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Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Transforming Construction Planning with Digital: Site Plans in Action with Laing O'Rourke and McCarthy

Join construction leaders from cmBuilder.io, Laing O'Rourke, and McCarthy Building Companies as they explore how digital site planning is transforming the way complex projects are won and delivered. Learn how empowering field teams with intuitive 3D and 4D planning tools is democratizing construction logistics reducing reliance on specialists while enabling project managers, superintendents, and site teams to take ownership of planning and coordination. Discover how digital simulation of construction sequencing, logistics, and site operations helps teams validate plans before work begins, identify risks earlier, improve stakeholder communication, and optimize project execution. Through real-world case studies from major projects in the United Kingdom and North America, this session will demonstrate how digital site logistics plans are helping contractors win more work, improve collaboration, and deliver safer, more efficient projects.

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.

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2026

Where Innovation in Standards Takes Flight: How Massport Advances BIM, GIS, and EAM Integration

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) will share key lessons learned from its journey toward using BIM, geographic information system (GIS), and asset management for better project delivery and capital planning. Large project and asset owners will learn how Massport turns project, spatial, and asset data into actionable insights for better decision making. This session will highlight how Massport manages more than 200 capital projects across five airport/seaport campuses using BIM-enabled workflows. You'll learn how Autodesk Forma is used as a common data environment to collaborate with design and construction teams, enable on-time digital delivery, and create a virtual campus as a single source of truth supporting Massport's broader digital transformation goals.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Why Rhumbix Is Critical to Autodesk Forma

Autodesk Forma industry cloud connects design, preconstruction, and field coordination within a single platform. But one critical layer has been missing: real-time workforce data from the field. Labor is the largest cost on most construction projects and the least measured. That's why Autodesk acquired Rhumbix. In this session, we'll explain the strategic vision behind the acquisition and why Rhumbix is essential to the future of Autodesk Forma. You'll learn what field and resource management data Rhumbix captures and how it will flow into the Forma platform to support cost, schedule, estimating, and planning workflows, enabling a more complete field-to-finance operation for construction.

44p

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Digital Factory Summit | Autodesk Forma: The Common Data Environment for Gigafactory Development

In this session, we'll go over how to use Autodesk Forma projects for managing the design of gigafactories and comparable megaprojects. Learn how Tesla brings together inputs from manufacturing teams, design groups, and construction management into one common repository to streamline project delivery. Explore how cloud-workshared Revit projects organize inputs from AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and other industry CAD tools to bring manufacturing context into your Revit files, and send factory context to your manufacturing teams or vendors. Finally, see how tools within Forma allow for coordination, clash resolution, and field documentation to support successful project execution.

25p

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2026

AEC Roadmap: Civil Infrastructure

Infrastructure projects are growing in scale, complexity, and urgency and Autodesk is evolving to meet that challenge. In this session, you'll hear from the teams behind Civil 3D, InfraWorks, ReCap, and Collaboration for Civil 3D as they share what's new and what's next for civil engineers and infrastructure professionals. Learn how modeling, analysis, and collaboration workflows are evolving to support more-sustainable, connected, and efficient project delivery. You'll also get an early look at features in development and have the opportunity to provide input that will help shape Autodesk's infrastructure roadmap.

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2026

Agentic AI for AEC: Orchestrating Autonomous Project Delivery with Autodesk

Agentic AI is rapidly changing how work gets done, moving beyond prompts into systems that can plan, act, and automate tasks across tools. This session will explore how to apply agent-based approaches using tools like Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Dispatch, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Autodesk Platform Services. In this session, you'll learn how to connect agents to Autodesk data, manage authentication and permissions, and orchestrate workflows that automate design and project delivery tasks. Through practical examples, we'll show how to combine agents, Claude skills, and APIs to move from isolated automations to scalable, end-to-end processes.

