Welcome to the buildingSMART International Newsletter for March 2022. This edition focuses on the Spring Virtual Summit, with a more detailed schedule now available. 

All tickets for the event are free, with just a small €10 booking fee applicable to cover the platform costs. Don't leave it too late - register today! 

In other important news, two chapters have moved from developing to full status, and the IFC 4.3 standard has officially been sent to ISO. 

Announcement from buildingSMART International and the Board

buildingSMART is complying with all sanctions that are being issued and will suspend the Chapter and all ongoing activities in Russia.

Read the press release here.

The buildingSMART International Virtual Summit Spring 2022

Helping clients and users control their digital destiny

The Spring Virtual Summit is less than two weeks away, and a more detailed schedule has now been published on the event and registration pages. 

The duration of this Summit has been reduced to one full week, with an Opening Plenary Day of keynote presentations, three and a half days of Room Sessions, and a final Closing Plenary on Friday afternoon. The cost for attendees will be just €10 to cover platform registration fees, and as such, we look forward to an even larger audience than we have previously seen.

Plenary Day Session Previews

Monday 28th March / All times in BST

08:00 - Opening Keynotes

Hear an update from buildingSMART International about progress from the programs and standards being developed. You can also learn about the Use Case Management service and hear from the Italian Chapter.

08:05 - Chairman's Welcome

Patrick MacLeamy

Chairman,

buildingSMART International

 08:10 - CEO Update

Richard Petrie

Chief Executive,

buildingSMART International

08:30 - Standards Update

Richard Kelly

Operations Director, buildingSMART International

08:50 - Technical Update

Léon van Berlo

Technical Director,

buildingSMART International

 09:10 - Marketing Update

Aidan Mercer

Marketing Director,

buildingSMART International

09:30 - UCM Update

Thomas Glaettli

Managing Director,

buildingSMART Switzerland

 09:50 - An Update from IBIMI

Anna Moreno

President,

buildingSMART Italy (IBIMI)

10:30 - Bringing openBIM Workflows to Life

Find out about all the components that make openBIM possible with this interesting session that covers various elements of the openBIM workflows.

10:30 - How to make

openBIM flows

Léon van Berlo

Technical Director,

buildingSMART International

 10:40 - bSDD Workflows

and the BIM Extender

Michelangelo Cianciulli

openBIM & IFC Expert,

ACCA Software

11:00 - BIM Works

(IDS, BCF, IFC)

Calvin Kam

Founder & CEO at Strategic Building Innovation | President at buildingSMART USA

11:40 - Sustainability and Standards

Standards are being talked about as an enabler for a more sustainable future. Find out how sustainable practice is being realized through standard development and implementation. 

11:40 - 

Lai Wei

Director of BIM,

China Institute of Building Standard

Design & Research

 12:00 - 

Fionnah Quek

BIM Expert / Project Manager,

Siemens Real Estate

12:20 - Sustainable Energy

Management: The new Room

Bertrand Lack

Chief Data Architect and BIM Influence,

Schneider Electric

 12:40 - Low Carbon Strategies

Christophe Castaing

Director,

French National Project MINnD

13:30 - IFC 4.3 / Projects

Hear from the project team about the delivery of IFC 4.3 to ISO. This major release will add huge value to the infrastructure community globally.

13:30 - IFC 4.3 Update

Karin Anderson, Christian Erismann,

Winfried Stix, Ronald Bergs

14:10 - Occupant

Movement Analysis

Jimmy Abualdenien

Group Lead at TUM | Managing Director at BIMtech.io

 14:20 - IFC Tunnel

Michel Rives

Director General,

Vianova Systems

14:30 - FM openBIM

Fred Kloet

FMBIM Strategist,

BIM-Connected

15:00 - Digital Twins / Partnerships

Digital Twins continue to be a hot topic. Find out from these two industry experts about the role of digital twins and the future of what they can deliver. We will also hear from our partners about how their latest developments are enabling a bigger ecosystem. 

15:00 - Digital Twins at Trimble

Jennifer Lin

SVP and Chief Platform Officer,

Trimble

15:20 - Digital Twins

Bhupinder Singh

Founder,

InTwin Insights

15:40 - SAF Standards

Herman Oogink

Director Product and Alliances,

SCIA

16:00 - Efca and the need for BIM

Joseph Ickmans

Chair Digitalisation and BlM Committee, Efca

16:20 - ODA and their Latest Developements

Neil Petersen

President, ODA

2022 openBIM Awards Program Launch

The 2022 Awards is set to open during the Spring Virtual Summit. Stay tuned as preparations are underway.

There are a few changes this year including the splitting of the Design and Construction categories into two awards each - one for buildings and one for infrastructure - as well as the addition of a new category titled "Sustainable Outcomes". 

If you have any questions or would like to volunteer for the Jury, please contact awards@buildingsmart.org

Italy and Spain Approved as Full Chapters

buildingSMART International welcomes the change of status for the Spanish and Italian Chapters, who are now officially confirmed as Full Chapters.

Both Chapters had previously been “Developing Chapters” and had formally submitted their application to become “Full Chapters” to the buildingSMART Board.

IFC 4.3 Sent to ISO

On Monday 7th March, the IFC 4.3 standard was officially sent to ISO for approval. This major milestone is the combination of many years of work and dedication from hundreds of individuals and leading stakeholders who have developed this major standard for international approval. This will have a major impact on infrastructure standardization and will enhance openBIM digital workflows in the future.

"Create a Digital Twin using IFC"

buildingSMART is inviting presentations for a keynote at the upcoming User Conference being held virtually on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th April 2022.

We are looking for the next generation of digital twins based on IFC. These guidelines are designed to drive the concept that digital twins can be underpinned by IFC, and related information can be federated for real-world use. We encourage the community to vote on the best examples and the top 3 will be invited to present during the opening plenary of the user conference.

General Assembly of Implementers - Recordings Available

On the 23rd and 24th February, the General Assembly of Implementers meetings took place online. All recordings and presentations are available now for viewing or download via the buildingSMART website. 

The videos are hosted on YouTube, and if you check the description of each video you can skip directly to a specific presentation if you wish.

Please consider subscribing to the buildingSMART International YouTube channel to receive notifications of new recordings and videos as they are uploaded.

buildingSMART International's Podcast

Join Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director at bSI, as he speaks to more prominent figures from the industry in the next episodes of the Digital Twins Podcast. Below follows a summary of the new episodes available, which you can listen to on either Buzzsprout or Spotify by clicking the respective links below. 

Episode #20 features the IFC 4.3 project team - 

Hear from Karin Anderson, Christophe Castaing, Christian Erismann, Thomas Liebich, and Jim Plume about the progress for the IFC 4.3 project.

This major extension to the IFC schema includes multiple infrastructure domains such as Rail, Road, Ports and Waterways, and Bridges. Find out how the project came about, what were the motivations, and where the project is headed.

Episode #22 features Tiina Perttula - 

Tiina’s career in civil engineering includes the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and she is now an InfraBIM specialist with Ramboll. She is also the chair of buildingSMART International’s Infrastructure program.

Hear Tiina recount her experiences of delivering digital transformation in the construction industry and explore the benefits of data sharing on complex projects, limitations still to be overcome, and a future with digital twins.

Standards Committee Consultation Website 

A number of community proposals are out for vote and can be accessed via the 'Standards Committee Consultation' page, which takes information directly from the projects. Follow the link below to learn more. 

There is a variety of votes currently out there in the community with access done via the open and live website that takes information directly from the projects. You can learn more by clicking the link below.

Thanks to our Strategic Members

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