North America
R-CON 2026
Reality capture, VDC and digital-twin conference for construction
About this event
R-CON brings together contractors, owners, engineers and surveyors for a practitioner-focused programme on reality capture, VDC adoption, connected digital twins and physical AI, organised by the Reality Capture Network.
Speakers
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Matthew Byrd
Founder & CEO
Reality Capture Network
VendorWelcome + Opening Remarks; Panel: Built Different - How outliers think, lead, and push past the obvious path
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John Kundly
Fractional COO & Chief Strategy Officer
Reach With John Inc.
ConsultantPanel: Built Different
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Tommy Ahlquist
CEO & President
Ahlquist
CustomerPanel: Built Different
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Brittany Giudici
Director of Executive Communications
Microsoft
VendorPanel: Built Different
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Nate Amidon
CEO
Form100 Consulting
ConsultantPanel: Built Different
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Zach Fuller
Founder
Silent Sector
ConsultantPanel: Built Different; When the Built World Goes Digital: Cybersecurity for the Reality Capture Era
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Chelsea Husum
President
American GPR & Coring
VendorThe Vulnerability Advantage: How Human-Centered Leaders Build High-Trust Teams
SD
Sam Dougherty
VP Digital Practice & Technology
AECOM
ConsultantReality Capture Is Lying to You; Panel: The Battle of Reality Capture
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Matthew Anderle
AVP, Director of Digital Strategy
AECOM
ConsultantReality Capture Is Lying to You
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Aaron Lepley
VDC & Digital Delivery Program Lead
Mars Snacking
CustomerLeading Owner Enterprise Adoption of VDC & Digital Delivery
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Marc Goldman
Director, Industry Solutions
Esri
VendorGeospatial Software
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin: From Reality Capture to Operations
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Kelly Watt
Senior Digital Twin Consultant & Co-founder
Digital Twin Consulting
ConsultantDigital Twin Consulting
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
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Carlos Femmer
Director of Geomatics & Remote Sensing
HDR
ConsultantPanel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
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Dominique Pouliquen
CEO
Cintoo
VendorPanel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
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Sarah Causey
CEO & Co-Founder
Implexus Lab
VendorPanel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
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Raza Jafri
Founder & CEO
MetaWorldX
VendorPanel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
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John Niles
Sr. Program Manager
Accenture
ConsultantPanel: The Battle of Reality Capture: Accuracy, Speed, Cost, Liability
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Aaron Byrd
COO
Nexus 3D Consulting
ConsultantPanel: The Battle of Reality Capture; The Right Tool for the Right Job: A Survey Company's Take on the Reality Capture Ecosystem
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Austin Lay
Sr. VDC Manager
Layton Construction
CustomerPanel: The Battle of Reality Capture
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Breezy Duncan
Reality Capture Specialist
Sevan Multi-Site Solutions
VendorPanel: The Battle of Reality Capture; Mapping Your Career in an Unmapped Industry
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Jacob Hansen
CEO
Hansen Consulting Group
ConsultantPanel: The Battle of Reality Capture
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Michael Dorman
Co-Founder & CFO
Primera Works LLC
ConsultantFrom Reality Capture to Physical Environment Intelligence: Closing the $1.8T Data Gap in the Built World; Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate
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Scott Aldridge
Visualization Leader
CDM Smith
ConsultantMid-Stream: How a 7,000-Person Infrastructure Firm Is Actually Building Its Reality Capture Program
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Mark Franklin
Reality Capture Manager
CDM Smith
ConsultantMid-Stream: How a 7,000-Person Infrastructure Firm...
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Morgan Drivas
VDC & Innovation Manager
JTM Construction + 3D RCS
CustomerThe Point Cloud Is Not the Deliverable: How to Turn Reality Capture into Better Outcomes; Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate
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Micaela F. Socci
Co-Founder & CEO
Wemoter AEC
VendorTeam vs. System: What AECO Leaders Get Wrong About Both
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Johnny Fortune
Founder
AECO Digitech
ConsultantTeam vs. System: What AECO Leaders Get Wrong About Both
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Alice Leung
Principal
Brick & Mortar Ventures
ConsultantPanel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
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Dr. Edoardo Serra
Associate Professor, School of Computing
Boise State University
AcademiaPanel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
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Jeevan Kalanithi
CEO
OpenSpace
VendorPanel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
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Michael Hotaling
Executive Advisor
ExxonMobil
CustomerPanel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
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Eman Barhoumeh
CEO
CR3ATE.AI
VendorPanel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
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Kurt Scheuringer
Principal Physical AI & Spatial Prototyping Architect
Amazon Web Services
VendorPanel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
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Kasey Kinney
Senior VDC Manager
Gilbane Building Company
CustomerHow Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
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Amir Maghool
Senior VDC Engineer
Gilbane Building Company
CustomerHow Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
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Brad Freeman
VDC Engineer
Gilbane Building Company
CustomerHow Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
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Paul Doherty
Chairman & CEO
The Digit Group
ConsultantFrom Capture to Cognition: How Physical AI Is Transforming Reality Capture into Real-Time Intelligence
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Patrick Huntington
Construction Technology Engineer
Envision Construction
CustomerHow a Bleeding-Edge GC Builds with Reality Capture & AI
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David Epps
Chief Technology Officer
Envision Construction
CustomerHow a Bleeding-Edge GC Builds with Reality Capture & AI
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Chris Grollnek
VP of Indoor Mapping
Michael Baker International
ConsultantFrom Indoor Mapping to Living Digital Twins: Turning Buildings into Operational Intelligence Platforms
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Brad Adams
Senior Vice President
Sanborn Geospatial
VendorPanel: From Skeptic to Advocate: Building the Business Case for Reality Capture
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Jeremy Pilgrim
Managing Director
Building Spatial Intelligence Limited
ConsultantPanel: From Skeptic to Advocate
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Scott Reed
Founder
Prologue Hospitality
CustomerPanel: From Skeptic to Advocate
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Julia Guerra
Solutions Architect
FlyGuys
VendorPanel: From Skeptic to Advocate
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Rami Tamimi
Founder
The Survey School
ConsultantWorkshop: Is Your Data Actually Survey-Grade?
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Josh DeStefano
Innovation Leader
DPR Construction
CustomerWorkshop: Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
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Andrew Brister
Owner
Measured LLC
VendorWorkshop: Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
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Dylan Gorman
Founder
Pilobyte
VendorWorkshop: Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo
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Michael Rubloff
Managing Director
RadianceFields.com
VendorWorkshop: An Introduction to Gaussian Splats
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Barry Bassnet
CEO
RICHPIX 360
VendorWorkshop: The Intelligent Lens: Why Your Camera is the Best Investment in Your Reality Capture Toolkit
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Elizabeth Rosenbloom
LumenArc Labs
VendorWorkshop: Open-source 3D geospatial workflows using Blender and GIS
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Michael Detwiler
Owner/Principal Surveyor
Great Basin Geomatics
VendorRS
Ravi Soneja
Geospatial Manager
McKim & Creed
Consultant