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November 10, 2025

Best of AU 2025 Awards: Top-Rated Classes and Speakers

 

AU is all about ideas, innovation, and discovering better ways to design and make and each year, AU showcases the brightest minds and boldest breakthroughs across industries.  

 

Now, we’re spotlighting the top-rated sessions from AU 2025, voted on by attendees for their impact and inspiration. Learn from the best of the best with the top-rated sessions by industry/topic from AU 2025. 

 

The Best of AU 2025 winners were selected based on attendee survey results, which included 1–5 rating scores, written comments, and recommendations from session feedback.  To qualify, sessions also had to meet eligibility criteria, including timely presentation delivery and minimum attendance and response thresholds. 

 

Winners were grouped by industry/topic, highlighting the highest-rated session for each category.  Six of our winners are first-time primary speakers, bringing fresh perspectives and new voices to the AU stage. 

 

Congratulations to all our Best of AU 2025 winners! Your work is helping shape the future of design and make. 

 

 
  
 

Construction Cloud Migration Made  Easy 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Derek Gauer 
     

Connected Coordination Level 2: Effective Clash Resolution Using the Power of the ACC Closed Loop Issue Management System 

  • Session Type: Hands-on Lab
  • Speaker: Deepak Maini 
     

A Dynamic Lab on AutoCAD Dynamic Blocks 

  • Session Type: Hands-on Lab
  • Speaker: Tracy Chadwick 
     

A Mesh Made in Heaven: Turning Chaos into Models  

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Sara Brockert    *New AU Speaker 
     

Noncoders and Nondevelopers: How to Create and Use Autodesk Platform Services to Access Autodesk Construction Cloud Data 

  • Session Type: Product Demo
  • Speaker: Marcello Sgambelluri 
     

Hurray! The Superb Guide to Easy Revit Is BACK! 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Rina Sahay
  • Co-speaker: Nauman Mysorewala 
     

Ramp It Up: Civil 3D Tactics for Accessible Design 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: David Hojsan  *New AU Speaker 
     

Build: Crushing Deployment to Maximize Adoption 

  • Session Type: Case Study
  • Speaker: Zeeshan Haider
  • Co-speaker: Elizabeth Koehler 
     

From Reality Capture to Model Coordination: Integrating ReCap Meshes for Enhanced Efficiency in Autodesk Construction Cloud  

  • Session Type: Hands-on Lab
  • Speaker: Shashwat Bhardwaj
  • Co-speaker: Chaitanya Belsare 
     

Streamlining Asset Management in Autodesk Build: Tracking Managing, and Optimizing Project Assets 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: David Campbell 
     

From ACC Silos to Power BI Insights: Free Your BIM Data Using Autodesk Data Exchange, ACC, and Revit 

  • Session Type: Hands-on Lab
  • Speaker: Michael Sturm
  • Co-speaker: Giuseppe Ardito 
     

Found in Translation: Industry Alignment of Practices to Translate BIM to Carbon  

  • Session Type: Panel
  • Speaker: Marta Bouchard
  • Panelist: Andrea Colombo, Retha Swanepoel, Sandra Petkute, Eric Stimmel 
     

Navigating Change in Construction Projects: A Hands-On Lab 

  • Session Type: Hands-on Lab
  • Speaker: Richard Antczak
  • Co-speaker: Elizabeth Koehler 
     

The Structure Connection Lab: An Intro into the Amazing World of Revit Connection Modeling and Beyond 

  • Session Type: Hands-on Lab
  • Speaker: Marcello Sgambelluri 
     

Using Subassembly Composer and Corridor Transitions to Create a More Efficient Model 

  • Session Type: Hands-on Lab
  • Speaker: Russ Nicloy
  • Co-speaker: Ben Wardell 
     

Transform Your Data: Empower Your Business with Autodesk Vault Data APIs and Power BI 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Janel Smith   *New AU Speaker
  • Co-speaker: Allen Gager   
     

Unlocking the Value of Autodesk Construction Cloud, Autodesk Tandem, and GIS for Infrastructure 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Diego Gonzalez   *New AU Speaker
  • Co-speaker: Keenan Bruni 
     

No Box Required: Creatively Adapting to Client Needs Through BIM Families 

  • Session Type: Industry Talk
  • Speaker: Courtney Hilling    *New AU Speaker
  • Co-speaker: Angelis Centofanti    
     

AutoCAD Tips, Tricks, and the Most Stage-Ready Drafting Techniques 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Donnie Gladfelter

     
     





Introduction to Fusion Data Management 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Tyler Lowe   *New AU Speaker
  • Co-speaker: Jeremy Lambert   
     

Vault Now and in the Future 

  • Session Type: Product Demo
  • Speaker: Irvin Hayes 
     

Obliterating Barriers: Designing an Extreme Sports Machine for Wheelchair Users 

  • Session Type: Case Study
  • Speaker: Noel Joyce 
     

 

 



Shipshape 2.0: Smarter Standards and Leaner Layers with AI in AutoCAD 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Shaun Bryant 
     

Enhancing Efficiency with AI: Breaking the Workflow Barrier with Autodesk Platform Services-Connected Data  

  • Session Type: Industry Talk
  • Speaker: Christopher Stock
  • Co-speaker: Gareth Ponmoon 
     

When Augmenta’s AI Joins the Project Team: Lessons Learned from Real-World AEC to Construction with AI Workflows 

  • Session Type: Case Study
  • Speaker: Sunny Watts
  • Co-speaker: Travis Sorrell 
     

 





Using AI for the Creation and Modification of OSL Shaders in 3ds Max 

  • Session Type: Technical Instruction
  • Speaker: Steven Schain 

     

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