2025
We can always improve - and that's what this conference is exactly about. Some topics are consistent year-to-year because they continue to evolve or change. Sometimes they are always relevant because while experienced professionals know, anyone entering has discover thrust upon them as well.
A variety of sessions were held, with a sample below of the topic and the AI-generated summary of the session:
Breaking Data Silos
Explored how discipline-specific workflows create silos and emphasized the need for broader data access and better coordination systems. Emphasized GUID-based data exchange and a proposal for support communities like "BIM Managers Anonymous."
Clone Wars: Model Groups vs. Links for Room Layouts
Groups are preferred over links for multi-family projects despite limitations. Key issues include mirroring, hosted elements, and editing constraints. Tools like WiseBIM and Dynamo discussed for enhancing group workflows.
Revit Onboarding
Encouraged curiosity-driven learning. Focused on showing where to find resources rather than procedural training. Suggested splash screens and detail packages for onboarding.
Training and Evaluation
Training must be customized and progressive. Evaluation tools should reveal depth of user understanding. Discussed academic gaps and need for clearer deliverable expectations.
Emerging AI Tech
Focused on prompt engineering and maintaining company voice. Noted internal tool use for marketing. Emphasized managing change and organizational knowledge loss.
3D Scanning as Revenue
3D scans useful for FM, real estate, and inventory. Must educate owners on its value. Suggested Matterport and drones for broader applications.
2024
Our inaugural event had over 20 attendees for our two-day conference, discussing a variety of topics that, as always, were suggested by the attendees to be the most relevant and beneficial to discuss and explore.
Topics included: