Angela Pernsteiner
Visionary Founder
Wurth Professional Solutions
You don’t need to chase
the industry all year.
At Big 5 Global, four days bring everyone to you.
Every supplier, solution, insight and connection you’ve spent the year sourcing is here. Compare products on the floor, validate credentials and decide with confidence. Align your strategy with government policy, attend Big 5 Talks to get CPD points and build relationships that put your business ahead.
85,000+ built environment professionals choose Big 5 Global every year to fast-forward their decisions, their project delivery, their environmental impact and their careers.
What will you fast-forward this year?
Four global priorities.
One unmissable week.
Big 5 Global is designed around priorities that help you move faster and focus on what matters. Because no challenge or innovation exists in isolation, our global reach means what’s working in one market can fast-forward progress in yours.
Reduce risk. Protect margins. Build the supplier networks that keep your projects on track in markets facing uncertainty.
Cut inefficiency. Spend smarter. Discover the technologies accelerating performance on the projects that matter to you most.
Meet regulations. Lead the market. Find the sustainable solutions keeping ambitious projects on time and on budget.
Close skill gaps. Build stronger teams. Access the training, insights and talent strategies driving high performance.
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Achieve months of work
in just four days
Whether you are sourcing, scaling or searching for your next big idea, Big 5 Global is where you need to be. Construction and urban development professionals meet here every year for a reason – four days that deliver what months of chasing cannot.
Discover products
Compare thousands of solutions across every stage of the project lifecycle: materials, machinery, fit-out, tech and everything in between.
Grow your connections
Meet the suppliers, manufacturers and distributors you've been looking for and discover the ones you didn't know you needed.
Learn from leaders
Hear from global leaders, policymakers and specialized industry experts on what's working, what's failing and what's coming next.
Source global ideas
See how the industry's challenges are being solved across global regions and how those innovations can scale to your market.
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Find exactly what
you're looking for
Everything you're looking for is in one place. You'll find the solutions, suppliers and innovations that meet your project needs while staying connected to wider industry conversations driving construction and urban development.
Meet the brands building the
world’s biggest projects
Compare solutions, discover new tech and connect with suppliers that match your project needs. With 2,800 exhibitors and 60,000 products across the built environment, everything you need to make better sourcing decisions is right here.
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Be part of
something bigger
Big 5 Global is where the industry comes together every year. Alongside the world's leading manufacturers and solution providers, you'll find an event packed with different ways to learn, connect, celebrate and get inspired, so every day here counts.
Learn from those leading
the built environment
Big 5 Global brings together some of the most influential figures in construction and urban development. Hear from the leaders behind landmark projects and organizations as they share the decisions, challenges and strategies that got results.
Barry Lewis
CEO
ALEC
Casey Rutland
Chair
buildingSMART UK & Ireland
Farizan R / d’Avezac de Moran
Senior Partner
GreenA Consultants Pte Ltd
Dr Fulong Chen
Prof. International Centre on Space
Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices of UNESCO
Gregory John Karpinski
Chief Operating Officer and Partner
KEO International Consultants
Gulnaz Aksenova
Director - Research & Innovation
WSP ME
Hasnayn Muhammad Ebrahim
Managing Director
Africa International Advisors (AIA)
Himanshu Kaul
CTO & Director of Innovation - Cognitive Cities
ELISIUM City
Dr Houssem Jemili
Vice President
Bain & Company, Middle East Inc.
Imad Itani
Innovation Manager
ALEC
Ismail Azam
Head of Construction Technology and Applications
NEOM
Leyla Saadi
Founder - Managing Director
urban collabs
Marwa Farouk ElKabbany
Board Member
Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG) Initiative, UAE
Mohamed Al Marri
Executive Board Member & CEO
Global Alliance for Artificial Intelligence (GAFAI)
Dr Patrik Schumacher
Principal
Zaha Hadid Architects
Salla Eckhardt
Founder
SEE Bright
Shawn Meyers
Middle East Masterplanning Director
DLR Group
Stephen Yurek
President and CEO
AIr-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
Tarika Jain
Regional Lead in London for Women in Construction Tech
nCircle Tech Ltd
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