Celebrating Women’s Empowerment

International Women’s Day & INWED

Honouring the women who shape in engineering, innovation, leadership, creativity, and every part of our industry.
International Women’s Day 2026

🎙️ Spotlight: “Awesome Women in Construction” Podcast Episode

As part of our IWD celebrations, we're excited to highlight a special podcast episode dedicated to incredible women transforming the construction industry

In this episode, we dive into:

  • The unique experiences of women in construction
  • Their leadership journeys
  • The challenges they’ve overcome
  • How they’re reshaping the future of the built environment
  • The importance of visibility and representation in a traditionally male‑dominated field

This conversation reflects our broader commitment: empowering women across every discipline and championing their contributions to engineering, construction, and the industries we support.

We’ve curated and compiled all our podcast episodes into one playlist for International Women’s Day. Click the button below to listen to some of your favourites from women in the industry.

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Watch some of the industry's inspiring women on demand from this year's BIM Summit by Symetri.

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Anett Andreassen

Sustainability needs action, now!

Speaker: Anett Andreassen, Virvle SA. New demands and regulations are developed and implemented as we speak. We will look into what are the risks and opportunities, and how can we benefit on the opportunities as we develop within planetary boundaries ...

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Anna Martin Bell

BIM throughout the entire lifecycle based on ISO 19650, CoClass and openBIM workflow

Speaker: Anna Martin Bell, WEND Management AB. A presentation of the results from the BIM Application Guidelines project, which has produced practical instructions and examples to enable the industry to work uniformly with BIM throughout the entire l ...

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Ida Karlsson

Decarbonizing the building and construction sector

Speaker: Ida Karlsson, Chalmers University of Technology. Ida Karlsson summarizes her research into outlining pathways to decarbonize building and transport infrastructure supply chains, achieving near-zero emissions by 2045 through scenario analysis ...

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Interview Helle Redder Momsen

Interview: Helle Redder Momsen, Head of Secretariat at Nordic Sustainable Construction

Benefits and challenges of Nordic collaboration to minimise climate and environmental impact from construction.

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Interview: Anna Martin Bell

Interview: Anna Martin Bell, WEND Management AB

Why are standards essential in the construction industry, and is one standard enough? How can industry professionals effectively implement standards in their organizations? How are digitalization and EU initiatives influencing standardization today?

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Interview Angie

Interview: Angie Arroyo Mendez, A-lab

What opportunities arise when integrating new technologies and diverse competences in architecture? How do sustainability and social accountability shape modern architectural practices?

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Helle Redder Momsen

Nordic Sustainable construction

Speaker: Helle Redder Momsen, Senior Advisor, Head of Secretariat at Nordic Sustainable Construction, at Danish Authority of Social Services and Housing Nordic. Sustainable Construction is a cross country collaboration focusing on contributing to the ...

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Jeanette Juul Verdelin (1)

JYSK's journey towards the future of store design

Speaker: Jeanette Verdelin, JYSK. Dive into JYSK's inspiring journey from traditional 2D drawings to a fully integrated 3D Store Design solution. How has JYSK implemented advanced BIM tools to optimize store design processes and establish a more effi ...

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