Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
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Daily Overview |
| 7:00am - 5:00pm |
Registration & Check-In Location: Great Lakes Promenade |
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| 8:00am - 8:30am |
Breakfast sponsored by Ladybug Tools Location: Boundary Waters Foyer |
New and Prospective Member Welcome Location: Boundary Waters CD Chair: Dimitri Contoyannis Meet first-time SimBuild attendees and new IBPSA-USA members for informal conversation and networking over a light breakfast. All are welcome to join before the conference gets underway. |
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| 8:30am - 8:40am |
Session Pitches Location: Great Lakes Ballroom Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen Preview the day's events with 30-second pitches by the presenters. |
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| 8:40am - 9:45am |
Plenary 1: Keynote by Anica Landreneau Location: Great Lakes Ballroom Chair: Nathaniel L Jones Anica Landreneau is HOK’s global sustainable design director, serving on the firm’s board of directors and design board. Based in Washington, D.C., Anica served as a mayoral appointee to the District of Columbia’s Green Building Advisory Council 2012-2025 and co-chaired the Building Energy Performance Standard Task Force 2019-2025. Anica has served three terms on the Green and Energy Codes Committee, supporting the district’s decarbonization code development. |
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| 9:45am - 10:00am |
Networking Break Location: Boundary Waters Foyer |
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| 10:00am - 11:00am |
HackSimBuild: Introductions and Team Formation Location: Lake Bemidji Chair: Ken Takahashi Chair: Aysegul Demir Dilsiz This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Seminar 1: Taming The Wild West Of Building Simulation: Updates And Discussions On ANSI/ASHRAE/IBPSA 209-2024 "Building Performance Simulation Process" Location: Great Lakes Ballroom B Chair: Timothy McDowell This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Seminar 2: Quest for Zero LEED Comments Location: Lake Harriet Chair: Ralph T. Muehleisen Chair: Rashmi Baliga Sponsored by DesignBuilder This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Technical Session 1: HVAC System Modeling and Controls Location: Lake Minnetonka Chair: Yunyang Ye This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Networking Break sponsored by IES Location: Boundary Waters Foyer |
Demo 1: DesignBuilder Location: Lake Harriet |
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| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Presentation Session 1: From Design to Operation: Bridging the Performance Gap Location: Lake Bemidji Chair: Kathryn Hinkelman Sponsored by Trane Technologies This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Seminar 3: Simulation Showcase: What Makes Simulation Work Stand Out Location: Great Lakes Ballroom B Chair: Nan Ma This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Technical Session 2: Modeling Data Centers Location: Lake Minnetonka Chair: Cary Faulkner Chair: Viswanathan Ganesh This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Technical Session 3: Windows and Views Location: Lake Harriet Chair: Yifan Li Chair: Chris Savage This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
| 11:30am - 3:00pm |
HackSimBuild Location: Boundary Waters Foyer |
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| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch sponsored by US Department of Energy Location: Boundary Waters Ballroom |
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| 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Presentation Session 2: Urban Scale Modeling in Practice: From Digital Twins to District Systems Location: Lake Bemidji Chair: Kate Bomar Chair: Mathew Duffy This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Seminar 4: From "What?" to "So What?": How to Make an Impact with Your Research Paper Location: Great Lakes Ballroom B Chair: Ryunhee Kim This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Technical Session 4: Generative AI and LLM Applications in Building Energy Modeling Location: Lake Minnetonka Chair: Cary Faulkner This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Technical Session 5: Modeling for Future Weather and Extreme Events Location: Lake Harriet Chair: Alexandra Rempel Sponsored by IES This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Networking Break sponsored by DesignBuilder Location: Boundary Waters Foyer |
Demo 2: IES Location: Lake Harriet |
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| 3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Unmet Hours Live Location: Boundary Waters CD Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Presentation Session 3: Energy Modeling Demystified: Workflows, Tools, and Insights Location: Lake Minnetonka Chair: Parastoo Delgoshaei Sponsored by Pollination, a Ladybug Tools product This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Seminar 5: What is Reality Really?: ASHRAE/IBPSA Standard 140's First Empirical Validation Test Suite Location: Lake Bemidji Chair: Joel Neymark This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
Seminar 6: Effective Storytelling through Data Location: Lake Harriet Chair: Aysegul Demir Dilsiz This session qualifies for AIA continuing education credits. Please confirm your attendance by completing the form here. |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
IBPSA-USA Cocktail Hour Location: Boundary Waters Foyer |
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| 6:00pm - 8:30pm |
IBPSA-USA Awards Banquet Location: Great Lakes Ballroom B Join us for an unforgettable evening of celebration at the Awards Banquet! It’s the perfect opportunity to honor the incredible achievements of your peers, including the recipients of IBPSA-USA awards, conference accolades, and the HackSimBuild winners. Come relax, socialize, and celebrate these accomplishments after a full day of engaging seminars and presentations! Registration includes a plated meal. |
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