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

Founder & CEO
Matthew Byrd
Founder & CEO at Reality Capture Network
Founder & Lead Product Designer
Elizabeth Rosenbloom
Founder & Lead Product Designer at LumenArc Labs
CEO
Barry Bassnett
CEO at Richpix 360
Founder
Dylan Gorman
Founder at Pilotbyte
Founder & CEO
Chelsea Husum
Founder & CEO at American GPR & Coring
VP, Digital Market Sector Leader
Sam Dougherty
VP, Digital Market Sector Leader at AECOM
Digital Practice & Technology Leader
Matthew Anderle
Digital Practice & Technology Leader at AECOM
VDC & Digital Delivery Program Lead
Aaron Lepley
VDC & Digital Delivery Program Lead at Mars Snacking
Founder
Zach Fuller
Founder at Silent Sector
Chief Financial and Revenue Officer
Michael Dorman
Chief Financial and Revenue Officer at Primera Works
Visualization Technologies Leader
Scott Aldridge
Visualization Technologies Leader at CDM Smith
Manager of Reality Capture Technologies
Mark Franklin
Manager of Reality Capture Technologies at CDM Smith
VDC & Innovation Manager
Morgan Drivas
VDC & Innovation Manager at JTM Construction + 3D RCS

Aaron Byrd
Unknown Role at Nexus 3D Consulting
CEO
Micaela Socci
CEO at WeMoter AEC
President and Senior Consultant
Johnny Fortune
President and Senior Consultant at AECO Digitech
Senior VDC Manager
Kasey Kinney
Senior VDC Manager at Gilbane Building Company
Senior VDC Engineer
Amir Maghool
Senior VDC Engineer at Gilbane Building Company
VDC Engineer
Brad Freeman
VDC Engineer at Gilbane
CEO
Paul Doherty
CEO at The Digit group, Inc.
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 - 8:30 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 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
Dell Technologies
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
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 - 3:30 PM
Extending Reality Capture with Open-Source 3D Geospatial Workflows (Blender + GIS) with Elizabeth Rosenbloom
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Lidar Mapping with UAS
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Is Your Data Actually Survey-Grade?
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
2:30 PM - 4:30 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
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
The Right Tool for the Right Job: A Surveyors Take on the Reality Capture Ecosystem
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
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Exhibit Hall
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo (Part 1)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Extending Reality Capture with Open-Source 3D Geospatial Workflows (Blender + GIS) with Elizabeth Rosenbloom
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
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
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
An Introduction to Gaussian Splats
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo Part 2
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
4:40 PM - 5:30 PM
Exhibitors Happy Hour
4:40 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 - 8:30 AM
Welcome to R-CON: Event Kick-Off
8:00 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
From Capture to Cognition: How Physical AI Is Transforming Reality Capture into Real-Time Intelligence
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 - 3:00 PM
Exhibitor Hall + Exhibitor Happy Hour
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
VIP Dinner
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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
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

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

Paul Doherty
The Digit group, Inc.
CEO