flexiblefullpage -
billboard - default
interstitial1 - interstitial
catfish1 - bottom
Currently Reading

Accelerate Live!: Social media reactions from BD+C's AEC innovation conference

AEC Tech

Accelerate Live!: Social media reactions from BD+C's AEC innovation conference

BD+C's inaugural Accelerate Live! innovation conference took place May 11, in Chicago.


By BD+C Staff | May 11, 2017

Lucas Richmond, Senior Media Studio Manager, Gilbane Building Company

Building Design+Construction’s inaugural Accelerate Live! innovation conference took place May 11, in Chicago.

The event brought together more than 140 AEC professionals and 19 AEC professional speakers to explore the future of the AEC industry and the changing built environment. Topics include: machine learning in design, gaming in construction, job site as a factory, AI revolution in AEC, next-gen materials, and world's smartest buildings.

For reactions and recaps of the talks, check out the editorial team on Twitter @BDCnetwork.com, and our Facebook Page for photos from the event. 

 

Here is the full speaker roster from the event (click image to enlarge):

Related Stories

AEC Tech | Mar 17, 2016

Managing risks with laser scanning gives AEC firms an edge

The more that clients demand the service, the easier it is to justify the cost of laser scanning equipment and software.

AEC Tech | Mar 15, 2016

Two to tango: Project Tango isn’t just for entertainment, it also has a wide range of possibilities relating to the professional world

Making things like augmented reality, precise measurements of indoor spaces, and indoor wayfinding possible, Google’s Project Tango has all the makings to become a useful and ubiquitous tool in the AEC market.

AEC Tech | Mar 10, 2016

Is the Internet of Things the key to smarter buildings and cities?

Experts say yes. But what’s needed is a point person who makes sure that sensing devices can “talk” to each other.

Multifamily Housing | Mar 10, 2016

Access and energy control app clicks with student housing developers and managers

Ease of installation is one of StratIS’s selling features.

AEC Tech | Mar 8, 2016

WiredScore offers developers competitive advantage in marketing

Designates best-in-class Internet connectivity.  

Game Changers | Feb 5, 2016

London’s ’shadowless’ towers

Using advanced design computation, a design team demonstrates how to ‘erase’ a building’s shadows.

Game Changers | Feb 5, 2016

Asia’s modular miracle

A prefab construction company in China built a 57-story tower in 19 days. Here’s how they did it.  

Game Changers | Feb 5, 2016

Tesla: Battery storage is not just about electric vehicles

With his $5 billion, 13.6 million-sf Gigafactory, Tesla’s Elon Musk seeks to change the economics of battery energy storage, forever. 

BIM and Information Technology | Jan 27, 2016

Seeing double: Dassault Systèmes creating Virtual Singapore that mirrors the real world

The virtual city will be used to help predict the outcomes of and possible issues with various scenarios.

3D Printing | Jan 25, 2016

Architecture students create new method for 3D printing concrete

The team's Fossilized project allows for structures that are more varied and volumetric than other forms so far achieved.

boombox1 - default
boombox2 -
native1 -

More In Category

AEC Tech

Lack of organizational readiness is biggest hurdle to artificial intelligence adoption

Managers of companies in the industrial sector, including construction, have bought the hype of artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, but their organizations are not ready to realize its promise, according to research from IFS, a global cloud enterprise software company. An IFS survey of 1,700 senior decision-makers found that 84% of executives anticipate massive organizational benefits from AI. 




halfpage1 -

Most Popular Content

  1. 2021 Giants 400 Report
  2. Top 150 Architecture Firms for 2019
  3. 13 projects that represent the future of affordable housing
  4. Sagrada Familia completion date pushed back due to coronavirus
  5. Top 160 Architecture Firms 2021