19p

82p

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2026

Full Project Delivery with Autodesk Forma Build: From CDE to QA/QC, EDMS, and Handover

Project delivery is often fragmented across systems, with disconnected data between common data environments (CDEs), QA/QC, electronic document management systems (EDMSs), and handover processes creating inefficiencies and delays. This session will explore how Autodesk Forma Build enables full project delivery through a connected data platform, integrating workflows across RFIs, Submittals, NCRs, snags, scheduling, and QA/QC closeout. You'll learn how to structure and manage data from design through construction to achieve progressive closeout and successful handover. Real-world examples will demonstrate how connected workflows improve data quality, reduce rework, and enable earlier, more reliable project completion.

21p

39p

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

International Perspectives on Open Standards and Adoption

This session explores the critical role of open standards in accelerating digital transformation across the global AECOO industry. As the demand for interoperability grows, the collaboration between buildingSMART International and Autodesk becomes a cornerstone for seamless data exchange and sustainable project delivery. Featuring a panel of buildingSMART Chapter leaders and Autodesk executives, we will dive into regional adoption trends, the evolution of open standards, and real-world strategies for implementing openBIM. Attendees will gain insights into how open standards drive efficiency, support regulatory compliance, and empower stakeholders to own their data.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Prestige NEXTRA: From Fragmentation to Control Scaling 180 Million Square Feet of Real Estate with Autodesk Forma

Managing one of India's largest RE portfolios, Prestige is transforming project delivery to address fragmented systems, siloed data, and limited cross-functional visibility. This session will introduce Prestige NEXTRA, an enterprise initiative to create a connected and standardized delivery ecosystem. We will showcase how Autodesk Forma integrates systems such as SAP, Primavera P6, procurement, and cost tools to improve information flow across design, planning, and execution. You will gain insights into enterprise rollout, governance, and adoption, along with key lessons from scaling digital processes across a large portfolio.

21p

Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2026

Connected Coordination Level 3: Elevate Clash Resolution Using the Power of Model Coordination in Autodesk Forma

In fast-paced digital project delivery, timely communication and clear accountability across teams are fundamental to effective clash resolution. In this Connected Coordination Level 3 lab, we'll build on the 2025 session to demonstrate how a structured, closed-loop approach to issue management allows you to assign, notify, track, and resolve clashes while maintaining a fully auditable record of every action. In this lab, you'll learn to pull clash issues directly into their Revit models to visualize conflicts and act to ensure transparency and efficiency among stakeholders. This lab will also build on exporting active clash data and integrating it with Power BI dashboards for real-time insights and better decision making.

52p

55p

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Delivering Kentucky Lock with BIM, GIS, and Federated Models: A USACE Case Study

The Kentucky Lock Addition Project is a high-priority U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) effort requiring coordination across multiple districts, agencies, and contractors. This session will provide a technical deep dive into how BIM, CAD, and GIS were integrated through an Advanced Modeling Project Execution Plan (PxP) to support design, coordination, and construction. Using tools that include Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, and Navisworks software, teams developed federated models for clash detection, sequencing, and as-built deliverables. You will see how model-based workflows improved coordination, reduced errors, and supported better decision making across the project lifecycle.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

The New Backbone of Pfizer's Data Infrastructure

The new backbone of Pfizer's data management brings transformation in how engineering data is managed. By a strategic data migration into Autodesk Vault and Forma, legacy information has been consolidated into a more structured, reliable system. Previously fragmented datasets are organized, enabling cleaner access, better traceability, and improved governance. This modernization enhances project communication and collaboration across teams, ensuring stakeholders are aligned throughout the engineering project lifecycle. With streamlined file handover processes and centralized control, project management becomes more efficient. Vault and Forma establish a robust foundation that supports scalability and consistency across Pfizer's operations.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Beyond Copilots: Agentic AI Workflows for Design and Engineering

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from chat assistants into autonomous workflow agents capable of completing meaningful engineering tasks. For design and engineering organizations, the greatest opportunity isn't replacing designers it's eliminating the repetitive work that consumes the time of design technologists, and other highly skilled experts. This session explores running secure, high-performance agentic workflows with local AI models alongside Autodesk applications on Dell Pro Max and Precision workstations powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs and NVIDIA Grace Blackwell AI superchips. Local open models keep sensitive design data and IP on-premises, reduce inference costs, and deliver always-on, low-latency automation. Through practical Autodesk-focused examples, we'll demonstrate AI agents that review models against CAD and BIM standards, validate customer requirements, automate quality control, generate documentation, and orchestrate multi-step engineering workflows.

