When
6.16.2025 - 6.19.2025
Where
Produced In Association With Major Partners:
Europe's Premier Gathering of Global Buildings and Infrastructure Leaders
Since 2019, the BuiltWorlds Paris Summit has been a premier gathering of the world's built environment innovation leaders.
Facilitated by BuiltWorlds' dedicated analyst team and informed by their primary research, the Summit brings together leaders for intimate, high level investigation of key topics such as sustainability, offsite construction, global construction tech investment trends, smart infrastructure, AI-driven design and project management, construction robotics, and more.
Paris Summit Locations and Sign-Ups
MONDAY, JUNE 16
4:00PM, Opening Reception and Fireside Chat at Hilti
Location: Hilti Group Paris Offices | Directions from Les Salons Hoche
This event is open to all attendees. Register here.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17
8:30AM, Day at Vinci's Leonard Accelerator
Location: Leonard | Directions from Les Salons Hoche
This event is open to all attendees. Register here.
7:30PM, An Evening of Networking With Contech Franch
Location: L'Olivia Barge | Directions from Les Salons Hoche
This event is open to all attendees. Register here.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
8:00AM, Construction Tech and Venture Research Track Forum Meetings and Site Tour
Location: Bouygues Scale One | Directions from Les Salons Hoche
This event is reserved for Construction Tech and Venture Research Track members only. Transportation will be provided.
10:00AM, Building Tech and Offsite Construction Research Track Forum Meetings and Site Tour
Location: Saint-Gobain Research Center | Directions from Les Salons Hoche
This event is reserved for Building Tech and Offsite Construction Research Track members only. Transportation will be provided.
3:00PM, Demo Day Competition and Reception
Location: Les Salons Hoche
This event is open to all attendees. Register here.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19
9:00AM, Paris Summit General Sessions, Breakout Sessions, and Research Track Forum Meetings
Location: Salons Hoche
This event is open to all attendees. The below Breakout Sessions require registration:
11:00AM, The Future of Infrastructure | Register here
1:45PM, Current Trends in Offsite and Modular Construction | Register here
2:30PM, AI and the Transformation of Project Planning and Design | Register here
6:00PM, Global Innovator Awards Ceremony and Reception
Location: Saint-Gobain Global Head Quarters | Directions from Les Salons Hoche
This event is open to all attendees. Register here.
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2025 Speakers
BuiltWorlds Demo Day Judges
This year’s Demo Day and Reception will take place on Wednesday, June 18th at 15hrs in the Suite Honore at Les Salons Hoche. Ten emerging tech entrepreneurs—ranging from early to later-stage—will present their latest innovations to an audience of attendees and a distinguished panel of world-renowned financial and strategic judges, all competing for the title of Paris Summit Demo Day 2025 winner
BuiltWorlds 2025 Paris Summit Exhibitors
This year, BuiltWorlds is pleased to offer a very select few sector tech companies the opportunity to exhibit at the Summit General Sessions in an exclusive exhibit center at the Salons Hoche. For information on remaining exhibitor spots, click here.
2025 Paris Summit Agenda
The BuiltWorlds Paris Summit will take place in multiple venues around Paris over four days of programming. Please see information below the agenda to view information about location of the venues and to register for each event. Many of the events are limited in capacity and will be first come first served.
Day 1 Schedule
Opening Reception and Fireside Chat
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. SEE LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE.
A special opportunity to go inside a nearly century old solutions leader in the construction industry that has also been one of the industry's leading technology players with acquisitions of startups such as Fieldwire and Concrete Sensors, development of robotics products such as Jaibot, and partnerships with leading tech player, Trimble.
Speakers:
Darren Bechtel, Managing Director, Brick & Mortar Ventures
Antonia Elisa Soler Blasco, VP of Marketing, Fieldwire by Hilti┃Head of Venture, Hilti
Stephane Denerolle, VP of Product, Fieldwire by Hilti
Day 2 Schedule
A Day at Vinci's Leonard Space
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. SEE LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE.
With 2024 revenue of nearly $74 billion and 280,000 employees worldwide, Vinci is a world leader in the transformation of living spaces, infrastructure and mobility. Over the course of a full day at Vinci's dedicated Leonard Innovation space, conference-goers will have the opportunity to hear from high level Vinci executives and meet with and hear from startups and leading influencers from across Leonard's extensive community.
8:30 am - Welcome Coffee
9:00 am - Special Welcome Introduction
Speaker:
Patrick Sulliot, President, VINCI Construction
9:15 am - Construction as a Factory: Where Are We After the $7.8 Billion Modular Mistake?
Speakers:
Christophe Allaz, Project Director - Offsite Construction, VINCI Construction
Mollie Claypool, CEO, Automated Architecture (AUAR)
Jussi Aho, CEO, Flow Modules
9:45 am - How to Implement Advanced Robotics in Construction?
