A CONFERENCE FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONALS

This isn’t just a conference, it’s a launchpad for breakthrough ideas and meaningful partnerships. R-CON is dedicated to arming you with the innovative strategies, technologies, and insights to drive real impact in your business, your projects, and the future of the built environment industry.

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Speakers

Chief Technology Officer
David Epps
Chief Technology Officer at Envision
Vice President of Indoor Mapping
Chris Grollnek
Vice President of Indoor Mapping at Michael Baker International
Innovation
Josh DeStefano
Innovation at DPR Construction
Geospatial Project Manager
Ravi Soneja
Geospatial Project Manager at McKim & Creed, Inc.
Owner
Andrew Brister
Owner at Measured LLC
Owner/Principal Surveyor
Michael Detwiler
Owner/Principal Surveyor at Great Basin Geomatics LLC
CEO
Michael Rubloff
CEO at radiancefields.com
CEO, Founder
John Kundly
CEO, Founder at Reach With John Inc.
CEO
Nate Amidon
CEO at Form100 Consulting
CEO
Tommy Ahlquist
CEO at Ahlquist
Director of Executive Communications
Brittany Giudici
Director of Executive Communications at Microsoft Security
Director, AEC Industry Solutions
Marc Goldman
Director, AEC Industry Solutions at Esri
Consultant
Kelly Watt
Consultant at Digital Twin Consulting
Vice President - Geomatics and Remote Sensing
Carlos Femmer
Vice President - Geomatics and Remote Sensing at HDR Engineering, Inc.
CEO
Dominique Pouliquen
CEO at Cintoo
Founder & CEO
Raza Jafri
Founder & CEO at MetaWorldX
Sr. Program Manager
John Niles
Sr. Program Manager at Accenture
Sr. VDC Manager
Austin Lay
Sr. VDC Manager at Layton Construction
CEO
Jacob Hansen
CEO at Hansen Consulting Group
Principal
Alice Leung
Principal at Brick & Mortar Ventures
Monday, October 12, 2026
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
VIP Networking Happy Hour
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Signature Happy Hour - Karaoke Night
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Check-in
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome Remarks from Tommy Ahlquist
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Built Different - How Outliers Think, Lead, and Push the Boundaries
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
The Vulnerability Advantage: How Human-Centered Leaders Build High-Trust Teams
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Reality Capture Is Lying to You: Why Most Programs Fail Before the Data Leaves the Field
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Leading Owner Enterprise Adoption of VDC & Digital Delivery
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Agentic AI and Digital Twins in Reality Capture
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
When the Built World Goes Digital: Cybersecurity for the Reality Capture Era
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch + Product Highlight Presentations
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:01 PM - 12:15 PM
RCN Committees Update
12:01 PM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Decision-Grade Data, Autonomously
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Detect, Align, Act: One Trusted Record for the Built World
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Bringing Reality into XR: Capturing Environments and Objects with Sony XYN Spatial Capture
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Building the Connected Digital Twin: From Reality Capture to Operations
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Exhibitor Hall
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Capture to Creation: A Live Look at the XGRIDS Reality Capture Ecosystem
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Lidar Mapping with UAS
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Be the Expert They Remember: Speaking Skills That Win Projects and Promotions
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Is Your Data Actually Survey-Grade?
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Autonomy in Action: Skydio X10 & R10
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Unlock the Power of the RIEGL VZ-600i
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Photogrammetric Mapping with UAS
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
An Introduction to Gaussian Splats
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
From Scan to Shared Reality: Real-time, Multi-User Collaboration in Digital Twins with Cintoo Workspace
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
From Capture to Action: A Live Q3D Workflow
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Exhibitor Happy Hour
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Signature Happy Hour - Club R-CON
6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Check-in
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
The Battle of Reality Capture: Accuracy, Speed, Cost, Liability.
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
From Reality Capture to Physical Environment Intelligence: Closing the $1.8T Data Gap in the Built World
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Mid-Stream: How a 7,000-Person Infrastructure Firm Is Actually Building Its Reality Capture Program
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
The Point Cloud Is Not the Deliverable: How to Turn Reality Capture into Better Outcomes
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Acceleration of Transformation with Reality
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Team vs. System: What AECO Leaders Get Wrong About Both
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch + Product Highlight Presentations
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:01 PM - 12:15 PM
Beyond Traditional Workflows: Innovative Uses of the RIEGL VZ-600i
12:01 PM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
From Reality Capture to Spatial Intelligence: Building AI-Ready Digital Twins
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
The Next Generation of Reality Capture: From Field Data to Spatial Intelligence
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Bringing Reasoning to the Physical World
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Exhibitor Hall
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Emesent GX1: Versatility, Accuracy, and Real Results
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo (Part 1)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Intelligent Lens: Why Your Camera is the Best Investment in Your Reality Capture Toolkit with Barry Bassnett
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moving Conversations Forward: A Sales Workshop with John Klymshyn
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Browser Is The New Field Office
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
What's New with the FARO Focus, Stream, and SCENE
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo (Part 2)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Innovation Hackathon Finals: Wildfire Resilience & Rare Earth Minerals
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Exhibitor Happy Hour
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Signature Happy Hour - Gridiron & Drinks
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday, October 15, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Check-in
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM
Chris Do & Matthew Byrd: Fireside Chat, "Stop Trading Time for Money"
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
How Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Beyond Handover: Reality Capture as Operational Memory
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Mapping Your Career in an Unmapped Industry
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
How a Bleeding-Edge GC Builds with Reality Capture & AI
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
From Indoor Mapping to Living Digital Twins: Turning Buildings into Operational Intelligence Platforms
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
From Skeptic to Advocate: Building the Business Case for Reality Capture
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Hackathon Winner Announcement
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibitor Hall + Exhibitor Happy Hour
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
VIP Dinner + Fireside Chat + VIP Networking
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Speakers

Matthew Byrd
Reality Capture Network
Founder & CEO

Barry Bassnett
Richpix 360
CEO

Dylan Gorman
Pilotbyte
Founder

Chelsea Husum
American GPR & Coring
Founder & CEO

Sam Dougherty
AECOM
VP, Digital Market Sector Leader

Matthew Anderle
AECOM
Digital Practice & Technology Leader

Aaron Lepley
Mars Snacking
VDC & Digital Delivery Program Lead

Zach Fuller
Silent Sector
Founder

Michael Dorman
Primera Works
Chief Financial and Revenue Officer

Scott Aldridge
CDM Smith
Visualization Technologies Leader

Mark Franklin
CDM Smith
Manager of Reality Capture Technologies

Morgan Drivas
JTM Construction + 3D RCS
VDC & Innovation Manager

Aaron Byrd
Nexus 3D Consulting
COO

Micaela Socci
WeMoter AEC
CEO

Johnny Fortune
AECO Digitech
President and Senior Consultant

Kasey Kinney
Gilbane Building Company
Senior VDC Manager

Amir Maghool
Gilbane Building Company
Senior VDC Engineer

Brad Freeman
Gilbane
VDC Engineer

Breezy Duncan
Sevan Multi-Site Solutions
Reality Capture Specialist

Patrick Huntington
Envision Construction
Construction Technology Engineer