It’s all about data and meeting today’s urgent data needs. This is what nima will be talking about at the very first nima Virtual Conference on Thursday 2 November, 2023.

At nima, our mission is to help the construction industry embrace the management of data across the whole lifecycle of the built environment. We actively engage with key decision makers across industry institutions to drive best practice and data driven decisions to bring better outcomes.

That’s why we are launching our inaugural nima Virtual Conference 2023. We have so much to say and we wanted to gather our community in one place to share knowledge, best practice and future actions – all in an environment where everyone can ask as many questions as they need to enable a better understanding of how to unlock the value of data.

We invite you to a day of online learning with live keynote talks and panel discussions on topics shaping the industry with a focus on data, advancing technologies and sustainability.

We promise exclusive content, with actionable take-aways. This is not just another conference, it is a unique opportunity to witness first hand success stories from those winning with data!

nima Chair, Anne Kemp said ““The nima Virtual Conference will bring together inspirational strategists and real-world practitioners, to help turn theory into practice. The value lies in how data is used rather than simply how much data is available.”

The nima Virtual Conference will be held in an immersive environment, where the audience, speakers and exhibitors interact through a virtual platform. There will be four keynote speakers and four practical learning sessions, all focused on unlocking the value of data and how to use data to meet today’s urgent information management needs.

The four content streams will cover building safety and the ‘Golden Thread’, residential and social housing, diversity of thought, and technology – what is the digital dream?

The keynote speaker for the building safety stream will be Dame Judith Hackitt, author of the Building a Safer Future Report which was requested as a result of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Dame Judith will look at the Building Safety Act, compliance challenges for building owners and how best to approach delivery on the requirements of the Act. All in accordance with the appropriate use of technology.

Leading the diversity of thought stream will be Dr Mark McBride Wright MBE, Founder and Managing Director, EqualEngineers. When people with different backgrounds and experiences work together, they bring unique perspectives and allow a wider, more expansive thought process. Diversity of thought ensures better thinking, better choices and better outcomes. Mark will explore what this thinking really looks like and how to apply to the construction industry.

For the Social Housing stream, Charlotte Bates of Expert Citizens CIC, will talk about why we need to provide and manage “good” social housing, the pitfalls and challenges linked to mismanagement and how efficient use of data could help to overcome such challenges. Plus this stream will focus on how to identify the needs of the residents through people and data management.

The final stream will concentrate on the critical element of technology, how technology is driving construction and what is the digital dream? The digital dream keynote will be Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), at the University of Cambridge and former Chair of the Research Strategy Advisory Group and Director of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB).

Following each keynote talk, there will be a panel discussion continuing the conversation and looking at how each of the four critical areas are supported by data and information management.

In the virtual environment, there will also be six networking rooms, each with their own topic area for insight, predictions and real-world projects that will demonstration the digital progression of the built environment.

Registration is free for the nima Virtual Conference and you can find out more about nim and the Virtual Conference here.