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Andreas Limnell is a Façade Engineer who studied Structural Engineering, Building Materials, and Building Physics at Aalto University in Espoo, Finland. He has over 16 years of experience working with façades, from high-rise to hybrid structures, using materials such as glass, aluminum, wood, steel, and lightweight sandwich panels.

He is a corresponding member of the ECCS TWG 7.9 - Sandwich Panels and Related Subjects and actively provides input on the development of new glass Eurocodes and Finnish national standards.

In projects, he is typically involved from the concept design phase through to façade testing and supervision of the execution stage. Throughout his career, he has encountered numerous challenges in a range of demanding projects, which have greatly expanded his expertise in façades.

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Jannice Johansson Steijner is an architect SAR/MSA, with a background as deputy CEO and Partner at Tengbom and as CEO of smaller companies. Today, she is an entrepreneur focused on business development and change management within the creative industries. She is widely engaged in the sector, taking on assignments for both Architects Sweden and the Swedish Federation of Innovation Companies, as well as holding multiple board positions.

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James Reader is a partner at White Arkitekter, one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural practices. White Arkitekter works in an international context and has offices in Sweden, Norway, the UK and Germany. James is based at the Malmö office in southern Sweden and has broad international experience of both architecture and urban development. His project involvement ranges from early-stage competition and concept design through to construction and delivery, and includes commercial, residential and hybrid programs. His approach is holistic, aiming to integrate solutions to long-term needs for sustainability, practicality and flexibility into architecture that engages and intrigues.

He is a member of the steering committee of White's Future Workplace Architecture development network and holds Master of Architecture degrees from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge, UK.

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Graham joined Eckersley O’Callaghan in 2004. He has 20 years of professional experience and his technical expertise in pioneering glass engineering and continued interest in materials have been instrumental in delivering the practice’s many challenging and award-winning glass projects.

As Technical Director, Graham is responsible for the strategic operations across the company. This includes defining design processes and project delivery for project excellence.

He also leads our Research and Development programme driven by a pursuit to explore the innovative, sustainable and circular use of material in design.

Currently Graham as part of a two-year research project has and continues to work closely with the glass supply chain. The aim of this research project is to drive circularity in the glass industry and address the potential of flat glass to be endlessly recycled without degrading in quality.

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Mathias Almstedt has been working as façade consultant 16 years. He is the CEO of ACC Glass and Façade consultants, Norhern Europe’s leading façade consultants, offering independent advice on glass, facades, windows, glass roofs, daylight and shading.

Mathias is 46 years old and lives in Stockholm, he has a Masters degree from studying in Oslo 1999-2003. Some examples of projects where Mathias has been façade consultant are the NKS Hospital, the Royal School of music, Campus Albano, Forskaren and Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå.

As an independent façade consultant in the early stages of the projects, you can affect the envelope sustainability the most. Helping and guiding developers, architects, and other consultants to make well informed and right and decisions regarding the design and geometries. Optimizing facades for a the right aesthetics, well-functioning indoor climate and daylighting, balancing cost level with the right solutions, materials and requirements is what motivates him.

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Tomas Bucas is the Regional Director for the Nordics at Staticus, overseeing the company's sales activities across the region. Since 2009, he has been involved in a variety of curtain wall projects throughout the Nordics, managing the sales and development of façades for landmark projects such as Stockholm New and Gothenburg City Gate in Sweden, as well as the Landspítali National Hospital in Iceland. Currently, Tomas is leading the launch of Staticus' new timber and aluminum unitized systems in Sweden.

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Founding Partner of Kanozi Architects. Have been in business for almost 30 year as an architect. Educated in Gothenburg (CTH) and in Wien (TU), leading to a Master of Architecture 1993.

Working in a range of different areas from big commercial projects, over urban design to housing projects, mostly located in Sweden but also around Europé and US. A considerable amount of the biggest projects have been a result of winning architectural competions. The commisions have been excecuted in leading positions where design is the key to a succesful result.

