If you’ve attended AU Las Vegas before, you know just how inspiring it is. Not only do you get the chance to connect with and learn from industry experts and peers from around the world, you also get to see new and exciting technologies and workflows firsthand—and in many cases, you can actually get your hands on them. While our first priority is to help you get better at your job, if we can inspire you to make the leap from AU attendee to AU speaker, all the better. READ MORE >

For Topcon's Ed McCaffrey the goal is “continual representation of reality in heavy constructions projects” as he explains in this Innovation Zone video from AU 2016.  Watch now. 2. “There’s always more stuff to learn about AutoCAD.” How about learning to automate tasks using macros? READ MORE >

When it comes to getting the lay of the land on your infrastructure construction site, more options are available than ever before. There are traditional surveying techniques, drones, and LIDAR scanning, which can create an accurate digital model of its surroundings in a few minutes. There’s also mobile mapping, which can gather more than a million data points per second while travelling up to 40 mph. But the real advantage, according to Topcon’s Ed McCaffery, comes from integrating data from these technologies quickly and easily to get a single cohesive picture. For the first time, that give... READ MORE >

Morgan Fabian is perhaps among the most naturally curious individuals you will ever meet. As the lead research engineer of the Applied Research team within the Digital Manufacturing Group at Autodesk, her job involves asking and answering an array of ever-evolving questions about each aspect of her projects. Fabian’s team collaborates with customers and product teams to build proof of concepts for future manufacturing product offerings related to machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and virtual reality. Here Fabian lets us in on what the future can hold for machine learning, IoT, a... READ MORE >

  It’s official—this year’s Call for Proposals (CFP) is now open! Put your thinking caps on. Get those gears turning. Brainstorm away. Whatever your method, get to work and submit your proposal. Here are some quick links to get you started: Download the AU 2017 CFP Guide for the scoop on everything from our selection process and criteria to class format descriptions and lengths, and information about topics we’re most interested in. READ MORE >