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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.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

AECO Roadmap: Digital Workplaces

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.

Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025

Streamlining Interoperability: Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit in a Seamless World

This session will explore how Rhino and Grasshopper software—when integrated into Revit software through the Rhino.Inside.Revit technology—can streamline interoperability and unlock powerful parametric BIM workflows. By bridging the gap between computational design and BIM environments, you’ll learn how to harness the flexibility of Rhino and Grasshopper within Revit to automate geometry translation, manage complex data structures, and enhance design-to-documentation workflows. Through real-world examples and live demonstrations, this session will focus on practical strategies for integrating design intent seamlessly into the BIM ecosystem of Revit. Whether you're working on early-stage concept models or coordinating detailed building systems, this session will show how to use Rhino.Inside.Revit to create more-efficient, responsive, and intelligent BIM workflows that reduce manual work and improve collaboration across disciplines.

23p

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

Panel / Nashville 2025

God Is in the Details: Rethinking Sustainable Design Through Building Practice

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe famously said, “God is in the details.” In sustainable architecture, the impact of thoughtful detailing is more critical than ever. While bold goals shape early design, it’s the resolution of assemblies, continuity of documentation, and firm standards that ultimately drive performance. This panel will bring together envelope experts and practice technologists from small, mid-sized, and large firms to discuss how workflows, standards, and tools are evolving to support sustainable outcomes. Panelists—including D.TO, architects, a BIM manager, and an Autodesk expert—will share real-world challenges, from inaccessible detail libraries to BIM limitations, and we’ll explore how technology is starting to close those gaps. We’ll examine how platforms like Revit software, emerging artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, and context-aware detailing tools are transforming envelope design—aligning performance, precision, and Sustainable Design through smarter practices and better delivery.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Innovators Stage | From Disaster Recovery to Future-Ready Design: Building on a Legacy of Innovation, Resilience, and Management

WAM & Autodesk have built a worldclass partnership centred on technology, resilience, & innovation in the built environment. AU23 AECO Keynote showcased how our collaboration shaped the recovery of Christchurch. Heke Rua Archives represents the next evolution: a proactive, future-ready design model, integrating cutting-edge seismic resilience, Digital Prototyping technology, & cloud-based infrastructure to futureproof our national taonga for 100yrs. This isn’t about recovery; it’s about anticipating, designing for, & adapting to the challenges ahead. The WAM Autodesk partnership began with a response to disaster—but now, we have the opportunity to design for the future before disaster strikes through technology driven design and operations. Heke Rua Archives is the platform to elevate our collaboration, demonstrating how AI, Digital Prototypings, BIM, and cloud technology can create a new paradigm for resilience, Sustainable Design, and cultural preservation.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

From Concept to Compliance: Forma’s Predictive Analytics and Insights’ Data-Driven Validation

Sustainable design starts with bold ideas—but survives on hard data. In this session, discover how to bridge Autodesk Forma’s early-stage predictive analytics with Insights’ compliance calculations. Start with Forma’s early-stage modeling to forecast embodied carbon, then transition to Insights’ material databases to benchmark against global standards. Learn how Autodesk’s native integrations automate data continuity between tools, ensuring designs evolve from predictive insights to auditable outcomes. Walk away with strategies to eliminate greenwashing, client-ready ESG frameworks, and a workflow to align Sustainable Design ambitions with real-world compliance—all without compromising design intent.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

From Data to Intelligent Automation, Integration, & Customization: Building Trusted AI Pipelines for Outcome-Based BIM

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we design and deliver construction projects. But real innovation begins with data. This session will offer a strategic and technical road map to scaling AI-driven design pipelines for outcome-based BIM, using tools like Autodesk Platform Services. We’ll explore how structured data pipelines, intelligent agents, and modular architectures enable the generation, enrichment, and validation of intelligent models by integrating geometry, constraints, and regulatory metadata. You’ll gain a practical framework for implementing secure, transparent, and scalable workflows that support real-time consistency checks, compliance tracking, and iterative refinement. We’ll also examine how AI impacts productivity, costs, and timelines, while addressing the legal, regulatory, and ethical implications of automating design. Aimed at decision makers, this session will show how AI can augment human expertise, with outcomes driving the model, to support business-aligned innovation in design and construction.

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57p

Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025

Accurate Design Intent Modeling for Steel Structures in Revit

Join this hands-on lab at Autodesk University to discover how Revit 2026 software empowers structural engineers to enhance their BIM workflows and accurately model steel structures that are ready for construction and coordination. Participants will create a design intent model using the new point-to-point modeling workflow and enrich it with steel connections from the Autodesk Content Catalog. The lab will cover tips and tricks for modeling accurately, focusing on how to avoid common mistakes and prepare models for downstream use. Additionally, you’ll learn how to use Revit software’s Coordination Model to identify clashes with architectural or MEP systems, thereby improving QA/QC and collaboration with detailers and fabricators. Whether you're transitioning from 2D or seeking to enhance your Revit steel workflows, this session will equip you with the hands-on skills needed to model with confidence.

