AEC tech events and gatherings hold significant importance for designers, providing a dynamic hub where creativity, technology, and industry innovation converge. From cutting-edge tools to visionary thinking, these events continue to redefine what is possible in how we design, build, and imagine our cities.
Whether it is AI-driven design, automation, generative modelling, interoperability platforms, or sustainable materials, designers gain firsthand insight into the technologies that will shape tomorrow’s practice. Beyond learning, AEC tech events foster community and collaboration.
Top 5 AEC Tech Events
1. Speckle Con
Speckle Con is an annual virtual conference that brings together designers, architects, developers, BIM specialists, and engineers. Hosted by Speckle, an open-source data platform widely used in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), transforming interoperability and automation. The events bring curious minds and innovators who are shaping the next generation of AEC workflows and also exploring how the industry can move forward together. Speckle Con is one of the go-to events for anyone passionate about open-source AEC tech and innovative future exploration.
Speckle Con 2025 will take place on November 7, 2025, in London. The event focuses on AEC professionals and digital pioneers exploring the future of data-driven pioneers and collaborators. The upcoming SPECon 2026, themed ‘Integration of AI and Power Electronics in Emerging Technologies,’ will be announced shortly and focuses on smart technologies with modern power systems.
2. Release (AEC)
Release (AEC) is a new and unique event for the AEC industry that is produced and organized by Release, a company founded by Philippe Brocart. Release focuses on producing events and supporting the growth of tech solution providers for the AEC community. It is the first unique tech event dedicated to the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) community. Events like Release AEC play a key role for professionals to stay updated with the cutting-edge innovation and challenges.
The first edition of the Release (AEC) will be held in Paris on the 17th of November, 2025. The event aims to provide an overview of the latest digital and technological innovations, such as AI, and how these technologies are shaping the AEC industry’s future.
3. Archi Tech Network (ATN Summit)
The Archi Tech Network (ATN Summit) brings together a vibrant community of practicing architects and design technologists who are reshaping the future of architecture through innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking. It serves as a dynamic hub where designers from across the AEC community explore how emerging tools can elevate and transform the way we work. Through their summits, podcasts, vlogs, and online courses, ATN creates an inspiring community for exchanging ideas.
Archi Tech Network has announced its first-ever ATN Summit. Join Oliver Thomas in the coming 18th-19th March 2026 summit in London, bringing together architects, designers, design technologists, and creative minds and brands. ATN aims to create the TED Talks of the AEC space, a high-impact, idea-driven conference at the intersection of architecture, technology, and entrepreneurship.
4. NXT BLD (Next Build)
NXT BLD is a future-focused conference that explores emerging technologies beyond BIM, organized by AEC magazine. The conference explores topics including digital fabrication, visualizations, AI, robots, generative design, VR, reality modeling, and much more. Next Build through conferences helps celebrate a decade of exploring emerging technologies, workflows, and ideas to help the industry move beyond today’s focused BIM process.
The NXT BLD will take place in 2026, on the 13th and 14th of May 2026, marking the tenth anniversary of exploring emerging technologies, workflows, and ideas that help the industry move beyond. Next Build, in collaboration with AEC magazine, is exploring BIM and beyond in the AEC industry through the conference, with speakers to be announced shortly.
5. PSMJ Resources Inc
PSMJ Resources Inc., for nearly 50 years, has been recognized as a leading publishing, executive education, and advisory group dedicated to improving the AEC sector’s evolution with modern technological advancements. PSMJ’s expertise covers a range of business areas, including management, financial management, human resources, business development, transition planning, and mergers and acquisitions.
PSMJ Resources Inc. has announced its upcoming summit, scheduled for June 16-18, 2026, with the theme ‘AI and Technology Strategies Summit.’ Speakers are yet to be announced.
