Format
Half-day, in person
Cities
NY · Boston · Philadelphia · Seattle
Credit
AIA / CES Learning Units
Running Since
2013
O V E R V I E W
A conference built by AEC people, for AEC people.
TECH Perspectives started as an informal gathering of design and construction professionals comparing notes on BIM. It has grown into Microsol Resources’ flagship technology and innovation conference, a forum where architects, engineers, contractors, and owners meet the technologists building the tools they use every day.
Each event is organized around one pressing question facing the industry, artificial intelligence, digital twins, collaborative BIM workflows, immersive visualization, and built around presentations and panel discussions with the practitioners actually putting that technology to work on real projects.
Now part of the Graitec Group, TECH Perspectives continues under the same mission it started with: give the building industry a place to see where the work is headed, together.
12+
YEARS RUNNING, SINCE 2013
4
HOST CITIES — NY, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, SEATTLE
20+
EDITIONS HELD TO DATE
AIA
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT AT EVERY EVENT
W H YÂ Â A T T E N D
More than a conference. Here’s why.
TECH Perspectives is built around what design and construction professionals actually need from a technology event: real practitioners, real project examples, and time to talk to your peers.
01
Hear from practitioners, not vendors
Speakers are working architects, VDC managers, and technologists from firms like HOK, Thornton Tomasetti, Turner Construction, and SOM, presenting how they’re actually deploying new technology on real projects, not sales pitches.
02
Get ahead of what’s coming
Every edition is built around the technology shift the industry is in the middle of, from BIM collaboration to digital twins to today’s conversation on AI in design and construction.
03
Earn AIA continuing education credit
TECH Perspectives is accredited under the AIA Continuing Education System, so every
session counts toward the learning units you need to maintain your license.
04
Build your network in the room
Half-day, in-person formats leave real time for conversation, connecting you with peers from architecture, engineering, ownership, and construction who are solving the same problems.
05
Local, but not small
Hosted in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Seattle, each event stays intimate enough for real conversation while still reaching the wider AEC community in that region.
06
Backed by Graitec Group
As part of Graitec, one of the largest Autodesk partners globally, TECH Perspectives draws on a deeper bench of technology partners and industry relationships than ever before.
S U B J E C TÂ Â M A T T E R
What gets covered on stage.
The topic changes with the industry. Across its history, TECH Perspectives has centered its programming on:
- Artificial Intelligence
Where machine learning is actually showing up in practice, from
generative design and code review to scheduling and risk management.
- Digital Twins
Extending the model past occupancy into ongoing operations, performance monitoring, and facilities management.
- Connected & Intelligent Buildings
Sensor networks, IoT, and the data layer that’s turning buildings into
systems you can actually monitor and tune.
- Sustainability & Performance
Data-driven approaches to lowering embodied carbon and designing
buildings that perform the way they were modeled to.
- BIM & Collaborative Workflows
Keeping every discipline working from a single, current model, and
what breaks down when they don’t.
- Immersive Visualization
How VR and AR are changing design review, letting clients and
contractors walk a project before it’s built.
- Construction Technology & Prefabrication
Modular assembly, offsite fabrication, and jobsite robotics — and what
they mean for schedule and labor.
- Data-Driven Decision Making
Turning project data into something usable — for design choices, risk
calls, and the business case behind them.
C O N F E R E N C EÂ Â H I S T O R Y
A record of every edition
From a single Boston gathering in 2013 to a recurring, multi-city program under Graitec, here’s the full history of TECH Perspectives, one level at a time.
| 2025 NEW YORK |
TECH Perspectives New York — AI & the Future of AEC The first edition under the Graitec Group, marking the program’s 11th year. Held at the Japan Society, the event examined how AI is reshaping decision-making, sustainability, and collaboration across design and construction. |
| 2024 NEW YORK |
Explore the Future of AEC Technology in the Age of AI A deep look at artificial intelligence’s implications for design, labor, historic preservation, and urbanism — including the ethical questions the industry is still working through. |
| 2021 ONLINE |
TECH Perspectives Online, Leveraging Digital Twin Technology A two-part virtual webinar series with Microsoft, CallisonRTKL, and Stantec on building, implementing, and measuring digital twin strategies. |
| 2020 SEATTLE |
TECH Perspectives Seattle Held at the Seattle Art Museum, the program’s first West Coast edition, with a keynote from Vulcan Real Estate and sessions from Microsoft, Olson Kundig, LMN Architects, NBBJ, and Thornton Tomasetti. |
| 2019 BOSTON & NEW YORK |
TECH Perspectives Boston / TECH Perspectives at TECH+ NY Boston’s edition at 9OFS covered BIM collaboration and immersive visualization; the New York edition, held alongside TECH+, featured a keynote from MIT’s Real Estate Innovation Lab. |
| 2018 NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA |
TECH Perspectives at TECH+ / TECH Perspectives Philadelphia A second year presenting alongside The Architect’s Newspaper at TECH+, plus a Philadelphia edition held with AIA Philadelphia during the Forum on Architecture & Design. |
| 2017 NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA |
TECH Perspectives at TECH+ / TECH Perspectives at DesignPhiladelphia The program’s first year partnering with The Architect’s Newspaper on the TECH+ innovation stage, and its first year presenting with AIA Philadelphia at DesignPhiladelphia. |
| 2016 NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA |
TECH Perspectives New York / TECH Perspectives Philadelphia The New York edition centered on collaboration across the multidisciplinary project team; the Philadelphia edition, at the Kimmel Center, took on the future of making things. |
| 2015 NEW YORK & BOSTON |
BIM Perspectives New York / BIM Perspectives Boston The New York edition examined BIM’s impact on project delivery; the Boston edition ran alongside the annual ABX Expo at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. |
| 2014 NEW YORK |
BIM Perspectives New York Themed around collaboration across the full project team, as BIM adoption accelerated across the industry. |
| 2013 BOSTON |
BIM Perspectives Boston Held at the W Hotel Boston, the first edition of the program that would become TECH Perspectives. |
Interested in Presenting at TECH Perspectives?
Are you using a new technology or process that impacts the future of the design and construction industry? GRAITEC is seeking submissions for proposals from design and construction technology innovators to present at our next events.
Please email your proposal for a presentation to Anna Liza Montenegro, Events Director of Marketing, for more information.