Speakers:
Matt Gray, Executive Chairman, BuiltWorlds
Dai Ohama, General Manager, Innovation and Incubation Office, Kajima
10:15 am - Live Construction Robotics Demos
Presenters:
Kajima A4SCEL, Automated Architecture (AUAR), Actemium Paris TRS, Mechasys, , Les Companions, Kobots, Flyability, Baubot, Byron's Robots, Hylight, Kumulus
11:45 am - How to Leverage Innovations to Partner on Major Projects
Speakers:
Mateo Zimmermann, Head of Investments, Cemex Ventures
Martin Capitaine, Digital Project Manager, Major Projects, VINCI Construction
Ines Azpeitia Gonzalez, Head of Innovation Projects, Ferrovial
Louis Cotton, Head of Scale, Leonard, VINCI Group
12:15 pm - Network Lunch, Startup Village, Co-Work, and Garage
2:00 pm - Nuclear Construction in the 21st Century
Speakers:
Roland Frack, CFO, EDF Group
Florence Laizier, Managing Director, Dodin Campenon Bernard
2:30 pm - UK Energy Infrastructures and the Challenges of Upgrading the Transmission Grid System
Speakers:
Jez Haskins, Strategy Director, Taylor Woodrow (Moderator)
Craig Prangley, Operations Director, Taylor Woodrow
Simon Milligan, Project Director, VINCI Construction UK
Anthony Oxford, Head of Digital & Innovation, Taylor Woodrow
3:00 pm - Conclusion + Perspectives
Speaker:
Christophe Pelissié du Rausas, COMEX Member in Charge of Development, Vinci
3:15 pm - Introduction to Demo Day
Speaker:
Kevin Cardona, Head of Innovation Programs and LNRD Invest
3:30 pm - Leonard Demo Day
Speakers:
Antoine Larousse, Seed Program Managers, Leonard (VINCI)
Anissa Abbassary, Intrapreneurial Program Manager, Leonard (VINCI)
Louis Cotton, Head of Scale, Leonard (VINCI)
Bruno Daunay, Head of AI, Leonard (VINCI)
Severine Faschin, Head of Scale-up!
Corentin Caniego, Catalyst Program Manager, Leonard (VINCI)
4:30 pm - Remote Session: Innovation for Safety & Security
Speaker:
Nicolas Wolff, Director Safety & Prevention, VINCI Construction
Stephanie Bigeon-Bienvenu, Partner, Impulse Partners
5:55 pm - Concluding Remarks
Speaker:
Julien Villalongue, Managing Director Leonard
Meet the French Ecosystem - An Evening of Networking with Contech France
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. SEE LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE.
Evening Reception on the Olivia Barge and Special Event with ConTech France (Space Is Limited)
BuiltWorlds is proud to support a special event in partnership with ConTech France and Vinci, to support networking between BuiltWorlds Summit attendees and member of the dynamic and growing Contech France ecosystem.
Day 3 Schedule
Construction Tech and Venture & Investment Track Meetings
CLOSED TO MEMBERS OF BUILTWORLDS CONSTRUCTION TECH AND VENTURE & INVESTMENT RESEARCH TRACKS.
Located on the site of the Bouygues Construction Matériel technical base in Chilly-Mazarin, in the southern outskirts of Paris, Scale One will be open to companies (start-ups, SMEs and large groups) and institutional players (academics, research institutes and technical centers) from early 2025. Roughly 2,500 m² of testing, coworking and creative spaces will be available, encouraging hybridization with the aim of shaping the decarbonized and digitalized construction site of the future. We will meet and leave from Salons Hoche.
Speakers:
Jérémy Lefevre, Innovation Manager, Bouygues Construction
Damien Bahon, Head of Scale One, Bouygues Construction
Building Tech and Offsite Construction Research Track Meetings
CLOSED TO MEMBERS OF BUILTWORLDS BUILDING TECH AND OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH TRACKS.
This special meeting of our Building Tech and Offsite Construction Research Tracks will be open to all conference goers and will present an opportunity to learn some of the latest research from BuiltWorlds in this arena and also to visit the cutting edge research center of one of the world's largest, leading building materials companies in this area.
Speaker:
Emmanuelle Gouillart, Scientific Director, Saint-Gobain
Demo Day Keynote Address
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. SEE LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE.
Sponsored by Bouygues Construction, BuiltWorlds' Paris Summit Demo Day has become one of the most distinguished opportunities for early stage and growth stage startups serving the built environment to present their solutions. The Day will be introduced with remarks from leadership of global construction giant and innovation champion, Bouygues Construction.
