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Digital Construction Week 2026: your day two to-do list
3 June 2026
It’s day two at Digital Construction Week (DCW): what will you do today?
DCW‘s second and final day is upon us. There’s still plenty to see and do…
More sessions
There’s no escaping the FOMO: there are way too many speaker sessions to watch and listen to, even on day two, so choose wisely.
Here are some that jumped out for DC+:
1.00pm | Digital Twins or expensive mirrors? How to stop building theatre and start building intelligence
On the Digital Operations Stage, RLB Digital’s Scott Pilgrim will expose why so many digital twins fail. “Come learn how to build a second brain for your estate,” he says.
Noon | BIM: ten years later (or “what’s changed from 2016 to 2026?”) – a retrospective journey through the same old same old
On the Information Management Exchange stage, Evolve Consultancy’s Nigel Davies and Craig Hardingham will look at how the sector’s focus has changed over the past 10 years and ask whether we’ve been successful.
Noon | The MIH is coming – why are policymakers backing it?
Alex Small from Tata Steel UK, Fergus Harradence from the Department for Business & Trade, and Dr Anne Kemp OBE, chair of nima, will detail the progress of the Manufacturers’ Information Hub.
12.30pm | What if your BIM model could say no? Automating compliance with data and AI
Join Dr Mohammad Mayof, associate professor in digital construction at Birmingham City University, on the Information Management Stage as he explains why the future of automated compliance should not be about trusting the machine, but more about understanding the decision.
3.00pm | Why is BIM not intuitive, responsive or user-friendly like an AI tool?
Bentley Systems’ David Philp, Morta’s Mohammad Shana and Estudio ESE’s Natalia Olivera will be on the Inspire Stage to unpack how BIM supports design thinking, collaboration and information flow, where expectations currently exceed reality, and what needs to evolve for BIM to become more intuitive, responsive and user-friendly.
Two shows, one location
Kill two birds with one stone: DCW is co-located with its sister show GEO Business. There you will find more than 120 exhibitors from the geospatial sector.
The education programme features more than 150 presentations, as well as sharing DCW’s Main Stage programme. GEO Business stages focus on infrastructure and utilities, data analytics and AI, GIS and location intelligence, and earth observation. If you want hands-on demonstrations of technology, there’s the Demo Stage.
End of the pier fun
If you need space and time to relax during the show, you can head to The Pier – a recreation of the organisers’ home of Brighton. Here you can collapse into a giant deckchair, channel your competitive instincts with some arcade games, or play the fool by being snapped in the traditional seaside photo board.
For those wanting to capture more of themselves and to share the images on social media, there’s the You’ve Been Papped interactive photo booth.
Where in the world?
The DCW World Map invites visitors to drop a pin and mark where they’ve travelled from, “creating a live snapshot of the people, projects and organisations shaping construction across the globe”, according to the organisers.
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