Symposium on Digital Transformation of Construction Industry after COVID-19 Pandemic is Held in Taiyuan, China

The sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has brought severe challenges to all the industries. However, opportunities and changes always come with challenges. Online collaboration, teaching, etc., have become a new trend. In the post-epidemic era, advanced information technology will be deeply integrated with the construction industry and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the industry.

To this end, we organized a symposium on Digital Transformation of Construction Industry after COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiyuan, China. Four young scholars (Prof. Zhen Xu, Mr. Fangqiang Yu, Dr. Yichuan Deng, Dr. Fan Xue) are invited to talk about CIM, disaster prevention, smart construction, blockchain.

The symposium is held both online and offline, and attracted more than 1000 scholars.

Invited Speakers

1.CIM and Multi-disaster Prevention

Zhen Xu, Ph.D., Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2.Towards Industrial Internet Platform for Digital Construction, Operation and Maintenance

Fangqiang Yu, Ph.D., Technical Director, Shanghai Construction No.4 Group Co.LTD

3.Information Mangement for Smart Construction based on Knowledge Graph and Computer Vision

Yichuan Deng, Ph.D., Assitant Professor, South China University of Technology

4.Blockchain for Construction in the post-COVID-19 Era

Fan Xue, Ph.D., Assitant Professor, The Hong Kong University