230th Edition – Zak World of Façades Georgia

This will be the 230^th edition globally and the 2^nd edition in Tbilisi which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers & Panelists

Aleksandre Katsitadze

Founder, Dmark

Aleksandre Katsitadze is an architect, project director, and the founder of DMARK, an architectural practice established in Tbilisi in 2007. Over a career spanning more than two decades, he has led diverse architectural commissions, large-scale projects, and complex technical coordination...

David Goshadze

Technical Director / Senior Architect, teamtwo

David is Technical Director and Senior Architect at teamtwo LLC, with approximately 15 years of experience across residential, hospitality, education, manufacturing and service sector projects. They combine architectural expertise with project leadership, overseeing projects from initial concept through to completion....

Vakhtangi Makasarashvili

Founder & Principal, VIEM

Vakhtang Makasarashvili is an award-winning Georgian architect, urban designer and founder of VIEM.by Vakhtang. Building on the 34-year legacy of Makasarashvili Architects, established by his father in 1992, he leads a new generation of architectural practice focused on façade design,...

Ezgi Cebeci Gök

Senior Project Manager and Business Development Manager, Werner Sobek

She is a Civil Engineer with approximately 15 years of experience in the façade industry. Her professional background includes five years with a façade contractor, where she began her career as an Estimator, followed by nine years with an aluminium...

Florina Barbulescu

Architect, LUCEM

Florina Octavia Barbulescu was born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1983. She studied Architecture at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning in Bucharest, specializing in restoration and interior design. Since then, she has worked as an architect and...

Ekaterine Jokhadze

Head Of Architectural Group, Anagi LLC

Ekaterine Jokhadze is a construction professional with 15 years of experience in the construction and development industry. She spent 12 years with CMC, one of Georgia’s pioneering construction management companies, working as a Project Manager on major projects including Fuksas’...

Nona Yoki

Business Development and Brand Communication, LUCEM

Nona Yoki was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1987 and moved to Germany in the 90`s.After studying Media Design, she founded NONA STUDIOS. For more than 14 years, she has worked as a creative producer, developing visual concepts for companies,...

Vitalii Raginia

Head of Export Division South Caucasus Region, Alutech

Vladislav Raginya leads the Export Group at AluminTechno, where he is responsible for driving the sales growth of architectural aluminum systems across the South Caucasus and selected export regions. His professional background combines hands-on structural engineering practice with international B2B...

Maxim Tamelia

Director of Representative Office, ALUTECH

Over 10 years of experience in the construction industry, including over 4 years at ALUTECH. He has experience in business development and implementing complex engineering projects in more than 10 countries worldwide. Since 2025, he has been developing sales of...

Giorgi Chitaia

Façade Engineer, CMC - Construction Management Company

By profession,Giorgi Chitaia is a mechanical engineer who has specialized in building facades since 2004. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, his career originally began in an aviation factory as a Design Engineer. Today, Giorgi Chitaia...

Roman Kristesiashvili

Senior Associate / Senior Architect, UNS

Roman Kristesiashvili is a Senior Architect and Associate at UNS’s headquarters in Amsterdam, bringing over 20 years of international experience in architecture, urban development, and project leadership. Since joining UNS in 2010, he has directed complex, high profile projects across...

René Rammazzo

Associate Director, WilkinsonEyre

René is an Associate Director at WilkinsonEyre in London. He leads the design and delivery of landmark high-rise and hospitality projects for internationally renowned clients, including Crown Resorts, Galaxy and Cipriani. His work on the award-winning One Barangaroo development in...

Nikoloz Japaridze

Founder / Director, Architect of Invention

Nikoloz Japaridze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia (1974). He studied architecture at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and afterwards graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute in 1997. His PhD thesis was entitled “A Minimal Dwelling for Extreme Situations”. He pursued...

Ivane Baliashvili

Senior Architect, NS Studio

Ivane Baliashvili is a Senior Architect at NS Studio with over 10 years of professional experience in architecture, urban design, and large-scale mixed-use developments. He holds a Master’s degree in Architecture – Built Environment – Interiors from the Polytechnic University...

Gennady Vasilchenko-Malishev

Director, KB Malishev

Gennady was born in 1975, in 1998 he received a master’s degree from the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU named after Kuibyshev, former MISI) in the specialty of design engineer of the PGS faculty on the topic of...

Enrique Mascort del Pozo

Chief Architect, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Enrique leads projects in Spain, Eastern Europe, and increasingly Saudi Arabia. His approach priorities the cultural and environmental dimensions of architecture, seeking place-specific design over generic solutions. Enrique holds a master’s in housing and urbanism from London’s Architectural Association and...

Musa Seyhan

Architectural Projects Manager, Şişecam

Musa worked at Orgadata for ten years in sales, training, product development, and marketing. During this time, he interacted with hundreds of customers in more than twenty countries. At Çuhadaroğlu, he prepared tender packages for large-scale construction projects, joined tender...

Timur Abishev

Head of Representative Office in Russia & CIS, North Glass

Abishev Timur Ibadovich leads the Frameless group of companies, specializing in construction, facades and industrial complexes, and is also the head of the NorthGlass representative office in Russia and the CIS, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality glass...

Victor Zhilinsky

Founder, Skytop Engineering

Victor Zhilinsky is the founder and CEO of Skytop Engineering, an international design and consultancy company specializing in facade solutions, with offices in Dubai and Minsk. Victor holds a degree in civil engineering and began his career as a design...

Achim Heinzle

Head of Direct Markets International, Jansen AG

Achim is responsible for the international markets outside Europe at Jansen AG, Switzerland. With more than 20 years of experience in engineering and management, Achim focuses on technology, sales and marketing at Jansen AG to distribute steel facades, windows and...

Anton Novozhilov

Architectural Consultant, Kuraray

15 years of experience in developing of glass technical solutions used in the construction markets of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the UK. Consulting on the application of laminated safety glass with Trosifol PVB and SentryGlas interlayers on facades and...

Haldun Yilmaz

General Manager, FMT Façade Consultants

Haldun Yilmaz, has a bachelor degree from Bosphorus University in 1989, and masters degree in Industrial Engineering and has various certificates about Facade Engineering from institutions such as İTÜ and CWCT Bath University, alongside the 33 years of work experience...

Angelos Zografos

Technical Sales Engineer, Elval Colour

Angelos Zografos is a Technical Sales Engineer in Elval Colour and holds an MBA and a Diploma in Civil Engineering. He has more than 10 years of experience in civil and structural engineering, participating in the analysis and design of...

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