Overview

BIM World Paris returns for its 2026 edition at Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles on April 1–2, 2026. Positioned as France’s primary annual gathering for digital construction and building information modelling, the event brings together software vendors, AEC professionals, public sector actors, and researchers under one roof to address the digitization of buildings, infrastructure, and urban territories.

The event operates under the expanded title “Digital Twin | BIM World,” reflecting a strategic shift in recent editions toward digital twin technologies as the overarching framework connecting BIM, data management, AI, and urban systems. It sits at the intersection of architectural research, construction technology, and smart city infrastructure planning.

Focus

The 2026 edition is organized around three central pillars: territories, cities, and infrastructure, where digital technologies improve the built environment and quality of life; smart and safe buildings, where innovation drives construction, operations, and maintenance; and energy, where digital tools enable flexible and low-carbon energy management, with particular attention to direct current systems and their integration with building networks.

Eight thematic tracks structure the conference and exhibition floor: BIM, GIS, and interoperability; digital construction and connected job sites; skills and training; data, AI, and cybersecurity; decarbonization, energy, and sustainable urban planning; real estate, facility management, and asset operations; digital twins, platforms, and collaboration; and infrastructure, cities, and territories. The breadth reflects BIM World’s ambition to cover the full lifecycle of the built environment rather than limit itself to design-phase software tools.

The unmissable meeting point for digital innovation in construction, infrastructure, and territories.
BIM World Paris 2026 Official Description

Program

Thematic Villages

The exhibition floor is organized into dedicated pavilions: the Village Construction Tech, focused on site-level digital tools; the Village Jumeau Numérique de la France et des Territoires, addressing national and territorial digital twin initiatives; the Village Autodesk ADN, dedicated to the Autodesk developer network; the Espace Flexibilité Énergétique & DC World, covering energy flexibility and direct current systems; and the Forum Continuité Numérique buildingSMART France, focused on open BIM data standards and interoperability across the construction lifecycle.

Conferences & Workshops

The event hosts a multi-track conference programme alongside hands-on workshops. The full speaker roster and session schedule had not been published at the time of writing. Registered attendees are advised to monitor the official programme page for updates as sessions are announced.

Key Partners & Exhibitors

Confirmed institutional and commercial partners include Autodesk, Trimble, Nemetschek Group, Dassault Systèmes, buildingSMART France, ACCA Software, KROQI, Once For All, Orisha Construction, the Fédération Française du Bâtiment (FFB), CAPEB, and CCCA-BTP. BIMcollab is among the exhibiting companies, presenting its latest developments in model quality assurance, issue management, and common data environment tools.

Audience

BIM World Paris targets architects, engineers, construction project managers, BIM coordinators, software developers, public sector infrastructure planners, facility managers, and real estate professionals engaged with digital transformation across the full building lifecycle. The event draws an international audience, though its primary community is the French-speaking AEC sector. Both experienced BIM practitioners and those beginning their digitization journey are explicitly addressed in the event’s positioning.

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