NAVIATE USER DAYS
Hosted by Symetri
10 - 11 September
Day 1: September 10
Day 2: September 11
Common sessions / topcenter Faros (floor 5)
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome to Naviate User Days w/ Jan Tore Bugge, Head of Product Naviate. Session is held in Norwegian.
Jan Tore opens the event with a welcome and some practical information about the upcoming days.
10:10 - 10:55 How will AI impact our industry and how do we look at this from a Naviate perspective w/ Nicolai Karved, Lead Technology Analysist. Session is held in English.
10:55-11:25 Why Learning Every Day Should Be a Habit for your AEC Team w/ Jan Tore Bugge. Session is held in Norwegian.
11:25 - 11:45 Break and mingle
Light serving and an opportunity to say hi to everyone attending. Our Expert corners will be open for discussion and tips on our Naviate portfolio.
Common sessions / topcenter Faros (floor 5)
11:45 - 12:05 Forma and Naviate w/Jan Tore Bugge, Head of Product Naviate. Session is held in Norwegian.
We will dive into what has happend lately in Autodesk Forma and talk about how our Naviate Outddor Area looks like and what to expect in near future.
12:05 - 12:25 Naviate Nebula w/Claus Vemgaard, Application Engineer Symetri. Session is held in Swedish.
Integrate your common data environments for the purpose of connecting workflows with automation and provide insight from data.
12:25 - 13:25 Lunch and expert corner
Lunch and an opportunity to say hi to everyone attending. Our Expert corners will be open for discussion and tips on our Naviate portfolio.
parallel sessions / faros, hagen 3, hagen 4, hagen 5, NimBUS
Class 1: Naviate for Revit - Model Management w/ Hans Zandhoff, Product Manager for Naviate Structure and Naviate Rebar. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session is held in Swedish or English depending on audience.
Manage Data. This master class is also available day 2 (class 11). In this master class we go through how to create and manage parameters with Revit and Naviate.
Class 2: Naviate for Revit - Naviate Architecture w/ Bettool Jabur, Prouct Manager for Naviate Zero, Naviate Bimfire and Naviate Daylight. Audience target group: Architects. Session is held in English.
- New Features and Enhancements: Overview of updates and improvements since the 2023 Naviate User Group.
- Interactive Ideas Workshop: Attendees will select and present their favorite existing ideas.
- Engaging Quiz Session: Test your knowledge and have some fun with our interactive quiz.
Class 3: Naviate for Revit - Naviate Structure and the new Rebar Numbering w/ Bogdan Benta, Senior Consultant and Product Specialist Symetri. Audience target group: Structural Engineers. Session is held in Norwegian.
In this class we will dive into the new Rebar Numbering workflow.
Special session: Keep track of what software is being used within your company with CQFlexmon w/Tor Andersen, Multiconsult. Target group: license managers. Session is held in Norwegian.
Symetri have developed a software licence monitoring tool, CQFlexMon, to provide businesses with control and visibility across all of your licences—from Autodesk, to Microsoft, to any other vendor product that runs an executable file. CQFlexMon helps you track and monitor licence usage to control costs and manage vendor licence compliance and identify any problems that may be hidden within your software portfolio. Tor from Mulitconsult will present how they work with monitoring, cost and compliance of their license pool.
14:25 - 14:40 Break and mingle
parallel sessions / faros, hagen 3, hagen 4, hagen 5, Nimbus
Class 5: Naviate for Revit - Coordinates in Revit w/ Matthijs Lotter Homan, Senior Consultant and Product Specialist Symetri. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session is held in Norwegian or English depending on audience.
What coordinating systems do we use in Norway, and what is the difference between them? How to manage coordinates in Revit with Shared Coordinates. Linking DWG with map coordinates with Geo-referenced pint zero. Export of IFC. New possibility with Project Base Point oriented in True North.
Class 6: Naviate Rebar w/ Bogdan Benta, Senior Consultant and Product Specialist Symetri. Audience target group: Structural Engineers. Session is held in Norwegian.
More information to be announced later.
Class 7: Naviate for Revit - Naviate MEP w/ Simon Locke, Proncipal Consultant and Product Specialist Symetri. Audience target group: MEP. HVAC and Electrical Engineers. Sesson is held in English.
We will explore some of the electrical workflows using Naviate Accelerate & Naviate MEP and learn about the useful productivity tools of Naviate MEP.
15:40 - 15:55 Break and mingle
Common sessions / topcenter Faros (floor 5)
15:55 - 16:10 Naviate development and roadmap w/Jan Tore Bugge, Head of Product Naviate. Session is held in Norwegian.
Get an overview of our current development and future roadmap for Naviate.
16:10 - 17:30 Ideation group work w/ the Naviate team; product managers, product owners and product specialists. Groups is held in Norwegian, Swedish and English depending on groups.
We divide all attendees into smaller groups to try and find ideas and gaps in the Naviate development. This is a chance to make Naviate what you need in your everyday work!
17:30 - 20:00 Networking, expert corner and afterwork
Welcome to the afterwork! There will be light serving and a selection of drinks. We hope you will join us for a chat and hopefully enjoy the view from the Topcenter if the sun shows up.
topcenter Faros (floor 5)
08:30 - 09:05 What's new in Revit w/ Bogdan Benta, Senior Consultant and Product Specialist Symetri. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session will be held in Norwegian or English depending on audience.
We will take a look at some of the main features and enhancements to this year’s Autodesk Revit 2025 release. Everything from generic enhancements to dicipline specific enhancements for Architcture and Structure.
