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Two parallel short-course tracks (A & B) distributed across Salons III & IV
Hilton Meeting Room: Salon-III
Instructor: By Dr. Basak Keskin Orese
Description: This course unveils a blueprint for BIM-enabled digital twins that revolutionize smart airport asset management, transforming complex infrastructures into practical, integrated digital replicas that manage data seamlessly across the full airport lifecycle from planning to operations.
Through published case studies from Dr. Keskin’s PhD thesis titled “A Building Information Modeling (BIM)-centric Digital Ecosystem for Smart Airport Life Cycle Management” on Istanbul New Airport, Boston Logan, and Denver International Airport, attendees will explore real-world applications of BIM-driven CAPEX and OPEX management – all analyzed objectively to extract transferable strategies.
Key learning points include designing scalable digital frameworks that help airport owners and operators modularize requirements from asset level to operations level to business level elements, leveraging BIM technology for precision data capture, forecasting maintenance for effective risk mitigation, acting as a glue to all key stakeholders, and empowering owners/operators with full visibility of deliverables and coordination towards enabling next-gen operations & maintenance.
Hilton Meeting Room: Salon-IV
Instructor: David Tamir, Founder & CEO, SMart AiRport Technologies (SMART) Association
Description: [coming soon]
Sponsored by: Mappedin + Safe Software + x-Spatial + EPIC Engineering & Consulting
Located at: Symposium's exhibitor space in front of the presentation salons I - IV
Hilton Meeting Room: Salon-III
Instructor(s):
Description: [coming soon]
Hilton Meeting Room: Salon-IV
Instructors:
Description: Airports continue to struggle with underperforming CMMS implementations, even after major digital investments. Drawing on direct airport implementation experience, this presentation examines the root causes of CMMS failures through two lenses: technical realities and human dynamics.
The first-dimension addresses field-level breakdowns such as fragmented asset data, inconsistent standards, unrealistic workflows, misaligned configurations, weak integration, and the absence of a lifecycle strategy. Beneath these lie organizational shortcomings, limited senior sponsorship, insufficient shop-floor involvement, poorly defined processes, outdated data, inadequate training, unclear requirements, and the misperception of CMMS as an IT project rather than a business transformation.
The second dimension explores human factors that quietly erode performance: resistance to change, low digital confidence among frontline crews, poor communication between project teams and maintenance staff, and role ambiguity. Drawing on behavioral insights, this analysis reveals how culture, perception, and unaddressed anxieties shape adoption, data discipline, and sustainability.
By bridging technical and human perspectives, the presentation offers a unified framework for diagnosing risks early, strengthening implementation strategies, and improving asset-management outcomes in airport environments. Ultimately, it argues that successful CMMS deployment requires more than technology, it demands empathetic leadership, robust field engagement, and alignment between organizational culture, human capability, and digital strategy.
Sponsored by: Mappedin + Safe Software + x-Spatial + EPIC Engineering & Consulting
Located at: Symposium's exhibitor space in front of the presentation salons I - IV
Hilton Meeting Room: Salon-III
Instructor(s): Jorge Quiroz, Founder & CEO, PDBM Consulting
Description: Based on real airport experience, such as The Port Authority of NY & NJ, the Port of Seattle, and most recently, with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department at Miami International Airport, this short course explores how airports can build the digital foundations needed for a scalable, accurate, and operationally valuable enterprise digital twin.
The lecture highlights why consistent BIM standards are essential for integrating design, construction, asset management, and real-time operational data across a complex airport ecosystem. It walks through key components of an effective standards framework, such as a mandate, contract language, a manual, and support files, along with identifying critical assets, defining consistent attribute and creating a Unique Asset Identifier based on an Airport Hierarchy.
The session ultimately connects BIM standardization to long-term digital transformation, demonstrating how airports can move from fragmented project data to a unified, intelligent, airport-wide digital environment.
Hilton Meeting Room: Salon-IV
Instructor(s): [coming soon]
Description: [coming soon]
[Tentative] New Miami Freedom Park Soccer Stadium Complex under Construction next to MIA
Those staying into the weekend to enjoy Miami, may informally continue to Happy Hour/Dinner; some of us are heading to Miami Beach!