Steen Sunesen is an architect and internationally recognized leader in openBIM and digital construction. He has worked with BIM since 2000 and was responsible for Norway’s first built openBIM project, completed in 2007. Steen is Managing Director of buildingSMART Norway, convener of Standards Norway’s BIM committee (SN/K380) and CEN/TC442/WG11 on BIM Practices, and leads the European openBIM Harmony project. Passionate about modernizing the construction industry, he emphasizes that while technology is essential, true digital transformation depends on people and the collective will to change at every level.