Balkan Architect Summit 2026 by BIMBOX
2 days of inspiration, knowledge and practical insights on BIM, design and innovation.
Master advanced workflows, discover proven strategies and take your projects to the next level.
About The Summit
The Balkan Architect Summit 2026 is a premier online event dedicated to advancing architectural design and BIM workflows.
Gain actionable insights, explore real-world solutions and connect with a global community of professionals shaping the future of architecture.
Experts from around the world
Real workflows, real projects
Emerging tools and innovative tools
2-Day Online Experience
As soon as you complete the registration, you will get access to our private community where you can set up your personal post, meet all other participants and connect with other people in the industry
On October 1st, you will get access to pre-recorded workshops and presentation from our experts, you will have over 2 weeks to watch everything and submit your questions to the experts
We will have 2 days of live Q/A session from our team of industry experts, they will answer all previously submitted questions and live questions from participants
Featured Speakers
Dr. Aleksander Gil
Founding Director
Parametrix Ltd.
Alex Hanna
Co-Founder
STRIVE
Alexander Sol Silva
P.E., President
BIMitUP
Brenton Wiberg
Architect/Founder
RevitFamily.biz
Brian Mackey
Founder
BD Mackey Consulting
Dana De Filipi
Senior Computational Designer
SmithGroup
Jaime Alonso Candau
Director
Nonica.io
Lejla Secerbegovic
Product Manager Data Exchange,
Autodesk
Ovidiu Paunescu
Senior Principal Product Owner
Autodesk
Petru Conduraru
openBIM Consultant and Trainer
Founder of BIMvoice
Scott D Davis
AECO Technical Specialist
Autodesk
Jelena Stevanovic
Architect, BIM manager & Founder of
MAJS BIM
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Dr. Aleksander Gil is the Founder and Managing Director of Parametrix, a UK consultancy specialising in digital construction, reality capture, and information management. He combines industry leadership with academic research, holding a PhD focused on artificial intelligence for automated Heritage Building Information Modelling.
Aleks is an internationally published researcher and keynote speaker whose work bridges cutting edge AI research with practical applications across heritage, infrastructure, and the built environment. He advises clients on digital transformation, information strategy, and the future of intelligent asset management.
TOPIC:
Turning Boring Revit Work into Innovative AI Solutions
What if the most repetitive part of your workflow became your biggest innovation opportunity? This presentation follows the journey from identifying a common Scan to BIM challenge to developing a cutting-edge AI prototype that automatically converts sparse point clouds into Autodesk Revit models. Attendees will gain insight into research methods, AI development, experimental results, and how industry problems can become world leading research and commercial innovation.
Multidisciplinary BIM/VDC leader with 10+ years of experience in fabrication-level modeling, digital construction workflows, and large-scale project coordination.
I specialize in LOD 400–450 modeling, modular and prefab documentation, clash detection, constructability reviews, and laser scanning integration.
TOPIC:
Fabrication Modeling in Revit
Professional Engineer with a detailed understanding of design, installation, and maintenance of MEP systems for diverse buildings and a strong passion for BIM execution, training and implementation.
20 years of experience in design of:
Plumbing systems (i.e., Domestic cold/hot/recirc water, sanitary/greasy/acid drain & vent, storm drainage, natural/LP gas, laboratory and medical systems, etc.)
Fire Protection systems (i.e., wet, dry, deluge, pre-action, gaseous, etc.) for various types of complex buildings (i.e., airports, hospitals, laboratories, educational, office, commercial and residential).
Highly familiar with adopted codes, specifications, and design guidelines, including but not limited to: Florida Building Code/International Building Code (Building/Plumbing/Fuel & Gas), NFPA 1, 13, 14, 20, 24, 101 and 2001, FGI, MIA Airport LSMP, MDCPS/MDC/FIU/UM design guidelines and specifications. Highly proficient in 3D-BIM/CAD (i.e., Revit, AutoCAD MEP and Navisworks). In-House BIM Master Trainer.
TOPIC:
Automating Roof Drainage Design Using Revit
Brenton is a licensed architect with 15+ years of specialized expertise in parametric Revit family creation, holding Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) credentials in Revit, and has logged over 35,000 hours building families.
He founded RevitFamily.Biz to share high-quality families with the BIM community, helping teams save time and money while building their family libraries.
TOPIC:
Creating Flexible Revit Families with Formulas
Brian Mackey, better known throughout the AEC industry as "The Revit Geek," has more than 35 years of experience in architecture, engineering, construction, and digital design technology, including over 25 years focused on Revit and BIM.
As co-founder of BD Mackey Consulting, Brian helps architecture and engineering firms improve production workflows, develop Revit standards, optimize templates, and implement practical BIM solutions tailored to their business.
A sought-after instructor and consultant, Brian is known for combining deep technical expertise with an engaging, sarcastic teaching style that makes even the most complex Revit topics approachable.
He is a frequent speaker at Autodesk University, BILT, AIA conferences, and other industry events, where he has received multiple Top Speaker awards. Brian also hosts Revit Radio, a free monthly Q&A webcast where he shares tips, solves challenging Revit problems, and occasionally reminds attendees why they should have listened the first time.
