Panelist

Mr. Charles Whiteley

VP, Global Digital Leader, Digital Strategy & AI Execution Lead AECOM

Charles Whiteley is VP, Global Digital Leader, Digital Strategy & AI Execution Lead, with nearly two decades of experience driving digital and business transformation for Fortune 100 companies across industries. He defines global digital strategy for AECOM’s B+P (Buildings and Places) business line and advises on smart cities, digital twins, smart campuses, sustainability, and large-scale urban initiatives. Charles also leads AI strategy and digital adoption, collaborating with global leaders to implement and scale transformative technologies, drive AI initiatives, and establish key vendor partnerships to accelerate enterprise-wide innovation.

Speaking at

Wed 28 May 2:15 PM — 3:00 PM (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi Regent Hong Kong, Regent Ballroom, level 2

From Bricks to Brains: How AI Is Redefining Real Estate Value Creation

Ms. Ariel Shtarkman, Undivided Ventures

Ms. Rui Hua Chang, ESR

Mr. Raymond Kwok, Nan Fung Development Limited

Mr. Nils Pihl, Auki Labs

Mr. Charles Whiteley, AECOM

Type General Session Open to All Attendees

Artificial Intelligence (AI) may well transform real estate and the built environment as we now know it in remarkable ways. Across value chains, progressive organizations are already experimenting with AI to enhance efficiencies, optimize assets, and harness vast amounts of data to make better design, financial, operations, and risk management decisions. At the same time, AI enabled drones, humanoid robots, and other emerging technologies have the potential to disrupt, end-to-end, many aspects of buildings and the built environment.

Capital-intensive data infrastructure – whether data centres, secure cloud networks, or decentralized urban and on-premise solutions – will be essential to manage the explosive growth of data for years to come. As the industry embraces this promising technology, the question isn’t just what AI can do today or on the horizon, but how we can empower AI to transform the built environment in the future.

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