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Speaker Update! Accelerate AEC Innovation Conference, May 13-14, NYC

April 10, 2019
3 min read

Can machines design buildings? What can we learn from AEC "superusers"? How are leading contractors winning with offsite construction?

The answers to these questions—and so many more—will be explored at Building Design+Construction's third-annual Accelerate AEC Innovation Conference, May 13-14 at Dream Downtown in New York City.

Accelerate AEC will bring together 175-200 AEC firm leaders and industry technologists to share ideas around technology and business innovation, the changing built environment, and product and process innovation. 

Each speaker will get 15 minutes and up to 10 slides to present a radical idea, novel solution, breakthrough project, or emerging technology related to the future of the AEC industry and the changing built environment. 

New this year:
- Panel Q&A sessions focused on:
     • Offsite construction and design for manufacturing
     • AI and automation in AEC
     • Data-driven design and construction innovations 
- Peer-to-peer lunch discussions (by topic)
- Monday evening networking reception 
- Closing roundtable discussions focused on seven topics

For more information and registration details: http://www.acceleratelivebdc.com/

 

The 2019 Accelerate AEC speaker lineup includes (more speakers will be announced soon):

Designing for Enhanced Productivity: Promoting Convenience + Control 
Herbert Els, RCDD, CCNA
Senior Vice President, Building Technology Systems
WSP USA
The Future of AEC in the Time of Big Tech
James McNeill
Senior Computational Analysis Engineer
Custom Development Group Lead
Affiliated Engineers - AEI

Wechselwirkungen: The Science of Place
Wolf Mangelsdorf
Group Director, Partner
BuroHappold, New York City

From Big Data to Big Impact: Transforming a Construction Giant Through Data Analytics  
Jit Kee Chin
Chief Data Officer
Suffolk Construction
The Rise of AEC Superusers: Design Technology Specialists and the Future of AEC
Randy Deutsch, AIA, LEED AP
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Design Director
Deutsch Insights
In Pursuit of the Perfect Project: Lean Six Sigma Meets AEC Project Delivery
Lisa Feeley, CSSMBB, SPHR
Vice President, Project & Construction Management
Transwestern
Using Advanced Tech to Battle Construction's Hidden Costs 
Susan Heinking, AIA, NCARB, LEED Fellow
Vice President of High-Performance and Sustainable Construction
Pepper Construction
AI and Automation: When Buildings Design Themselves
Lance Hosey, FAIA, LEED Fellow
Design Director
Gensler
Leveraging Computational Design in the Realm of Occupancy Evaluations
Dane Stokes
Design Technology Specialist
ZGF Architects
Augmented Design and Defining the Future of Space
Andrew Heumann
Senior Researcher
WeWork 
Evolve or Dissolve: Transforming Your Practice for the New Future
Evan Troxel
Director of Digital Practice
HMC Architects

Advancing Industrial Construction: One Team's Wild Journey
Ej Olbright
CEO
CFC Construction

Magued Eldaief
CEO
Prescient  

Applying Prefab Strategies on Complex Projects
Thom Chuparkoff, AIA LEED AP
Director of OSPORTS
Osborn Engineering

Terry Olynyk
Director of Business Development
PCL Construction

Generative Design in Prefab Manufacturing
Joseph (Mac) Little
VDC Manager
VIATechnik
Breakthroughs in Data-driven Design 
Nathan Miller
Founder, CEO
Proving Ground

 

Register for Accelerate AEC 2019


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