Panel / Virtual 2020

Why I Chose a Premium Plan for My Business

This session is for admins who are considering upgrading their teams to a Premium plan. With new plans for named users available, it can be tough to figure out which is the best fit for your company. Hear directly from a customer on why they chose Premium, and what challenges the Premium features helped them overcome. Learn tips and tricks from product managers on how to maximize the value of product usage reporting with user details and single sign-in so your company can be more efficient with administrative tasks and software spend. Attendees will leave the session with clearer understandings of the differences between a Standard and Premium plans, so they can make the right purchasing decisions for their companies.

Roundtable / Las Vegas 2013

Sell Your First App on the Autodesk Exchange Apps Store

Do you have something (anything) cool that you think other Autodesk® product users would like to buy? The new Autodesk Exchange Apps store makes it very easy to get your work in front of hundreds of thousands of customers. Come to this roundtable to ask questions and share your experiences selling apps on Autodesk Exchange. Members of the team who review and publish your apps are available to answer your questions and give you advice on making your app as successful as possible. Anything that you find useful is probably suitable to publish on Autodesk Exchange, including plug-ins, content libraries, e-books, and video tutorials.

Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020

There's More to the Sheet Set Manager Than the Sheet

In this class, we will get in-depth with the Sheet Set Manager and discuss and create sheets and sheet sets. We will learn about custom properties and how to use them to store huge amounts of reusable data. We will learn about sheet views and how to use them to make adding our design details to the plans a breeze. We will discuss how we can use the Sheet Set Manager as a lightweight project explorer to navigate all our projects’ design files. We will discuss and learn about labeling our sheets and sheet views. We will learn how to create blocks with predefined attributes that will fill in data from the sheet set automatically. We will learn how to quickly plot or publish individual or multiple sheets with minimal clicks. Lastly, we will learn how to organize our sheets with subsets or with selection sets to track additional stages in the design or construction processes.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2018

IT for the Design Firm: Don't Be a Stranger in a Strange Land

Has your design firm worked hard to get to your current level of success? Is everything firing on all cylinders, with clients coming in and great designs going out? Is the IT barrier the only thing preventing you from successfully scaling further? IT doesn't have to be a mystery any longer. Don't miss out on the session that will pull back the curtains and reveal the secrets of success IT in the design firm. Learn the basics of networks and file management. Get tips on servers, backups, and more. Find out why investing dimes today in prevention and good hardware will return dollars in production uptime. If you want your tech to work for you, then this is the session to attend! Never feel like a stranger in the server room again.

Industry Talk / Virtual 2020

Fusion Lifecycle and Vault: The Synergy

Learn how to increase efficiency in your development process by implementing Vault software and Fusion Lifecycle software. In this class, you will hear about the journey Reynaers Aluminium took to move from its old product data management (PDM) system to a fully integrated solution: CAD, PDM, PLM (product lifecycle management), and enterprise resource planning (ERP). You will learn about the how and why behind our architecture and the lessons learned during implementation. Get insight into the place PDM and PLM have in our organization today, how they are connected with other core databases, and what our further digitalization road map looks like. Also discover how Fusion Lifecycle offers article lifecycle management as well as full project management by streamlining our NPI (new product introduction) flow. All project phases are implemented into Fusion Lifecyle, including a customized project management tab to enable real project planning. Integrating Fusion Lifecycle with Vault creates one common platform, resulting in an efficient way of collaboration as well as a single source of truth across the company.

Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020

Automate Supply Chain Collaboration

Sharing data with suppliers in real time, the right format, and the latest version is a challenge for global supply chains. Keeping everyone in the lifecycle posted about changes is barely possible without a real-time collaboration platform. Learn about the key benefits for supplier collaboration provided by Fusion Lifecycle cloud-based PLM (product lifecycle management) system: real-time data provisioning and acknowledgement; definition and tracking of suppler deliverables; integration of suppliers in change management activities

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