Autodesk University is pleased to announce the winners of the AU 2011 Speaker Awards. These highly coveted awards go to the speakers who receive the highest scores from AU Las Vegas attendees based on after-class surveys. The surveys included questions about both content and presentation. Lecture: David Butts for his class “Supercharge Your Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2012.” This award goes to the speaker with the highest rating for a lecture class. Hands-on Lab: David Butts for his class “Autodesk® Revit® MEP: Systems? Filters? Layouts? I Need Help!” This award goes to the speaker with the highe... READ MORE >

Our thanks to everyone who attended AU 2012 Las Vegas and/or AU Virtual. Classes from both events are now online. AU Virtual classes are available to all AU members. AU 2011 Las Vegas attendees, Autodesk Subscription customers, and Autodesk employees with an Autodesk email address can access all class recordings and class materials from AU 2011 Las Vegas. AU members who did not attend AU 2011 Las Vegas can access class handouts, datasets, and other class documents, but not class recordings. Class recordings and class materials from AU 2009 and 2010 are available to all AU memb... READ MORE >

With 900+ classes, Innovation Forums, exhibits, exams, and galleries, there's a lot more to cover at AU than our small staff can write about. In addition to the more traditional press, a veritable army of talented scribes attends AU and relates their experiences. Check out these on-the-ground reports and pictures from industry media and bloggers—find out what you missed and what you may want to include in your AU experience for 2012. Brian Skirpac of DesignGroup reported on the AU Leadership Forum keynote that introduced five technology trends that are changing the world. Additional coverage... READ MORE >

Our thanks to everyone who attended AU 2011 in Las Vegas and/or AU Virtual. With more than 950 classes from both events this year, we have a lot of work ahead of us to get all of the classes up on the AU website for you. A number of you are wondering about the availability of this year’s classes online.  So here are the answers to your questions: When will AU 2011 classes from the Las Vegas conference be available? All AU Las Vegas classes will be available starting December 19 from the Online Classes tab on the AU website. This tab is currently not available. How long will AU Virtual cla... READ MORE >

Free Autodesk Certification exams have been one of the most popular additions to AU in recent years, and this year the enthusiasm for taking them was greater than ever. In 2010, attendees took 2,600 exams at AU. This year, we topped that number on Wednesday, with still more testing available on Thursday. A lot of people also caught on to the fact that they can take exams on Monday before the conference starts, leaving the rest of their week for classes and other AU activities. More than 600 exams were taken by the end of Monday. READ MORE >