DTS Online 2020

26 August - 21 October, 2020

26 AUGUST, 2020 & 21 OCTOBER, 2020.

ABOUT DTS
The Design Technology Summit (DTS) is focused on advancing the conversation of how design-oriented organizations can transition to effective digital workflows. The role of Design Technology Leader is critical to helping guide firms through this transition and beyond, by bringing together knowledge of practice, computation, and business. DTS is the place to come and discuss all of this with your peers and colleagues.

DTS ONLINE 2020
DTS Online will focus on the cultural, technological, and business aspects of Digital Transformation in the professional services.  We will look at these aspects from two perspectives:

1.Internally focused transformation – which will explore teams, collaboration, mentorship, learning, and project delivery.

2. Externally focused transformation -which will explore opportunities in finding new ways to engage with existing clients, gain new ones, and generate business.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Understand the factors, challenges, resolutions, and opportunities present in industry-leading practices’ responses to the shift in business practices brought about by COVID-19
• Compare and evaluate the strategies presented with approaches by your own firm
• Help you to identify key areas or aspects for future transformation
• Discuss possibilities for client-facing transformation

FORMAT
As an online event offers more flexibility, DTS Online will be spread across several months of this year, beginning with a complimentary panel session in June and followed by two discussion sessions focusing on three topic areas.

SESSION ONE: PANEL Digital Transformation at a Moment’s Notice (This event is in the past)

Date: Wednesday, June 17 2020 – Missed the session? Watch the recording here.
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm Central Daylight Time
Synopsis: This panel discussion will focus on the internal and external impacts of the digital transformation in the short term.
We will gather insights and leanings from industry leaders to discuss what transitions have progressed, what is working well and how could it be improved.
Panellists: Natasha Luthra (Jacobs), Brian Skripac (Cannon Design), Tomislav Zigo (Clayco), Alexandra Pollack (FXCollaborative)

DISCUSSION SESSIONS A & B
Spread across two dates, interactive discussion sessions will utilize Zoom breakout rooms to discuss three key topics of discussion:

SESSION A:
Wednesday August 26 2020 1PM – 3:30PM (Central Daylight Time)

Topic One: Internal Impacts to DTS Firms
Roundtable discussion with DTS attendees, with the panel discussion takeaways as a starting point for the discussion.This session will consist of a series of small group discussions with other industry peers. Firstly it will focus on the internal impacts to design technology firms that Digital Transformation is causing – beginning with discussions on what transitions have progressed, what is working well and how it could be improved.
Time: 1pm – 2.15pm CDT

Topic Two: Looking to the Future
With the lessons learned and shared so far, how should we be imagining the future of our practices?  What opportunities are there for making useful, durable changes to the way we work?
Time: 2.30pm – 3:30pm CDT

SESSION B:
Wednesday October 21 2020 – 1PM – 2:30PM (Central Daylight Time)

Topic Three: Externally-facing Opportunities
This session will consist of a series of small group discussions with other industry peers which will focus on externally-facing opportunities to design technology firms. This includes what opportunities exist to enhance the way we work with our clients, get new ones, and present our firms.
Date: Wednesday 21 October 2020
Time: 1pm – 2:30pm CDT

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Who Should Attend?

Professionals in the Architecture and Engineering sectors that are employed by a firm that has a minimum of 100 employees and multiple office locations.

Why DTS?

As practitioners and technologists, we have often been the ones called on to help our organizations find opportunities to modernize. DTS brings us together to share our experiences and knowledge, and identify opportunities to improve. It is from this background- and in this spirit – that we offer five areas of consideration that can positively impact practice; Lightweight Interfaces, Full Adoption of Model Based Workflows, Knowledge Capture, Management & Dissemination Platform, Technology for improved quality of life (of designers and end users) and
Application Behavior/Performance

Why DTS?

Lightweight Interfaces
Our future employees and even the youngest generation in practice now are acclimated to touch based, intuitive interfaces and applications that are generally geared to specific tasks or functions. These modern tools and user experiences must also be prepared to be used with display and interaction technology which only today is being explored, researched and experimented with.

Full Adoption of Model Based Workflows
The elimination of traditional documentation or processes (ie drawing based delivery and quantification) will not come overnight nor; do we expect that it will be easy. We do believe that there are many avenues that design and technology companies can increasingly explore that can help the industry move in the direction of a true model based design, delivery and construction workflow.

Knowledge Capture, Management & Dissemination Platform
While there are a variety of platforms available for knowledge management we have yet to see the development of something that easily captures latent knowledge and provides useful, contextual information. While “web” technologies have streamlined access to information and knowledge, and videos make it easier to disseminate and consume, the reality is that knowledge capture and dissemination is still rooted in the same techniques that were used to write manuscripts and books. In the same way that more people are becoming comfortable with the concept of an AI assistant at home like Alexa or Google Assistant we need similar learning assistants in our workplaces. Intelligent assistants that can learn our routines and ingest our design and business data to provide useful feedback will be the next major shift in how knowledge is captured and managed.

Technology for improved quality of life (of designers and end users)
Often times it is easy for all of us, including technology companies, to focus on improving workflow and information exchange; while pains may be taken to ensure the user interface and experience are improved, those advancements do not necessarily translate to improvements in the users’ quality of life. We advocate greater emphasis on improving day-to-day experiences, either directly through a tool, or as a result of it.

Application Behavior/Performance
Design applications must provide fluid and dynamic performance for our end users. This includes taking advantage of advancements in processing power– for example, multi-threaded, multi-core Central Processing Units and Graphical Processing Units. And as mobile technologies become increasingly pervasive in the office and on the job-site, cloud storage and processing options should be at a minimum as reliable and robust as local or server based storage.

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General Enquiries

REGISTRATION ENQUIRIES

Gabi Caruana
Event Manager
Email: info@dbei.org

Sponsorship Enquiries

SPONSORSHIP ENQUIRIES

Chris Warden
Sponsorship Manager, DTS Committee
Email: chris.warden@dbei.org

Peter Morgan
Director, Business Development, DBEI
Email: peter.morgan@dbei.org