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Medina is an experienced lead engineer at Inform Design, a practice focusing on façades and building physics. In the last couple of years, she enjoyed the opportunity to lead Inform Design’s technical efforts in several prestigious London projects, supporting the Architectural intent of high profile practices such as Eric Parry Architects, Fletcher and Priest Architects, AHMM, KPF, 3XN and Apt. Such project examples include 1 Undershaft, (the tallest office building in the City of London, with a top-floor viewing gallery), 50 Fenchurch Street, SKY 2, Belgrove House,99 City Road, 2-3 Finsbury Avenue and Hill House. Medina also informs the envelope design of Swedish projects from early & conceptual stages, such as the Höjdpunkten competition in which Inform Design joined Kanozi to a winning proposal. Medina works interactively with Architects ensuring enhanced performance in versatile projects: from high rise buildings to schools, hospitals, pavilions and transitory spaces.

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Adam Salt has been working for The A. Proctor Group since 2019 and has specialised in facades in high-rise, offsite and modular construction. Adam has years of experience in the high-rise sector, focusing on façade design, regulation compliance and innovation. By advocating a systems based approach to airtightness in façades, A. Proctor Group have simplified the build-up of through wall designs and pushed forward the specification and completion of safer and more robust solutions utilising technically advanced materials with proven performance. For over 80 years the A. Proctor Group have supplied technically advanced product solutions for all parts of the building envelope. In the façade and high rise sector, the ground breaking Wraptite self-adhesive and vapour permeable external air barrier membrane improves airtightness and simplifies design, installation and detailing, while lowering costs and ensuring compliance with technical standards. The A. Proctor Group’s experience of hygrothermal modelling and understanding of the balance of heat, air and moisture within the building envelope gives specifiers confidence in achieving a robust and effective envelope design.

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René Nedergaard is a Partner with a 20-year tenure at Schmidt Hammer Lassen. René works globally on projects of all scales and is often drawn to masterplan projects and those with urban design elements that explore context and the impact of a project both at the local and at the city scale.

Educated in England and graduating from Bartlett School of Architecture Dipl. Arch and University of East London BSc (Hons), René has worked as an architect in the United Kingdom and Denmark with a focus on large-scale mixed-use projects and neighbourhood planning. He approaches his work through the lens of sustainability, leading a project through all phases, from creative vision to realisation. From science and technology complexes to residential masterplan transformations, he thrives in creating inspiring environments in the midst of dense and complex urban situations.

René is highly respected for his skilful and critical professionalism and known for his sharp intuition cultivated over his diverse architectural career. He has extensive experience in the academic world having taught at the University of East London, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, and the Danish Technical University.

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After graduating as an Architect from the Madrid Technical School of Architecture at Polytechnic University (ETSAM-UPM), he has developed his career for more than 20 years in different companies in technical and commercial roles in relation to the design, sales and execution of building envelopes and dry construction systems.

At Cosentino he has been product manager for almost 5 years developing the versatility and high performance of Dekton as a sustainable architectural surface in a wide variety of façade systems. Currently he is quality responsible for façades application and project support on-site.

Professional passionate about construction and quality of design and execution of the details as a guarantee of the correct and dignified aging of buildings.

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Maha is an architect and a sustainability specialist with 13 years of experience in practice, research, and teaching that is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden. She has more than eight years of experience working as a sustainability specialist in architectural projects focusing on different types of simulations including daylight, energy, wind, LCA in addition to others. She also worked as a sustainability strategist in projects focusing on different topics including EU taxonomy, LEED, WELL and BREEAM certifications, resilience, climate impact as well as circular architecture. With a broad focus on sustainability, her passion lies in the interdisciplinary and holistic integration of sustainability in projects, including social and economic sustainability. In addition, she has a strong connection with research, as she recently published a book, ‘sustainable lighting design’, about the interdisciplinary integration of daylight and electric lighting design in practice and has a podcast about the same topic. Lastly, she received a grant in December 2022 to lead a project for developing short animation videos about integrating daylight and electric light in buildings.

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Thiago has over six years of experience in environmental building design in Sweden, with a Master's degree in High Performance Buildings from Lund University. Significant experience in the architecture and construction industry internationally, as well as knowledge of various architectural and engineering tools and systems to help integrate environmental simulations into the design process. Over the years, Thiago has worked on various building types, from schools to offices, hospitals and residential buildings. His experience also extends to urban development and landscape projects. In addition to working with simulations, he has also worked strategically with sustainability, helping clients set targets and monitor their compliance with the various aspects of certification schemes. Thiago is also certified as a Miljöbyggnad 4.0 Assessor and LEED Green Associate. His background in architecture and building physics helps clients and teams bridge the gap between design and performance.

