The NXT 2025 experience

Posted on February 10, 2025 at February 10, 2025 by AEC Magazine

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AEC firms constantly fine-tune their workflows and software estates, seeking productivity improvements. On 11 – 12 June, our annual NXT BLD and NXT DEV conferences will bring together leading AEC firms and software developers to help drive next generation workflows and tools

Planning is already underway for AEC Magazine’s annual, two day, dual-focus conference, NXT BLD (Next Build) and NXT DEV (Next Development), in conjunction with Lenovo workstations. The event will be held on 11 and 12 June 2025 at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London.

Year on year, the NXT experience has grown in reputation, and we now attract design IT directors from multiple continents, together with a plethora of innovative start-ups looking to push the industry forward to next generation workflows and BIM 2.0.

NXT BLD brings innovative industry ideas, in-house development, new workflows and bleeding-edge technology to two conference stages, plus an exciting exhibition. Presentations range from design IT directors sharing insights into their processes to the latest in workstation, AR and VR technology.

NXT DEV addresses the fact that the AEC technologies we use are at a crossroads. The industry is reliant on old software that doesn’t utilise modern processor architectures, while the benefits of combining cloud, database and granular data await with the next generation of tools. AEC professionals can’t leave it to software developers and computer scientists to deliver change and need to help shape what comes next. NXT DEV is a forum for discussion, a great way to meet the start-ups, venture capitalists (VCs) and fellow design IT directors who are eager to find more productivity and smarter tools.

AEC Magazine is inviting you to come, get inspired and join the discussion.

For more info visit www.nxtbld.com and www.nxtdev.build. Early bird tickets will be available soon.

Topics

We are early in the planning stages for the events but you can be sure that we will be talking about BIM 2.0, Autodrawings, AI, Generative Design, AR and VR, GIS and BIM, Open Source, Rapid Reality Capture, Expert Automation Systems, Digital Fabrication, the future of data and API access.

Talks

There will be inspirational presentations from Heatherwicks, Alain Waha (Buro Happold), Patrick Cozzi (Cesium, now Bentley Systems), Lenovo, Perkins and Will, Augmenta, Finch3D, Ismail Seleit (LoRA and ControlNet AI rendering), Antonio Gonzalez Viegas (ThatOpenCompany), Qonic, Snaptrude, Arcol, Gräbert (Autodrawings), Autodesk, Foster + Partners, and Jonathan Asher (Dassault Systèmes) – to name but a few.

More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks, as we shape the two-day NXT 2025 program. The editorial team are looking forward to seeing you there!

The two days of NXT offer an intense dive into the future of the industry. Simultaneous stages offer a breadth of topics and areas of interest, plus there’s plenty of exciting new technologies to see on the show floor. You would certainly benefit from bringing a team to ensure you don’t miss anything important.

NXT BLD 2025
Wednesday 11 June 2025

NXT DEV 2025
Thursday 12 June 2025

Queen Elizabeth II Centre
Westminster, London, UK