Speaking
Cristina Savian: keynote speaker, moderator and chair
Where the built environment is heading, and which innovations will actually bring value. 60+ stages in 11 countries since 2017.
Topics
Sessions Cristina has given, moderated or chaired. Every talk is tailored to the audience and the market.
AI and digital twins that pay
- Twin It to Win It: how digital twins are smarter than your average brickKeynote · Gulf Digital Building Forum 2025, Kuwait · BuildTech Week 2026, Dubai
- What's real in AIPanel · Construction Technology ConFex 2024, Dubai
- Digital Twin Dialogue: exploring the advancements and applications of digital twinsMain stage · Cityscape Global 2023, Riyadh
- Digital twins: the elephant in the circusWebinar · 12d Synergy, online
- Digital twin: axiom or fake news?Lecture
Transformation that delivers value
- Proof, not pilots: why transformation stalls and where the value is missedExecutive panel · Big 5 Global 2026, FutureTech Summit, Dubai
- Stop digitising chaos: closing the people-process gapPanel · Construction Technology ConFex 2026, Dubai
- Future-proofing construction: unleashing the power of technology in a new eraPanel · Big 5 Global 2023, Dubai
Data, supply chain and the asset lifecycle
- Closing the Capex/Opex data gap: the next vital frontier for mega projectsPanel · Construction Technology ConFex 2025, Dubai
- Connecting siloed data and improving transparency across the asset life cyclePanel · Property Technology Festival 2023, Dubai
- Supply chain resilience in constructionKeynote panel · Construction Technology ConFex 2026, Dubai
People, talent and leadership
- Keeping up with tech and closing the talent gapPanel · Digital Construction Summit 2026, Dubai
- Tackling gender diversity in the construction industryBased on her Cambridge EMBA research
- Building a global consulting firm: an entrepreneurial journeyEmmanuel College, University of Cambridge, 2026
Formats
Keynotes
Main-stage and conference keynotes on where the built environment is heading.
Future Directions keynotes
A keynote for your annual or quarterly company meeting, leadership offsite or client event on where the built environment is heading, and what it means for your business, your clients and your teams.
Panel moderation and chairing
11 panels moderated and 5 conference sessions chaired since 2017.
Awards juries
21 awards juries, including the Digital Construction Awards and Big 5 Global Impact Awards.
Business Challenge Workshops
Facilitated workshops for leadership teams to identify the real challenges in the business and agree what needs to change. We use the LUMA human-centred design framework to bring out what people see every day, make sense of it together and turn it into priorities.
Guest lecturing
Lectured on the University of Hong Kong MSc Digital Management of Built Assets from 2023 to 2026, and as a guest lecturer at the University of Melbourne and the Bartlett, UCL.
On stage
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Twenty minutes, your topic
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