18-19 February 2025 | Doltone House Darling Island, Sydney
Australia’s leading event focused on the digital transformation of infrastructure assets & the built environment
DIGITAL TWINS – AUTOMATION - ASSET MANAGEMENT – ENGINEERING - INFRASTRUCTURE 4.0
The Digital Built World Summit is where leaders from across the technology, operations, asset management, engineering and project management functions have come together since 2022 to learn how digital technology is revolutionising infrastructure development and asset management.
In 2025, we’ll be exploring how the integration of design models, reality capture imagery, IoT sensor data, and other sources into dynamic 3D immersive infrastructure is transforming project delivery outcomes and asset operations. The program features 40 experts from across the built environment, utilities, energy, mining and transport who’ll share their experiences and highlight how digital thinking can drive more value from data, optimise infrastructure performance and deliver better outcomes for business and society.
The Digital Built World Summit is Asia-Pacific’s premier event for executives in the AEC, Smart City, Construction and Infrastructure space focused on improving digital business outcomes, including strategic innovation, connected assets, sustainable construction, user experience, and optimisation of capital planning for large assets.
Twin Worlds
Artificial intelligence is opening up opportunities for AEC and clients to embrace new technologies and the shift to platform-based asset models. The transformative potential of AI-enhanced digital twins lies not only in their technical prowess but also in fostering partnership collaboration and innovation.
While AI-powered digital twins for real time operations might not be part of your organisation’s standard business processes today, it seems likely they will have a profound impact on how we will design, build and operate our cities, transportation networks and infrastructure assets of tomorrow.
Digital and Data-Driven Innovation is transforming how assets are designed, delivered, operated, and managed. The end goal is better outcomes for end-users.
These quickfire moderated 40-minute roundtable sessions enable delegates to break up into small focus groups of 20 to deep dive into topics of specific interest. This will be followed by a quick 2-minute recap of each table discussion by each of the facilitators.
MPSC is transforming its asset management function by incorporating an asset twin into its planning frameworks. The strategy works for improved asset management but also provides new unexpected benefits such as helping to promote the region as an infrastructure investment opportunity.
Our panel offers insights on how innovation is developing across the digital asset value chain.
Delegates split into moderated roundtables to share experiences of DTs and AI. Pick the discussion that most interests you. Our moderators provide a summary of the feedback.
Roundtable 1 – Developing and managing an integrated operations centre
Sruthi Sahebjada, Integrated Operations Planning Leader, Urban Utilities
Roundtable 2 – Digital Twin handover: Working effectively with operators
Marelise Armstrong, Digital Engineering Lead, WSP
Roundtable 3 – Developing new digital engineering talent for AI twins and retaining staff
Rebecca De Cicco, Principal, Digital Enablement, Aurecon, and Global Chair, Women in BIM
Roundtable 4 – Buying Twin Platform or developing it inhouse?
Stephen Witherden, Product Strategy Manager, Beca
Roundtable 5 – AI Digital Twin Data Strategies for Cities
Tom Pennington, VP and Global Advisory Lead, Smart Cities Council
Roundtable 6 – Asset Twins: From Design to Build
Brad Thompson, Senior Water Infrastructure Asset Manager – AEC Design, Autodesk
Roundtable 7 – Exploring the role of AI in digital twin technology
Michael Pointon, Account Development Executive, Bluebeam
Our panel shares their experience of developing an operational digital asset model within a digital infrastructure transformation program. They discuss the commercial value, the delivery process and how to keep the digital asset ‘alive’ post-delivery.
The ability to access and share the same information starting in the design stage and straight through to development is essential to reduce project delays and cost. But more importantly for an asset twin, it provides consistent and accurate information. What could possibly go wrong?
Integrating Gen-AI
A digital twin is a very useful thing in its own right. But with AI in support, the possibilities are amplified.
AI Simulation leverages AI to analyze data to predict what will be most effective moving forward. These AI models enable digital engineering teams to explore design spaces faster, deeper, and broader than possible with historical data solver methods.
As AEC companies continue using digital twins across their portfolio, they are building AI training data and new tools to improve design, construction and asset operations. We learn how AI projects can support both your project needs and those of clients after data handover.
AI can quickly analyse the vast amount of data generated by sensors and sources within the digital model to identify trends, anomalies and potential disruptions in real time. Our panel shares their experiences of integrating AI into real time asset programs and process.
The evolution of enabling technologies such as digital twins, data analytics, data visualisation and AI – has enabled the effective transformation of traditional energy businesses into digital utilities. APA Group shares their AI-Twin journey.
These quickfire moderated 40-minute roundtable sessions enable delegates to break up into small focus groups of 20 to deep dive into topics of specific interest. This will be followed by a quick 2-minute recap of each table discussion by each of the facilitators.
Powerlink is building a network of connected asset twins to support its operational asset programs. One of the outcomes of digital engineering, is to be able to create asset models for community engagement.
In this session, 4 innovative companies will take the stage to showcase how to tap into new ways of working with twins, AI and digital innovations.
We all know the hype — but what do people truly desire from Gen-AI ? How do they wish to interact with this new force? And, most importantly, to what extent can Gen-AI genuinely assist us in operating our assets. What might be the price we pay for AI assistance?
Energy Queensland’s Future Grid strategy includes the adoption of operational and planning Digital Twins, to adapt to growing DER, complex energy ecosystems and rapidly growing need for automation and advanced analytics. We learn about the strategic drivers, early-stage implementation experiences and the value to the business.
Grid Digital Twin – Underpinning near real-time operations and the push to net zero
Terese Milford, Manager Intelligent Grid New Technology, Energy Queensland
“Always in motion the future is …” – Integrated Grid Planning in an uncertain world
Alrun Wigand, Digital Strategist, Energy Queensland
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The Digital Built World Summit is a Hybrid event. This format combines the traditional face-to-face conference with virtual elements, allowing both in-person and virtual attendees to access the same content and networking opportunities simultaneously.
