ULI Melbourne: AI & Data-Driven Strategies for Smarter Development

When

2025-06-12
2025-06-12T17:30:00 - 2025-06-12T20:00:00
Australia/Sydney

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    Where

    Space & Co Level 3, 530 Collins St. Melbourne, VIC 3000 AUSTRALIA

    Contact

    australia@uli.org

    Time: 5:30 - 8:00 PM AEST

    Event Fees:
    ULI Members: Complimentary
    Non-members: $55 AUD incl. GST ($50 AUD + GST)

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    In February 2025, the Victorian Government unveiled the Plan for Victoria, a comprehensive long-term strategy addressing housing affordability, infrastructure, sustainability, and economic growth. While the plan presents opportunities, it also introduces heightened regulatory complexities, increasing both the time and cost of development—especially amidst rising construction costs and the normalization of interest rates.

    To stay ahead, developers must embrace emerging technologies and generative design powered by AI and machine learning. These innovations are transforming real estate decision-making by optimizing feasibility studies, stabilizing pro forma models, and streamlining project approvals.

    Join our expert panel featuring pioneering professionals from Bridge42, Differential, UNStudio, Place Intelligence, and Hansen Partnership—leading experts in computational design, urban analytics, planning, and development feasibility. Discover how they assist developers by harnessing AI-driven tools to streamline infill development, extract real-time urban insights, and respond to shifting economic and legislative conditions. Gain valuable perspectives on how these innovators are leveraging technology to shape smarter, faster, and more resilient development outcomes in Victoria’s dynamic regulatory landscape.

     

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    Speakers

    Moderator

    Anna Broughton

    Director | State Manager – New South Wales, Bridge42

    As a Director of Bridge42, Anna runs large, complex projects and understands the team dynamics required to bring multiple stakeholders together to achieve project success. Her market knowledge enables her to advise clients on procurement options to maximise programme efficiencies. With an MBA and over a decade’s worth of experience in projects from residential apartment blocks to complex hospital redevelopments, Anna recognises the financial drivers for every project on which she works. Her leadership skills, coupled with her personable nature, makes her ideally suited to drive a project from the design team through to presenting to her client’s Board. Anna maintains line of site to her client’s strategic and operational objectives, while keeping the enjoyment in a project, to achieve transformative outcomes. Key skills Anna brings to the Bridge42 team include strategic advice, stakeholder management, procurement advice, programme management, financial modelling review, business case development, masterplanning, contingency management, resource management, project research, project management, tenancy coordination and administration of all project phases. In 2020, Anna was recognised at the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Awards for Excellence as the recipient of the Business and Leadership Award. She is also an influential advocate who champions workplace diversity and inclusion.

    Keynote Speaker

    Krishna Duddumpudi

    Co-Founder & Director, Differential

    Krishna Duddumpudi, Director and Co-Founder of Differential, brings over a decade of expertise in transformative architectural projects worldwide. A Master of Architecture graduate from Victoria University of Wellington (2013), Krishna honed his skills at leading firms Jasmax and UNStudio. At Jasmax, he led the facade design for the University of Auckland's School of Engineering, while his tenure at UNStudio included Eindhoven's Fellenoord 15 refurbishment and the groundbreaking sustainable TUDelft Eco project. After returning to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2019 as a Professional Teaching Fellow at The University of Auckland, Krishna co-founded Differential in 2022 with UNStudio colleague Piotr Klushinsky. Operating from Warsaw and Melbourne, Differential blends architecture with computer science to create data-driven solutions optimized for functionality and environmental responsibility. The firm's collaborative portfolio spans the UK, Middle East, Mediterranean, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

    Panelist

    Gerhana Waty

    Director - Urban Design, Hansen Partnership

    Gerhana is a Melbourne-based urban designer with almost two decades of expertise across both the public and private sectors. Specialising in urban design, she has a strong foundation in design appraisals, master planning, and framework initiatives, both in Australia and internationally. With an architectural background, Gerhana is passionate about evidence-based design and urban analytics. Her expertise in these areas allows her to influence design outcomes and decision-making in dynamic urban environments. At Hansen, Gerhana plays a key role in shaping strategic and statutory urban design projects, prioritising the creation of safe and sustainable spaces. Her leadership in projects such as the Surabaya Urban Development Program in Indonesia and the award-winning Streets for People Feasibility Study for the City of Darebin showcases her ability to deliver high-quality urban design solutions. In addition to her project work, Gerhana provides expert advice to government agencies and developers on urban development applications and design justifications. She also contributes academically as a sessional Master of Architecture Studio Leader at RMIT University and the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne School of Design.

    Panelist

    Sander Versluis

    Project Director & Senior Architect, UNS

    Sander Versluis is Associate Director for UNStudio Australia and a Dutch registered Senior Architect who joined UNStudio in 2004. He graduated from the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture in 2009 where he received his Master of Architecture. Vesrluis has been working on some of UNStudio’s key mixed- use and complex projects, including the Canaletto, London; V On Shenton, Singapore; the Arnhem Transfer Hub, Doha; and the Qatar Rail project, Doha. He has been focused on the Australian market since 2013 and is responsible for starting the UNStudio Melbourne office. There he worked on projects in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, home of the STH BNK By Beulah, a mixed-use, twin tower project. Versluis has a strong focus on technical design and has a passion for translating innovative design ideas and concepts into deliverables and prototypes.

    Panelist

    Norion Ubechel

    Founder & CEO, Place Intelligence

    At Place Intelligence, Norion unlocks the power of global big data to generate human centred insights – enhancing the planning and design and the management of spaces and places worldwide. Operating on the fringe between emerging technologies, big data and urban strategy, Norion leads Place Intelligence’s global business practice. His work focuses on unlocking the power of scaled human data driven insights for the needs of built environment.

    Panelist

    Piotr Klushinsky

    Co-Founder | Director, Differential

    Piotr Klushinsky, Director and Co-Founder of Differential, drives architectural innovation through computational design excellence. With a master's degree from Lodz University of Technology and over a decade of diverse architectural experience, Piotr leverages advanced data tools to create sustainable building solutions. At Differential, he partners with developers and design studios to implement cutting-edge data-driven design, management, and analytics systems. Before co-founding Differential with Krishna Duddumpudi, Piotr established himself as an associate at the globally renowned UNStudio, where he contributed to numerous award-winning projects throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. His work exemplifies the powerful intersection of architectural expertise and technological innovation.

    Event Sponsors

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    • Bridge42
    • Differential