TOPIC:
Adaptive Components: They're Not as Scary as You Think
For many Revit users, Adaptive Components fall into the category of "things I'll learn someday." They seem complicated, mysterious, and often reserved for architects designing futuristic buildings with impossible geometry.
The reality is quite different.
In this fun and practical session, Brian Mackey will cut through the confusion and show how Adaptive Components can solve every day modeling challenges that standard Revit families struggle with. Through real-world examples, attendees will learn how to create, modify, and deploy Adaptive Components to improve efficiency, flexibility, and model intelligence.
Leave with a solid understanding of Adaptive Components, practical workflows you can use immediately, and perhaps even a new appreciation for one of Revit's most underutilized tools.
Dana De Filippi is an Autodesk Expert Elite focusing on computation and developing advanced workflows using Revit and Dynamo. She has been a member of SmithGroup’s Technology in Practice (TIP) group in the Washington, DC office for almost a decade, supporting a national, multi-disciplinary practice.
With two decades of industry experience, Dana has collaborated with diverse project teams and disciplines to drive the creation, optimization, and automation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) processes. She is deeply engaged in the broader AEC technology community, serving as a host and moderator for BIMxt online, and as a content creator and educator through her own platform, DanamoBIM.
TOPIC:
Curtain Panel Families & Dynamo Randomization
This session will explore the creation of a parametric curtain panel Revit family with multiple types as well as placement and integration into a curtain wall within the Revit model environment. Participants will then learn to leverage Dynamo for Revit to automate the distribution and randomization of the curtain panel types and parametric controls across the hosted curtain wall for rapid generation of design iterations.
Jaime is the Co-Founder of Nonica.io, with over six years working on one Revit Add-In for architects and engineers.
His current work connects A.I. to Revit through MCP, letting Claude audit, analyze, and edit live Revit projects. He speaks regularly at BIM User Groups, universities, and events like Autodesk DevCon and TU Delft.
Registered Architect and digital enthusiast with a passion for data interoperability.
Product manager at Autodesk and regular speaker at events like AU, BILT (RTC), and other BIM conferences.
TOPIC:
From IFC to Data Exchange: Next Generation of Interoperability
Ovidiu Paunescu is a Senior Principal Product Owner at Autodesk, where he has helped lead Revit’s rebar modeling and detailing capabilities for the past 11 years. Before joining Autodesk, he worked on large-scale concrete and steel building projects in Romania and internationally
He holds civil and structural engineering degrees from the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest and is a Revit Certified Professional in Structural and Architectural disciplines
TOPIC:
Rebar in Revit 2027: Next-Generation Workflows for Bridges and Buildings
Discover the latest reinforcement modeling and detailing workflows in Revit 2027 through a practical, step-by-step demonstration covering both bridge and building projects. The session shows how to place, edit, and validate reinforcement in both 2D and 3D views.
It also explains how to create consistent rebar geometry within complex structural elements and how to manage changes as the design develops. The workflow concludes with the extraction of fabrication information through tags, bending details, and rebar schedules.
Petru Conduraru is a civil engineer and certified openBIM Practitioner with more than twelve years on infrastructure and construction projects in Norway, including as a BIM coordinator, where IFC was used as production data on site.
He is the founder of BIMvoice, a buildingSMART Registered Training Provider delivering Foundation and openBIM Practitioner certification training in English.
His work focuses on practical IFC workflows, information requirements, IDS, model validation, and reliable information exchange between different tools and project teams.
TOPIC:
Data First BIM: Requirements Driven Modeling with Open Standards
Most BIM models begin with geometry, while the required information is added later. In this practical session, I will start with client information requirements, convert them into IDS, and use them to guide the creation of a simple model directly in IFC using Bonsai. I will then validate the model, correct missing or incorrect information, and verify the final delivery.
Participants will see how open standards can connect requirements, modeling, structured data, and validation in one practical workflow.
Scott is a Senior Technical Specialist at Autodesk with over 30 years of experience in architecture, BIM, and digital design technology. After earning his Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly Pomona, he spent more than a decade in architectural practice, where he developed expertise in project management, CAD/BIM standards, and workflow adoption.
An early adopter of Revit, Scott began using the software when Revit 1.0 was released and has been helping firms successfully implement BIM workflows ever since.
Since joining Autodesk in 2007, he has worked with hundreds of architecture, engineering, and construction firms, helping them leverage Revit, BIM, and emerging technologies to improve project delivery and business outcomes.
Scott enjoys sharing practical, real-world strategies that enable teams to work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and get the most from their Autodesk technology.
TOPIC:
Connected BIM: How Revit Fits into the Modern AEC Tech Stack
Jelena Stevanović is an architect and BIM Manager specializing in Revit standards, template development, content libraries and workflow automation. She has worked on large scale projects and helps architecture firms build structured BIM systems that improve consistency, quality and project delivery.
Together with Balkan Architect, she developed the architectural Revit template. Her work focuses on turning Revit templates from static files into reliable systems that evolve with teams, projects and company standards.
TOPIC:
Building a Revit Template That Actually Works: Development, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement