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Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Digital Workplaces are evolving—from structured asset handover to real-time operational insight and, insightful operations. In this session, the Tandem team will walk through the next phase of their roadmap, highlighting how Tandem is transforming Digital Workplaces into actionable tools for building owners, operators, and project teams. Learn how recent enhancements are enabling Insightful Operations through curated dashboards, KPI tracking, and system integrations—and what’s coming next to support portfolio-wide optimization. Whether you're delivering a Descriptive Twin or planning for predictive analytics, this session will help you stay ahead of where Digital Workplaces are headed.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Design, Build, Experience: Immersive Digital Workplaces (REPEAT)

Imagine walking a design site before it’s ever built, with grading, buildings, and utilities unfolding around you in full context. Immersive Digital Workplaces make that possible, turning project models into shared experiences that improve communication and bring teams into alignment before construction begins. In this fast-paced, high-level session, three voices from civil design, immersive technology, and construction will share insights from the field. Rather than a technical deep dive, this session offers a big-picture look at how immersive Digital Workplaces are bridging disciplines, reducing errors, and clarifying complex data throughout the project lifecycle. When stakeholders can visualize a design in its environment, they are empowered to make faster, more confident decisions. Join us to explore how immersive workflows support better outcomes from concept through construction.

23p

Panel / Nashville 2025

Breaking Down Silos in

One of the biggest challenges in is getting disciplines to work together, sharing data and information in real time. Whether technical, organizational, or cultural, silos slow progress, create inefficiencies, and keep teams from reaching their full potential. This panel brings together industry leaders who are actively climbing that mountain. Through candid conversation, they’ll share real-world struggles, setbacks, and the steps they’re taking to reach higher ground. Expect honest insights, bold ideas, and practical strategies to break down barriers, improve communication, and build stronger, more connected teams. If you’re navigating the uphill journey of , this session is your chance to pause, gain perspective, and gather the tools needed to keep moving forward together.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

From Design to Digital Twin: Building Indoor GIS with CAD and BIM Data

CAD and BIM have long served as the foundational design and construction documentation —but their utility often ends at project handoff. What if it didn’t? Indoor GIS is a floor-aware system of record for visualizing, analyzing, and managing facilities and collection of buildings. This session will demonstrate how to extend the life of CAD and BIM data into an indoor GIS, and empower CAD, BIM and GIS practitioners to build a Digital Workplace for building operations. Learn about the role of CAD and BIM integrations with GIS to fuel these workflows. See how to import design data into ArcGIS Indoors to map assets and manage spaces, enable real-time navigation with ArcGIS IPS, and equip facilities’ staff with mobile tools for asset inspections and maintenance. Whether new to GIS or looking to modernize facility operations workflows, this session provides you with guidance and examples to convert CAD and BIM data into Digital Workplaces that support asset and space management.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Twinning TISR: A “Hot” Take on Sustainable Environmental Restoration Using Digital Prototypings

Explore deploying a digitalized design and monitoring workflow for a thermal remediation system (TISR®). Using Autodesk Forma, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, and Autodesk Tandem software, the project establishes a seamless lifecycle workflow from early-stage planning and data harmonization to real-time monitoring and maintenance. Forma optimizes solar energy feasibility analysis and site planning, while Autodesk Construction Cloud ensures standardized data exchange across stakeholders. Revit enables detailed 3D parametric modeling. And Tandem integrates telemetry data to monitor system performance. You’ll learn how Digital Prototypings enhance operational performance, reduce the need for on-site visits, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and improve collaboration between stakeholders. Explore the transformative potential of Digital Prototyping platforms for advancing sustainable asset management, conserving resources, and increasing infrastructure resilience in environmental restoration.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Innovators Stage | AI for Design: What's Now and What's Next

Dr. Tonya Custis, senior director of artificial intelligence (AI) at Autodesk, draws on 20 years of experience in AI research to explore both the limitations and the transformative potential of AI in design workflows. While powerful, AI is often misunderstood—it’s frequently perceived as a catch-all magical solution rather than a tool with specific strengths and weaknesses. As AI becomes more commonly used in daily life, expectations rise for its role in professional tools. The best way to move beyond the hype, fear, and uncertainty surrounding AI is to develop an understanding of its history, limitations, and the types of tasks it’s best suited to help with. In this session, Dr. Custis will demystify how AI actually works, examine current trends, and outline the unique challenges of applying AI to design workflows—particularly those involving complex 3D design data. She’ll also share some recent work from the Autodesk AI Lab, offering a glimpse into the current state of AI in design and what the future may hold.

54p

Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025

A Dynamic Lab on AutoCAD Dynamic Blocks

Why should you be using dynamic blocks? Quite simply, dynamic blocks can greatly reduce the number of blocks in your library, improving your efficiency. While it does take a little more time up front to create a dynamic block, the time saved on the back end makes it well worth the effort! Even better news: If you’re a proficient user of AutoCAD software, you should have no problem converting those boring static blocks into shiny new dynamic blocks.

45p

37p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

AECO Roadmap: MEP

Designing and delivering high-performance buildings is more complex—and more collaborative—than ever. In this session, Autodesk product leaders will preview the latest updates and what’s ahead for MEP engineers, detailers, and fabricators across Revit, the AEC Collection, and Autodesk’s cloud collaboration tools. From enhanced modeling workflows to Sustainable Design-focused features and AI-powered design assistance, this roadmap session offers a look at how Autodesk is evolving its tools to better support multidisciplinary coordination and project efficiency. Bring your voice—we’ll share what’s coming and listen to what you need next.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Digital Builder Podcast Featuring Eric Thomas

Join Eric Thomas, the host of Autodesk’s Digital Builder Podcast, as he reflects on what he’s learned from over 120 interviews with leaders all across the AECO industry. He’ll also share some of his thoughts on the most exciting news coming from this year’s conference and a whole lot more!

Panel / San Diego 2024

Breaking Barriers: LGBTQ+ Leaders in Design Technology

The future of design and technology hinges on diversity. A 2022 McKinsey report states that diversity boosts profitability and innovation. LGBTQ+ leaders bring fresh perspectives, but unconscious bias and a lack of role models have historically hindered their contributions. This panel will ignite, fostering inclusive workplaces and showcasing stories of empowerment and innovation. Join us and help build a future where everyone thrives.

14p

Panel / San Diego 2024

Code Queens and Data Divas: Women Leading the AI Revolution

In a world increasingly powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the voices and perspectives of women are critical to shaping its responsible and effective development. This panel discussion will bring together a diverse group of women who are leading the charge in AI. They'll share their unique perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that AI presents, with a focus on its impact across various industries and disciplines. They will also discuss the initiatives they're championing to foster greater diversity and inclusion within the field. This discussion will highlight the importance of empathy, creativity, and critical thinking in shaping AI for good. Join this lively discussion and gain valuable insights from these trailblazing women in AI.

Industry Talk / San Diego 2024

Design, Technology, and Craft: How Olson Kundig Integrates Technology Within a Design-First Practice

This presentation will explore Olson Kundig's approach to technology from the perspective of design-first thinking, as well as how we use technology to shape our methodology, practice, workflows, and tools across a wide range of projects. We'll look at how the office has used its culture of innovation and curiosity to experiment and explore new technology, as well as ways Olson Kundig implements these new tools through structured play and applied research.