With expert sessions and industry leading speakers, delve into expertly curated content that you won’t find anywhere else.
Wherever you are at the time of the event, you’ll be in control. You’ll have the ability to consume all the content being delivered at your leisure through either a live stream of the physical event or on-demand.
If you are based outside of Sydney and for whatever reason can’t make it to the event in-person, you can save on travel time and accommodation costs while still networking with global industry professionals.
Take part in intelligently curated meetings with like-minded individuals that share similar interests and challenges from all over the world through our AI powered matchmaking delivered via our virtual platform.
Get insights and network at your fingertips – all content sessions and networking activities will be accessible from your laptop, tablets or mobile devices.
Make the most of your experience by being a truly active participant. Whether at the event or attending virtually, you’ll have the ability to ask questions, participate in polls, and share your experience with other attendees via break-out sessions.
Cupix is a Spatial Digital Twin software company on a mission to enable the construction industry to maximise project outcomes by mirroring construction sites into virtual spaces in minutes.
Combining AI and BIM technologies, Cupix’s flagship product, CupixWorks, is a SaaS platform which transforms 360 photos taken by off-the-shelf 360 cameras into a virtual 3D space and provides a cloud based unified platform for industry data formats.
Many of Australia’s largest construction companies rely on CupixWorks to enhance collaboration, speed up decision-making, reduce risk, and improve overall project outcomes.
cupix.com
Smart Cities Council is dedicated to building cross-sector capability, capacity and collaboration.
With Regional Leads on the ground in over 30 countries, our unique Global Thought Leaders Program and a global network of over 400,000, SCC delivers positive, self-sustaining social, environmental, and economic outcomes for people, place and planet.
www.smartcitiescouncil.com
Learn more: thescalers.com
The Nemetschek Group is a forerunner of digital transformation in the AEC/O industry and covers the entire life cycle of construction and infrastructure projects. With intelligent software solutions, we lead our customers into the future of digitalization.
Learn more: nemetschek.com/en
CONNECTED CONSTRUCTION.
Autodesk Construction Cloud combines connected technology, a robust network of builders and powerful predictive analytics to help your business thrive across all phases of construction.
Learn more: anz.vinzero.com/
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is the oldest, largest and most diverse national retail body. We represent a $420 billion sector that employs more than 1.4 million Australians and is the largest private sector employer in the country. As Australia’s peak retail body, representing more than 120,000 retail shop fronts and online stores, the ARA informs, advocates, educates, protects and unifies our independent, national and international retail community.
Learn more: https://www.retail.org.au/
A global leader in Location Master Data Management software, 1Spatial‘s pioneering solutions in data governance, cleansing and validation deliver significant cost-savings and efficiencies. Our technology integrates multiple data sets into a single view, assessing and validating large, dynamic data sets against pre-defined criteria while auto-correcting logical errors. Our clients include providers of utilities, transportation, mapping, land management and mining operations.
Birdi is a scalable aerial intelligence platform that’s easy to use for everyone. We enable organisations everywhere to make better business decisions through complete aerial visibility via drones – from safety on-site, to asset maintenance, to tracking the progress of a site or build.Fly your own drones or have our pilots fly for you, then process and visualise the drone-captured data on a map within Birdi’s cloud platform for insights.
Position Partners is Australia’s premier provider of positioning and machine control solutions for surveying, civil contracting, earthmoving, mining and building activities. At Position Partners, we are committed to increasing productivity for our customers and building lasting business relationships around high caliber positioning activities.
We build business relationships by providing machine control and positioning solutions to enhance our customers’
productivity.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. For over 16 years, AWS has been delivering cloud services to millions of customers around the world running a wide variety of use cases. AWS has the most operational experience, at greater scale, of any cloud provider.
Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.
AWS has significantly more services, and more features within those services, than any other cloud provider–from infrastructure technologies like compute, storage, end user computing and databases–to emerging technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, data lakes and analytics, and Internet of Things. This makes it faster, easier, and more cost effective to move your existing applications to the cloud and build nearly anything you can imagine.
With AWS, you can leverage the latest technologies to experiment and innovate more quickly. We are continually accelerating our pace of innovation to invent entirely new technologies you can use to transform your business.
To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com
Willow is the “digital twin” for the built world. Through its software, Willow creates a digital replica of a built asset, that collects and aggregates data into a “twin”. Through this approach, Willow helps customers achieve operational efficiency and cost reductions, streamline sustainability management, along with improving IoT and Operational Technology security. For more information head to Willow’s website.
Hexagon is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. Our solutions free our customers to harness the rapidly-increasing amounts of data, putting it to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector and mobility applications.
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people.
United by our passion for creating a sustainable future in energy and the built environment, we lead the charge, our actions transform challenges into solutions, and our curiosity keeps us pushing, innovating, making the impossible… possible.
We have the size and scale to create competitive advantage and assure our customers that we can take on the largest and most complex projects.
Established in 1998, Glodon Company Limited was listed on the A-share market in May 2010 (abbreviated as Glodon, Stock Code: 002410) in China, being the first listed company in the field of construction engineering information in China. Glodon provides more than 100 “Terminal + Cloud + Big Data” based products/services, industry big data, industry new finance, and other value-added services as the provider of a digital building platform, which centres on the entire life cycle of construction projects with the professional applications of construction engineering as the core support. With more than 8,000 employees, currently, Glodon has established more than 80 branches around the world, providing services to customers in over 100 countries and regions. Its sales and service network covers more than 200 cities worldwide, providing professional applications and services to over 310,000 professional clients globally.
