107th Edition – Zak World of Façades Vietnam

This will be the 107th edition globally and the 2nd edition in Vietnam which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

Speakers and Panelists

Vu Duy Khanh

Deputy Tender Manager, Coteccons Group

Cung Thanh Dat

Managing Partner, Baumschlager Eberle Architekten

Cung Thanh Dat was born in 1982 in Hanoi, Viet Nam. He studied for master of architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ( ETH Zurich). Since 2009, he has worked with Professor Dietmar Eberle who directed...

Louis Lee

Technical Manager, Hoa Binh Construction Group

Graduated from the Honors Program, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, majoring in Civil and Industrial Construction. Working at Hoa Binh Construction Group since 2014. Areas of expertise: structural design, construction method design, project management, cooperation in development and...

Tommaso Frizzale

Associate Lighting Director, Sahvia Group

Associate Lighting Director of SAHVIA GROUP, through his 20 years of an international career in architectural design, in collaboration with many prestigious firms globally, Tommaso has spent the last 10 years specializing in architectural lighting, designing numerous projects from the...

Minh Phuc Nguyen

Co-founder, MPN + Partners

Julian Escobar Uribe

Director, PTW

Born in Buenos Aires, after graduation in 1990, Julian moved to Barcelona to follow the PhD Program “The sense of modern architecture”. After gaining professional experience in different companies, in 1995 he opened an architecture practice that started with some...

Hanna Nguyen

Country Sales Manager, AkzoNobel Powder Coatings

Hanna Nguyen is AkzoNobel’s country sales manager for Powder Coatings in Vietnam. She has many years of experience as business leader in various markets related to the infrastructure and construction industry before joining AkzoNobel. Within her current role, she takes...

Shuichi Ishikawa

Senior Director - Architecture | Global, Nihon Sekkei

Shuichi Ishikawa is a Chief Architect of Nihon Sekkei which is one of the Largest architectural firms in Japan specializing for urban design, architecture design, and sustainable design. After earning a master’s degree in architecture from Kyoto University graduate school...

Mohamed Adib

Chief Design Officer, Dewan Architects & Engineers

Mohammed Adib serves as the Chief Design Officer at Dewan Architects + Engineers, having joined the firm in 2018. He holds a degree in architectural studies from the AA School of Architecture in London and pursued interior architecture studies at...

Donel Dippi

Head of Technical & Compliance – MEIAP, Siderise Insulation

Donel Dippi is an experienced stakeholder-focused Technical Engineer who specialises in passive fire protection and acoustic solutions for the façades of buildings in the Middle East, India, and South Asia Pacific. With a deep understanding of testing, certification, compliance, and...

Chris Bosse

Director, LAVA Asia Pacific

Chris Bosse founded LAVA in 2007 with Tobias Walliser and Alexander Rieck. This international network of leading architects uses the latest research and technology to build efficient, sustainable beautiful structures. Educated in Germany and Switzerland, he bases his work on...

Dr. Chengde Huang

Technical Director - Architectural Glass Division, CSG

Dr. Huang is currently the technical director of Architectural Glass Division of CSG which is the leading low-e glass manufacturer in China. With over sixteen years’ experience in energy efficient glass for buildings, Dr. Huang has worked on numerous landmark...

Malvinder Singh Rooprai

Senior Technical Program Manager - APAC, Kuraray

Malvinder Singh Rooprai, Architectural Market Development Manager & Technical Consultant for PVB division of Kuraray, is based out of New Delhi – INDIA. His key responsibilities are to grow the market for value added products under the umbrella of Trosifol®...

Thomas Fruhmann

Director Pre-Construction Services, Schueco Middle East

Thomas Fruhmann is a senior Façade/Building Skin Specialist with a top-level experience in curtain wall construction industry. He has acquired a diversified experience in design, production, project coordination, project management, contracts management, risk management, and tender/sales management, and developed a...

Agnes Koltay

CEO, Koltay Façades

Agnes Koltay has a Masters degree in Architecture (Hungary, USA) and in Façade Engineering (UK) and worked with award winning architects and multidisciplinary engineering companies before founding Koltay Façades, a boutique façade engineering consultancy firm, in 2011. She is the...

Ha Hoai Thanh

General Director, Schueco Vietnam

Ha Hoai Thanh is a registered architect with a Master’s in Design from the University of Technology, Sydney. He is responsible for establishing Schüco Vietnam in 2007 and instrumental in developing the organization to a sizable operation, including the foundation...

Tony Nguyen

Director - Façade Engineering, Van Aelst I Nguyen & Partners

Tony Nguyen is a Façade Engineering Director with 18 years of international working experience (in United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Vietnam and China). He has strong experience in façade and management small – to-large scale projects from concept design to completion...

Steve Van Aelst

Director - Architecture, Van Aelst I Nguyen & Partners

Steve Van Aelst is a Architecture Director with 20 years international working experience. He is Educated in Belgium with a Master Degree in Architecture and Management and moved to Asia in 2010. In 2015 he co-founded, together with his Business...

Roger Schaerer

Senior Project Director, BM Windows

With over 40 years of working experience in the aluminum and glass façade industry in many demanding markets all over the world such as the Middle East, Dubai, the United States and Switzerland, Roger Scharer has accumulated extensive experience in...

Do Huu Nhat Quang

Co-Founder & Business Development Director, Greenviet

Mr. Nhat-Quang is a Construction Engineer who graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. Later he adds business administration into his background by getting a double MBA degree granted by CFVG and Audencia School of Management under a...

Andreas Geyer

Managing Director, Seele South East Asia

Since graduating in architecture in 1996 Andreas is involved in the execution of pres-tigious façade projects mainly in Asia. His first project was with seele in 1997, the Shanghai Grand Theatre, at the time a cutting edge cable truss construction....

Ahmed Sumair

Founder & Director, Sahvia Group

Founder and Director of SAHVIA GROUP, Ahmed has more than18 years of professional experience as façade designer. He believes that a great building must begin with unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the...

Matthew Penrose

Executive Vice President, Vector Foiltec

Matthew Penrose is the Executive Vice President of Vector Foiltec. He has worked for Vector Foiltec Asia-Pacific for the past 10-years working on iconic ETFE using projects such as Resorts World Sentosa, Universal Studios Singapore, Singapore National Stadium Moving Roof,...

Timothy Soebroto

Regional Director, Meinhardt Façade Technology

Timothy is Regional Director of Meinhardt Façade Technology. He has been in the façade industry for over 25 years. He has been involved in diverse roles and positions in façade contracting and consulting firms, from designing to managing projects, including...

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