2026 Cesium Developer Conference Session Recordings

Hajime Wakabayashi, Software Engineer, EarthbrainSmart Construction Dashboard by EARTHBRAIN uses CesiumJS to visualize earthwork sites as digital twins. This talk demonstrates how 3D Gaussian Splatting from imagery such as drone footage delivers...Liz Dailey - CreateAccessLiz Dailey is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of CreateAccess, a nonprofit that advances economic opportunity for young people in underresourced communities through inspiring, hands-on 3D...Adam Morris, Sean Lilley - Bentley SystemsThis presentation introduces 3D Tiles 2.0, the next generation of the 3D Tiles open standard for streaming large‑scale 3D geospatial content. Learn how 3D Tiles 2.0 builds upon glTF 2.1 as its core...Greg Beatty, Software Engineer, SynopsysWe plan to share current work and lessons learned with using 3DTiles for interplanetary analysis. Challenges addressed include precision at this scale and performance.Hiroshi Yaginuma, CTO, Locus Blue Inc.This session presents scalable techniques for rendering and interacting with large point cloud datasets in CesiumJS. We will explore adaptive performance strategies, enhanced attribute visualization,...Lucas Gigodot, Jeroen VermeulenBentley iTwin Capture and Cesium ion offer some of the most advanced photogrammetry reconstruction services available. This session will cover the 3D reconstruction workflow and the best practices to...Renaud Keriven - Bentley Systems, Michael Rubloff - Radiance FieldsAn update on Reality ModelingJesse Fleri - SandtableSandtable demonstrates how the Mentat platform applies AI and simulations to streamline, accelerate and enrich mission and autonomy planning by helping teams rapidly assess complex environments,...Xuan Huang, Don McCurdy - Bentley SystemsCesium is bringing Vector Tiles into the 3D world.  We will start by discussing the categories of vector data and use cases we aim to support,  followed by our proposed solution: a 3D-native,...Taiki Miyagawa, Civil Engineer, Digital Design Center/Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Research & Development CenterBy extending CesiumJS for WebXR, we built a multi‑platform VR experience using 3D content on Cesium ion without any game engine. This approach enables lightweight, browser‑based VR accessible across...Margarita Kartaviciute, Senior Software Engineer, Bentley Systems In this workshop, participants will build a small application that combines an LLM-powered chat interface with a Cesium-based 3D visualization. They will learn how to connect conversational AI to...Hideyuki Kobayashi - CalTa Inc.CalTa introduces "TRANCITY Nebula," a new digital twin service launching March 2026. This session explores how we leverage Cesium to solve complex infrastructure challenges in Japan through...Wayne Sullivan, Justin Gould - ParametrixLive UE5 & Bentley Cesium transportation demos. Including: Custom Vissim importer, Streetscape improvements in Downtown LA, Montana's first DDI, Alaska cruise terminal featuring animated pedestrian...Luke McKinstry, Software Engineer, Bentley SystemsThis deep-dive workshop will walk through building an interactive CesiumJS application using a modern JavaScript setup. Participants will learn how to connect to Cesium ion to stream 3D Tiles into a...Josh Rouzer, Justin Dehorty - Bentley SystemsJosh and Justin will discuss how a full UI redesign and introduction of agentic workflows with Sandcastle Copilot are lowering the barrier of entry for CesiumJS.Roberto Fernandez Hergueta, Sergio Contreras - ArupHow do cities become software? This session presents Madrid’s operational digital twin, built on open standards and 3D Tiles. Learn how Cesium enables scalable 3D streaming, real-time data fusion,...Chengxuan Li - Cornell UniversityThis talk presents EnergyAtlas, a city-scale building digital twin platform, and showcases how it assists cities like Ithaca, NY in evaluating building retrofit strategies, electrification pathways,...Olivier Lange - Uzufly LtdWe present a Web Components system that wraps Cesium’s API into composable custom elements. A single <cesium-viewer> tag enables terrains, basemaps, 3D Tiles, layers, models, and plugins—making...Kelsey Click, Nadine Alameh, Elaine Lewis, Sharel Liu, Alison WatsonHear from a multi-generational panel of pioneers shaping the geospatial and infrastructure industry, spanning corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, education, and emerging technical talent. Through...Jason Newmoyer - NGSCoreSpatial Portal integrates GeoServer-driven OGC services with Cesium ion and CesiumJS for high-performance real-time tracks and hybrid 2D/3D workflows. This talk shows the Ion plugin architecture,...Liz Dailey, Co-Founder & Executive Director , CreateAccessAttendees will gain: Exposure