About Yusuf Arayici

Ozan Koseoglu received his BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering & Construction Management from METU, Turkey, and his PhD in Construction Innovation and Technology Management from Loughborough University, UK. He worked for the largest private contractor in the UK on major projects in diverse sectors. He also used to work in the Middle East region on mega projects as a client representative with government and private sector ecosystems/ authorities to manage large-scale investments across the lifecycle using integrated digital solutions. In his most recent role as CTO of Istanbul New Airport, he managed and delivered one of the world's largest-scope airport projects from design to operations in the Digital Environment. Recently, he established a global ecosystem called Digital Living Services for which he is Chairman and CEO with a track record of delivering 30 billion US dollar mega-projects globally. He is continuously involved in R&D studies and Technology Development Platforms for the future of Digital Living Services and has managed 30+ MSc and PhD students in many countries worldwide.

Yusuf Arayici is a professor at Hasan Kalyoncu University in Turkey, the dean of the faculty of engineering, and experienced research fellow of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). His research spans from Building Information Modelling and process modelling to energy efficiency and sustainability both in the UK and Turkey. He has led substantial research groups over a prolonged period of time through continuous cycles of research with funded research and enterprise projects summing £10.3 million, graduated thirteen PhDs and published more than ninety papers and four books in BIM.