2026 Speakers

Speakers for the Ground Engineering Basements and Underground Structures 2026 are available below and opportunities to be involved are still available. If you are interested in joining the speaker panel, please contact:

Marlene Cowland on   Marlene.Cowland@emap.com


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Alice K. Shrubshall
Associate Director of Building Structures, Ground Engineering
Buro Happold
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Andrea Gillarduzzi
Digital Transformation of Ground Data
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David Kwong
Associate
Wentworth
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Dr. Dimitrios Selemetas
Technical Director
AK-II
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Eric Downey
Associate Director
Structural Soils
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Gillian Dick
Spatial Planning Manager – Research & Development
Glasgow City Council
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Holger Kessler
Senior Stakeholder Manager
Assets & Technology - Infrastructure UK & Ireland, Atkins Realis, Naur Programme
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Javier Carmona-Thomas
Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Buro Happold
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Kevin Ramsey Jr
Assistant Project Manager
Keltbray
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Mark Toye
Chair
British Drilling Association
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Martin Stanley
Divisional Director – South
Bachy Soletanche
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Mike Williams
Engineering Director
Structural Soils
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Neil Hope-Collins
Operational Policy Lead - HRB, Building Control Authority
HSE
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Rachel Monteith
Director
Merridew Monteith
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Sayantani Ghosh
Associate Technical Director/Senior Project Engineer
Langan
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Stuart Vaughan
Managing Director
Wentworth House
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Tim Chapman
Partner and Director – transport, cities and infrastructure (TCI)
BCG
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Tony Suckling
Director
Asquared Studios
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Walid Bader
Senior Engineer
Murphy Ground Engineering
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Will Argent
Geotechnical Design Engineer
AK-II
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