The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is gearing up for our inaugural emerging technologies event, where we will dive into the creation, use, and benefits of digital twins. This is an important topic to NIBS and the industry, and we are excited to bring everyone together to connect, collaborate, and design solutions around it. We are LOOKING FOR SPEAKERS to join us for this exciting exploration into digital twins.

Building Innovation: Emerging Technologies Series will take place December 9-11, 2024, at the iconic Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. The venue is nestled on the beautiful Potomac River, just a few miles from the nation’s capital and historic Alexandria, Virginia.

We look forward to engaging the built environment community in-person to network and learn from industry professionals.

Submit an Abstract

We seek abstracts to cover the following for vertical assets, horizontal assets, and critical infrastructure:

  • Establishing digital twin definitions, use cases, and maturity models
  • Helping asset owners align digital twin value drives specific to their needs
  • Integration of digital twins and building information modeling (BIM)
  • Design and planning
  • Simulation and analysis
  • Software and other technology tools
  • Real-time construction and operations monitoring
  • Data management to support digital twins
  • Building operations and performance
  • Asset lifecycle
  • IoT and sensor integration
  • Records and as-built document management/tracking
  • Hazard mitigation, emergency management, and post hazard analysis
  • Emerging and future trends

Industry leaders with valuable insights, case studies, best practices, lessons learned, and/or remaining challenges are encouraged to share their knowledge and experiences with a broad audience of building industry stakeholders by submitting an abstract for consideration no later than September 20, 2024.

Abstract requirements:

  • Approved abstracts should plan for presentations to run for 60-minutes with Q&A; or a 20-30-minute lightning session with Q&A.
  • Speakers may submit an abstract for either an individual presentation or multi-person panel. If submitting for a multi-person panel, all panelists must be committed prior to abstract submission. Panels shall not exceed 4 people, including the moderator, and should represent the diversity of our industry, varied perspectives or industry viewpoints. NIBS reserves the right to organize panels and select moderators, as needed.
  • Submitting an abstract is a professional commitment. If the abstract is accepted, the speaker(s) commit to attend the event. If the speaker(s) is unable to attend the conference, it is incumbent upon them to find a substitute. Upon notification of selection, speakers will be given 7 days to confirm participation.
  • Speaker/panelist commits to providing his or her own education and content on NIBS’ branded PowerPoint slides.

Interested parties should submit the following:

  • 500-word abstract
  • Four learning objectives
  • Five keywords describing the presentation
  • 150-word biography for all intended session speakers and moderators
  • High-resolution headshots for all intended session speakers and moderators

For questions about speaker abstract submissions, please contact Jennifer Hitzke at jhitzke@nibs.org. Approved speakers/panelists will be notified on or about October 11, 2024.

Promotional presentations on products or services will not be considered.

Final PowerPoint presentation is due by December 3, 2024, with no exceptions. Speakers will receive a discounted conference rate of $200.

Important dates:

  • August 21, 2024 – Call for abstracts open
  • September 20, 2024 – Call for abstracts close
  • By October 11, 2024 – Approved speakers/panelists to be notified
  • December 3, 2024 – Deadline for speakers to submit final PowerPoint presentation
  • December 9-11, 2024 – Building Innovation: Emerging Technologies Series

NIBS is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. We strongly believe in an environment built on respect and dignity. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to the strength of the built environment and building industry as a whole. Therefore, NIBS encourages all submissions to reflect these same values.