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Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2019

Digital Asset Management in AEC: BIM Implementation Throughout the Asset’s Lifecycle

We’ll discuss overcoming design and planning challenges in an infrastructure project’s lifecycle by using smart solutions, including highlights of the following: How digital asset management can help evaluate future demands for regional infrastructure development, and the challenges to be faced; how BIM can support the asset management long-term strategies to mitigate the risks impacting the operations and maintenance of infrastructure; innovative solutions to develop a smart transportation infrastructure system; the main controls to achieve a successful BIM implementation process; single integrated asset management system with sustainable and cost-effective results; guidance on how to create and follow a clear road map to achieve an effective asset management system; exploration of the significance of integrating CAPEX and OPEX solutions; and the importance of implementing an integrated CAPEX/ OPEX solution for asset owners and operators.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2019

From a Raspberry Pi to a Cloud in the Sky—Instant Access to Technology and Data

Network Rail is the owner-operator of the railway infrastructure in England, Scotland, and Wales, which includes 20,000 miles of track and 30,000 bridges, tunnels, viaducts; and employs more than 37,000 staff. In this new era of technology, Network Rail produces vast amounts of digital information and relies on terabytes of point-cloud data, 3D modeling, and instant access to information to help develop and maintain tomorrow’s railway infrastructure. In this session, we’ll show how Network Rail managed the challenge to move away from data drives and siloed working with large 3D scans and data sets. As part of their digital transformation journey, Network Rail used the Autodesk digital workplace and BIM 360 software as their collaboration platform to connect project teams to rapidly access big-data scans. Teams have instant access to the latest design software without the need for hardware upgrade or transportation of large data sets across project participants.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014

INFSYM: BIM Best Practices for Airports, Ports, and Rail Projects

This infrastructure symposium session is a Building Information Modeling (BIM) discussion focused on effective practices between owners and the engineering ecosystem regarding large transportation projects. Do you manage infrastructure projects involving airports, rail, or ports? Do you work for an engineering firm that provides engineering, design, or construction on those projects? This session is for you if your projects often cross multiple designs (architectural, structural, mechanical, and civil); if they require intense collaboration across design disciplines, owners, and construction contractors; and if they require a BIM manager. Get advice from BIM experts in the industry and participate in a discussion regarding needs and perspectives from both owners and the engineering/contractor ecosystem. This is a breakout to the Infrastructure Symposium on Monday.

Article / 2020

BIM, GIS, and Smart Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

Built using both BIM and GIS, smart cities use data and integrated technologies to improve internal processes and efficiency. Stephen Brockwell of Esri offers practical knowledge that can help you apply smart city thinking for planning, engineering, or consulting.

Article / 2021

Model Solutions for the Real World Using Location Intelligence

When BIM and GIS are used together, data can move between all stages of design, construction, and facility operation to create more efficient infrastructure. Micah Callough of Esri explains.

Meetup / Nashville 2025

Security, Identity & Access Meetup

In today’s digital design and engineering environments, identity and access management (IAM) is more than just a technical necessity—it’s a foundation for secure, seamless collaboration. This meetup offers a space for Autodesk customers to come together and explore how identity and access decisions impact our daily workflows, from managing non-human identities and integrating SSO to navigating the human side of access failures and security breaches.
Whether you're an admin responsible for IAM infrastructure or a user who’s experienced the real-world effects of access challenges, your perspective matters. This session is designed to foster open, community-driven conversations where we can share stories, surface challenges, and learn from one another.
Join us to connect with peers who care about trust, security, and the systems that support our work. Together, we’ll explore how identity and access—often invisible—are essential to everything we do.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Revit to Indoors: A Management Journey at Denver International Airport

The Denver International Airport (DEN) is widely recognized for its leadership in BIM. As part of a recent modernization initiative, DEN took a major leap forward by extending that BIM vision into geographic information system (GIS) technology—transforming how spaces inside the airport are mapped, managed, and maintained. In this session, you’ll learn how digital facilities and infrastructure (DFI) and GIS collaborated to build an 18-million-square-foot ArcGIS Indoors database spanning the entire campus using detailed Revit models. More than 7,000 rooms in this space management Digital Prototyping are now spatially enabled and linked to identifiers used in asset and facilities systems. We’ll share key milestones from our 10-year Management and cover how recent breakthroughs connected Revit and ArcGIS workflows. From exporting BIM to ArcGIS Indoors to now strategizing about how to push data back to Revit, DEN is building a truly bidirectional BIM-GIS environment—bringing spatial intelligence to new disciplines and teams across the airport.

