Agenda

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the built environment, offering opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and sustainability while raising critical ethical and legal questions. This session examines how AI’s key characteristics—autonomous learning, predictive power, and cross-scale versatility—impact human-machine collaboration across the construction ecosystem. The discussion will explore the necessity of a regulatory framework specific to AI, addressing unique risks such as bias, opacity, and accountability gaps. It will also analyze the broader impact of AI on existing legal rights and responsibilities, particularly in construction, where risk allocation, liability, and compliance are critical. In addition to ethical and regulatory concerns, this session emphasizes the importance of achieving measurable sustainability objectives. AI has the potential to optimize resource use, reduce environmental impact, and support responsible practices, but this requires robust tools to assess and track its effectiveness. Attendees will gain actionable insights into integrating AI responsibly, fostering trust in human-machine interactions, and navigating the evolving global regulatory landscape. By combining ethical principles, legal frameworks, and sustainability imperatives, this session highlights how AI can enhance human values and drive positive transformation in the built environment.