Virtual Consultation Platform transcends boundaries and transforms collaboration

Several months ago, the annual AECOM Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Leadership Conference 2023 unfolded, uniting key leaders to collaborate, exchange insights, and foster innovation and growth. We used AECOM’s renowned Virtual Consultation platform to support the conference in a fresh and engaging way.   

Last year’s theme focused on the acceleration of our digital delivery strategy, and the event brought together 100 AECOM leaders over two and a half days. The conference served as a catalyst for positive change, urging teams to embrace their roles as digital leaders within the company, share their own stories, and explore novel approaches to solving complex problems.  

As part of the 2023 conference, our marketing and digital teams created an interactive virtual conference room, showcasing the event invitation, digital case studies and the ANZ digital microsite through our own Virtual Consultation Platform, a fantastic example of global collaboration using cutting-edge technology to deliver an engaging and innovative solution for attendees of the conference. 

Our global community supporting the development of the interactive virtual conference room included the ANZ Clients & Marketing team, the New Zealand Visualisation team and the UK-based Virtual Consultation team. The teams worked closely together, leveraging inspiration and technology to create a stunning, high-quality product. 

• Our marketing team drew inspiration from the nostalgia of 90s arcade spaces. The vision was a fusion of futuristic visualization with a touch of retro aesthetics, brought together with an overarching theme of ‘Digital Innovation’, setting the stage for a visually stunning and informative virtual space.  
• Transforming this vision into a digital reality fell into the capable hands of our New Zealand-based visualisation team. They crafted a photo-realistic 3D model of the environment, bringing the arcade concept to life. The result was the AECOM-branded neon-lit arcade that forms the digital environment to the immersive virtual experience. 
• The UK Virtual Consultation team took the render and incorporated the conference content, video, and other interactive elements into a full 360-degree immersive environment, available on all mainstream platforms and can be accessed anytime, all through our cutting-edge AECOM Virtual Consultation Platform. The result is a fantastic virtual room that goes beyond the limitations of physical spaces, providing conference attendees with a dynamic and engaging platform to connect, learn, and interact. 

AECOM’s Virtual Consultation Platform

The virtual platform showcases Digital AECOM case studies from a number of projects and sectors, from flood modelling and data management to 3D modelling and AI. The room also showcased content from the conference keynote speaker, Dr Jordan Nguyen, an internationally renowned engineer, inventor and innovator.  

Since launching in April 2020, our Virtual Consultation platform has helped reach millions of people during the pandemic and beyond. By replicating a consultation, exhibition or conference, our Virtual Consultation Platform can seamlessly display digital materials, including exhibition boards, maps, videos, virtual reality and sound demonstrations, in a dynamic and engaging way.  

The virtual platform complements traditional methods to allow people who can’t or don’t want to come to traditional events to view the information in their own time from any device. You can read more about our Virtual Consultation Platform here: https://consultation.ai/demo/