Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance rapidly, with new applications and platforms emerging at an unprecedented pace. These technologies have the potential to significantly transform how the A/E/C and building enclosure industries operate—both today and in the years ahead.

Join SAME Atlanta Post for an engaging and informative session designed to help professionals understand the evolving AI landscape and how to begin integrating AI into their organizations and workflows. Attendees will gain practical insights into current AI developments, implementation strategies, adoption challenges, and emerging future use cases relevant to the built environment.

This session is ideal for professionals, public-sector representatives, and students interested in understanding how AI is shaping the future of engineering, architecture, and construction.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

• Understand key AI advancements introduced in 2025 and emerging in 2026

• Learn how to identify, test, and implement AI within organizational processes

• Explore common barriers to AI adoption and strategies to overcome them

• Gain insight into future AI-enabled applications for building enclosure and A/E/C projects

Guest Speaker

Michael Ramos
President, Raymond

Michael Ramos is the President of Raymond, a Minority and Veteran-Owned Small Business providing full A/E services. Since joining Raymond in 2017, Mr. Ramos has expanded the firm’s federal market presence and leads its Internal Research & Development (IRAD) program, which is developing multiple AI-based and software solutions for the A/E/C industry.

Prior to Raymond, Mr. Ramos served as Director of Analysis at DeWolff, Boberg & Associates and as a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a Master of Science in Chemistry from Tufts University.