Future Conferences:

• 2024 – with the buildingSMART summit
• 2025 – Porto, Portugal or Cardiff, UK
• 2026 – New Delhi, India

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Conferences history:

• 2022 Melbourne, Australia. June 27-29.
  39th W78 Conference “IT in Construction“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2021 Luxembourg. October 13-15.
  38th W78 Conference “IT in Construction“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2020 São Paulo, Brazil. June 2-4.
  37th W78 Conference “IT in Construction“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2019 Northumbria, UK. September 18-20.
  36th W78 Conference “ICT in Design, Construction and Management in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO)“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2018 Chicago, USA. October 1-3.
  35th W78 Conference “IT in Design, Construction and Management“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2017 Crete, Greece. July 5-7.
  34th W78 Conference “Applications of IT in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2016 Brisbane, Australia. October 31-November 2.
  33rd W78 Conference “Applications of IT in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2015 Eindhoven, The Netherlands. October 26-29.
  32nd W78 Conference “Applications of IT in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2014 Orlando, Florida, USA. June 23-25.
  31st W78 Conference “Applications of IT in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2013 Beijing, China. October 9-12.
  30th W78 Conference “Move towards Smart Buildings, Infrastructures and Cities“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2012 Beirut, Lebanon. October 17-19.
  29th W78 Conference “Applications of IT in the AEC Industry“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2011 Sophia Antipolis, France. October 25-28.
  28th W78 Conference “Information Technology for Construction“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2010 Cairo, Egypt. November 16-19.
  27th W78 Conference “Applications of IT in the AEC Industry“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
• 2009 Istanbul, Turkey. October 1-3.
  26th W78 Conference “Managing IT in Construction/Managing Construction for Tomorrow“. [Flyer, site front page, Progress report]
  • “Managing IT in Construction/Managing Construction for Tomorrow“. Editors Attila Dikbas, Esin Ergen and Heyecan Giritli. Published by: CRC Press/Balkema, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-415-56744-2 (hbk). ISBN 978-0-203-85978-0 (eBook) (868 pages).
• 2008 Santiago, Chile. July 15 – 17.
  25th W78 Conference “Improving the management of construction projects through IT adoption“. [Site front page, Progress/Program report].
  • “Improving the Management of Construction Projects through IT Adoption“. Editor Leonardo Rischmoller. Published by: Universidad de Talca, Chile. ISBN 978-956-319-361-9 (455 pages).
• 2007 Maribor, Slovenia. June 27 – 29.
  24th W78 Conference “Bringing ITC knowledge to work“. [The conference also incorporated two already well established workshops, lead by EG-ICE (European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering) and ITC@EDU (Construction IT in Education Network).]
• 2006 Montreal, Canada. June 14-16.
  “W78 23nd Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering “Building on IT”
• 2005 Dresden, Germany. July 19-21.
  “W78 22nd Conference on Information Technology in Construction.
  • “W78 22nd Conference on Information Technology in Construction“. Editors Raimar Scherer, Peter Katranuschkov & Sven-Eric Schapke. Published by: Institute for Construction Informatics, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. ISBN 3-86005-478-3. CIB Publication No.:304. (718 pages).
• 2004 Toronto, Canada. May 7-8.
  “Integrated Systems to Support Sustainability”, CV714-2004 W78 Workshop Roadmapping, Friday 7th May and Saturday 8th May 2004 in conjunction with the CIB 2004 Triennial World Building Congress (2nd – 7th May, 2004), Toronto, Canada.
• 2003 Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand, April 23-25
  The theme was ‘Construction IT Bridging the Distance’ [Conference Program]
  • “Construction IT Bridging the Distance“. ISBN 0-908689-71-3. CIB Publication 284. (494 pages).
• 2002 Århus, Denmark, June 12-14
  The theme was ‘Distributing Knowledge In Building’ [Conference Program] [Aftertour program]
  [Call for papers] [Image gallery]
  • “Distributing Knowledge In Building“. (2 bindings).
• 2001 Mpumalanga, South Africa, 30 May – 1 June
  The theme was ‘IT in Construction in Africa 2001.’ [Accepted papers]
  • “CIB-W78 International Conference. IT in Construction in Africa 2001.“. CSIR, Division of Building and Construction Technology. ISBN 0-7988-5531-2. (44 papers on 525 pages).
• 2000 Reykjavik, June 28 – 30
  . The theme was ‘Construction Information Technology 2000. Taking the construction industry into the 21st century’.