09:05 - 09:40 What's new in Naviate for Revit w/ Hans Zandhoff, Product Manager for Naviate Structure and Naviate Rebar. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session will be held in Swedish or English depending on audience.
We will take a look at some of the main features in our Naviate 2025 release. In addition to Naviate Accelerate we will cover all diciplines updates and new features.
09:40 - 10:00 Break and mingle
Light breakfast and lots of coffee to get you going though the upcoming master classes. Our Expert corners will be open for discussion and tips on our Naviate portfolio. Before we grab a coffee or beverage to go on you way to the first master class!
parallel sessions / faros, hagen 3, hagen 4, hagen 5, NIMBUS
Class 9: Naviate for Revit - Naviate Zero w/Ola Walvenius, Senior Consultant and Project Lead Symetri. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session is held in Swedish or English depending on audience.
With Naviate Zero we give you the possibility to make smart, sustainable material selection directly in your Revit model.
In this master class we will give you an introduction to Building Lifecycle Assessment, LCA and a step-by-step guide of how to use Naviate Zero. You will learn how easy it is to make informed sustainability choices with Naviate Zero.
Class 10: Naviate for Revit - Naviate Site & Landscaping with Toposolids w/ Matthijs Lotter Homan, Senior Consultant and Product Specialist Symetri. Audience target group: Architects and Landscape Architects. Session is held in Norwegian.
More information about the session will be announced later.
Class 11: Naviate for Revit - Model Management w/ Hans Zandhoff, Product Manager for Naviate Structure and Naviate Rebar. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session is held in Swedish or English depending on audience.
Manage Data. This master class is also available day 1 (class 1). In this master class we go through how to create and manage parameters with Revit and Naviate.
11:00 - 11:15 Break and mingle
parallel sessions / faros, hagen 3, hagen 4, hagen 5, NIMBUS
Class 13: Naviate for Revit - Naviate Simple BIM w/ Thomas Nyrud, Senior Consultant Symetri. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session is held in Norwegian.
We dive into automation of tasks you can perform with Simple BIM, Groups, gather information, classification, validation and script with Windows.
Class 14: Naviate for Revit - Naviate Accelerate w/ speaker to be announced later. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines.
More information to be announced later.
Class 15: Naviate for Revit - Naviate Daylight w/ Bettool Jabur, Prouct Manager for Naviate Zero, Naviate Bimfire and Naviate Daylight. Audience target group: All Revit diciplines. Session is held in English.
More information to be announced later.
12:15 - 12:30 Break and mingle
Common sessions / topcenter Faros (floor 5)
12:30 - 12:50 MySymetri. What it is and how to use w/Jan Tore Bugge, Head of Product Naviate. Session is held in Norwegian.
MySymetri, our customer portal is central when it comes to Naviate licensing, but will support a lot more in near future. Walkthroug on major feature in MySymetri
12:50 - 13:10 Designing Wellness through Naviate's Sustainable Solutions w/ Bettool Jabur, Prouct Manager for Naviate Zero, Naviate Bimfire and Naviate Daylight. Session in held in English.
More information to be announced later.
13:10 - 13:15 Summary of this years Naviate User Days w/Jan Tore Bugge, Head of Product Naviate. Session is held in Norwegian.
13:15 - 14:00 Lunch and departure
About Naviate User Days
Place
Forskningsparken, Gaustadalleèn 21, Oslo
Participation fee
Naviate User Days fee NOK 1 000,-
What is included:
- two days of event participation
- access to expert corner
- access to four master classes
- lunch will be provided
- afterwork event day one with refreshments
Time
- Tuesday September 10th 10:00 - 20:00
- Wednesday September 11th 08:30 - 14:00
Payment: Card or invoice
The confirmation email will include a link to pay by card via the Naviate store. We would appreciate if everyone can please choose this option as it would reduce the administrative process and be more sustainable. For every third (3rd) registrant from the same company we will refund the cost to the same card as used.
Invoice is sent to the company connected to the org number. Please remember to add PO/invoice details if this is something required in your company. Most companies have a PO practice and will not approve invoices without.
Conditions
The event is planned to take place in Oslo, September 10-11. We in Symetri reserve the right to cancel the event if needed. There will be photos and video taken at the event to be used during the event and for later communication of the event and similar activities. All registrants will receive invitation to later events, you can opt-out of these in the email. By attending the event you accept the conditions above.
Venue information
Place
Forskningsparken, Gaustadalleèn 21, Oslo
How to get here
- Car: there's parking in the building, fee not included in event registration cost
- Subway: Take subway 4 or 5 to Blindern (west in Oslo) and follow the signs. The subway takes 12 minutes from Oslo Central Station, and walking to the entrance takes approx. 5 minutes.
Overview rooms
Toppsenteret: floor 5.
Rooms: Common area. Faros, Stratus and Nimbus.
Most of the event will find place here in the common area and Faros. Key note, common agenda, coffee breaks, lunch and evening event.
Where: from the reception area in Forskningsparken, go all the way to the other end of the building on floor 1, there's a lift or a long set of stairs taking you to Toppsenteret.
Hagen 3, Hagen 4 and hagen 5: floor 0
Hagen 3, 4 and 5 is located next to each other. Take the lift (or the stairs next to Parken bakeri down one floor. The rooms are located in the glass hallway next to the canteen/underneath the reception area.
Availability and guidance
All rooms are available via lifts and stairs. There will be banners and/or signs with "Symetri" outside the rooms. Please ask Forskningsparken staff or any of the Symetri employees at the event for guidance if needed. For all master classes, there will be a Symetri employee gathering all participants to each room.
Hotel
You can easily get to the venue by the subway, so a more centrally placed hotel is fully possible. Here are a few: