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.

Ishimoto Architects and Engineers, founded in 1927, is an architectural design firm with experts in architecture, structure, and MEP. To achieve better architecture, it’s essential to integrate intelligent models across disciplines and adopt a holistic design approach. We use Revit software to create simulation environments and optimize overall designs. Currently, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism is accelerating BIM-based building permit submissions, requiring intelligent models with vast amounts of data. As BIM managers who also practice design, we can immediately address real-world challenges and provide feedback. For mid-sized firms without dedicated BIM teams, this agile approach is a practical way to integrate BIM smoothly. This session will share how our practices have transformed our project processes.

Data silos pose a significant risk to AI security and accuracy within every AEC firm. This session uses a playful, powerful metaphor—LEGO bricks—to demonstrate how effective data governance is the key to a robust and secure AI strategy. We will explore practical steps for implementing a foundational data governance framework, from initial stages to best practices. The session culminates in a hands-on exercise with real LEGO kits, a concrete demonstration of how intentional data organization directly translates to more efficient, secure, and higher-quality results.

Brian Skripac, Director, Virtual Design & Construction at Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), joins Digital Builder Podcast to discuss how to successfully navigate contracts and delivery methods through the lens of technology.

Join us as we introduce Autodesk Forma, a cloud-based, AI-powered platform designed to support smarter decisions at the earliest stages of design. In just 30 minutes, discover how Forma helps you stay ahead of deadlines, eliminate guesswork, improve collaboration in the cloud, and enhance your Revit workflow, all from a single, connected environment, purpose-built for early-stage planning and design. We’ll walk through a key early-stage design workflow and show how Forma works seamlessly alongside Revit and other tools. Join us live to see how Forma streamlines your planning and design processes, from site context and 3D modeling to environmental analysis and design comparisons, all in one place!

Industries in every global market are scrambling to integrate Artificial Intelligence into business models and workflows. Design & Make customers now find themselves in an exciting, yet unnerving time. Our AI solutions are helping customers today stay ahead of industry demands and technological shifts. At the same time, we are developing automated workflow tools for tomorrow that will enable engines to be faster and more efficient than ever imagined.                                                                                                             

During the Autodesk AI Keynote, Chief Technology Officer Raji Arasu and team will outline how Autodesk’s current AI-powered offerings will evolve, disrupting ourselves to empower customers with the capabilities to win the future.

AECO Design Slam brought to you by HP.

AECO Design Slam | MusicCity Living 2050 - Reimagining The Gulch District Experience the excitement of the “Music City Living 2050”—a live, rapid-fire design competition set in Nashville’s iconic Gulch neighborhood. Watch two teams of exceptional AECO professionals race against the clock to reimagine residential living by fusing Nashville’s music heritage, BBQ culture, and Sustainable Design into innovative housing concepts. Using cutting-edge generative tools like Forma, ArchiStar, Finch, and AI, teams will model, analyze, and present their visionary designs to a live audience, who will select the winner based on creativity, impact, and performance.