AEC Leaders Forum 2024

Tim Fu is a renowned architectural designer specialised in advanced computation and artificial intelligence (AI). Emerging from Zaha Hadid Architects, he has founded Studio Tim Fu, a high-tech architectural practice pioneering the integration of AI into visionary design. As an active educator, Tim has held various workshops on advanced computation in design. He's a prominent voice on the use of AI in architecture, speaking at numerous universities and global conferences and cultivated a significant online presence by sharing content that highlights both his innovative designs and the utilization of AI technologies.

Shawn Adams is an architect, writer and lecturer. Currently, he teaches BA Architecture at Central St Martins, UAL, Professional Practice at the Architectural Association and works at housing specialist HTA Design LLP. He has written for the Financial Times, Wallpaper*, ICON, FRAME, The World of Interiors, VICE, RIBAJ, OnOffice, The Architects' Journal, Mix Interiors, and Disegno. He is also a Trustee of the Museum of Architecture and sits on the Advisory Board of Open City's Accelerate Programme. Adams is an advocate for diversity and inclusion within the architecture industry and is a RIBAJ Rising Star. He is also the co-founder of POoR collective. Power Out of Restriction is a social minded organisation that focuses on the development of communities through the elevation of young people.

Sara is currently Director of Green Fuels & District Energy Portfolio at COWI, a global leading engineering, architecture, energy and environment company. Her previous role was Digital Development Director at COWI. Sara’s career has led to her living and working in 23 countries, exposing her to site and laboratory work, technical design, numerical analysis, academia, mitigation works, project management, contract management, resource management and development, and most recently digital development, innovation, and information management. She is working with a team of digital leads to help transform the business into a digitally mature organisation through delivering seamless information management, standardisation and automation of design and project delivery, enhanced visualisation of information for communication purposes, and adoption of data-driven approaches across various processes.

Stephen is the Founder of the Architecture Social and Interior Design Social as well as an ambassador for the Architect's Benevolent Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a professional member of the Recruitment Employment Confederation and the Association Of Professional Staffing Companies. He is also a former elected Council Member of the RIBA, Group Member of RIBA's Future Architects and Education Group, Visiting Critic and Teaching Assistant of Manchester School of Architecture, professional mentor for Postgraduate Architecture students at the University of Westminster, and a guest lecturer for students of LMJU, MSA and Coventry University. Previously he worked in the Architecture industry at EPR Architects for three years after completing a degree and diploma in Architecture at the University of Westminster and Manchester School of Architecture.