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Zak World of Façades India

Name: Zak World of Façades India
Start: 2017-04-21
Location: ITC Maratha

edition

Date

21 April 2017

Venue

ITC Maratha

City

Mumbai

Speakers & Panelists

Conference Agenda

Every speaker for the day, grouped by session. Select a topic to see who is presenting, the session focus and the talk points.

Session 1

09:15 — 09:20 Welcome Address

10:40 — 11:00 Networking & Tea / Coffee Break

Session 2

13:10 — 14:00 Networking Lunch Break

Session 3

16:00 — 16:20 Networking & Tea / Coffee Break

Session 4

17:45 — 17:50 VOTE OF THANKS

17:50 — 17:50 Networking / End of the Conference

08:30 — 08:30

Tariq Kachwala

Director

FG Glass

Topic

Delegate Registration

09:20 — 09:40

Balaji Chandran

Head - Speciality Business

FunderMax India

Topic

Rear ventilated façade system

Talk points

Importance of ventilation for buildings and modern day challenges

Key attributes of a real ventilated façade

Rear ventilated façade using high pressure laminates

09:40 — 10:00

Frank Goudman

Export Sales Director

Renson

Topic

Natural ventilation & solar shading for high - Rise buildings

Talk points

Need for ventilation in high-rise buildings

Need for external shading in high-rise buildings

Solutions for the same

10:00 — 10:20

Pronit Nath

Principal Architect

Urban Studio

Girish Dharachar

Managing Director

Umicore India

Topic

Adaptive façades

Talk points

Dynamic or statement façades: Where dynamic form is used to create a bold yet rhythmic change, almost giving an illusion of movement?

Environmentally responsive façades: Where the façade responds to the climate and location of site allowing the building to breathe when required and blurring the boundary between interior and exterior

Living façades: Not just green in terms of environmental ratings and carbon footprint... But also, literally green and living where the entire façade is planted upon!

10:20 — 10:40

Sanmukh Bawa

Project Engineer

Eckersley O’Callaghan

Topic

Engineering clarity in glass

Talk points

Development of glass for structural applications

Evolution in glass sizesproject

Meeting challenges of thermal performance

11:00 — 11:20

Nitin Govila

Chief Sales & Marketing Officer + Sr. VP - Asia Pacific + MEA

Serge Ferrari

Topic

Tensile fabric façade - Architectural functions and benefits

Talk points

Thermal comfort & solar protection

Visual comfort & glare control

Dynamic façades with day/night effect

11:20 — 11:55

Ashish Kapoor

Sales Director

Schueco India

Topic

Schüco technology center: Developing. Testing. Shaping the future

Talk points

A brief introduction to one of the world’s leading test centres for building envelopes

11:55 — 12:25

Hans Brouwer

Director

HB Design

Topic

Innovation in high-rise residential and environmentally responsive office façade designs

12:25 — 13:10

Panelist

KR Suresh

Regional Director

Avante Facade

Panelist

Jawahar HH

Director

Glass Wall Systems

Panelist

Akhil Palherkar

Joint General Manager

L&T Realty

Panelist

Nikita Mehta

Principal

NM Corp

Panelist

Ulhas Ghare

Consultant

GFRC Technology

Panelist

Balaji Chandran

Head - Speciality Business

FunderMax India

Topic

Panel Discussion: Exploring the ecofriendly alternatives for building envelopes

Talk points

Glass the way or only way?

Synthetic and natural materials and their application for facades

Form and aesthetics with alternative material

14:00 — 14:20

Sourabh Kankar

Marketing Manager - India

Gujarat Guardian

Topic

Sustainable solutions for smart cities

Talk points

Energy efficient glass solutions

Case studies

Tools and calculators

14:20 — 14:40

Rajan Govind

Director - Façade + Construction Tech Specialist

BES Consultants

Topic

Importance of good design with practical approach

Talk points

Resolved design and its positive impact on project success

Impact of unresolved design and designer’s passing on problems to site

Adverse impact of an unsuitable design

Use of Advance Geometry technique to work on patterns and optimisations with case study of an on-going project

14:40 — 15:00

Malvinder Singh Rooprai

Senior Technical Program Manager - APAC

Kuraray

Topic

What’s inside a laminated glass ?

Talk points

Interlayer solutions for various applications

Performance limits pushed by new materials & building regulations

15:00 — 15:20

Micha Pawelka

Chief Operating Officer

Priedemann Façade Experts

Topic

FAÇADE CONSULTANCY - Be serious please!

Talk points

How long it will take to learn the lesson

Do not mix responsibilities

Consultancy Service – not a Social Service

Who is competent?

15:20 — 15:40

Hitesha Thakur

VP - Estimation

Glass Wall Systems

Topic

Different elements in façades

Talk points

Elements in glass facade

Elements beyond glass

15:40 — 16:00

Tanuj Sharma

Director Marketing & Sales - Eastern Europe

CSG Holdings

Topic

Architectural hardware: Striving for innovation & standardization

Talk points

Achieving great heights in India for cable projects, looking beyond the obvious & common

Coating: Galfan? Implementation of Galfan coating & analysis with GI cables

Comparing the Indian and Chinese testing Laboratories. A glimpse to understand the common SS316 with the uncommon CF8M

Importance of D/W hardware: Top hung window solutions in point ﬁx glazing

16:20 — 16:40

Koushik Sarkar

CEO

USG Boral India

Topic

DUROCK® DEFS (Direct applied exterior finishing system)

Talk points

Future of construction - Clean & dry

Beneﬁts & applications

Case study of International & Indian projects

16:40 — 17:00

Ravishankar Subramanian

Principal Scientist

Dow

Topic

Innovative silicone materials for innovative design

Talk points

High strength and crystal clear silicone technologies for exterior façades

Structural area lamination for interiors

Case studies

17:00 — 17:45

Moderator

Seema Puri

Principal Architect

Seza Architects

Panelist

Sundeep Gwash

Principal

The Firm Associates

Panelist

Kamlesh Choudhari

Director

Glass Wall Systems

Panelist

Rajeev Antony

Managing Director

Schueco India

Panelist

Prabhat Rahangdale

Chief Fire Officer

Mumbai Fire Brigade

Panelist

Tariq Kachwala

Director

FG Glass

Topic

Panel Discussion: Quiz on fire safety & security with expert opinions from the panel

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