A major conference on sustainable development in construction begins on Sunday in Dubai, with delegates keen to discuss essential issues around the impact of building on the environment.
The British University in Dubai, the Middle East’s first research-based postgraduate university, is the lead organiser for the international joint conference ‘Construction Culture, Innovation and Management,’ which is being held for the first time in the UAE.
Speakers at the conference will include Sultan Ahmad bin Sulayem, CEO of real estate developer Nakheel, and Professor Geert Hofstede from the University of Maastricht, Netherlands.
The conference combines the CIB Working Commission on Culture in Construction (W112) International Conference and the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Architecture Engineering and Construction at the Knowledge Village Conference Centre.
The integration of the two conferences will provide an opportunity for researchers and professionals involved in the commissioning, planning, design, construction and management of the built environment to meet, exchange ideas and learn of new innovations, research and practices.
“This is the first major conference of this kind that the British University has been involved in organising and further demonstrates BUiD’s capacity, as a research-based university, to play a leading role in driving forward research in the UAE,” said Dr Mohammed Dulaimi, Chair of the Conference and Senior Lecturer at the British University in Dubai.
Through its five-sector specific Institutes BUiD conducts research and offers a range of full-time and part-time Masters degree programmes in association with leading, research-based UK universities.
About British University in Dubai
The British University in Dubai (BUiD) is the Middle East’s first research-based, postgraduate university. The University was established to facilitate access to world-class education, training and research in the Middle East. BUiD aspires to the highest, internationally recognized British standards as reflected in its partnership with the University of Edinburgh, the University of Birmingham, the University of Manchester, Cardiff University and now the Cass Business School at City University, London. Each has a five or five-star rating in the UK national Research Assessment Exercise that signifies research of international standard.
The not-for-profit university offers full and part-time Masters Degree programmes and Continuing Professional Development courses in Information Technology, Project Management, the Built Environment, Finance and Banking, Education and IT Management.
All BUiD’s current Masters Programmes have received Accreditation Eligibility Status from the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s Commission for Academic Accreditation.
The founders of the University are the Al Maktoum Foundation, the Dubai Development and Investment Authority, Rolls-Royce, the British Business Group and the National Bank of Dubai. The University is governed by a Council under the chairmanship of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
The Emirates Group, DUCAB, Atkins, Dubai Duty Free, Hyder Consulting, the Emirates Foundation and DUGAS are supporters of the university through financial contributions or the provision of scholarships.
