Keynote speakers
Tine Homboe, Denmark
As Managing Director at Dissing+Weitling and a board member of strategically important industry organizations, including DI Rådgiverne (DI, Danish Industry), Tine Holmboe plays a key role in driving the firm’s strategic management and business development efforts. Sustainability, social value creation, and environmental impact are particularly close to Tine’s heart. She works daily to advance the company’s environmental policy and sustainability strategy, including overseeing the ISO14001 certification achieved by Dissing+Weitling in 2023, as well as ESG reporting. Tine also plays a pivotal role in the firm’s ongoing international expansion. With projects in more than 60 countries focused on mobility and urban design, Tine’s extensive network is an invaluable asset to the organization.
Jesper B. Henriksen, Denmark
For 20 years, Architect and Partner at Dissing+Weitling, he has focused on bridge design and mobility. Jesper’s international experience is grounded in a commitment to creating beautiful infrastructure – iconic landmarks that define cities, fulfil the needs of their people, and take the natural environment into consideration. He manages many of the Dissing+Weitling’s high-profile mobility projects. He was part of the team creating the iconic award winner The Bicycle Snake in Copenhagen, the landmark for public transport in Greater Copenhagen Køge Nord Station and the winner of the Liveable Cities category in Danish Design Award 2019: Xiamen Bicycle Skyway in China. In 2022, Jesper was awarded Danish Bridge and Tunnel Award by IABSE Danmark and Dansk Brodag for stimulating and developing the professional environment within bridge and tunnel construction in Denmark.
Bart Halaczek, UK
Bart Halaczek has 17 years of professional experience dedicated to the design of bridges and infrastructures. A Director of Knight Architects, his focus is on the European markets, but his expertise stems from over 50 international projects, including several award-winning bridges, most notably Kienlesbergbruecke in Ulm and Bayerischer Ingenieurbaupreis shortlisted Foot and Cycle Bridge Offenbachstrasse Nord in Munich, Germany. Bart graduated in Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. His education lends him his multidisciplinary approach to design challenges and his design thinking is pragmatic, preferring timeless designs and the beautiful ordinary. His enthusiasm for good design has resulted in countless publications, conference papers and public speeches.
Petr Tej, Czech
Petr Tej is an architect, structural engineer and bridge designer dedicated to the design of bridges and footbridges. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He works as the head of the Department of Bridge Structures at the Klokner Institute of the Czech Technical University in Prague. He founded the Bridge Structures studio. His projects are often created in cooperation with renowned Czech and foreign architects and structural engineers. One of the most recent significant projects is the Štvanice footbridge over Moldau river in Prague.
Werner Lorenz, Germany
Werner Lorenz, born in 1953, studied structural engineering at the TU Berlin, before, since 1980, gaining first experiences as a practical engineer. It was here that he discovered his particular fascination with historical buildings and the history of construction. In 1993 he was appointed to the newly established chair of Construction History at the BTU Cottbus (former East Germany). Today, Werner is one of the internationally leading authorities on the history of construction whose special expertise results from the fusion of practical engineering and historical approaches. Among others since 2021, he has been leading the Priority Program “Construction as Cultural Heritage” of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Pieder Hendry, Switzerland
Pieder Hendry, a citizen of Tujetsch (Switzerland), graduated from ETH Zurich in 2007 with a thesis on remarkable Swiss prestressed concrete bridges. Since then, he works at Conzett Bronzini Partner AG in Chur (Grisons), where he became a partner in 2015. He works on both buildings and bridges. He often solves unusual tasks such as the repair of the old truss bridge over the Rhine at Reichenau and the Thurbrücke Eschikofen or the dislocation and reinforcement of the historic perron roofs of Bever railroad station.
Clotilde Robin, UK
Clotilde Robin is a Director at Expedition engineering and an enthusiastic, highly skilled chartered civil engineer with 20 years’ experience, specialising in bridge design. She has the experience of small and very large scales, from art installation and short span footbridges to major infrastructure projects. She started her career in Paris, before moving to London 10 years ago. She is also proud to be part of the IStructE Net Zero Bridge Group, advocating for knowledge sharing and industry change.