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Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Flushing the Giants: InfoWater Pro in Large Water-Main Cleaning
Flushing large-diameter transmission water mains is a critical yet complex step in maintaining water quality. This session will highlight how InfoWater Pro was used to plan the flushing of more than six miles of 36-inch pipe by modeling hydraulic conditions, reversing flow direction, and optimizing valve and tank operations. You’ll learn about modeling guided decision making to increase flow rates for scouring while avoiding disruptions to customer service. Through a focused case study, this session will illustrate how to integrate hydraulic modeling and operational strategy to support effective large-main flushing.
37p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Total Carbon Data Analysis and Insights (2025)
In this session, you'll join leaders from Autodesk’s product development and impact (Sustainable Design) teams, customers, and partners to learn about new tools and workflows that provide total carbon data analysis and insights across planning, design, and construction. This session will include demonstrations of carbon data analysis and insights using Autodesk Forma, Revit, Insight, and Autodesk Construction Cloud. We'll go under the hood to explain how these tools work on their own and together across planning, design, and construction. We'll also talk about the future development of these tools and how the Forma industry cloud is helping provide clear, consistent guidance toward lower carbon emissions in a more open, extensible, and collaborative way.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Sustainable Design Simplified: Smart Ideas with Lasting Impact
Sustainable Design often feels overwhelming, entangled in complex metrics and elusive goals. This session unveils how Symetri’s Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) transforms that complexity into clarity. By rethinking traditional Sustainable Design workflows, COIL has developed streamlined, actionable strategies that empower design and construction teams to make immediate, meaningful changes.​ Through select client success stories—including innovative collaborations with firms like BamCore and Bernheimer Architecture—you’ll see how simplified, data-driven approaches can reduce carbon footprints, enhance design efficiency, and meet regulatory demands without added complexity. Attendees will leave with practical insights into COIL’s methodology and a fresh perspective on integrating Sustainable Design seamlessly into everyday practice.​
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
2D Or Not 2D: That Is the Question
This case study demonstrates the benefit of implementing a small 2D domain within an existing 1D InfoWorks ICM model to optimize the size and location of a planned storage facility and reduce overland flooding in a dense suburban neighborhood in the City of Toronto. Recent flooding imagery captured in 2018 and 2020 showed significant flooding in Woodborough Park and visible damage to facilities. The project team planned and designed drainage and storage mitigations by building a small-scale 2D surface model of the park and surrounding catchment area (39 hectares) within the larger 1D InfoWorks ICM model being used to plan and design the Fairbank Storm Trunk Sewer System Project. This approach enabled the designers to optimize the size of the storage facility and realize a 35% reduction in construction costs. We’ll present the approach used to develop the model, and there will be a discussion on what considerations should be given before adopting this approach to ensure the maximum benefit to the project.
Panel / Nashville 2025
Engineering Reimagined: Industry Perspectives on the Role of AI Agent
Join industry leaders as they explore how artificial intelligence (AI) agents are transforming engineering workflows and redefining possibilities across the Design and Make sectors. This panel brings together pioneers from diverse disciplines to share real-world implementations, challenges, and breakthrough opportunities emerging from AI agent integration. Panelists will discuss how these technologies move beyond traditional Automation, Integration, & Customization to become true collaborative partners in the design process. From optimizing complex systems and automating routine tasks to enabling entirely new approaches to problem-solving, discover how leading organizations are using AI agents to enhance human capabilities rather than replace them.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Avoid Death by a Thousand Cuts: Quantifying and Reducing Background Leakage Using InfoWater Pro
Huge volumes of drinking water are lost to background leakage during distribution. This entails large financial and environmental footprints from extraction, transport, treatment, storage, and pumping. While water models usually simplify leakage to behave as fixed demands, InfoWater Pro software’s new modeling capabilities explicitly incorporate the sensitivity of losses to pressure changes. In this session, we will demonstrate how to easily convert a regular distribution model into one with realistic leakage using a new allocation tool. Both hydraulic and asset pipe information (such as age, number of connections, and material) is used to determine realistic allocations of known leakage amounts per zone to individual elements. Moreover, we will explore how a leakage-aware model can lead to detailed spatiotemporal estimates of water loss under different operating scenarios, and lead to precise quantifications of the economic and hydraulic effects of asset replacement and pressure-control programs.
9p
9p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Unlocking the Future of Architectural Design with Autodesk Forma: Democratizing Environmental Simulations and Urban Design in Japan
This case study will explore the transformative impact that Autodesk Forma software has on environmental simulations and urban design, empowering designers to reclaim tasks that have traditionally relied on specific experts or skilled individuals. Using Forma, we’ve achieved remarkable milestones, including a 400% increase in implementation projects, a tenfold expansion in the diversity of simulations, and an 80% cost reduction. These advancements are “democratizing simulations,” making them accessible to a wider range of designers. Additionally, we’ve customized libraries and workflows to align with Japan-specific regulations, resulting in a 300% increase in implementation projects and a reduction in the lead time for initial outputs by a third. Through innovative application of Forma, designers have experienced significant improvements in both the scope and speed of their work. In this session, we’ll share detailed insights into our workflow, the challenges we’ve faced, and the solutions we’ve developed.
103p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Digital Prototyping Summit | A Full-Phase Digital Prototyping Approach in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Understand the power of models, data, and management working and evolving together with shared tools across one environment. Through the lens of a vast, 270,000 sf greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing facility project, CRB shares how their team flowed through multiple phases from design to operations for this advanced digital facility. This session outlines how data and models from previous phases of a Digital Prototyping project can be used to better inform and improve the subsequent phases and the overall optimization of a factory’s production. Supporting the facility, tools like ACC, Revit, and Plant 3D enabled effective project, document, and Field Engineer, with Modeling to support turnover and proactively avoid issues. Autodesk tools continued to shake hands and support the project through factory operations, with tools like FlexSim to justify the business case, develop operating strategies, and detect future production inefficiencies.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Crafting the Best Value Plan for London's Future Water Network Through Modeling and Optimization

