Digital Construction Week (DCW) 2026 has revealed the bulk of its CPD-accredited speaker programme.
There will be more than 230 CPD-accredited speaker sessions staged across two days at DCW, held at London’s ExCel on 3-4 June. The organisers have announced the programme for nine stages, featuring more than 450 speakers from across the built and managed environment.
From a first review of the programme, the following stand out on day one:
- The death of O&M: a light-hearted autopsy by JLL director Ed Riby on the Digital Operations Stage.
- Suicide prevention in construction by Brent Leyshon, programme manager at Transport for London, on the Inspire Stage.
- Will an AI-enabled construction industry still need main contractors? by Suzanne Hill, business strategist in AI at AI for SMEs, on the Inspire Stage.
- The hidden cost of digital innovation by Skanska digital construction manager Donatella Fiorella in the People & Change Theatre.
- Inside the $1bn AI alliance: how WSP and Microsoft will rewire AEC by WSP head of digital services Johnathan Munkley at the Transformation Hub.
Sessions worth considering on day two include:
- The lean CDE diet: lose the bloat, keep the brains by RLB Digital’s software development consultant Scott Pilgrim and senior developer Nour Abdelmoaty on the Information Management Exchange stage.
- What if your BIM model could say no? Automating compliance with data and AI by Dr Mohammad Mayof MCIOB, associate professor in digital construction at Birmingham City University, on the Information Management Stage.
- The BIM Olympics! Shanghai 2026 and Aichi 2028 by Bond Bryan BIM manager Daniel Chesson on the Inspire Stage.
- Why is BIM not intuitive, responsive or user-friendly like an AI tool? by Bentley Systems chief value officer David Philp on the Inspire Stage.
- Data quality vs data honesty by Isaac Dyer, project controls consultant at Movar Group, and Carlos Sanchez, solutions lead principal at Movar Reply, in the People & Change Theatre.
The line-up for the main stage, plus what’s happening on the Tech Stage and in the Debate Zone, will be revealed closer to the show.
As well as the packed speaker programme, there will be more than 150 exhibitors at DCW. More than 9,000 professionals are expected at the show.
