Markku has over 40 years of experience both as an award-winning designer and as a thought-leader on design and construction industry transformation issues. In his roles as independent consultant and later as VP Strategy + Innovation for a large Canadian general contractor, Markku helped lead a range of IPD teams and innovation initiatives toward better outcomes. He served as the first president of the Integrated Project Delivery Alliance (IPDA), and currently chairs the IPDA’s Research + Performance Committee. He played a key role in AIA’s 2007 “Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide,” was a co-author of IPDA’s “Integrated Project Delivery: An Action Guide for Leaders,” and was the driver behind Chandos Construction’s “Futures Kit,” a strategic foresight toolkit for AEC and beyond. He currently consults in the areas of organizational design; IPD project setup, culture, and troubleshooting; and strategic foresight / strategic planning.

Carrie Sturts Dossick, Ph.D., P.E. is a P.D. Koon Professor of Construction Management and the Associate Dean of Research in the College of Built Environments, University of Washington. Dr. Dossick also holds an adjunct professor appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Dossick directs the Communication, Technology, and Organizational Practices lab in the Center for Education and Research in Construction (CERC). Dr. Dossick has over two decades of research and teaching experience focused on emerging collaboration methods and technologies such as collaborative delivery, Building Information Management (BIM), Virtual Reality, and Digital Twins. She is an active member of the National Institute of Building Sciences’ (NIBS) Digital Technology Council and is a member of the National BIM Standard -US Planning Committee. Recent research and teaching projects include a Pankow-funded project called the Building Owner Assessment Tool (BOAT), an NSF-funded project on Cybersecurity for Large Institutional Owners, as well as a pilot project to develop a Digital Twin pilot for the I-90 Bridge, an industry-funded MEP VDC Services study, and the development of the Project BIM Requirements Module for the National BIM Standard U.S. with NIBS. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Charles Pankow Foundation, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Education, New Horizons Foundation, John R. Gentille Foundation, ELECTRI INTERNATIONAL, National Institute of Building Sciences, General Services Administration, Mechanical Contractors Association of Western Washington, Sound Transit, Skanska USA Building, Mortenson Company, University of Washington Royalty Research Fund, UW Campus Sustainability Fund, and UW Facilities.

Greg Gidez is the retired Corporate Director of Design Services for Hensel Phelps. Prior to joining Hensel Phelps in 2007 Mr. Gidez was a Principal with the Denver firm of Fentress Architects. As the senior design professional with Hensel Phelps, he oversaw corporate design services including preconstruction, procurement, Design-Build, design-assist, and design integration management.  Mr. Gidez is a certified instructor and national speaker on integrated design and construction. He was the 2011 Chair of the Design Build Institute of America Board of Directors, where he started the Design Excellence awards program and the 2015 Chair of the AIA Project Delivery Knowledge Community, where he founded the AIA PDKC’s annual Project Delivery Symposium, Delivering the Future.  Mr. Gidez is in the College of Fellows for both the AIA and the DBIA.  In November of 2022 Mr. Gidez was presented with the Design Build Institute of America’s Brunelleschi Lifetime Leadership Award for recognition of his contributions to the industry. The Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest individual honor DBIA bestows. In 2023 he was inducted into the National Academy of Construction, NAC. Mr. Gidez serves on the Charles Pankow Foundation Board of Directors, promoting research in advanced design and construction processes.

Laura Stagner, FAIA, DBIA, PMP is the former Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Project Delivery for the Public Buildings Service (PBS) of the US General Services Administration. In that role, she led the adoption of innovative project delivery practices, and shaped national policy to support collaborative teams, ensuring excellence in delivery of high performing federal architecture throughout the nation. Currently, Laura is the Principal at Stagner Consulting, LLC, a practice devoted to providing federal project delivery advisory services. She is the past Chair of the AIA Project Delivery Knowledge Committee and is currently on the AIA Board Knowledge Committee, as well as the national boards of the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) and of The Charles Pankow Foundation.