to core 3D geospatial concepts and use case examples for 3D geospatial in education, research, and industry Hands-on experience navigating and using Cesium Stories,...Danny Williams, Richard Hipp, Bryan Beal, Patrick Cozzi, Shehzan MohammedClose out the Cesium Developer Conference with an inspiring lineup of tech visionaries and community leaders. The session kicks off with feature keynotes from SQLite creator Richard Hipp, and...Jack Strongitharm - UnityBoth Unity and Cesium utilize the 3D tiling methodology for the delivery of large-scale content to applications. This presentation will demonstrate the synergy of both technologies to develop...Daniel Mitchell - University of Glasgow - TransiTHigh fidelity visualisations underpin a Digital Twin of the Port of Dover, integrating transport, maritime, traffic, and energy datasets to support transparent, scenario-based planning for...Stephen Phillips - Epic GamesCesium makes it dead simple to drop in accurate geospatial context like Google’s Photorealistic Tiles, but most users don’t customize it beyond a basic cartographic cutout. This session will cover...Roberto Fernandez Hergueta, Head of Emerging Tech, ArupThis session presents Barcelona’s Underground Digital Twin, built on open standards such as MUDDI, AGS, and IFC. Discover how Cesium enables 3D/4D visualization, semantic integration, and real-time...Michael Sulesky - Pennoni AssociatesPennoni's 3D visualization team, PFX, will be highlighting some of its biggest projects of the past year that utilized Cesium.Klaus Konarkowski - Blacknight SpaceEvent Horizon is a tool to visualize aerospace events and perform custom analytics. The tool enables real-time GLTF articulations, handles custom propagation, implements visual "save states", and...Roop Saini - Bentley SystemsCesium is starting to incorporate advanced capabilities from Bentley iTwin Platform, unlocking new possibilities for design review workflows. This session highlights features like change detection...Michael Jansen - TwinMasterAward-winning TwinMaster transforms Cesium-powered 3D models into AI-native Digital Twins capable of multi-objective reasoning across cost, carbon, performance, constructability, and other key KPIs....Gustavo Medina, CEO, XRFXR technology transforms critical decision-making in high-stakes environments. This session demonstrates how immersive spatial visualization cuts response time and reduces errors when seconds...Osarodion Victory Igbinobaro, Tyler Wescott (AERO AI)Infrastructure inspection AI struggles with scarce, noisy training data. This talk presents a work-in-progress pipeline that uses Cesium-powered infrastructure digital twins as real-world anchors for...Ryan Duffy - Array LabsArray Labs returns with a live, operational 3D-from-space product — now processing and fusing multi-sensor data from partner constellations. We'll demo our production, Cesium-powered 3D viewer and...Ping-Chun (Lucas) Chen - OneworkThis talk presents an end-to-end digital twin approach used in large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide. We demonstrate how Cesium enables highly detailed web-based models combined with...Yuria Iwasaki - Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-POWER) leverages TRANCITY and Cesium for Unreal for advanced employee training. This session introduces real-world use cases where game engine technology...Travis Crowell, Business Development Engineer - Geospatial. Bentley Systems Attendees will learn how to take a sample set of oblique images, generate Gaussian Splats as 3D Tiles in their Cesium Ion account, load and configure the data in a CesiumJS Sandcastle and/or Cesium...Cory Barr, Software Developer , Bentley Systems Attendees will learn: The difference between reality and design data; How to get design data into Cesium; Techniques for geolocation design data; How to leverage element properties of the design...Matteo Massimi, Independent DeveloperDemonstration of how CesiumJS can be used to build a feature-rich outdoor planning tool. By combining custom terrain analysis with aggregated open data, this approach enables the creation of a...Janine Liu, 3D Software Developer, Bentley SystemsGet familiar with the fundamentals of Cesium for Unreal! This workshop will cover how to stream real-world data into Unreal Engine as well as basic georeferencing concepts, seamless world navigation,...Jeshurun Hembd - Bentley SystemsCesiumJS continues to expand what’s possible for high‑performance 3D geospatial visualization on the web. In this session we'll showcase the latest capabilities in CesiumJS, including advances in...Ankit Trehan, Software Engineer, Bentley SystemsIn this session you will explore:  How to tile varied data in cesium ion from different sources. How to tile varied data in cesium ion from different sources.