DigiBUILT 2026
The digital frontier of the built environment.
DigiBUILT 2026 Partners
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture took shape in 2002 as a Legacy Project of the American Institute of Architects convention, under its founding president John Paul Eberhard FAIA. A non-profit with nearly 400 members, it advances knowledge linking neuroscience research to human responses to the built environment, work recognised with the Latrobe Prize. ANFA is a principal partner of DigiBUILT 2026, whose NeuroArchitecture stream reflects that mission, and Professor Frederick Marks of its Board serves as a DigiBUILT 2026 Chair.
CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group
The Intelligent Buildings Group is a special interest group of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, the international body for building services professionals whose origins reach back to 1897. The group champions the role of the building services engineer in the design, management and operation of intelligent buildings, with work on whole-life value, smart materials, embedded sensing and healthy, sustainable buildings. It is a principal partner of DigiBUILT 2026, and its founder, Professor Derek Clements-Croome, serves as a DigiBUILT 2026 Chair.
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland University of Technology traces its origins to the Auckland Technical School of 1895 and in 2000 became the first New Zealand polytechnic to gain university status. It now teaches around 28,000 students from more than 140 countries across three Auckland campuses, and Times Higher Education ranks it first in New Zealand for international outlook. Its School of Future Environments, the academic home of GDI, works across architecture, construction and the wider built environment on questions of density, sustainability and affordability, in partnership with industry, government and community.
Springer Nature
Springer Nature was formed in 2015 by combining Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media, publishing traditions that reach back to 1842. With more than 9,400 employees in over 40 countries, its brands include Springer, Nature Portfolio, BMC and Palgrave Macmillan. GDI 2025 and GDI 2026 hold agreements with Springer Nature for their conference proceedings, under which the publisher applies its own editorial assessment to every accepted paper.