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Myers-Lawson School of Construction
Building Construction Department, College of Architecture and Urban Studies
and Vecellio Construction Engineering Management Program, Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2008 B.I.M. Convergence:
Some collaboration required
Building Information Modeling (B.I.M.) continues to intrigue industry
professionals, academics, and students as they look to the future process
of construction management. This event will bring inquiring minds together
to discuss and debate the future implications of B.I.M.
Invited panelists are asked to answer the following questions:
- How do you see the future of B.I.M. from your perspective?
- How can students be better prepared to deal with this in the future?
Dates:
February 14-15, 2008
Location:
Bishop-Favrao Hall (on the Virginia Tech Campus)
Who Should Attend:
All are invited to attend this converging of the minds and to contribute to
the discussion. The format of the event will be made up of 1-hour
discussion sessions. The first 30 minutes will be used for panelists to
answer the above mentioned questions. The second half of the session will
be a Q&A and discussion moderated by a Virginia Tech faculty member.
Costs:
Students: $25
Individuals: $100
Registration fee includes social on February 14th, breakfast & lunch
February 15th. Food will be provided all day in the main lobby of
Bishop-Favrao Hall.
Keynote Speaker:
Dennis R. Shelden, Ph.D.
Dennis R. Shelden is a founder and Chief Technology Officer of Gehry
Technologies, a building industry technology company formed in 2001 by the
research and development team of Frank Gehry Partners. He joined Gehry
Partners in 1997 and became director of the firm's computation efforts in
2000, where he was responsible for the management and strategic direction
of the firm's technology efforts. Prior to joining Gehry Partners, he
performed structural engineering, energy systems and technology development
work at firms including Ove Arup & Partners, Consultants' Computation
Bureau and Cyra Systems. Dr. Shelden lectures and conducts research in
building industry process advancement and in design computation and
cognition, and has been a visiting faculty member at the Southern
California Institute of Architecture and MIT. He holds a Bachelor of
Science in Architectural Design, a Master of Science in Civil and
Environmental Engineering, and a Ph. D. in Computation and Architectural
Design from MIT.
Additional Information:
If you wish to receive additional information about this program, please
contact Dannette Gomez Beane, (540) 231-1924 or by e-mail at
gomezds@vt.edu.
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