Call for Participation- U.S. Workshop on Multidimensional Digital Twins in the Built Environment
Date: May 14-16, 2025
Location:
Havener Center, 1346 N Bishop Ave, Rolla, MO 65409 Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
Call for Participation
Poster (3 ft high x 4 ft wide) submissions are due by March 1, 2025, to join academic, industry, and government leaders (capped to 50 people) and help shape the future of digital twin research.
Introduction
In 2017, the United Kingdom (UK) National Infrastructure Commission launched a national digital twin initiative as envisioned in their Data for the Public Good report. During the evolution of their digital twin initiative, the UK construction industry alone saved $1.1 billion in 2014 just by sharing information. Since 2018, the concept and development of digital twins have been significantly advanced worldwide, as demonstrated by an increase in publications (mentioned “digital twin” in their titles) to over 10,000.
In the U.S., digital twin initiatives have gained increasing interests in recent years. They have been initiated by federal agencies such as National Science Foundation 24-559 on Mathematical Foundations of Digital Twins, Department of Commerce Digital Twin and Semiconductor CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute, and Department of Energy Digital Twin for Hydropower Systems Project. The Department of Energy also organized a joint DOE-NSF Workshop on Digital Twins for Manufacturing on November 11-14, 2024.
Currently, there is an urgent need to take a more proactive approach to create a synergistic and cohesive effort in the U.S. and drive national digital twin technologies in the built environment. A built environment is referred to as engineered structures (e.g., airports, bridges, buildings, dams, ports, roads), man-made features (e.g., community center squares, landscapes, monuments, parks, recreations), and facilities (fire stations, hospitals, power plants, schools, wastewater treatments) viewed collectively as an environment in which people live and work.
Workshop Objectives
- To brainstorm and develop a R&D roadmap for community-driven national digital twin initiatives in the built environment.
- To coalesce the community to explore frontier research and innovation using digital twins as a platform to drive economic development, citizens' wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resiliency.