April 2026 | buildingSMART USA

4th Annual BIM SMART Summit 2026

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April 9, 2026

Hollywood, Florida

The BIM SMART Summit was on Thursday, April 9th, 2026 and featured Owners from Coast to Coast! Broward County and the Port of Seattle were confirmed Participants again this year.

BIM SMART 2026 is where the industry stops talking about what should happen, and starts working through what actual does.

BIM SMART 2026 was not a sit-and-listen conference. It was an interactive, working forum where attendees actively participated in discussions, contributed real-world experience, and helped shape industry outcomes.

The Reality Loop, from Talk to Tangible Outcomes was not about showcasing ideas. It was about testing them against reality.

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Why This Format Was Different

Most conferences are built around long presentations and passive audiences. Instead of listening to what should work, attendees at the BIM SMART SUMMIT explored what actually does — and why.

This Summit functioned as a structured feedback loop, bringing together owners, contractors, designers, consultants, and technology leaders to surface what is really happens on projects and fed those lessons back into policy, procurement, and practice.

Many thanks to our sponsors!

Title	Speaker(s)
BIM, VDC, AI. From Talk to Tangible Outcomes	Cindy Baldwin (VDCO Tech & VDCO Data, / buildingSMART USA Airport Committee)
Real World AI Use Cases. Massport's (Boston Logan Airport / Port of Boston) Digital Twin Roadmap	Scott Yates (VDCO Data), Michael Salvato (InfraRE Partners)
A Case Study: An Owners Intent and the LeapThought value add.	Ratnakar Garikipati (LeapThought Group)
Broward County Aligns BIM Standard to NBIMS v4. New BEP and Digital Standards. An Owners Reality	Jeff Thompson (Broward County), Derek Carroll (VDCO Tech)
Digital to Physical: Software Capabilities vs. the Practitioners Reality	Jason Reichel (Solibri), Luiz Felipe Conrado (DDS CADD / Autodesk)
Where BIM / VDC Process Break	Brian Skripac (DBIA), Sean Doyle (BOND Building Construction Inc.)
What AI Can (and Can't) Automate in BIM Today	Keshav Sharma (Augrade), Jon Sage (3DCADCO)
The Dimension Dilemma: How an Owner and Contractor are Breaking Old Habits to Build Trust in BIM	Shannon Lightfoot (McCarthy Building Companies), Liliana Martinez (Port of Seattle)
Reality Loop Report - Closing Session	Humans in the Loop & AI Agent Generated

Past openBIM® USA Events

Date	Event	Location
2025-11-19	Rail Day 2025	Arup Office \| New York
2025-11-05	2025 openBIM Roads and Bridges Transportation Summit	San Diego, CA
2025-08-19	openBIM Workflows: Learn from the Experts 2025	Esri HQ \| Redlands, California
2025-04-10	3rd Annual BIM Smart Summit	Hollywood, Florida
2025-01-06	Follow the Sun 2025	Virtual Event
2024-11-14	openBIM Transportation Regional Summit 2024: Rail Day	Oracle Lab \| Deerfield, Illinois
2024-11-13	openBIM Transportation Regional Summit 2024: Roads & Bridges Day	Oracle Lab \| Deerfield, Illinois
2024-08-27	openBIM Workflows: Learn from the Experts	Trimble HQ \| Westminster, Colorado
2024-04-11	2nd Annual BIM Smart Summit	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2024-03-25	Follow the Sun	Virtual Event
2023-08-23	OpenBIM Transportation Regional Summit	Oracle Lab \| Deerfield, Illinois
2023-05-11	openBIM USA Seeing is Believing Workshop	Stanford, California
2023-04-18	BIM Smart Summit	Sunrise, Florida
2022-06-14	openBIM USA Open Standards Conference 2022	Anaheim, California

4th Annual BIM SMART Summit 2026

"The Reality Loop"

Click the button below to access the live Miro board for the Reality Loop Report. This is where the conversation continues. Review the findings, add your comments, challenge ideas, and share what your team is doing. Don’t just read the report—be part of shaping what happens next.

Past openBIM® USA Events

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