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CIBSE Journal Live, in association with Autodesk, is a new virtual event brought to you by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).
Building on the success of CIBSE Journal’s popular CPD modules and webinar programme, the event will contain a mix of sessions examining the AI, tech and innovations that are shaping the role of the modern building services professional today and tomorrow.
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Confirmed sessions (with provisional timings):
12.05 – 12.25 Introduction to AI in Building Services: why every engineer needs to use AI
Jon Belfield, Chair of CIBSE AI Working Group
An introduction to CIBSE’s new working group and why every engineer needs to use AI.
Volkan Doda, CIBSE Engineer of the Year 2025
Insights from Volkan’s work with the CIBSE AI Working Group. He argues that AI is here to stay, evolving beyond the peaks and troughs of individual technologies’ hype cycles.
12.30 – 13.00 AI: The new frontier of engineering, sponsored by Autodesk
Steve Butler, Autodesk
In this session we will explore how AI can help engineers and designers do more, with less. Automating mundane tasks, augmenting human ingenuity, and analyzing for higher impact.
13:05 – 13:25 Designing for AI: The future of building services, sponsored by Trimble
Michael Beaven, director at Arup
Focusing on the design phase of building services, this session covers how AI tools can be used in building design to perform advanced simulations, optimise layouts, and select the most efficient equipment from the start.
13.30 – 13.50 Optimising HVAC and energy efficiency with AI and predictive maintenance and fault detection
Joe Short, Demand Logic
This session dives into the core application of AI for CIBSE engineers that will improve energy performance. Focusing on on how AI algorithms can predict energy demand, automate controls, and fine-tune HVAC systems for peak efficiency and occupant comfort.
13.55 – 14.15 AI in Practice: an overview of AI offerings being used in practice
Martha Tsigkari, Senior partner and head of the applied R+D (ARD) group at Foster + Partners
The architect reveals how AI has been integrated into its projects
14:20 – 14.40 AI risks and liability
May Winfield, Global director of commercial, legal and digital risks, solicitor, Buro Happold
What considerations should companies and individuals have around AI’s use to ensure they are limiting risks? What are the issues around liability, design and copyright, and how are risks mitigated when using AI for design? This session aims to provide answers to these ever-important questions.
14:50 – 15:10: The rise of AI in building energy modelling – and the implications for practice
Tianzhen Hong, Senior Scientist of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
15:15 – 15:35: Beyond power: building sustainable AI infrastructure, sponsored by Automated Logic
The session will explore how the industry is looking to minimise energy and water use in new and existing data centres as AI grows exponentially.
Asad Kwaja, associate director, sustainability & decarbonisation advisory, AECOM
Felix Cox, associate director, data centres, AECOM
15:35 – 15:55: Automation², Automating the Building Automation Industry, sponsored by Automated Logic
Ben Preece, Automated Logic
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