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Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Intro to Using BIM and Digital Prototypings

This will be an introduction to how MEP design consultants can contribute to Digital Prototyping workflows in building projects. We’ll highlight lessons learned and best practices for managing and exchanging data throughout the project lifecycle using BIM tools.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Automating a Complex Revit Bridge Model with Grasshopper, Dynamo, and Informed Design

This session will outline a workflow for creating a Revit model of a steel composite cable stay bridge by using a combo of Grasshopper, Dynamo, and Informed Design for Inventor software. Modeling a bridge structure poses challenges due to its complex geometry, which adheres to a vertical, horizontal, and super-elevated roadway profile. Consequently, the steel girders, beams, and connection details must align with this 3D roadway profile, complicating the creation and placement of Revit families. For this challenge, COWI used Grasshopper and Dynamo to automate the creation of steel geometry, parameters, and insertion points, ensuring accurate orientation for family placement. Additionally, Informed Design was used to transform various iterations of intricate steel connections into families, which were then positioned using a Dynamo workflow. The integration of visual programming and Informed Design has been vital in efficiently producing complex bridge structures with a focus on Automation, Integration, & Customization.

61p

Panel / Nashville 2025

Innovators Stage | Out of the Shadows. Into the Light: From Experience Designer to Architect—Success Stories of Women in AEC.

Throughout history, women have pioneered innovations that have shaped the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, laying the foundation for groundbreaking technologies and radical transformations. We’ll explore the powerful impact of women driving change across the industry, and look ahead to the future of how we design and make. Hear from Autodesk Expert Elites and influential product designers at the forefront of transformative technologies. These women have adopted AI-powered generative design solutions. They’re using Digital Prototyping technology to create climate-resilient architecture. And they’re driving the successful integration of cloud-based platforms across large-scale organizations. Whether you're a woman in AEC or an ally, this session will provide actionable insights, inspiring stories, and an opportunity to connect and ask questions with the trailblazers shaping the future of design, construction, and technology.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

The Sustainable Symphony: Orchestrate Complexity with BIM and AI

In this session, discover how Chabanne used granular data, advanced BIM methodologies, and Automation, Integration, & Customization driven by artificial intelligence (AI) to design the Nîmes Convention Center (France)—across multidisciplinary and international teams—a project that harmonizes a historical site with sustainable innovation. Explore how Modeling, clash detection, and cloud collaboration facilitated the integration of complex facades and eco-friendly materials within a heritage context. Learn how Data Management and scripted workflows enhanced compliance checks and streamlined decision making across multidisciplinary teams. This case study illustrates how intelligent data and collaborative technologies can drive sustainable architecture while honoring the past.

70p

Panel / Nashville 2025

Breaking Down Silos in Digital Transformation

One of the biggest challenges in Digital Transformation 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 Digital Transformation, this session is your chance to pause, gain perspective, and gather the tools needed to keep moving forward together.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

WSP Canada's Journey to Success Using BIM for Bridges

As infrastructure projects become increasingly complex, the adoption of BIM for bridge design and construction has become essential. This session will provide a deep dive into our organization’s BIM journey, showcasing how we transitioned from traditional design workflows to an integrated digital approach. We’ll discuss the challenges we faced, the solutions we implemented, and the innovations we developed to optimize collaboration, accuracy, and efficiency in bridge modeling. Demonstrating the evolution of our methodology, we’ll highlight our progression from manual modeling to parametric workflows using Civil 3D, Revit, and Dynamo—and ultimately to advanced modeling with Revit, including in-house developed add-ins, Dynamo, and SOFiSTiK Bridge and Infrastructure Modeler. You’ll gain valuable insights into best practices, software interoperability, and the future of BIM on infrastructure projects.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

CIA in Action! BIM Our Own Central Intelligence Agent!

BIM is no longer a buzzword, but are we using its full potential? BIM still sits comfortably as a sophisticated 3D modeling tool, while it is meant to do more—much more. Are we using it as a catalyst to our workflow or a glorified tool to generate models, coordinate between disciplines, and produce drawings. And then? That’s it. The rich data embedded in those models is often ignored, unlinked, or siloed. It’s time to get serious, understand its impact on project lifecycle, and learn about the ROI it can provide to its stakeholders. Let’s see how BIM can work harder for you, turning it from a cost center into a value generator.

24p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Smart Data for Smarter BIM: From Experience to AI-Ready Data

Data is no longer just a byproduct of our projects—it’s their very foundation. In the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, data represents both the memory of our companies and the raw material for future innovation. It transforms experience into insights, enabling us to deliver quality outcomes and pave the way for tomorrow’s AI-driven workflows. How can we make data truly trusted, structured, and seamlessly flowing across teams, tools, and platforms within a robust common data environment (CDE)? To address these challenges, we’ve created an integrated and scalable solution that combines automated auditing, smart visualization, and seamless communication. Our approach ensures consistency, traceability, and quality of BIM data throughout the project lifecycle, and it supports measurable outcomes and benefits to new stakeholders. During the session, we’ll present a real-world project where this solution was successfully deployed and validated. We’ll reveal key performance metrics demonstrating its effectiveness.

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