The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has opened the call for speakers for Building Innovation 2025.

Building Innovation is a premiere meeting for all who impact the built environment to find solutions. BI2025 takes place May 19-21, 2025, at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia. 

The conference theme is Thrive: Strategies for Resilient Communities. The conference will follow three tracks: Leaders, Practitioners, and Technologists.

NIBS seeks speaker abstracts for the following topics: 

• Functional recovery 
• Sustainable design and construction practices
• Retrofitting for resilience 
• Climate adaptation strategies for buildings and infrastructure
• Community resilience and engagement in urban planning
• Innovative materials
• Technologies for resilient design, construction, and planning
• Policy frameworks that support resilient development
• Adopting resilient projects and strategies; case studies 
• Integration of green infrastructure and ecosystem services
• Risk assessment and management in the built environment
• Innovative investments and insurance in resilience
• Workforce

About the BI2025 Tracks

The three Building Innovation tracks aim to look beyond buildings to enable community-level resilience. 

Leaders. Sessions will focus on developing policy frameworks, strengthening critical infrastructure, incentivizing the investment, and empowering the workforce behind functional recovery.

Practitioners. Establishing processes for resilient building, sessions will focus on codes, standards, existing buildings, risk assessment and management, and sustainable design and construction practices.

Technologists. Sessions will highlight current and emerging technologies for resilient design, construction, and planning, focusing on technology solutions, materials, use cases, and implementation and adoption. 

Abstract submissions are due January 3, 2025.