May 17, 2022
It’s Time to Check Your AU 2022 Class Proposal Status
It was an epic Call for Proposals this year. We received more than 2,200 submissions from 58 countries. Even more incredible: community voting crossed 65,000 likes—that’s more than triple the votes from last year. We’re excited, and we can’t thank you enough.
The selection process was challenging. Each proposal goes through a rigorous review process, as we compare the proposals we’ve received to the priorities we’ve established for the conference. Our internal industry teams, collaborators, and partners discuss, the community votes, and all the input is tabulated. After that, we have to make s...
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May 11, 2022
Cloud-Based Workflows for Media & Entertainment
Film and TV used to be industries of hard media, and the digitization process has been gradual. Storing content as data brought many advantages, but it was often still shared on physical media, whether that was tape (DigiBeta, anyone?), SD cards, or hard drives that were handled (and backed up) with the greatest of care. In truth, it took years for the data pipelines to catch up with the possibilities of digitization.
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May 4, 2022
Kayleigh Houde on Computational Technologies, Community, and Climate Change
This interview is part of a series featuring the members of our diverse AU community, from speakers and conference attendees to forum participants and online commenters. You are AU.
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April 20, 2022
Invest in Our Planet: Learning for Earth Day 2022
Earth Day 2022 is Friday, April 22, and this year’s theme is ‘Invest in Our Planet.’ Making the transition to practices that are more sustainable for people, communities, and the planet—these kinds of changes don’t just happen. Climate action planning takes intention, insight, effort, and also investment—from governments, individuals, and industry. Making those investments to support sustainable practices is part of our mission at Autodesk, and there’s still a lot of work to do.
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