Burcin Kaplanoglu, PhD

Burcin Kaplanoglu, PhD
Vice President, Innovation
Oracle Industry Labs

Speaker
"How Robotics and AI are Changing the Design and Build Environment"  
ALA Fall Signature Conference, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023

Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu is a recognized industry technologist, innovator, thought leader, and keynote speaker. He is leading innovation for the Oracle Vertical Industries and is the Co-Founder of Oracle Industry Labs. Oracle Vertical Industries provide best of breed industry solutions including Construction and Engineering, Energy and Water, Communications, Food and Beverage, Banking and Insurance Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Hospitality, Retail, Public Sector.

Kaplanoglu has been recognized by LinkedIn as one of their Top Voices for sharing developments in AI, robotics, 5G, and other emerging technologies. His LinkedIn posts have been viewed over 21 million times in last 12 months.

Kaplanoglu is Chair of the Board Committee at Institute for AI in Construction funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) and Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) since 2020. In 2022, he received the prestigious James B. Porter Award for Technology Leadership by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) in recognition for his contributions, innovation and dedication to the construction and engineering industry.

He was named one of Engineering News Record (ENR)’s "Top 20 Under 40" in 2016 and most recently recognized as one of ENR’s 2022 Top 25 Newsmakers. He was acknowledged as one of the “BuiltWorlds 2020 Mavericks” in the Technologists category, and as one of the 7 “AEC Innovators” by @BD+C magazine. He received Oracle Construction and Engineering “Let’s build” award in 2020, and he was also an adjunct professor at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering for over a decade.

Kaplanoglu was previously vice president, director of operations at Lendlease’s Telecommunication’s infrastructure business unit, where he was responsible for innovation, strategy, and operations. During his 16 years at Lendlease, he led construction projects, spearheaded national real estate development programs, developed corporate operational systems, and initiated process improvements to operations.

He frequently speaks and publishes articles related to the corporate innovation, Internet of Things, disruption of tech, investments, and construction technology, the next generation of wireless communication (5G), and innovation leadership.

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