Thursday, Nov 12, 2026 | 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Building Confidence in AI-Driven Capital Projects
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Thursday, Nov 12, 2026 | 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Speaker
Philip Townsend
Managing Director & Chief Technology Officer
Accenture
Philip is Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer for Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects Digital, leading the firm's Intelligent Capital Asset Lifecycle Management (ICALM) strategy. He advises on how to use digital technologies, connected data, and AI to transform the complete asset lifecycle, from planning and capital investment through construction, commissioning, operations, and renewal.
Philip specializes in applying generative, agentic, and physical AI, digital twins, BIM, and enterprise asset data platforms to create intelligent lifecycle ecosystems. His work helps owners improve capital efficiency, accelerate delivery, increase operational performance, and reinvent how infrastructure assets create value throughout their lifecycle.
Philip Townsend
Managing Director & Chief Technology Officer
ABOUT THE SESSION
The AEC industry does not suffer from a lack of data. It suffers from discovering the truth too late. Therefore, the organizations that win will not simply adopt AI; they will establish the trust required to use it as a decision-making partner.
In this session, Philip Townsend explains that AI’s greatest potential is not automation but rather the ability to surface emerging risks, opportunities and outcomes early enough to change them.
