Selected Academic Conferences, workshops & Seminars

• Seminar on Managing your PhD journey, Choosing appropriate Research Methodology and Academic Publishing for Postgraduate Research Students and Early Career Academic, 21st October 2019 – Kumasi Technical University, Kumasi-Ghana (21/10/2019), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana (23/10/2019) and University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana (25/10/2019)
• Seminar on Research Methodology and Academic Publishing for academic staff at the Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania, 1^st July 2019
• Seminar for PhD Students and Early Career Academics, University of Rwanda, Kigali-Rwanda, 5^th July 2019
• Thuesen, C. and Opoku, A. (2018), A call for Action: Constructing solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals, Presented as a working paper at the 34th Annual ARCOM Conference, Belfast, UK, 3-5 September 2018
• Opoku, A. (2018), Choosing appropriate Research Method: Demystifying the confusions, presented at the, Coventry University Research Hootenanny 2018, 18th January 2018, Coventry-UK
• Opoku, A. and Mills, S.A. (2017), Is Standardised School the answer to the shortage of Primary School places in the UK?, 6th International Conference on Business and Economic Development (ICBED), 10-11th April 2017, New York, USA
• Opoku, A. (2014), Current practices towards achieving sustainable construction in the United Kingdom, Tenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 22-24 January 2014, The University of Split, Split, Croatia
• Opoku, A. (2014), The Role of leadership and Culture in a Sustainable  Built Environment, Presented at the British Council Researchers Link Seminar, Central University of Technology-South Africa
• Opoku, A. (2013), Postgraduate role model: the bumpy journey of my PhD,  Plenary Session Speaker, International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC) 2013, University of Salford
• Opoku, A. and Fortune, C. (2012), Implementation of sustainable practices in the United Kingdom construction organizations: drivers and challenges, Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 10-14th January, 2012, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Industry Engagement

• Roundtable Discussion on Future-proofing the built environment: How can we better engage the next generation? with the Building magazine in association with Stace LLP, London, November 2019
• Guest Speaker – “Developing industry links with Universities” at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Employer Forum, RICS Office, London,  28th Sept. 2018
• Seminar for ARCADIS on “An Introduction to the JCT 2016 contracts”, 27^th April 2017, London
• Academic member – Wates Innovation Working Group (Value for money-VFM); Taking part in an innovation working group headed  by Wates Living Space working on “Life cycle components and costing, Social value and Smart Data” (2014- 2016)
• Convenor – A joint seminar with Women in Sustainable Construction and Property (WSCP) and Deloitte on “Re-engineering the city: Cities and sustainability”, London-UK (March, 2013)
• Academic Exhibitor – Retrofit 2050 project dissemination event at the Greenbuild exhibition and Conference, Manchester, UK (May, 2013)
• Convenor & Speaker – A seminar for members of Women in Sustainable Construction and Property (WSCP) and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) on “Sustainable Urban Retrofit”, Leeds-UK (June, 2013)
• Convenor & Speaker – A seminar for members of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on “Urban Scale Commercial Property Retrofit”, London-UK (July, 2013)
• Academic Exhibitor – Exhibit Retrofit2050 project at the RetroExpo exhibition and Conference held in Birmingham (NEC)-UK (October, 2012)

Roundtable discussion in association with Stace LLP entitled ‘Future-proofing the built environment: How can we better engage the Next Generation?

Voluntary and Community engagement