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

MB
Matthew Byrd
Founder & CEO
Reality Capture Network
Vendor
Welcome + Opening Remarks; Panel: Built Different - How outliers think, lead, and push past the obvious path
JK
John Kundly
Fractional COO & Chief Strategy Officer
Reach With John Inc.
Consultant
Panel: Built Different
TA
Tommy Ahlquist
CEO & President
Ahlquist
Customer
Panel: Built Different
BG
Brittany Giudici
Director of Executive Communications
Microsoft
Vendor
Panel: Built Different
NA
Nate Amidon
CEO
Form100 Consulting
Consultant
Panel: Built Different
ZF
Zach Fuller
Founder
Silent Sector
Consultant
Panel: Built Different; When the Built World Goes Digital: Cybersecurity for the Reality Capture Era
CH
Chelsea Husum
President
American GPR & Coring
Vendor
The Vulnerability Advantage: How Human-Centered Leaders Build High-Trust Teams
SD
Sam Dougherty
VP Digital Practice & Technology
AECOM
Consultant
Reality Capture Is Lying to You; Panel: The Battle of Reality Capture
MA
Matthew Anderle
AVP, Director of Digital Strategy
AECOM
Consultant
Reality Capture Is Lying to You
AL
Aaron Lepley
VDC & Digital Delivery Program Lead
Mars Snacking
Customer
Leading Owner Enterprise Adoption of VDC & Digital Delivery
MG
Marc Goldman
Director, Industry Solutions
Esri
Vendor
Geospatial Software
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin: From Reality Capture to Operations
KW
Kelly Watt
Senior Digital Twin Consultant & Co-founder
Digital Twin Consulting
Consultant
Digital Twin Consulting
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
CF
Carlos Femmer
Director of Geomatics & Remote Sensing
HDR
Consultant
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
DP
Dominique Pouliquen
CEO
Cintoo
Vendor
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
SC
Sarah Causey
CEO & Co-Founder
Implexus Lab
Vendor
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
RJ
Raza Jafri
Founder & CEO
MetaWorldX
Vendor
Panel: Building the Connected Digital Twin
JN
John Niles
Sr. Program Manager
Accenture
Consultant
Panel: The Battle of Reality Capture: Accuracy, Speed, Cost, Liability
AB
Aaron Byrd
COO
Nexus 3D Consulting
Consultant
Panel: The Battle of Reality Capture; The Right Tool for the Right Job: A Survey Company's Take on the Reality Capture Ecosystem
AL
Austin Lay
Sr. VDC Manager
Layton Construction
Customer
Panel: The Battle of Reality Capture
BD
Breezy Duncan
Reality Capture Specialist
Sevan Multi-Site Solutions
Vendor
Panel: The Battle of Reality Capture; Mapping Your Career in an Unmapped Industry
JH
Jacob Hansen
CEO
Hansen Consulting Group
Consultant
Panel: The Battle of Reality Capture
MD
Michael Dorman
Co-Founder & CFO
Primera Works LLC
Consultant
From Reality Capture to Physical Environment Intelligence: Closing the $1.8T Data Gap in the Built World; Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate
SA
Scott Aldridge
Visualization Leader
CDM Smith
Consultant
Mid-Stream: How a 7,000-Person Infrastructure Firm Is Actually Building Its Reality Capture Program
MF
Mark Franklin
Reality Capture Manager
CDM Smith
Consultant
Mid-Stream: How a 7,000-Person Infrastructure Firm...
MD
Morgan Drivas
VDC & Innovation Manager
JTM Construction + 3D RCS
Customer
The Point Cloud Is Not the Deliverable: How to Turn Reality Capture into Better Outcomes; Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate
MF
Micaela F. Socci
Co-Founder & CEO
Wemoter AEC
Vendor
Team vs. System: What AECO Leaders Get Wrong About Both
JF
Johnny Fortune
Founder
AECO Digitech
Consultant
Team vs. System: What AECO Leaders Get Wrong About Both
AL
Alice Leung
Principal
Brick & Mortar Ventures
Consultant
Panel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
DE
Dr. Edoardo Serra
Associate Professor, School of Computing
Boise State University
Academia
Panel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
JK
Jeevan Kalanithi
CEO
OpenSpace
Vendor
Panel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
MH
Michael Hotaling
Executive Advisor
ExxonMobil
Customer
Panel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
EB
Eman Barhoumeh
CEO
CR3ATE.AI
Vendor
Panel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
KS
Kurt Scheuringer
Principal Physical AI & Spatial Prototyping Architect
Amazon Web Services
Vendor
Panel: Artificial Intelligence for the Built Environment
KK
Kasey Kinney
Senior VDC Manager
Gilbane Building Company
Customer
How Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
AM
Amir Maghool
Senior VDC Engineer
Gilbane Building Company
Customer
How Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
BF
Brad Freeman
VDC Engineer
Gilbane Building Company
Customer
How Gilbane Uses Reality Capture to Reduce Risk on Complex Renovation Projects
PD
Paul Doherty
Chairman & CEO
The Digit Group
Consultant
From Capture to Cognition: How Physical AI Is Transforming Reality Capture into Real-Time Intelligence
PH
Patrick Huntington
Construction Technology Engineer
Envision Construction
Customer
How a Bleeding-Edge GC Builds with Reality Capture & AI
DE
David Epps
Chief Technology Officer
Envision Construction
Customer
How a Bleeding-Edge GC Builds with Reality Capture & AI
CG
Chris Grollnek
VP of Indoor Mapping
Michael Baker International
Consultant
From Indoor Mapping to Living Digital Twins: Turning Buildings into Operational Intelligence Platforms
BA
Brad Adams
Senior Vice President
Sanborn Geospatial
Vendor
Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate: Building the Business Case for Reality Capture
JP
Jeremy Pilgrim
Managing Director
Building Spatial Intelligence Limited
Consultant
Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate
SR
Scott Reed
Founder
Prologue Hospitality
Customer
Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate
JG
Julia Guerra
Solutions Architect
FlyGuys
Vendor
Panel: From Skeptic to Advocate
RT
Rami Tamimi
Founder
The Survey School
Consultant
Workshop: Is Your Data Actually Survey-Grade?
JD
Josh DeStefano
Innovation Leader
DPR Construction
Customer
Workshop: Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
AB
Andrew Brister
Owner
Measured LLC
Vendor
Workshop: Reality Capture 101 - Concepts
DG
Dylan Gorman
Founder
Pilobyte
Vendor
Workshop: Aerial LiDAR 101: Fundamentals + Live Processing Demo
MR
Michael Rubloff
Managing Director
RadianceFields.com
Vendor
Workshop: An Introduction to Gaussian Splats
BB
Barry Bassnet
CEO
RICHPIX 360
Vendor
Workshop: The Intelligent Lens: Why Your Camera is the Best Investment in Your Reality Capture Toolkit
ER
Elizabeth Rosenbloom
LumenArc Labs
Vendor
Workshop: Open-source 3D geospatial workflows using Blender and GIS
MD
Michael Detwiler
Owner/Principal Surveyor
Great Basin Geomatics
Vendor
RS
Ravi Soneja
Geospatial Manager
McKim & Creed
Consultant

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