a few hours without sacrificing accuracy? At NEOM, the world's most ambitious gigaproject, that's already happening. At the Construction Technology Confex UAE 2025, Ismail Azam, NEOM's...

Rather than evangelize modular as a one-size-fits-all solution, Wees challenged the audience to apply a simple test: Does it solve a problem? Does it make economic and operational sense?He outlined six key scenarios where modular construction proves its...

The Construction Technology Confex Awards are back for their sixth edition, bringing a renewed focus on innovation, digital excellence, and industry leadership across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sectors. As one of the region’s most respected platforms...

Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built to live, work, connect, and trade. Over the centuries, we’ve constantly sought to build faster, stronger, and today, more sustainably. The construction industry is a key sector of the global...

At the Construction Technology Confex UAE 2025, a high-impact panel, moderated by Phillip Higgins, Director at Ventures Middle East, tackled the reality of robotics in the construction sector. Joined by Alain Waha (CTO, Buro Happold), Eng. Bader Alkowaifel...

In a candid and compelling panel at Construction Technology ConFex UAE 2025, a group of forward-thinking leaders came together to challenge the way our industry thinks about digital transformation. The session moved beyond buzzwords and focused on the...

In an industry known for its complexity, tight margins, and ever-evolving project demands, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept, it’s a present-day tool with transformative potential. That was the central message from Aisha Ali’s insightful...

The construction industry has a habit of tasting technology, trialling innovations on single projects, then failing to embed them into wider business operations. Why does this happen? And what does it take to move from isolated implementation to...

At the Construction Technology ConFex in May 2025, a panel of industry leaders addressed a hard truth in the built environment: While the construction sector has embraced digital tools in principle, it still struggles to fully integrate them...