Dr. Ivanka Iordanova, LEED AP, CanBIM CP, is a diplomaed architect and has a Master’s and a PhD degree from the Universite de Montreal.

She spent numerous years in academia contributing to research related to digital media and building performance, to BIM and know-how modeling. After a post-doc at the GRIDD of the ETS (École de Technologie Supérieure), she integrated Pomerleau (Canadian GC and Design-Builder) as an Innovation and VDC Director. There, she actively works on innovation, collaboration and higher productivity in construction through the adoption of new technology (BIM/VDC), industrialisation, and better planning and management (Lean construction). Since March 2019, she is a professor at the ETS, Montreal. Her research program focusses on construction industrialisation, prefabrication and automation based on the digital transformation of the industry.