We’ve just completed the list of 600+classes for AU 2010, and I thought many of you would be interested in knowing how Autodesk University works to deliver such an excellent curriculum each year. It’s a huge task! Step 1: Identify the Pool of Potential Speakers Immediately after the Call for Proposals CFP) closes, the AU team starts the process of identifying next year’s pool of potential speakers: READ MORE >

The June 2010 AU Quarterly should be arriving in your email box any minute. One thing that this issue introduces is a new series of articles called Community Spotlight. This series focuses on companies, organizations, and individuals who derive significant benefit from Autodesk University’s annual conference, as well as other AU events and online resources. First in this series is an interview with veteran AU speaker, Jim Balding, Director of BIM at WATG and Director of WimberlyLabs, WATG’s Technology R&D arm. I really enjoyed interviewing Jim about how his company derives value every ye... READ MORE >

Thanks to everyone who voted for this year’s class proposals. We received more than 19,000 votes! Although some of you reported problems with access to the voting site or difficulty in filtering for particular areas of interest, we did obtain a good understanding of those topics that the AU membership favored or found interesting.  To those of you who had problems, our sincere apologies. Stay tuned for more updates about this year’s AU classes in the weeks ahead. --sandy READ MORE >

Want to vote for your favorite AU class topics but too busy to vote during the work week?  We’ve got you covered.  Due to popular demand, we are extending the deadline through May 23.  So get your vote in no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time this Sunday night (that’s almost Monday morning). Wondering what the Voting site looks like?  It really easy to use. Have a look at these examples.  First you can search for classes by industry track, by speaker, by level of expertise,  by product, and by class type such as lecture or lab, unconference sessions, virtual sess... READ MORE >

If you are thinking of attending the AU 2010 conference, or AU Virtual this year, you have a chance to influence which classes will be offered at these events. We received more than 1800 topics from the international AU community, and for the first time this year, topics were submitted in English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. It only takes a few minutes to vote for those sessions that you want to see offered. Voting ends Friday, May 21. Vote now!   --sandy READ MORE >