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BITESized presentations at Ecobuild 2012

RIBA will be hosting a series of BITESized talks in our auditorium, taking place every day at Ecobuild, stand number S1630 and S1640.

The 15 minute talks will be delivered by a host of leading authors and high profile guests covering a wide range of topic areas such as Uniclass, sustainable design, the NBS National BIM Library, social media as a sustainable communication tool and much much more. RIBA's President, Angela Brady will also be hosting a Q&A session.

No reservations required. Simply call by, take a seat and join in!

Full programme

*20 March 2012*
10.30 -10.45	Guy Bampton, DCLG The current consultation on changes to the Buildings Regulations in England
10.50-11.05	Dr Stephen Hamil, NBS Presentation of BIM research
11.10-11.25	Ed Bartlett, KyKloud BIM Operational Assets
11.30-11.45	Sarah Fray, Technical Director, Institution of Structural Engineers Embodied energy/carbon in the built environment and the need to develop BREEAM
11.50-12.05	Dr Andrew Flood Chair of JCT Sustainability Working Group Procuring sustainability through the standard contract
12.10-12.25	Louise Clark, CIRIA Delivering biodiversity benefits through Green Infrastructure
13.00-14.00	PechaKucha
14.15 - 14.30	Anne Jaluzot, Tree Design Action Group Integrated, joined up thinking on urban trees, and their social, environmental and physical value
14.30-14.45	Hattie Hartman London 2012 Sustainable Design
14.50-15.05	Alastair Donald, Future Cities Project Innovation in architecture: with or without limits?
15.50-16.05	Angela Brady, RIBA Meet the members
16.10-16.25	Ben Councell, RIBA Insight Launch of ribacpd.com
16.30-16.45	John Henderson, NBS Launch of The Construction Information Service Version 4: Introduction of advanced searching technology

*21 March 2012*
10.30 -10.45	John Gelder, NBS NBS Building Regulations Approved Documents iPhone App
10.50-11.05	Martyn Horne, Computers Unlimited BIM – your next step
11.10-11.25	Alan Baikie, Graphisoft OpenBIM – What it is and why it is important
11.30-11.45	Stuart Barlow Guide to BREEAM
11.50-12.25	Steve Lockley, Northumbria University / Richard Watson and John Gelder, RIBA Enterprises ICIM Project
13.00-14.00	PechaKucha
14.00-14.30	RIBA Insight reception
14.30-14.45	David Miller, David Miller Architects BIM – small practices have got it easy
14.50-15.05	Paul Wilkinson Social media as a sustainable communication tool
15.10-15.25	Nicholas Nisbet, BuildingSMART BIM
15.30-15.45	Paul Swaddle, NBS Thermal performance using NBS Create
15.50-16.05	John Boanson, NBS Super K-CLG
16.10-16.25	John Gelder and Sarah Delany, NBS Uniclass 2
16.30-16.45	Sofie Pelsmakers Dispelling environmental design myths

*22 March 2012*
10.30 -10.45	Neville Glanville, Bentley Systems (UK) Ltd Managing BIM in construction project workflow
10.50-11.05	Kelly Gunnell Biodiversity for low and zero carbon buildings
11.10-11.25	Jon D'Souza, Constructing Excellence BIM for Resource Efficiency
11.30-11.45	Dr Stephen Hamil, NBS National BIM Library
11.50-12.05	John Gelder, NBS Sustainability and NBS Create
12.10-12.25	Ian Chapman, NBS NBS Create
13.00-14.00	PechaKucha
14.00-14.30	NBS reception
14.30-14.45	Roderic Bunn, BSRIA Introduction to Soft Landings
14.50-15.05	Jonathan Griffin, BSI Sustainable construction and national standards