The PropTech Conference 2017

In the beginning...

On Friday 24 November, the School of the Built Environment joined with the School of Architecture to hold the 2017 PropTech Conference for students and staff.

The first session was chaired by Damian Wild, Editor of the EG and focused on 'how to get a job in property and keep it in this age of automation'. The panel discussing the issues around this topic comprised: Alex Bailes (Head of Product Engineering at CBRE), Eden Dwek (Manager - Tech Growth at KPMG), Savannah de Savary (Founder and CEO of Built-ID) and Brittany Hurley (Senior Director UK at VTS). There was a lively discussion and a number of questions from the audience.

The Panel with Damian Wild and...

...the audience

The next session was led by Dave Ramsey, Director of Data Standards at the RICS and focused on the future for surveyors 

The first session after lunch was led by Ross Raftery from Deloitte LLP and focused on
the impact of PropTech on the real estate industry

The rest of the afternoon focused on the impact of PropTech on other aspects of the built environment including: planning and development, architecture, design and construction. The sessions were led by:

Neil Goldsmith, Senior Director, Lichfields Planning and Development Consultancy
Mark Greatrix and Victoria Ruby from Waldeck Consulting
Scott Sworts from Avatar Design and Oxford Brookes University
Nigel Mehdi, author of the RICS Insight Paper on Big Data

The sessions were followed by a panel debate and Q&A session which was chaired by Professor Joe Tah, Head of the School of the Built Environment.