  • ” Construction Information Technology 2000. Taking the construction industry into the 21st century“. Icelandic Building Research. ISBN 9979-9174-3-1. 2 Volumes (1101 pages)
• 1999 Vancouver, May 31 – June 3 (pdf)
  in conjunction with the ‘8th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components’
  • “Information Technology in Construction“. Durability of Building Materials and Components 8. Volume Four. Ottawa. (pp. 2139 – 2954). (See also pdf document on 8dbmc)
• 1998 Stockholm, June 3-5
  The theme was ‘The life-cycle of Construction IT innovations. – Technology transfer from research to practice’.
  • “The life-cycle of Construction IT innovations. – Technology transfer from research to practice“. June, 1998. ISBN 91-7171-281-4, (468 pp). Edited by Bo-Christer Björk and Adina Jägbeck, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 1997 Cairns, July 9-11
  The theme was ‘Information Technology Support for Construction Process Re-Engineering’ IT-CPR-97.
  • “Information Technology Support for Construction Process Re-Engineering“. July, 1997. CIB Proceedings. Publication 208, (470 pp). Edited by Robin Drugemuller, James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia.
• 1996 Bled, June 10-12
  The theme was ‘Construction on the Information Highway’. (Program, list of abstracts)
  • ” Construction on the Information Highway“. May, 1996. CIB Proceedings. Publication 198, (562 pp), Univ, of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• 1995 Stanford, August 22-24.
  The theme was Computers and Information in Construction. W78 with TG10 (Task Group on Computer Representation of Design Standards and Building Codes).
  • “Modeling of Buildings through their Life-Cycle“. August, 1995. CIB Proceedings. Publication 180, (621 pp), Stanford, USA.
• 1994 Helsinki, August 21-23.
  The theme was Integrated Computer Aided Design. 64 participants from 18 countries. Separate program.
  • “Integrated Computer Aided Design“. June, 1994. VTT, Espoo, Finland. (Binder).
• 1993 Singapore, August .
  First International Conference on Management of Information Technology for Construction. The conference was organized in collaboration with CIB W78.
  • “Management of Information Technology for Construction“. Singapore. (Edited by Krishan Mathur, Martin Betts, Kwok Wai Tham). World Scientific & Global Publications Service. 1992. (599 pages).
• 1992 Montreal, May.
  The theme was “Computers and Information in Construction” 127 participants from 20 countries.
  • “Joint CIB Workshops on Computers and Information in Construction“. May, 1984. W57, W74 (Information Coordination in the Building Process) , W78, TG10, Montreal, Canada. (Editors Dana Vanier, Russell Thomas). CIB Proceedings, Publication 165. (610 pages).
• 1991 Eindhoven, September 16-17.
  The theme was “The Computer Integrated Future”.
  • “The Computer Integrated Future“. CIB Seminar, 16-17 September, 1991. Eindhoven University of Technology, Calibre, The Netherlands. (Binder). (345 pages).
• 1990 Tokyo, September 17-19.
  The theme was “Computer Integrated Construction” with 82 participants from 12 countries. Separate seminar program.
  • “Computer Integrated Construction“. CIB W78+W74 Seminar, September 1990, Tokyo, Japan. (Editor Tatsuo Terai, Department Industrial Design, Chiba Institute of Technology). CIB Proceedings 138. (303 pages)
    (Also published by Elsevier (ed Harry Wagter).
• 1989 Barcelona, April 10-11.
  The theme was “Computer Aided Construction. The Future”. Separate program.
• 1988 Lund, October 24-28.
  The theme was “Conceptual Modelling of Buildings” with 91 participants from 16 countries. Separate seminar program.
  • “Conceptual Modelling of Buildings“. CIB W74+W78 Seminar, October, 1988. Lund University and The Swedish Building Centre. CIB Proceedings 126. (Editors Per Christiansson, Henry Karlsson). (320 pages).
• 1987 London, September 28-29.
  The theme was “Innovative Design Descriptions and Practical Aspects of Integrated Cad”. The seminar was held in conjunction with a conference on Data Exchange in Construction (organized by BSRIA) (Oct 1-2). 26 participants from 10 countries.
• 1986 Washington, September 26.
  The theme was “Innovative Design Descriptions”. The workshop was held in conjunction with the CIB.86 Congress. The workshop was organized in 6 separate group workshops with an introductory key note speech. Separate program.
• 1985 Rotterdam, September 16-17.
  The theme was “Integrated Systems Result”. The seminar was held in conjunction with the CAAD Futures in Delft (Sept 18-19) and ECAADE (Sept 19). (Organizer Anne Volbeda). Separate program.
• 1984 London, June 5-7.
  The theme was “Integrated Computer Aided Design”. 49 participants from 10 countries.
  • “Integrated Computer Aided Design“. Colloquium, June 5-7, 1984. Building Research Establishment, Watford, United Kingdom. (Organizer Rob Howard, CICA, Cambridge). CIB Proceedings, Publication 78. (51 pages).
• 1983 Stockholm August 14.
  The initial terms of reference was agreed upon.