26p

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Digital Prototyping Summit | Mirror Worlds: Digital Prototypings and the Era of Predictive Intelligence

Unlock the full potential of your asset data with Autodesk Digital Prototyping solutions. This session will explore how Digital Prototypings—spanning both physical assets and operational processes—support the entire lifecycle: design, build, operate, and maintain. Autodesk Tandem software creates rich production twins using live sensor data and structured taxonomy. FlexSim delivers dynamic process flow simulations that model people and operations. Together, they form a connected digital thread, from concept to reuse, enabling smarter decisions, reducing waste, and supporting circular economy goals. Discover how combining asset and process twins drives sustainable, resilient outcomes across buildings and infrastructure.

58p

54p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

A BIM Strategy for an Architectural Firm: By a BIM Manager Who’s Also an Architect

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.

22p

49p

Panel / Nashville 2025

Future-Proofing Airports: How SFO’s Data-Driven Design Is Shaping the Future of Travel

As airports worldwide face increasing demands for Sustainable Design, efficiency, and seamless passenger experiences, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) serves as a forward-thinking example of how data-driven design and emerging technology is transforming aviation infrastructure. The decade-long projects involved a team of 100+ designers, 20+ consultants, and a sophisticated technology approach of 20+ digital tools, bringing together architects, engineers, and contractors in a connected tech environment driving efficiency through construction. Explore how a leading architecture firm, in collaboration with industry partners, used BIM, sustainable strategies, cloud collaboration, data-driven design, and data visualization to enhance operational efficiency and passenger experience, and future-proof major terminals. Gain insights into how connected workflows, predictive analytics, and immersive tools were used to optimize passenger flow, reduce carbon impact, and streamline stakeholder collaboration.

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.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

The Adoption of Autodesk Construction Cloud: Integration in the Design and Construction of Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

Build Health International (BHI) is designing and constructing health care facilities in locations that face significant threats from climate change and its impact on rising rates of disease and lack of accessible facilities during intensifying and unpredictable weather events. Using sustainable design strategies and the integration of technology, BHI aims to improve climate resiliency and maximize efficiencies to enable continuous care delivery and sustainable operations. This case study will examine the adoption of a common data environment that integrates and connects teams across the project lifecycle. Showcasing project examples from complex and low-resource environments will highlight how the team uses technology to improve global collaboration, reduce risks, and maximize efficiency—from design through operations that incorporate resilient design and construction methods to create efficient spaces that could withstand heavy rains, hot temperatures, and unreliable energy sources.

Keynote / Nashville 2025

Media & Entertainment Industry Keynote

Augmented Creativity: Tools for a New Era of Storytelling

In the hands of visionary artists, AI is becoming a mental multiplier—fueling breakthroughs and enabling content creators to go further, faster, by giving them back what they need most: time. From tools like MotionMaker and Flow Studio to the potential of emerging infrastructure like Model Context Protocol servers, we’ll look at how Autodesk is building practical, artist-first AI toolsets.

In this panel, hear creators and technologists discuss how AI is shifting from potential to productivity, what it’s changing in daily workflows, and why its role as a creative assistant—not a replacement—is critical to the next chapter of storytelling.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

AECO Roadmap: Vision and Strategy

The AECO industry is evolving—fast—and Autodesk is evolving with it. In this session, we’ll take a step back from individual products and zoom out to show how our full portfolio is coming together to support more connected, sustainable, and resilient design and construction practices. From early-stage planning in Forma to Digital Prototypings in Tandem, from vertical to horizontal infrastructure, this session will connect the dots across disciplines, workflows, and platforms. Whether you’re an architect, engineer, contractor, or owner, this is your opportunity to understand the full picture of Autodesk’s AECO strategy and how it all fits together.

Industry Talk / San Diego 2024

The Three-Horizons Problem: Using LEGO Serious Play for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Design

In the face of climate change, designing infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather events and rising sea levels is paramount, and traditional approaches often lack the tools to evaluate an ever-growing array of parameters. On top of that, planning on a 20- or even 10-year horizon is getting increasingly difficult, and it might not make sense altogether, for exponential change escapes our ability to foresee it. Exit planning, enter improvisation. This lecture will explore the concept of organizational improvisation and LEGO® Serious Play (LSP) as a powerful tool for designing climate-resilient infrastructure. By providing real-life examples and constructing scenarios with the class, we'll focus on how agility, creativity, and collaboration can enhance an organization's ability to respond to evolving environmental challenges. Join us to learn how LSP enables stakeholders to explore complex problems, co-create solutions, and envision resilient futures.

103p