Thames Water and Stantec in the United Kingdom have developed an innovative methodology to build a long-term investment plan for London’s clean-water network, serving 8 million customers. This work defines how the future London water network should look like using hydraulic modeling and an optimization framework to identify the best value investment options. It handled extensive data from various sources. A strategic network model (InfoWorks WS Pro software) was prepared, incorporating current and future (25 years) supply-and-demand scenarios to identify needs. Optimatics Optimizer tested numerous solution combinations, calculating cost and hydraulic performance to develop the best value plan. This optimization process required the combined effort of Optimizer processing power, hydraulic modeler input, and stakeholder engagement to select and refine investment plans of interest. The session will provide an overview of the approach we took, and present the results and lessons from the above project.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Rebuilding Porto Alegre, Brazil: InfoWorks ICM, Civil 3D, and InfraWorks Workflow for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Design
In 2024, Porto Alegre faced historic floods that impacted more than 157,000 people and 46 neighborhoods, with the Guaíba River rising above 5.33 meters. With 142 high-risk areas mapped, the city needed urgent, resilient solutions within 12 months. This case study shows how Autodesk tools—InfoWorks ICM, Civil 3D, and InfraWorks software—and ArcGIS Pro were used to model flooding, design containment strategies, and develop resilient infrastructure for slopes and roads. The integrated workflow enabled the analysis of three alternatives, balancing cost, time, and performance. Autodesk technologies provided agility and accuracy, and reduced rework, supporting faster and smarter decisions. The project also advanced environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals through sustainable, inclusive, and data-driven planning, proving the critical role of digital solutions in climate-resilient urban infrastructure.
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Driving Progress: Real-World Applications of Large-Scale Simulation and AI

Discover how simulation and AI are transforming engineering in the built environment. This session explores how simulation-generated data powers AI, how digital engineering practices enable scale, and how strategic partnerships are accelerating adoption. Learn how to move from reactive workflows to intelligent, AI-driven design—while addressing real-world challenges like cost, safety, Sustainable Design, and performance uncertainty. Ideal for AEC professionals, engineers, and innovation leaders looking to apply AI in practical, scalable ways.

