Archives: Speakers

Jan is Senior Director in Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, responsible for Philips’ overall Brand Protection management, with specific focus on the PHILIPS wordmark and the Philips shield emblem. Having had several IP roles in Philips, Jan worked in Asia from 1998 till 2006 to curb regional counterfeit activities. As from January 2015, Jan manages the Brand Protection function in Philips worldwide. Jan has degrees in economics and law.

Dave Lukasik is a Brand Protection professional with over eleven years of experience developing, implementing and managing successful channel management programs for global organisations. He develops individualised, cost effective programs following a proven strategy for success. Directing the consumer to purchase authentic products, through authorised channels, at the right price has resulted in the removal of millions of dollars’ worth of unauthorised offerings and increased the opportunity for the sale of authorized products.

Dave successfully created a business case for, developed, and managed Motorola’s first global brand protection organisation. The successful endeavour at Motorola resulted in the removal of over $25M in counterfeit product annually with limited headcount and a limited budget. Dave and his team developed and managed comprehensive brand protection programs for numerous, global, organisations and has managed Brand Protection activities for the highly popular “LuMee” line of phone cases.

Roland is Managing Director and Partner of the international engineering consultancy Werner Sobek AG in Stuttgart.

In 2000, Roland started working at Werner Sobek and soon rose to be appointed first principal, then general manager, at least managing director and partner. Roland heads the department of competitions and is a specialist of project management, lightweight structures and steel constructions. He has extensive experience in various important high rise projects, such as ADAC Headquarters in Munich/Germany, the Hegau Tower in Singen/Germany and the 400 m high Olympic Tower in Nanjing/China. In addition Roland has been in charge of several complex and large-scale projects such as World Expo 2017 in Astana/Kazakhstan and the underground railway station in Stuttgart/Germany.

Since 2013, Roland has been Country Representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Since 2017 he is Member of the IK-BW Committee for Competitions and Contracting.

Werner Frosch is partner at Henning Larsen and managing director of Henning Larsen GmbH in Munich. He has vast experience of all project stages and expert knowledge of managing processes in relation to time, economy and architectural quality. He ensures a good and open dialogue on the projects and close collaboration between client and users. An important goal in his work is to achieve the highest possible architectural quality and value for clients and users based on program requirements, technical solutions, and other obligations. Henning Larsen is an international firm practicing comprehensive integrated design with the goal to create vibrant, sustainable buildings, masterplans, urban spaces, interior design, and graphics. Our broad portfolio includes flagship commercial headquarters, state-of-the-art universities and research institutes, cultural landmarks, and sustainable city districts. Our approach to design is rooted in a Scandinavian ethos and goes beyond the physical and visual impact of a project.

We are a free community of architects an engineers with our office in Munich.
Our field of activity includes the construction of new buildings as well as renovation and remodelling of historic buildings, primarily for privet clients and investors.
In addition to the planning of office and residential buildings as well as private houses, the focus is on the design and realization of the hotels of the high and highest standard.
Among other things, our office is characterized by the international nature of the projects. As a result, our experience in international project partnerships have been recently extended particularly intensively to the eastern EU countries.
The commonality of the architectural designs lies in their variety and diversity. The architectural form does not evolve from recurrent themes; rather, it is to develop from the respective task and the specific location, always in a new and unmistakable manner, to a conceptual coherence.
This attitude has been recognized in several international architecture awards and successful international competitions.
We take part on the different architectural congresses and the lectures for students at the Universities.

An architect, educator, researcher, writer, maker, and Director of the Bartlett School of Architecture. Co-Founded sixteen*(makers) in 1992. Editor of 6 books, and author of multiple chapters and papers. Designer and maker of multiple projects, including 55/02 at Kielder Park (2007). Co-Founder of the International triennal conference and book FABRICATE, running since 2011 from London to Zurich to Stuttgart. Academic on the €4.5m EU Funded Innochain Network, in collaboration with 4 other EU institutions, over 20 Industry Partners, and 15 Research Fellows, due for completion in March 2019.

Tateo Nakajima is a Director of Arup, an international firm of designers, planners and consultants working across all aspects of the built environment.

Building on formal training and early career in violin performance and conducting, Tateo is an internationally recognized leader in the design and planning of cultural venues and developments. He has lead projects around the world, working with many of the highest profile architecture and design practices, and with some of the most influential artists and music ensembles today. He has had overall design and management responsibility for projects ranging from concert halls and opera houses to pop entertainment venues, museums, immersive experiences, and arts, culture & entertainment districts.

Prior to joining Arup, Tateo was a Partner and Principal Designer with Artec Consultants Inc, working on the venue/theatre planning and auditorium acoustics aspects of acclaimed projects worldwide.

Ciara Gormley is a competition and award winning, design focused Architect, who has been a Partner at PDP London for the last 12 years.
With over 20 years of professional practice, working in both the UK, Ireland and Europe Ciara’s recent portfolio includes complex and award winning sustainable masterplans, strategic design frameworks, High quality new build schemes, in difficult urban environments, and sensitive rural designs.
Ciara’s interest is in the whole process from inception to the delivery onsite, and she focus is to retain the vision at all stages whilst delivering the clients objectives and managing large teams and complex legislative landscapes.