Few learning opportunities can match the AU conference in Las Vegas. It’s an ideal environment for hands-on training and face-to-face interaction with peers and experts from your industry and from Autodesk. We have a terrific conference planned again this year and you can still register for AU 2009 and join us at the Mandalay Bay from December 1–3, 2009. It’s also true that, especially in this economy, travel budgets and time away from the workplace are hard to come by. So we designed Autodesk University Virtual to stream some of the best of AU via the Internet to professionals worldwide who m... READ MORE >

As some of you may already know, we are introducing several new ways for Autodesk customers to participate virtually in AU this year and over the next few weeks, we will be announcing these new programs on the AU website. We hope that each of these programs will not only help to extend the reach of content created for AU to a greater audience, but also translate some of the on-site AU experience into a rich and meaningful virtual experience that we are calling Autodesk University Virtual (AUv). The AU Virtual interface will display: Session content Q&A interactions with the AU Vir... READ MORE >

We asked and you responded—with thoughtful, delightful, and very creative videos about why you want to attend the Autodesk University 2009 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. Next, the AU community stepped up to the task and voted for their favorite entries. After thousands of views on YouTube and hundreds of votes on Facebook from the AU community, we had our winners—Laura Wood, Joe Lee, and Thomas McMillan. Congratulations, and many thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the contest and to those of you who viewed the videos and cast your votes. Our three winners receive an AU 2... READ MORE >

Few learning opportunities can match the AU conference in Las Vegas. It’s an ideal environment for hands-on training and face-to-face interaction with peers and experts from your industry and from Autodesk. We have a terrific conference planned again this year and you can still register for AU 2009 and join us at the Mandalay Bay from December 1–3, 2009. It’s also true that, especially in this economy, travel budgets and time away from the workplace are hard to come by. So we designed Autodesk University Virtual to stream some of the best of AU via the Internet to professionals worldwide who m... READ MORE >

Think the AU 2009 Design Leadership program is just for managers and decision makers? If so, think again. If you’re a designer who is looking for ways to design engaging experiences for potential and existing customers, we’ve added a new class to the program that should also interest designers who spend their time “in the trenches.” David Freeman, an authority in the field of evoking emotional engagement in a wide variety of products and media, will present “Experience Design for Architects, and Product, Automotive, Package, Interior, and Interactive Designers”. How do you design engaging e... READ MORE >