Welcome to the buildingSMART Digital Newsletter February 2020
Welcome to the buildingSMART International Newsletter for February 2020. This edition covers the upcoming International Standards Summit in Oslo (Lillestrøm), Norway as well as other exciting news from the industry. You will find registration information for the Summit available as well as information about sponsorship. There are only a couple of packages left so don't miss out on your slot before they go! There is also some information regarding the bSI Process. This important set of documents sets out how solutions and standards are developed at buildingSMART. There is also some Room progress reports from the Infrastructure Room and the Airport Room and as well as other news from the industry.
The buildingSMART International Standards Summit, Oslo (Lillestrøm) Norway, 23-26 March 2020 is Less Than Two Months Away!
The buildingSMART International Standards Summit is coming to Lillestrøm, Norway. This Summit close to Oslo will bring together the built asset industry. The theme of this event is "Building a Sustainable and Digital Future" with topics such as the Circular Economy, Digital Manufacturing and Digital Twins.
Submit a Presentation: The technical room of buildingSMART is inviting presentations for the International Standards Summit in Oslo. This is also the page to vote for ideas and proposals you want to see at the summit. You have 5 votes to help the proposals you find best to get to the top of the list! Submit here.
Sponsor a Summit:
buildingSMART International only has two Silver Sponsorship packages left for the Oslo Summit. As a sponsor, you can get a variety of benefits for the fast-growing openBIM events. From a unique app login to free passes as well as international exposure, why not find out more by reading the flyer here.
Featured Sponsor
BEXEL Consulting is this month's featured sponsor for the Summit. BEXEL is a Gold Sponsor and is also a Multinational member. Find outmore about BEXEL here.
Airport Room Progress Report
The Airport Room has built up significant momentum in its activities in the past months and the team has produced a progress report. New members joined us from various parts of the world, and we established our current Steering Committee from representatives of those members. With four major airports, academic institutions, and 15 steering committee members, we clarified the next steps in keeping our roadmap up-to-date and implementing the intentions document in it. Read the full report here.
Infrastructure Room Progress Report
The Infrastructure Room Steering Committee, led by Tiina Perttula (pictured), will share progress at the bSI Summit in Oslo, Norway, March 23 – March 26. At the Summit, the InfraRoom and Railway Room will share information about the IFC Extension between both Rooms as well as the InfraRoom Roadmap which is continuation of the projects presented at the bSI Summit in Beijing. You can read the full report here.
Watch the Webinar On-demand
buildingSMART International hosted a webinar titled "the Digital Supply Chain in the Built Environment and your role in it" presented by Lars Chr Fredenlund, co-founder, Cobuilder AS. Lars discussed how leading standardisation bodies, industry associations, manufacturers, contractors, and software providers can work together to develop better digital ways of working.
Room leaders from around the world met in Madrid, Spain, 14-15 January 2020 with other leading members of the community also in attendance. The objectives of the workshop were;
Reinforce the leadership team relationships
Give an opportunity to shape the strategy
Learn more about the bSI Process
Improve the bSI Process
Understand and discuss the Technical Strategy
Expand our leadership influence
There were many outcomes from this productive meeting, with attendees agreeing that overall, better communication, collaboration with other Rooms, engagement with the Strategic Advisory Council, shared content at Summits and more use of the bSI Process would benefit the teams and community. There was also acknowledgment from the Rooms that the Technical Roadmap would be beneficial for the industry. More information to follow.
The bSI Process
This document describes the buildingSMART International (bSI) Process for identifying, creating and deploying digital solutions and standards to enable the built asset industry to perform better. Read the bSI Process here.
Events:
The UK BIM Alliance has an events calendar that covers different topics and event types. ISO compliance, Asset Management and 3rd party events are all featured as well as their successful regional events. Find out more here.
Event:
buildingSMART France is a partner for the 6th time at BIM World 2020. The French Chapter, together with MINnD will be running a focus on openBIM and the technical requirements behind this. There is also a special discount code which can be accessed here.
Event:
The 70th ISG meeting will take place at the office of Bentley Systems in Vilnius, Lithuania, 12-13th March 2020. You can find out more information about this meeting here.
Event:
The Digital Supply Chain in the Built Environment (DSCiBE) working group met for the 6th time at the GS1 offices in Paris on 30th January 2020. This meeting saw a record attendance. If you'd like to learn more, please contact Aidan Mercer.
Event:
buildingSMART Australasia is hosting an event titled "openBIM - Getting it Right". This technical seminar is being held in Sydney, Australia on12th February. For more information, or to register for free, click here.
Event:
The board, SAC and International Council meeting is being held in Rome, 2-4 June 2020. This event is being hosted by buildingSMART Italy and a save the date can be found here.
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