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CNFLUENCE

SAN FRANCISCO

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025
PROGRESS IN AI AND ML
HOSTED BY AVAIL

Join AEC’s most influential technology leaders

Confluence San Francisco is a single-day, in-person professional development event

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Confluence programming is designed to foster conversations between AEC firms and technology companies, so they can learn, share, and engage with each other to support industry innovation.

get a taste of the program
1 Day
4 Sessions
50+ AEC Leaders

What to expect

When and Where

AVAIL’s one-day Confluence San Francisco event will be Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in San Francisco. Programming will be held at China Live with a social following at Brick & Mortar Ventures.

Who

Confluence events attract the most creative, innovative technology leaders in AEC—including both firm practitioners and software companies.

Theme

Confluence San Francisco 2025’s programming will continue the conversation from our signature Confluence Lexington event exploring progress AEC firms and technology companies have made in implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies.

Education Sessions

Confluence San Francisco is structured around four education sessions led by industry experts. They explore technology—this year, AI—and its AEC implications.

Networking

Our focused, single-day structure fosters community amongst attendees. We are careful to build opportunities for guests to discuss what they are learning in real time with the leaders next to them.

Fueling the Conversation

Sessions will be held at award-winning restaurant China Live with chef-crafted menu selections for breakfast and lunch. The conversation will continue over drinks and snacks at Brick & Mortar Ventures.

Past attendees

SHoP
Perkins&Will
Gensler
IMEG
Thornton Tomasetti

Get to know your speakers

chaos

Employing AI - From Vision to Production

Bill Allen is the Director of Product Management at 3D visualization technology company Chaos. In his Confluence session, Bill will share the results of Chaos’ past 12 months of AI initiatives, exploring the realities of what can be applied to projects today and the possibilities for future projects.

Speaker

Phillip Miller, Vice President, Product Management

Bill Allen, Chaos
Bill Allen, Director of Product Management
Christopher Parsons, Knowledge Architecture
Christopher Parsons, CEO, Founder
Knowledge Architecture

KM 3.0: Unlocking the Potential of Knowledge Management with AI Search

Having served as a technology leader at Steinberg Architects and SMWM (Perkins&Will), Christopher Parsons is now the Founder and CEO of Knowledge Architecture, where he is responsible for product development, marketing, and organizational health. In his Confluence session, Christopher will explore how the AEC industry is entering a golden era of knowledge management—one where AI-powered tools transform how firms capture, curate, and leverage their collective expertise.

Speaker

Christopher Parsons, CEO, Founder

AVAIL

ML, AI and the Future of Search

The host of Confluence, AVAIL CEO and Founder Randall Stevens is passionate about leveraging machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) advancements to improve content management system (CMS) search and expose new ways of interacting with a firm’s information. In his Confluence session, Randall will showcase new auto-tagging technologies, chatbots that are digesting information in new ways, and AVAIL’s next-generation Suggestion Engine.

Speaker

Randall Stevens, CEO, Founder

Randall Stevens, AVAIL
Randall Stevens, CEO, Founder
Kenton Grant, Olson Kundig
Kenton Grant, Director of Technology
Gavin Argo, Olson Kundig
Gavin Argo, Associate
Olson Kundig

Demystifying AI and How Olson Kundig Integrates Technology

Olson Kundig’s Director of Technology Kenton Grant leads both IT and the firm’s new Design Technology department, which is at the forefront of integrating AI, XR, drones, and advancing project-focused BIM strategies. His session with Associate Gavin Argo will explore how AI is shaping the firm’s design processes, share tools and strategies, and discuss the firm’s unique top-down + bottom-up approach to innovation.

Speakers

Kenton Grant, Director of Technology & Gavin Argo, Associate

Theme: Progress in AI and ML

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Schedule

Wednesday, April 23
08:30 AM
Check In / Breakfast
China Live
09:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Randall Stevens,
AVAIL
China Live
09:30 AM
Employing AI - From Vision to Production
Bill Allen,
Chaos
China Live
11:00 AM
KM 3.0: Unlocking the Potential of Knowledge Management with AI Search
Chris Parsons,
Knowledge Architecture
China Live
12:15 PM
Lunch
China Live
01:30 PM
ML, AI and the Future of Search
Randall Stevens,
AVAIL
China Live
03:00 PM
Demystifying AI and How Olson Kundig Integrates Technology
Kenton Grant & Gavin Argo,
Olson Kundig
China Live
04:15 PM
Closing Remarks
Randall Stevens,
AVAIL
China Live
04:30 PM
Walk to Brick & Mortar Ventures
05:00 PM
Closing Social
Brick & Mortar Ventures
AVAIL CMS

Hosted by AVAIL

AVAIL creates content management solutions for the AEC industry and started hosting Confluence events in 2019 to understand what firms are needing, wanting, and thinking around technology.

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