Speaker:
Renaud Digoin Danzin, Chief Strategy Officer, Bouygues Construction
Demo Day Presentations
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. SEE LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE.
See short demonstrations by startups from around the world featuring the latest emerging technology. Startups presenting will be in a flight of early/seed stage and then later/growth stage.
Demo Day presenters will present in front of a "friendly" shark tank of ten sector-focused investors who will pose questions of presenters and then crown the "winners" in the competition aimed at helping shine a light on the efforts of the industry's startup entrepreneurs and technologists.
Presenting Companies:
Blic, CSC Robotic Engineering Limited, KayaAI, Specter Automation, Spacio, CALMFLOOR, Document Crunch, Trilytics, GreenVibe, Hive Autonomy, SkyCentrics
Demo Day Reception
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. SEE LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE.
The 2025 Paris Summit Demo Day and the Demo Day Reception are presented with the gracious support of BuiltWorlds member, Bouygues Construction.
Day 4 Schedule
General Sessions Breakfast and Networking
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
The Vendome Salon at the Salons Hoche will be open for Expo and Networking ahead of the opening sessions.
General Sessions Opening Remarks
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
Speaker:
Matt Gray, Executive Chair, BuiltWorlds
Opening Keynote
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
Speaker:
Jean-Philippe Trin, Deputy CEO, Bouygues Construction
Business Strategy Research Track Closed Session: The Future of the AEC Business Model
CLOSED TO MEMBERS OF BUILTWORLDS BUSINESS STRATEGY RESEARCH TRACK.
The industry is on the doorstep of massive changes fueled by advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things and other trends. How will doing business in the sector a decade from now be different? How will business models be disrupted, and how do today's leading companies avoid the classic pitfalls of disruption? Spaces in this special conversation will be reserved first for our Business Strategy Track Members.
Speaker:
Mazen Haidar, Corporate Strategy & Planning Manager, NESMA & PARTNERS CONTRACTING CO. UJSC
Future of Infrastructure
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. LIMITED TO THE FIRST 60 REGISTRANTS.
Priorities such as sustainability, resilience, efficiency, and the need to meet increasing demand coupled with technology trends such as advances in the Internet of Things and the rise of Artificial Intelligence are all adding up to challenge our approach to meeting needs for more energy, increased mobility, and better wasted and water management. This panel will explore what all of these shifting priorities and changes mean for the physical designs of our infrastructure, new types of infrastructure, and changes in our processes of designing, building, and maintaining our infrastructure. The topics in this session are covered in our Infrastructure Research Track.
Speakers:
Matthew Valle, Co-Founder & General Partner, Infrastructure Ventures TIDe Fund
Rui Coutinho, Chief Innovation Officer, Mota-Engil
Yuki Nakayama, Director, Incubation, Innovation & Incubation Office, Kajima
Sustainability at the Crossroads
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
Since the launch of the BuiltWorlds Paris Summit in 2019, Sustainability and Circular Economy have been central themes. Over the past decade, we have seen a major increase in the number and variety of sustainability-oriented startups and solutions. How is the changing political climate in the US and elsewhere affecting the climate for these efforts, and where will the industry go from here?
Speakers:
Jonathan Williet, Director External Ventures EMEA, Saint-Gobain
Will Cavendish, Global Digital Services Leader Arup
Mateo Zimmermann, Head of Investments, Cemex Ventures
Telmo Perez, Director of CEO Office and Innovation & Digital, Acciona
Investing in AEC Disruption: Short Term and Long Term
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
BuiltWorlds Venture Forum has grown to a global network within our network of thirty-six companies investing in early stage and later stage startups promising new and better solutions for the industry. We will ask these experts about the state of investing in the sector for short term as well as for long term gains.
Speakers:
Tim Forman, Partner and Co-Founder Undivided Ventures
Eric Lamb, Operating Partner, Blackhorn Ventures
Mauricio Tessi Weiss, Founding Partner, Zacua Ventures
Amy Francetic, Managing General Partner & Co-Founder, Buoyant Ventures
Venture Research Track Closed Session Market Updates & New Member Overview: Brick & Mortar Ventures
CLOSED TO MEMBERS OF BUILTWORLDS VENTURE & INVESTMENT RESEARCH TRACK.
A Special Opportunity for the members of BuiltWorlds Venture Research Track to meet in closed doors, share updates, review market trends and also meet new members. New Venture Forum Member, Brick & Mortar Ventures will provide an overview introduction, facilitated by Managing Partner, Darren Bechtel.
Speaker:
Darren Bechtel, Managing Partner, Brick & Mortar Ventures
Luncheon
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
An opportunity for members to continue deliberations and networking and also to continue to explore the small group of exhibitors curated for the event.