30p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Designing Resilient Communities: Leveraging Forma Simulations for Environmental Livability
How can urban design decisions shape the livability and resilience of communities? This session explores how Autodesk Forma can simulate and optimize environmental factors such as daylight access, green space integration, and the role of vegetation in reducing heat and noise. Attendees will learn how to create and compare design scenarios to visualize the environmental impacts of human-centric planning while integrating data overlays for deeper insights. By combining AI-powered tools with innovative workflows, this session highlights how technology can unlock new possibilities for designing communities that thrive in the face of climate and urbanization challenges.
16p
66p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Automating Process Optimization with AI: The FlexSim Optimizer and Live Digital Prototypings
Process bottlenecks and related issues often require complex and dynamic solutions. Discover how FlexSim recommends process improvements from live data, and see how the FlexSim OptQuest optimization engine solves multidimensional problems. OptQuest uses machine learning to evaluate multiparameter input groups in order to strategically determine optimal outcomes across various performance objectives. This method provides faster and more intelligent solutions to intricate problems than manual techniques do. In scenarios with constantly evolving operational inputs, FlexSim can be configured as a live Digital Prototyping, continuously operating at set intervals, and using live data streams based on system feedback and artificial intelligence (AI) predictions. This approach necessitates specific model programming, which we will explore. By implementing these advanced techniques, businesses can significantly improve their process optimization capabilities, addressing complex challenges more effectively than traditional methods allow.
4p
47p
Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025
Engineering Efficiency Unleashed: Hands-On Synera Training
This workshop will introduce engineers to Synera’s process Automation, Integration, & Customization capabilities through hands-on implementation. You'll create Automation, Integration, & Customization solutions for common engineering workflows that reduce manual tasks and eliminate repetitive processes. Through guided exercises and real-world scenarios, you'll configure Synera to streamline documentation creation, automate design validations, and create intelligent workflows tailored to your requirements. We’ll show you how to integrate Synera with your existing solutions, including Inventor software, Autodesk Fusion 360 software, Moldflow, NAVASTO, and more.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Supercharge Your Browser-Based Autodesk Platform Services Applications with WebAssembly
Autodesk Research has a number of C++ toolkits—e.g., for spatial analysis and multi-agent simulation—that would previously only have been used in desktop or server-side applications. With Emscripten and WebAssembly, we can now take these codebases and use them directly in browser-based applications, whether using Autodesk Viewer, Autodesk Tandem, or Autodesk Forma. In this session, we will take a close look at bringing C++ codebases to the web, using a Forma extension as an example. Come along to experience the power you can bring to Autodesk Platform Services applications by integrating advanced libraries and toolkits via WebAssembly!
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Connecting Digital Prototyping: FlexSim and Factory Design Utilities Demo and Road Map
This session will focus on the new interoperability between Factory Design Utilities software and FlexSim, showcasing the access of the Factory Design Utilities library in FlexSim as well as the export of a factory layout from FlexSim to a Factory Design Utilities tool. We’ll also share future development plans for FlexSim and Factory Design Utilities and what Autodesk is doing for the Factory Design Utilities space.
34p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Rethinking Wet Weather Modeling: Applying GIM Hydrology to Sanitary Sewer Systems for Long-Term Infiltration
The groundwater infiltration model (GIM) has traditionally been reserved for combined sewer systems—but prolonged wet weather response in separated sanitary systems demands a new approach. This presentation will explore how the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) and its consultants redefined modeling practices by applying GIM to better simulate multi-week infiltration events. Historically considered unsuitable for sanitary systems, GIM proved essential for capturing peak flows and volumes critical to treatment-plant sizing, storage planning, and operational strategy. As the design support needs of engineers and managers evolve, TRA’s hydraulic modeling practices have adapted, expanding run durations and improving calibration methodologies. This case study challenges the status quo and sets a new standard for how InfoWorks ICM software’s hydrology can be used to meet real-world operational demands.
45p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
AI Accelerated Design and Engineering
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into design and engineering is revolutionizing the development process by accelerating development cycles. AI driven processes empower designers and engineers to create, evaluate, and optimize products with unparalleled efficiency: Better products faster.
44p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Exploring Visualization of 3D Objects in USD Format: Transform Designs with Sensor Data Insights
In this session, we will present a research prototype featuring a web app add-in for Autodesk Fusion software that visualizes 3D objects in USD (Universal Scene Description) format using NVIDIA Omniverse. The use case involves an innovative product design process that integrates sensor-collected performance data into the design, setting the stage for a novel performance-aided design approach. This session will begin with guidance on downloading the Omniverse libraries from public NVIDIA repositories, and will cover how to develop a custom Autodesk Fusion add-in capable of presenting a streamed Omniverse application running on the cloud. You’ll gain comprehensive understanding of the potential and step-by-step guidance for this innovative approach, which enables designers to go beyond traditional Digital Prototyping visualization dashboards and optimize designs using actionable insights from sensor data to ensure products perform as designed in the real world.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Building Catchment Models in InfoWorks ICM with Speed

Kimley-Horn has exemplified efficiency in model building by using tools such as Ruby scripts and SQL queries, particularly for larger-scale, system-wide, sanitary sewer models. The Ruby scripts introduced modifications to the inference tool, enabling the adjustment of pipe slopes between two defined points. This innovative feature was developed by partnering with Autodesk to set minimum slopes based on pipe diameter, offering precision and streamlined workflows for complex engineering tasks. By using these customized scripts, Kimley-Horn significantly improved the speed and accuracy of its modeling process. Additionally, SQL queries enhanced the ability to quickly assess pump performance. This involved summarizing results and pinpointing capacity limitations with respect to specific level-of-service parameters. By automating the identification of pump outcomes, the SQL tool helped optimize data analysis and project execution.

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