Reality CaptureBuilding AI-Ready Digital Twins with Multi-modal Reality Capture
Why multi-modal reality capture is becoming the utility industry standard. The utility network is more complex than a single dataset — no one sensor, platform or flight can describe every pole, conductor, vault, valve and encroachment across a service territory. This session shows how aerial imagery, LiDAR and mobile mapping combine into a single, AI-ready digital twin of the utility network.
Key Takeaways
- No single sensor tells the whole story.
- Multi-modal capture creates a more complete digital twin.
- AI requires structured, accurate, integrated geospatial data.
- Enterprise-scale reality capture can become a strategic utility data asset—not simply a mapping project.
Why Attend?
The future of utility infrastructure management starts with creating a complete, accurate, and AI-ready representation of the physical world. Aerial imagery, LiDAR, and mobile mapping each provide valuable information—but the real value comes from combining them. The opportunity before us: transform fragmented data into one intelligent representation of the world utilities manage.
Who Should Attend
Infrastructure Owners
Public sector & operators
- Electric, water, gas & wastewater utilities
- Municipal utilities and co-ops
- County and municipal governments
- Public works and utility departments
- Vegetation management contractors
- Utility engineering consultancies
- Pipeline and midstream operators
- Critical infrastructure operators
Typical Attendees
Owner-side leaders
- Utility Executives
- Asset Managers
- Digital Twin Managers
- GIS Directors
- Survey Managers
- Utility Engineers
- Vegetation Managers
- Distribution & Transmission Managers
- Capital Program Managers
- Asset Management Directors
- Innovation & Digital Transformation Leaders
Geospatial & Reality Capture
Technical professionals
- GIS Managers
- GIS Analysts
- Mapping Specialists
- Reality Capture Specialists
- Mobile Mapping Managers
- LiDAR Engineers
- Photogrammetry Specialists
- Remote Sensing Professionals
- Geospatial Data Managers
- Survey Engineers
- Geomatics Professionals
- Point Cloud Specialists
Presenters
Brian Soliday
Chief Revenue Officer
Robotic Data
Brian Soliday is a sales/marketing leader, with over 40 years of professional experience in the global geospatial marketplace. He has held senior positions with some of the largest geospatial technology organizations, including Autodesk, Trimble, Space Imaging and others. He graduated with a Bachelors and Masters degrees in Geography (GIS/Remote Sensing) from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Peter Atalla
CEO and Founder
Robotic Data
Peter Atalla is the Chief Executive Officer of Robotic Data and a technology entrepreneur with more than 18 years of experience in geospatial technology, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Prior to Robotic Data, Peter founded and served as CEO of Navmii, growing the navigation platform to more than 27 million users worldwide. At Robotic Data, Peter leads the company's mission to build the data infrastructure for Physical AI, developing World Data and Human Data platforms that enable autonomous vehicles, drones, humanoid robots, and AI systems to understand and interact with the real world. Peter has founded and scaled multiple technology companies and has been involved in two successful technology exits.
Josh Chapple
Account Manager
NV5
Joshua Chapple is an Account Manager at NV5, where he helps manage key geospatial accounts' projects from the idea stage through the proposal and contracting, acquisition and analytics, and implementation and integration stages. Josh frequently leads educational sessions about lidar and imagery technologies and capabilities that exist within the geospatial industry, with a focus on 3D imagery products to create digital twins. He has direct experience creating large-scale digital twins that use lidar and imagery data for reality capture visualization and feature extraction. Prior to its 2022 acquisition by NV5, Josh was with GEO1, where he acquired high resolution airborne LiDAR data and imagery using Riegl Lidar and Phase One 150 megapixel sensors. Josh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of San Diego.
Lexi Fojtik
Account Manager
NV5
Lexi Fojtik is an Account Manager at NV5. Having worked previously with the Arizona Public Service, National Park Service, and US Forest Service using ArcGIS and GPS technologies, she has a demonstrated history of working in utility vegetation management, environmental policy, utility regulations, remote sensing, and geospatial services. Lexi holds a BS in Science, Animal Science and Biology form Texas A&M University, and an MS in GIS and Remote Sensing from Northern Arizona University.
