In this interview with Cristina Savian, we discuss the present and future of digital twins in the construction industry.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Cristina Savian <\/strong>is the founder and managing director at BE-WISE<\/a>, a London based consultancy firm specialized in helping start-ups and SMEs to scale-up and bring new\u00a0technologies into the construction market.<\/p>\n Cristina has over twenty years\u2019 experience in the civil engineering and technology industries, working from small-scale traffic calming and parking schemes in UK and Italy,\u00a0through to planning major events such as playing a key role as transport manager of the Greenwich Park venue during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. She\u00a0then moved to work for a multinational leading technology company, Autodesk, covering several global roles as technical and commercial lead across Europe and America.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cristina started her career in 1998 as Land Surveyor in Italy, and holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge, a joint degree in Transport & Business Management from\u00a0Imperial College London and UCL and a first class degree in Environmental Economics from the University of Turin. Cristina is a regular guest speaker at industry events and\u00a0holds judge and board positions on engineering and construction panels. She recently joined the built environment industry panel and the Institute of Engineering Technology,\u00a0she co-leads the business case streamed at the UK BIM Alliance as well as being a technology scout for the Process Innovation Forum in UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cristina is also an official Ambassador for gender diversity and inclusion programs and due to publish a white paper on \u201cTackling Gender Diversity in the Construction Industry\u201d\u00a0with the Wo+Men\u2019s Leadership Centre at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n You can connect with Cristina on LinkedIn.<\/a> You can meet her in person at WDBE 2019<\/strong> in Helsinki, Finland, where she\u2019s going to be give a keynote presentation.<\/p>\n Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"-\"](\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cristina_Savian.jpg\")
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