About the Summit
Digital technologies are revolutionizing infrastructure by boosting efficiency, collaboration, and decision-making across the full asset lifecycle—from design and construction to maintenance and operation. Tools such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), cloud-based platforms, and automation improve project management, streamline processes, and elevate asset performance. However, challenges like long asset lifecycles, fragmented technologies, privacy concerns, and skill gaps complicate digitization.

This summit addresses how leaders can effectively deploy digital tools at scale to plan, design, build, operate, and maintain infrastructure. Focus areas include digital twins, AI, BIM, data analytics, automation, and smart infrastructure—all aimed at driving efficiency, sustainability, and data-informed decisions for AEC professionals and clients. The event highlights the transition to interconnected, intelligent, and data-driven asset management.

• Day 1 examines ROI strategies, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
• Day 2 explores AI integration, workforce development, and collaborative industry approaches.

Conference Schedule

Day 1: Wednesday, 4th March 2026

• 08:30 Conference Registration & Networking
• 08:55 FuturePlace Welcome
• 09:00 Chair’s Welcome
• 09:10 Keynote: Digital Risk Assurance – Mission-Critical AI Models Based on Real-Time Data and Effective Asset Cybersecurity
• 09:30 Presentation: Digital First Design – Making It Work with Data, Digital Engineering & AI at Scale
• 09:50 Opening Panel: Digital Investment Value – How AI Is Transforming Value in the AEC Industry
• 10:30 Networking Break & Exhibition Viewing

Real Talk Roundtables

• 11:00 Roundtables on Achieving Value from AI Data Strategies
• 12:00 Case Study: From Pilot to Enterprise – Scaling Digital Innovations Across Portfolios
• 12:20 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

Scaling AI

• 13:20 Presentation: How Intelligent Automation, Connected Data, and Design-to-Build AI Pipelines Are Reshaping Project Delivery
• 14:20 Case Study: Scaling AI Solutions – Challenges and Strategies in Implementing AI Across Large, Multi-Site Organizations
• 14:40 TechTalk Insights: Understanding the Next Wave of Digital Delivery
• 15:20 Networking Break & Exhibition Viewing

AI Journey

• 15:50 Engineering Smarter: Real-World AI Applications Delivering Efficiency Gains for Industry
• 16:10 Panel: Design Management – Unlocking Design Impact Through AI-Driven Digital Models
• 16:45 R&D Insight: AI Strategies for Ensuring Climate-Resilient Critical Infrastructure
• 17:05 Panel: AI Journey – Integrating and Scaling AI and Analytics in Digital Products and Process
• 17:40 Chair’s Conclusions & Networking Cocktails
• 18:00 Close of Day 1

Day 2: Thursday, 5th March 2026

AI Delivery

• 09:00 Chair’s Welcome: Digital by Default – Embedding Digital Delivery in the Infrastructure Lifecycle
• 09:10 Keynote: Building the AI-Driven AEC – Integrating Intelligence into Digital Delivery
• 09:30 Case Study: Autonomous AI Agents in Digital Engineering
• 09:50 Panel: Digital Engineering at Scale – Accelerating AI Digital Value Across Large Projects
• 10:25 Networking Break & Exhibition Viewing

AI Innovation

• 11:10 Case Study: Building the AI-Driven Mine – Integrating Asset Intelligence into Digital Engineering
• 11:30 Case Study: Digital Twin & AI Integration in Mission-Critical Avionics Infrastructure
• 11:50 Case Study: Connected Automation – The Next Wave of Digital Delivery
• 12:10 Networking Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

Process Discipline

• 13:10 Roundtables on Achieving Value from Digital Tools and AI Data Strategies
• 14:00 Panel: Delivery Excellence – Ensuring Trustworthy Data & Scalable Processes

Delivery Automation

• 14:40 Future Panel: The Future of Connected & Automated Ecosystems in Digital Delivery Process
• 15:20 Chair’s Conclusions and End of Summit

Post-Summit Masterclass – Friday, 6th March 2026

• 09:00 – 12:30 AI-Driven Intelligence for Construction & Infrastructure Leaders

Register now to gain insights into deploying advanced digital technologies for smarter, more resilient infrastructure.