Professional credits at AU are important to AU attendees. Here is a list of all the sessions that have been approved to receive either AIA, AIA-HSW, or Civil credits  (pdf - 112Kb). In order to get your AIA credits, you will have to get scanned into the session as you walk in. Once done, go to a survey station, complete the survey for that particular session, and provide your AIA membership number. This year, we will not pass around a piece of paper that you need to sign—online collection of your AIA number is the only way for you to get credit. You will also receive a reminder to do your... READ MORE >

Due to scheduling challenges, we have moved a class for Microsoft. The rescheduled class has been added to the Class Additions and Updates page. Originally, this class was scheduled on Thursday at 10:15 a.m. SC205-1: Microsoft – SharePoint and AutoCAD® for Team Collaboration and Data Management Presenters: Don Richardson and Simon Floyd (Microsoft) Wednesday, 12/03 from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Room 4401 By the way, other classes that Microsoft will be teaching at AU this year are: SC110-2: Microsoft preview of Windows 7 Presenter: Kevin Wittkopf Tuesday, 12/02 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Room... READ MORE >

Autodesk® Seek is a powerful new web service that connects architects and engineers with building product manufacturers in a way not possible using bulky paper catalogs or static online directories. Introduced last year at AU as part of Autodesk Labs, Autodesk® Seek was officially launched in March. It is now embedded in the 2009 US versions of the Revit-based software applications as well as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP. Autodesk Seek enhances design efficiency and streamlines project workflow by eliminating the hassle of site-to-site searches for specific products, or the ti... READ MORE >

At AU this year, you will have the choice of up to 55 classes happening at the same time, plus over 400 ad-hoc meetings on top of this. Getting your schedule optimized can get difficult, and many of you will likely have to make a decision between two “must attend” classes or “out of class” happenings. To help you make the right decision for optimizing your schedule at AU... Download the AU Online Recording Schedule. Since the decision as to what we will record has to be made much later than our show guide production schedule would allow, we were not able to include this in the regular guide. W... READ MORE >

Take a break from AU and experience a different kind of learning—attend a AU Unplugged session. As I mentioned in several earlier posts, AU Unplugged is our version of an unconference, where content and schedule is driven by attendees. After 7700 votes were cast, we then obtained confirmation from submitters that they indeed are interested in leading a session. Having done that, we are now ready to publish the schedule. View the AU Unplugged schedule (pdf - 133Kb) More information on each session can be found on the AU website. As it turns out, approximately one-third of the sessions will be l... READ MORE >