ACCORD webinar series

The ACCORD webinar series is designed to be an interactive platform for discussion, feedback, and suggestions between participants and ACCORD partners on the training materials provided. This series consists of three webinars, each focusing on key topics: 

  1. ACCORD Digital Building Permits: Semantics and Rule Formalization Processes 
  2. ACCORD Digital Building Permit Tools and Methodologies for Municipalities and Professionals 
  3. ACCORD Digital Building Permit Pilots: Outcomes for Standardization, Policy Making, and Decision Makers 

Before each webinar, participants will receive a training pack available at the ACCORD e-learning hub. We encourage all participants to review the materials in advance and come prepared with questions to engage in discussions with the ACCORD team. 

Find more information about each ACCORD webinar below.

1st webinar.- ACCORD Digital building permits Semantic and rule formalisation processes. 

Recordings here 

  • Date: 06/11/2024 
  • Hour: 11:00 – 12:00 (CET) 
  • Target group: IT developers/Scientific Community 

Training material

    • Webinar agenda 
      • 11:00 Welcome and Overview of the ACCORD 1st Training Pack 
      • 11:15 Interactive session 
      • 11:50 Reflection and wrap-up 
      • 12:00 Closure 

ACCORD Team  

  • Edlira Vakaj, Associated professor at the Birmingham City University 
  • Hadeel Saadany, Lecture at the Birmingham City University 
  • Thomas Beach, Reader in Construction Informatics at Cardiff University 
  • Thamer Mecharnia, Post-doctorant École des Mines de Saint-Étienne 
  • Goncal Costa, Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering, and Architecture  La Salle ‒ Ramon Llull University (URL). 

2nd webinar.- ACCORD Digital Building Permit Tools and Methodologies for Municipalities and Professionals 

Registration link here 

  • Date: 12/03/2025 
  • Hour: 11:00 – 12:00 (CET) 
  • Target group: Municipalities, Architects and Building permit applicants. 

Traning material

Webinar agenda 

  • 11:00 Welcome and Overview of the ACCORD 2nd training Pack 
  • 11:15 Interactive session 
  • 11:50 Reflection and wrap-up 
  • 12:00 Closure 

ACCORD Team  

  • Rita Lavikka, Research Team Leader 
  • Jaan Saar, Chief Evangelist at Future Insights 
  • Ilkka Mattila, Chief Innovation Officer at Cloudpermit. 
  • Petr Hradil, Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 
  • Gonçal Costa Jutglar, researcher and professor at La Salle - Ramon Llull University 
  • Pia Nitz, Senior BIM specialist at Solibri. 
  • Tarja Mäkeläinen, Senior Scientist at VTT 

3th webinar.-ACCORD Digital Building Permit Pilots: Outcomes for Standardization, Policy Making, and Decision Makers

Registration link here 

  • Date: 14/05/2025 
  • Hour: 11:00 – 12:00 (CET) 
  • Target groupStandardization bodies, Policy Making, and Decision Makers 

Traning material

Webinar agenda 

  • 11:00 Welcome and Overview of the ACCORD 3rd training Pack 
  • 11:15 Interactive session 
  • 11:50 Reflection and wrap-up 
  • 12:00 Closure 

ACCORD Team  

  • Rita Lavikka, Research Team Leader 
  • Thomas Beach, Reader in Construction Informatics at Cardiff University 
  • Tarja Mäkeläinen, Senior Scientist at VTT 
  • Pasi Paasiala, Principal Architect at Solibri, Inc 
  • Markku Kiviniemi, Senior Scientist at VTT 
  • Sven Anton, Information Techonology Bussiness Manager at Ministry of Climate of Estonia 
  • Franco Cheun, Professor in Sustainable Built Environment, College Lead in Research, Innovation and Enterprise at Birmingham City University 
  • Katja Breitenfelder, Project and Business Developer at Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP 
  • Petr Hradil, Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 
  • Gonçal Costa Jutglar, researcher and professor at La Salle - Ramon Llull University