These small-group, facilitator-led discussions are designed for real-world tech adopters facing shared challenges. Each roundtable focuses on a specific issue – from digitising workflows to improving safety and site performance – offering a space to exchange insights, share lessons learned, and walk away with fresh ideas you can apply immediately.
ROUNDTABLE 1 | UAVs in Construction: Enhancing Safety, Efficiency, and Digital Integration
This session highlights how UAVs are streamlining construction through automated site surveys, digital twin integration, and AI-powered inspections. By taking on routine, hazardous, and hard-to-access tasks, drones are boosting safety and operational efficiency. The discussion will also touch on future trends in autonomous UAVs, regulatory considerations, and the need for industry–tech collaboration to fully realise their potential.
Moderated by: Scott Major, Digital Engineering Practice Lead and Chief Remote Pilot, Seymour Whyte
ROUNDTABLE 2 | Creating Safer Sites: From Compliance to Prevention
Discuss the shift from reactive to proactive safety strategies, and how technology is helping identify risks earlier and protect workers more effectively.
Moderated by: Peta Wilson, Head of Business Improvement, Richard Crookes
ROUNDTABLE 3 | Bridging the Gap: Digital Engineering Tangents Between Design and Construction
Discuss how Digital Engineering connects design and construction to improve coordination, buildability, and project outcomes. Share insights on using models to support construction planning, reduce rework, and overcome challenges like data alignment, model usability, and team integration.
Moderated by: Joy Dela Cruz, Lead Consultant Information Management, Aurecon
ROUNDTABLE 4 | AI in construction today and agents tomorrow? Explore how AI is affecting construction today and will continue to do so in the future.
Join our roundtable to discuss AI’s benefits in construction, share ideas for implementation and staff training, and explore future trends, including AI agents with a key focus on how AI agents will operate in construction while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Moderated by: Mark Wengritzky, National Systems and Operations Manager, Multiplex
ROUNDTABLE 5 | Improving Productivity on Site
Explore how contractors are using emerging tools and methods to overcome workflow inefficiencies, reduce rework, and lift performance across job sites.
ROUNDTABLE 6 | Cost Control in an Inflationary Environment
Unpack how project teams are connecting live cost data to project delivery to improve forecasting, reduce surprises, and protect margins.
ROUNDTABLE 7 | Sustainable Construction with Real Results
Talk through what’s really working when it comes to reducing emissions and waste without blowing the budget or slowing down delivery.
ROUNDTABLE 8 | Zero Harm: Designing for No Fatalities or Injuries
Join a discussion on the practical technologies and cultural changes needed to achieve and sustain zero harm on high-risk projects.
Moderators
Scott Major, Chief Remote Pilot, Seymour Whyte
Peta Wilson, Head of Business Improvement, Richard Crookes
Joy Dela Cruz, Lead Consultant Information Management, Aurecon
Mark Wengritzky, National Systems and Operations Manager, Multiplex