Autodesk University 2025 Recap

I recently attended and presented at Autodesk University 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. I have a brief recap post that I'd like to share.

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NVIDIA GTC 2025 - My Session with QuarkXR and T-Mobile

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be speaking for the third time at NVIDIA GTC next month in Silicon Valley! GTC is always an incredible convergence of forward-thinking professionals from industries like AI/ML, autonomous driving, healthcare, and visualization, so I’m excited to be part of it once again.

I'll be sharing insights on Lake|Flato's collaboration with T-Mobile and QuarkXR. Our focus: optimizing VR streaming with Enscape's real-time rendering engine, Autodesk Revit, and NVIDIA GPUs + CloudXR tech.

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AIA California Webinar - Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

Next week, I will participate in an AIA California panel discussion on sustainability and firm culture! I am excited to share what we are doing at Lake|Flato and hear about the activities and initiatives others are having success with.

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IIDA Texas Oklahoma Chapter Reception and Tour of Lake Flato - Last Night

Last evening, Jamie Sartory, AIA, LEED AP BD+C and I hosted the IIDA Texas Oklahoma chapter at our office for a reception, office presentation, and tour.

It was a lot of fun showing off Lake|Flato's office to interior designers and hearing their thoughts on the spaces. In today's post, I wanted to share a few photos.

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Morgan State University Lecture on Firm Culture and Design Technology

I had the opportunity to present (remotely) to architecture students at Morgan State University earlier this week. I shared the role of firm culture and design technology at Lake|Flato.

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BloxHub Visits Texas - Nordic Hub for Sustainable Urbanization

Yesterday, AIA San Antonio and Circular San Antonio hosted Martine R. Kildeby from BloxHub... the Nordic Hub for Sustainable Urbanization. I wanted to share the highlights in this post.

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Recap - AIA San Francisco Design Technology Symposium

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the AIA San Francisco Design Technology Symposium in California.

As the Director of Design Technology at Lake Flato, Author, Educator at NDSU, and AIA national COTE Leadership, I was excited to share my experiences related to practice, education, technology, and equity.

Today's post is a recap of the wonderful event.

Photo: Event organizers, moderators, and panelists

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University of Minnesota Lecture to Lighting Design Minor Students

Last month, I had the opportunity to present on lighting design at the University of Minnesota. I enjoy presenting what Lake|Flato is doing in design performance to our future architects and interior designers.

Today's post will highlight my presentation, where I discussed:

• Workflow (electric lighting): Lighting design using Revit + Elumtools
• Workflow (daylighting): Access and glare using Rhino + Climate Studio

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Autodesk University 2023 Recap

I recently returned from an action-packed week in Las Vegas for Autodesk University. It was the best one yet, and I will share several highlights in today's post!

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bsi. Webinar - How to use BIM to achieve your sustainability goals

What happens when a practice embraces BIM and industry standards? Opportunities happen. Opportunities to elevate workflows that achieve client goals and benefit the environment and the people who will use the building.

Join us in this session to learn about three industry groups working on standards, bsi, NIBS, and IES, as well as my highlights on BIM-eneabled sustainability workflows at Lake|Flato.

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UTSA Lecture on Early Energy Modeling

I had the opportunity to once again present early energy modeling to architecture students at the University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) last week. In this post, I will share a few photos and details about the class.

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2023 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Material Economies

I am looking forward to attending and presenting at the AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Material Economies event at the University of Massachusetts Amherst later this month.

I am excited to represent Lake|Flato and share some of our work on embodied carbon and research (I lead our research program, called Investigations), as well as representing the national AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Leadership!

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IES Monterrey Mexico - Lighting Innovation Symposium 2023 - Recap

I had the great pleasure of attending and presenting at the first annual Lighting Innovation Symposium hosted by the IES Monterrey Section last week. In today's post I would like to share the highlights and encourage lighting design professionals to put this event on their radar... to support a great chapter and visit an amazing city.

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IES Mexico - Lighting Innovation Symposium 2023

Later this month, I have the opportunity to attend and present in person at an Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) event on lighting design in Monterrey, Mexico. The local IES chapter is hosting a symposium, and I will be presenting alongside a great lineup of professionals in the lighting design industry.

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AIA Austin Design Excellence Conference 2023

I am excited to be representing Lake|Flato (and AIA national COTE!) while attending and presenting at the prestigious AIA Austin Design Excellence Conference later this month! I will be presenting with Emilie Hagen from Atelier Ten.

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Recap of Advancing Computational Building Design 2023 in Chicago

Last week I had the opportunity to attend and present at Advancing Computational Building Design 2023 in Chicago. This post offers a high-level overview of the event as well as the two sessions I participated in... one of which included two colleagues from Lake|Flato.

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Sign up for our AIA webinar on building a climate-minded architectural practice

In April we will be giving a live presentation on how to build a climate-minded architectural practice. This session is based on the AIA Climate Action Business Playbook the AIAU instructors for this session were commissioned by the AIA to write.

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Early Energy Modeling Presentation at Prairie View A&M - School of Architecture

Today I presented remotely to architecture students at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). This was an excellent opportunity to share what we are doing at Lake|Flato in this space.

In today's post I share an overview of the process, from Revit to Insight.

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Early Energy Modeling Presentation at UTSA - School of Architecture

Yesterday I presented in-person to architecture students at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). This was an excellent opportunity to share what we are doing at Lake|Flato with a local architecture program.

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IBPSA-USA Panel Discussion - Performance Modeling in early design phases

Next week I will be participating in a panel discussion on performance modeling in early design phases.

Attendees with hear how three architecture firms, Lake|Flato, Gensler, and CannonDesign, approach performance modeling in the early design phases!

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