United Architects of the Philippines
40th National Convention
9-12 April 2014
50
Speakers ’ Profile
SMX Convention Center
Metro Manila
The design profession is constantly going
through an interesting period of rapid
change. Changes driven by technology,
global economy, customer expectations and
project execution challenge architects to rethink their business approaches in order to
remain competitive and relevant in an everchanging business landscape.
The power of innovation and technology
creates design capabilities and operational
efficiencies that can upgrade the practice
and business of architecture. Due to
resistance to change, architects, engineers
and construction professionals are still
unsure about the success of transitioning
to a more advanced design platform.
Difficulties may arise during earlier stages of
transitioning, but considering its guaranteed
positive outcome to the whole project
delivery process, it will be definitely worth
implementing. A mind-set that is open to
new ways of production, coordination and
presentation is what a growing industry needs.
The presentation will focus on a major
driver — Technology. It will discuss the
business impact of leveraging technology,
from design, project delivery, and the
development of new business models that
will best prepare an architectural practice
for the future.
SEMINAR O4
Architecture as a Platform
for Nation Building
John Ian Lee Fulgar,
UAP, LEED AP BD+C
Arch. John Ian Lee Fulgar is a licensed and registered
Philippine Architect and an active member of the United
Architects of the Philippines. He is an Accredited
Professional with the United States Green Building
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
with specialty on Building Design and Construction
(USGBC LEED AP BD+C), and a certified expert on
Building Information Modelling (BIM) with two vendor
certifications from Autodesk as Revit for Architecture
Associate and Professional and has successfully
completed the Certification Course in BIM Management
with the Building and Construction Authority (BCA)
Academy in Singapore. He was recently involved with
a LEED and Greenmark mixed development megaproject in Singapore working under the mentorship of
Architects61 with industry consultants such as Skidmore
Owings & Merrill of New York, Arup, Meinhardt, Cicada,
Wilson Associates, and Davis Langdon & Seah.
SEMINAR O5
Architecture and Innovation:
Harnessing Untapped
Resources
William G. Padolina
As
a
National
Science
Development Board scholar
from 1963-1968, William G.
Padolina finished BS Agricultural
Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude)
in 1968 from the University of the
Philippines Los Banos (UPLB)
and became a licensed Chemist
in 1969. He enrolled in a straight PhD program (no MS) and
obtained PhD in Botany/Phytochemistry in 1973 from the
University of Texas at Austin as a Fulbright-Hays scholar.
In 1976, he pursued postdoctoral studies at the worldfamous carotenoid chemistry laboratories of Prof. Synnove
Liaaen-Jensen, Norwegian Institute of Technology (now
the Norwegian University of Science and Technology), in
Trondheim, Norway. As an academician of the Philippine
National Academy of Science and Technology and formerly
Full Professor of Chemistry at the UPLB, Dr. Padolina was
appointed Secretary (Minister) of Science
and Technology by former Philippine
President Fidel V. Ramos from July 1994
to June 1998 and was retained by former
President Joseph Estrada until the end of
January 1999. At the UPLB, he was first hired
as a research assistant and as instructor in
Chemistry in 1968. He r esumed his teaching
duties upon return to the Philippines in 1973
and became full professor of Chemistry in
1985. He has held various positions in the
UPLB and in the Philippine government’s
Department of Science of Technology and
he has also served as a member of the Board
of Trustees of the De La Salle University
System, the Philippine Rice Research
Institute, and the Philippine Institute of
Development Studies. He currently serves
as the President of the National Academy
of Science and Technology. With at least
50 publications and numerous awards,
Dr. Padolina’s research interests include:
Chemistry of the Coconut; Medicinal Plants;
Biogas Production; Science Policy; and
Food Security.