2025 CIFE Summer Program

Monday, September 22th, 2025 8:15am - 7:00pm
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 8:00am - 5:30pm

Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center Room 300 (Mackenzie Room)
475 Via Ortega 3rd Floor, Stanford, CA 94305 & online via Zoom 

Hosted by the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE)
Explore the Future of Work in the Built Environment: CIFE 2025 Summer Program 

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Program Topics:

Digitalization—generative AI, computer vision, machine learning, foundation models, robotics, and more—is transforming how work will be done across the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) industry. In the next five years, we anticipate significant changes, such as: 

• Enhanced Visualization: More compelling, on-demand visual tools will accelerate decision-making.
• Integrated Information: Seamless data integration will eliminate inefficiencies caused by information silos, enabling optimization across disciplines and project phases.
• Advanced Sensing: Consistent and accurate data from physical and digital processes will lead to productivity improvements through recognizing productive patterns of work.
• Increased Automation: Shortened cycle times will allow faster exploration of design alternatives and streamline the path from design to fabrication. 

Many owners, architects, engineers, and builders are already advancing toward the vision of delivering higher-performing facilities through digital innovation. 

The 2025 CIFE Summer Program, held September 22–23 on the Stanford University campus, will showcase how professionals across AECO roles are already working differently—and more effectively—through digitalization. Speakers, from project engineers to top executives, will share real-world examples of current practices and offer insights into how their roles and results are expected to evolve in the foreseeable future. Join us to gain perspective on how digital transformation is reshaping the way we plan, design, and build. 

Check out our Keynote Speakers: 
Allison Okamura The Richard W. Weiland Professor of Engineering at Stanford University in the mechanical engineering department. Professor Okamura's research develops the principles and tools needed to realize advanced robotic and human-machine systems.

Nicholas Bloom The William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow of SIEPR, and the Co-Director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on management practices and uncertainty. He previously worked at the UK Treasury and McKinsey & Company. He is known for his research on innovation, productivity, and the impact of management practices on corporate performance, contributing to understanding the dynamics of uncertainty and business strategy in the modern economy.

Current agenda:

Sept. 22: How construction and designers are benefiting from digitalization

Rapid fire company introductions - (your company is listed in the order that you will present)

1. Beck
2. Bouygues
3. DPR
4. Fluor
5. Goldbeck
6. HDCC
7. Hilti
8. Kelar
9. Mortenson
10. Shibusa Systems
11. StrategicGreen.ai
12. STO Building Group
13. Swinerton
14. Teleworker AI
15. Viatechnik
16. Workforce VDC
17. BuildCrew.AI

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Sept. 23: How owners are benefiting from digitalization plus strategic implications 

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Ticket prices:

• University faculty, students, and staff (checked via school ID): $50 both days
• Affiliate in-person (2 days): $300
• Affiliate in-person (1 day): $200
• Public in-person (2 days): $600
• Public in-person (1 day): $400
• Public virtual (2 days): $250
• Public virtual (1 day): $150
• Affiliate virtual attendance: Free (affiliate status will be verified by company and the webinar link sent the day prior).

We will not be recording the sessions to post on CIFE YouTube this year.