Even though AU offers lots of great opportunities (e.g. advanced training, information about important trends, free Autodesk certification, networking with potential clients, Autodesk executives, and collaborators), sometimes it is not easy for your manager to say "yes" when you ask to go to the conference. So we’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you to make your case for attending. The new Convince Your Manager Toolkit (zip – 88Kb) provides resources that you can use to show your manager why it is both cost effective and strategically important to your company to send you and your... READ MORE >

Corporate executives are responsible for making decisions about when and how to adopt new business strategies and implement new technology. To help with this process, Autodesk University introduces a new program this year—the AU Leadership Forum.  The AU Leadership Forum will offer business leaders the exclusive opportunity to have a conversation with people in similar positions, so they can exchange experiences and discover how other firms are meeting today’s design industry challenges. They will get a glimpse into future design technology to help position their firm to compete as th... READ MORE >

AU 2011 registration is finally up and running and we are offering more classes than ever before. AU Las Vegas and AU Virtual together will have close to 1000 classes, across all Autodesk products. Classes are grouped by 100+ products, 21 tracks, 9 PowerTracks, and 3 languages. Those of you attending AU in Las Vegas will have over 50 choices at any given time on what you want to learn or what discussion you want to participate in. More than ever, this year AU will cover advanced technical content, feature workflow and process lectures, as well as business leader and technology management top... READ MORE >

The AU 2012 Conference and AU Virtual 2012 are yet to come, but it’s never too early to start thinking about speaking at AU 2012. If you’d like to teach a class next year, the AU Team wants to hear from you. Start thinking now about whether you would like to teach classes for the AU 2012 Conference, for AU Virtual 2012, or both!  Take a  look at the kinds of topics that were selected this year and think about what AU attendees might want to see in next year’s class catalog. And finally… sign up to be notified when the AU 2012 Call for Proposals launches. NOTE: If you submitted a prop... READ MORE >

The AU Community has really jumped on the chance to preview the AU 2011 Class Catalog and there's lots of excitement and tweets being passed around about it. We received a number of requests again this year to have the catalog available in a spreadsheet to make it easier to organize and sort to fit their needs, such as coordinating things so those attending won’t overlap or duplicate classes they sign up for. We’re happy to oblige! As always, the class catalog is subject to change. Download Autodesk University 2011 Class Catalog (XLSX 567 Kb) Happy planning! --sandy READ MORE >