Description
This session will focus on the core ambitions and work of Women in BIM (WIB), covering the uptake, history, and global reach of this organization throughout the last 10 years. As an industry group spanning 30 countries across the world, our members and regional leaders are all in place to support and encourage digital methods and processes in their projects and in their work. Women in BIM was founded in 2012 as a response to the lack of women in building information modeling (BIM) and in digital roles across the built environment. Our main ambition is to ensure equal representation and a stronger focus on retaining women across the industry on a global level. With more and more people moving into varying industries and organizations worldwide focusing on retention, WIB is more important than ever in encouraging and celebrating female role models across the globe. This session will also discuss the importance of diversity and gender equality as a key ambition of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Key Learnings
- Learn about the key drivers, ambitions, and core values of Women in BIM as a community.
- Learn about how diversity and inclusion across your organization can ultimately support productivity and growth.
- Learn about how to ensure that you retain the best talent in your organization and support WIB.
- Learn about the core drivers of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Speakers
Rebecca De CiccoRebecca De Cicco has always had a keen interest in digital technologies and how they can radically change the way we work and interact in the Built Environment. Having studied and been employed in Australia as an Architect the basis for her experience involved managing and training teams and moving into BIM Management as a career. Rebecca lived in the UK for almost 10 years and following a series of successful senior roles in varied architectural organisations, Rebecca founded her own consultancy, Digital Node, providing advice and insight to construction professionals globally on advanced digital solutions on projects as well as BIM implementation and management processes. It is with this knowledge that she can communicate, train and manage teams in a BIM environment as well as ensure her knowledge is spread throughout the industry within education and not for profit groups. Digital Node was acquired by global engineering and advisory organisation Aurecon in 2021 and continues to support major global clients in training and digital related consultancy.- RCRebecca De CiccoRebecca De Cicco is a digital design specialist who completed her honors in architecture in 2001. Her keen interest in digital technologies and how they can evolve and ultimately change the construction industry has always been at the forefront of her thinking. After a series of successful senior roles in varied architectural organizations, Rebecca now manages her own consultancy, providing advice and insight to construction professionals on advanced digital workflow on live projects. Rebecca is one of the team leaders for the U.K. Construction Industry Council BIM 2050 Group, which is a team of young professionals aiming to steer the industry and its government drivers toward a Digital Built Britain. She sits on the User Group for Building Smart U.K., and she is the founder of the Women in BIM (Building Information Modeling) incentive. Rebecca is an Autodesk University speaker and an Autodesk Feedback Community attendee.
Sarah CauseySarah Causey is the Manager of Design Technology at Flad Architects. Curious and innovative, she is a natural-born disruptor in the AEC industry. Her current focus is on building catalysts for a new wave of digital transformation that better responds to post-pandemic market forces and curates technological advancements around the human experience. She’s making design more accessible, connected, and intuitive for game changers at any scale–ranging from Fortune-500 companies and world-class healthcare facilities to intimate community projects. With a hand in research and development, visualization, and automation, Sarah provides direction for the firm’s technological pursuits by maximizing investment contributions to design excellence, enhancing client experience, and maintaining operational stability. She also leads teams of designers with highly attuned specialties in XR, computational design, task automation and drone technology, reinforcing multidimensional interdisciplinary design inclusive of each studio location and discipline. Her leadership helps elevate the most technically skilled inside the firm throughout a project’s lifecycle. Design, technology, and the pursuit for positive change have influenced Sarah’s career. She first received her undergraduate degree in interior design and holds dual master’s degrees in building construction management and sustainability, technology & innovation. Her work at Microdesk, one of the nation’s largest AECO technology consulting teams, led to more opportunities to work side-by-side with the development teams of world leaders like Autodesk and Panzura on technology strategies for the market and client implementation. Prior to coming to Flad, Sarah worked with respected architectural brands, including KPF, RAMSA, SOM and RATIO. Today, it is her empathy and depth of knowledge that still make talent orbit around her.
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