Kimon Onuma is providing and series of webinars to educate people about the use of a Services Oriented Architecture approach to web-based data sharing. He is getting really good at explaining a ground-breaking approach to building industry business processes. As one person once commented, "This changes everything."

1. PROGRAM2BIM - Web-based Asset Data Sharing Webinar Series
June 6, 2016 - Pasadena, Calif. - ONUMA, Inc. is providing a free PROGRAM2BIM webinar series on asset
information structuring and sharing. Lead by Kimon Onuma, FAIA, the company is an award-winning
leader of web-based data sharing that benefits portfolio owners and has been organizing public
education forums for more than two decades.
The four webinars are focused on the significant lifecycle benefits of using open standards to share asset
information on the web in real time. This allows use of mobile devices in a way the leverages the Big
Data phenomenon and provides dramatic, measurable results.
The webinars will be every Thursday in June at 2 pm Eastern. Registration is available at:
http://bimedu.weebly.com/Webinars.html
The first webinar focuses on the information needs of Building Owners. The following three webinars
explain how Consultants, Manufacturers and IT Professionals can better serve Building Owners with
mobile, web-based data sharing expertise.
The first webinar will feature representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of
Defense and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The publicly available work that has been done for these
significant owners will be shared. A discussion of benefits from improved asset information
management will suggest policy language that can be implemented in short-term demonstration
projects.
The other three webinars will feature cases studies from companies and professionals who serve owners
of asset portfolios.
The free webinars will provide instructional training exercises that are immediately actionable by
owners of any asset portfolio type.
Jim Dieter, Executive Director of the Asset Leadership Network says, “The management of asset data is a
core element of any asset management system. The Information Age tools and business processes being
taught in this webinar series can be a foundation for establishing an asset management system for any
type of asset.”
The Asset Leadership Network is supporting the PROGRAM2BIM webinar series and will assist
associations in customizing the tests for their specific
Dieter led the U.S. delegation for the ISO 55000 asset management standard series, which was
published in 2014. “’Information Management’ is the title of ISO 55001 section 7.5. The Information
Management system being freely shared in this webinar series can be beneficial to any asset category,”
says Dieter.

2. Dieter comments are featured in the single “overture” for the webinars. He is quoted as saying, “People
tend to divide assets into three categories, People, Money and Stuff. There have been a lot resources
put into managing people and money. It is time to focus on ‘Stuff.’”
Dieter says he is confident about the webinar to impart meaningful information because it is being
organized by the company that spearheaded the 2015 Asset Leadership Impact Award for Federal
Agency Collaboration. That award was won by the US. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency;
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Office of Management and Budget; U.S. Navy; National
Institute of Building Sciences and Consultants. Onuma, Inc. led the Consultants.
Kimon Onuma, FAIA, says, “The free PROGRAM2BIM webinar series will provide specific instructions on
how to structure data using open standards for web sharing. Additional material will be available to
those who want to validate their capabilities with the Information Age tools and business processes now
available.”
Onuma is the Chair of the buildingSMART alliance Thought Leadership and is a previous Chair of the
American Institute of Architects’ Technology in Architectural Practice Knowledge Community.
The PROGRAM2BIM webinar series will explain and demonstrate the information management policies
that can allow all Federal Agencies and other asset portfolio owners to gain significant Information Age
benefits.
For more information and registration visit: http://bimedu.weebly.com/Webinars.html
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Contact Mike Bordenaro, BIM Education Co-op, Co-founder, mbordenaro @ cs dot com (312) 307-3732