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

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 Associate Professor, School of Computing
Edoardo Serra
Associate Professor, School of Computing at Boise State University Co-Founder and CEO
Jeevan Kalanithi
Co-Founder and CEO at OpenSpace Executive Advisor
Michael Hotaling
Executive Advisor at ExxonMobil CEO
Eman Barhoumeh
CEO at Cr3ate.ai Senior Vice President
Brad Adams
Senior Vice President at Sanborn Geospatial Managing Director
Jeremy Pilgrim
Managing Director at Building Spatial Intelligence Founder
Scott Reed
Founder at Prologue Hospitality Solutions Architect
Julia Guerra
Solutions Architect at FlyGuys Founder
Rami Tamimi
Founder at The Survey School Principal Physical AI Prototyping Architect
Kurt Scheuringer
Principal Physical AI Prototyping Architect at AWS
Monday, October 12, 2026
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
VIP Networking Happy Hour
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Welcome Happy Hour - Karaoke Night
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Check-in
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Built Different - How Outliers Think, Lead, and Push the Boundaries
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
The Vulnerability Advantage: How Human-Centered Leaders Build High-Trust Teams
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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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
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Leading Owner Enterprise Adoption of VDC & Digital Delivery
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Dell Technologies
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
When the Built World Goes Digital: Cybersecurity for the Reality Capture Era
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch + Product Highlight Presentations
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Building the Connected Digital Twin: From Reality Capture to Operations
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Exhibitors
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Round Table Conversations
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Innovation Village + Presentations
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Lidar Mapping with UAS
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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Extending Reality Capture with Open-Source 3D Geospatial Workflows (Blender + GIS) with Elizabeth Rosenbloom
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Is Your Data Actually Survey-Grade?
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Michael Rubloff
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Photogrammetric Mapping with UAS
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Exhibitors Happy Hour
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Happy Hour - Club R-CON
6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Check-in
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
The Battle of Reality Capture: Accuracy, Speed, Cost, Liability.
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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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
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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
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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
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Aaron Byrd
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Team vs. System: What AECO Leaders Get Wrong About Both
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch + Product Highlight Presentations
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Exhibitors
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Round Table Conversations
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Innovation Village + Presentations
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo (Part 1)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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Extending Reality Capture with Open-Source 3D Geospatial Workflows (Blender + GIS) with Elizabeth Rosenbloom
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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The Intelligent Lens: Why Your Camera is the Best Investment in Your Reality Capture Toolkit with Barry Bassnett
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Michael Rubloff
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo Part 2
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Exhibitors Happy Hour (Drinks)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Happy Hour - Blue Field
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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Thursday, October 15, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Check-in
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
How Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
From Capture to Cognition: How Physical AI Is Transforming Reality Capture into Real-Time Intelligence
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Mapping Your Career in an Unmapped Industry
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
How a Bleeding-Edge GC Builds with Reality Capture & AI
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Chris Grollnek
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
From Skeptic to Advocate: Building the Business Case for Reality Capture
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Exhibitor Hall + Exhibitor Happy Hour
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
VIP Dinner
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Time Zone: (UTC-06:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada) [Change Time Zone]

Speakers

Matthew Byrd
Reality Capture Network
Founder & CEO
Elizabeth Rosenbloom
LumenArc Labs
Founder & Lead Product Designer
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 LLC
Founder
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
Micaela Socci
Wemoter
Co-Founder & CEO
Johnny Fortune
AECO Digitech
Founder
Kasey Kinney
Gilbane Building Company
Senior VDC Manager
Amir Maghool
Gilbane Building Company
Senior VDC Engineer
Brad Freeman
Gilbane
VDC Engineer
Paul Doherty
The Digit group, Inc.
CEO