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Kristin Gausdal is an architect and co-owner of BAU - Byrån för Arkitektur & Urbanism. She is a driven and highly collaborative partner across the office's broad range of work which includes urban development, public buildings, offices, retail, housing, hotels and even renovation and industrial buildings. She often works with competitions and the early stages of office, retail and urban development projects. Kristin recently completed competitive design proposals include Norrköping Central Station and Luna Kvarteret in Södertälje and one of her current assignments is the implementation of the Haga Norra Kvarter 1 in Solna. She often drives the concept development stages of projects, acting as client support during development of the brief and liaison with the projects end users.

BAU was founded in 1991 and has developed architectural projects that originate from a diversity of perspectives. The office's ongoing and completed assignments include; Kv Snäckan at Tegelbacken, building conversion Tomteboda in Solna, Hangar 5 in Bromma, Fisksätra Multihall, Sthlm 01 in collaboration with Sauerbruch Hutton, Housing in Kv Kvinten, Guldläge in Skellefteå, the urban development in Arenastaden and the two central blocks at Torsplan.

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Jesús is a Swedish/Spanish architect and creative director at Tengbom Architects, one of Sweden's oldest largest architectural practices. Over the years, Tengbom Architects has garnered numerous awards and recognitions for its innovative and high-quality designs. The firm continues to be influential in shaping the architectural landscape not only in Sweden but also internationally.

Jesús has been teaching as well at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and internationally since 2006. In 2012, he was named the Teacher of the Year at KTH for his pedagogical achievements. His work, pedagogy, and leadership focus on sustainability, innovation, culture heritage with high-quality design. He is skilled at successfully leading transformation efforts aimed at increasing quality in design and work processes. He has a broad network nationally and internationally within architecture and culture and believes not in right or wrong, but in good or bad. Additionally, he is a board member with extensive experience from both one of the wholly-owned state companies and architectural member organizations.

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Linn Dahlberg is a business developer with responsibility for customer and product at Fabege. Fabege develops and manages commercial properties and housing in a number of well-located submarkets in Stockholm and focuses on creating buildings and environments where people feel good and perform better. At Fabege, Linn works in many customer dialogues with responsibility for understanding the customer's needs and translating these into the physical environment. Examples of this are Alfa Laval, Dramatens and Operans studios, Comfort hotel Solna, SEB and Bilia. Linn also works with the company's development properties and development areas, both new production and development of existing properties. There she has dialogues with customers, architects, technical consultants and authorities, and she works to balance sustainability, aesthetics, function and given cost frames.

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Anders works as a sustainability specialist at NCC with a focus on climate optimization, reused materials and sustainability certifications. He often works with NCC's own property development to minimize the climate impact already in the early stages, but also in many of NCC's projects for external clients with a high sustainability profile. Anders has almost 20 years of experience with sustainability issues in the construction industry and, in addition to the contracting side, has also worked as a consultant and client.

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Henrik Nerlund is an architectural historian and author specializing in urban renewal. He has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, working on change processes and cultural heritage issues, particularly in post-war built environments. Henrik Nerlund is particularly interested in how densification can contribute to better urban environments through clearer planning and understanding of the values of existing buildings. As an author, he has written several books on the development of the Stockholm region from the turn of the 20th century onward and has participated in the creation of both comprehensive plans and architecture programs. Since 2014, Henrik Nerlund has been the secretary and head of office for the Beauty Council, an expert body in Stockholm City that assists politics and administration with advice, primarily on planning and construction issues.

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Anders Olausson has 25 years of experience from projects with Wingårdhs. He has been working in all scales from small residences to master planning, and in many different locations in North America, Europe and Asia.

Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor prides itself in looking at each project with fresh eyes. There is no recognizable signature style: we always aim to develop a new approach specific to each assignment. We insist on the Art dimension in Architecture. We use our conviction to exceed our clients’ expectations, and deliver buildings with qualities that go beyond their brief.

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Oskar Norelius is an award-winning architect and partner at White Arkitektur, one of Scandinavia’s leading architecture firms. Oskar directs the international studio in Stockholm and is co-lead behind Sara Culture Centre in Skellefteå, a climate positive 20 story mass timber building that received the International Award for Wood Architecture in 2022 and Best Culture Building at WAF. He is a frequent lecturer and keynote speaker at universities and industry events, and currently featured in the Venice Biennale of Architecture "Laboratory of the Future".