BuiltWorlds Analyst Research Presentations
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
Representatives of the BuiltWorlds Analyst team will update attendees on some of the most interesting findings from their recent surveys and other research efforts tied to BuiltWorlds Twelve Research Tracks covering topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Building Materials, Construction Tech, Robotics, Venture, and more.
Current Trends in Offsite and Modular Construction
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. LIMITED TO THE FIRST 60 REGISTRANTS.
With the launch of BuiltWorlds Offsite Conference this past December, the Offsite and Modular Construction Research Track has quickly become one of the most popular tracks at BuiltWorlds. We will hear from this group of members about their latest work in this critical area of the larger BuiltWorlds conversation and identify keys to successful modular/offsite strategies.
Speakers:
Pedro Andrade, CTO, Blufab, Grupo Casais
Richard Weeks, Director and Technical Leader, AtkinsRéalis
Aurore Furlanetto, AEC Business Consultant, Dassault Systemes
Toward the Autonomous Jobsite
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
AI, Robotics, and other factors are slowly bringing the vision of a more autonomous jobsitte closer to reality. Especially in regions of the world facing more challenging workforce demographics, the need to meet rising demands with an increasingly stretched labor force is just one of many factors driving great interest in a more autonomous job site. We will hear from experts about different interesting initiatives around the world aimed at this objective.
Speakers:
Amin Aljaber, Chief Innovation Officer, NESMA & PARTNERS CONTRACTING CO. UJSC
Dimitri Bastaert, R&D and Innovation - Head of Design-to-Build Lab Bouygues Construction
Gene Hodge, Vice President, I4 Mortenson Construction
Dai Ohana, General Manager, Innovation and Incubation Office Kajima
AI and the Transformation of Project Planning and Design
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES. LIMITED TO THE FIRST 60 REGISTRANTS.
As artificial intelligence takes hold on the industry, the processes relating to planning, design and reconstruction are being the most significantly disrupted. Will the current pace of development in those processes accelerate, and what are the implications for the a future of how we design and plan that, to many in the industry, now seems much closer at hand?
Speakers:
Jeroen Janssen, CORE Studio UK Lead / Associate Director, Thornton Tomasetti
Najib Dalank, Group Head of IT, ALEC Engineering & Contracting
Victoire Saby, Project Director, SHoP Architects
Alain Waha, CTO, Buro Happold
The State of Open Innovation in the Built World
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
As industry leaders wrestle with the enormity of disruption in a $13 trillion sector, they are increasingly exploring opportunities to identify and involve new, collaborative partners. In many cases, the result is a proliferation of "Open Innovation" initiatives sponsored by companies around the world seeking combinations of other industry partners, universities, startups and later stage technology companies, and other stakeholders. In this session, tied to our Venture Track, we will examine some of these initiatives and the ingredients that make them successful.
Speakers:
Thai Nguyen, Director of Innovation, Hensel Phelps
Tanja Kufner, Head of Ventures, Nemetschek Group
Vincent Maret, Innovation Director, Bouygues Construction
Andrea Fontecilla, Transformation Director, Mota-Engil
Afternoon Break
Paris Summit First Class: A Look At Progress Made Since our First BuiltWorlds Paris Summit in 2019 with Entrepreneurs from Startups of the Time
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES.
From the development of a venture investor ecosystem to significant advances in numerous technologies, much has changed in the more than a decade since BuiltWorlds was founded. In this session, we will have the opportunity to reflect back on those changes with entrepreneurs who were with us in 2019 at our first BuiltWorlds Paris Summit and others from that era. We'll here their reflections on how the sector has matured and also their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities ahead of us.
Speakers:
Hassan Albalawi, CEO & Founder, WakeCap
Meirav Oren, Co-Founder & Executive Chairwoman, Versatile
Ekaterina Grib, Co-founder & Head of Business, KEWAZO
David Vauthrin, Co-Founder, there
Raphael Scheps, Co-Founder & CEO, Converge
Closing Remarks
Global Innovators Night
OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED ATTENDEES (LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100 REGISTRANTS). SEE LOGISTICS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOVE.
A very special evening atop leading building materials company, Saint-Gobain's world headquarters in La Defense. A showplace of sustainability and smart building technologies in its own right, Saint-Gobain's winter garden will provide a spectacular backdrop for us to recognize the 75 leading companies from around the world making the greatest contributions to the support of the innovation in the industry on an international basis.
Speaker:
Basma Kharrat, VP External Venturing, Saint-Gobain
Networking at BuiltWorlds Events
Information about Pre-Events & Venues
Each day of the BuiltWorlds Paris Summit will be held at different venues around Paris.
(Some pre-events are open to members of specific research tracks, if you have questions on whether or not you are eligible to participate reach out to info@builtworlds.com)
Member Registration
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