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After a great start to this year's Autodesk University in Las Vegas, day 2 kicked off well, too. I had a bit of a brainwave in the Expo: rather than taking the photo from the front, I took it from the back and the selfie camera automatically flipped it. Neat! After scoping it out during the Day 1 keynote, I went early to a great spot near the puppy park to watch the Day 2 keynote. One segment of great interest was the Autodesk Operations Solutions update by Steve Hooper.I was particularly curious about the work being done to integrate…
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The summer lull is definitely now over, as we're just a few weeks from Autodesk University 2026 and our preparation is kicking into high gear. As mentioned last time our class is recorded, but things are progressing elsewhere, too: invitations have gone out for our Tuesday afternoon event (we're already half-full with the existing RSVPs) and the last spots for the Braindate just prior to it have now been filled. On the lead-up to AU, expect to see a number of articles and blog posts show up about my team's work. The first went live this week on the Autodesk…
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My session for AU2026 has been recorded! I hope that some of you will come along to the live session in Las Vegas, or otherwise watch it via the AU digital experience. You can register for the in-person session here.
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If you're interested in designing for human experience, neuroarchitecture or other well-being related design fields, the Enlivened Design team would love to meet with you at Autodesk University 2026! (I've posted a quick video summarising some of the below information on LinkedIn.) We currently have three activities planned - although this may expand as we get nearer the event. 1. A Braindate to discuss "The Role of Design Technology in Enhancing Human Experience". Tuesday September 15th at 1pm. Braindates are new to this AU: there will be a special area in the Expo for semi-formal (informal but planned somewhat in…
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Autodesk University 2026 will be held in-person in Las Vegas - and online around the world - from September 15-17. The Call for Proposals for AU 2026 is open until April 7. You can find more information - including an FAQ and a handy worksheet for planning your proposal - on this page. Here are the class types available for this year's event. The first two are also available as part of the digital experience. Technical Deep Dive (30 or 60 minutes) Strategy Talk (30 or 60 minutes) Hands-on Lab (90 minutes) The above-linked FAQ includes information on how best…
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I was up early all three days I stayed in Nashville, irrespective of how late I ended up staying out the night before. I was pleased with myself for getting to the gym on Days 0, 1 and 2 of this year's AU. I was staying in the Omni Hotel, which happened to be the location of my Tuesday afternoon session. Which meant I could check out the room before I even made it across to the main conference venue. This year's venue - Music City Center - was really quite nice. The AU team did a solid job of…
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On Sunday I took the train across to Zurich to start the journey to Nashville for Autodesk University 2025. Everything went smoothly, to start with - I was through ZRH security in very little time, which is always nice. The person who checked my passport at the E gates (a special check specifically for people flying to the US) was an engineer who seemed very excited to speak to someone from Autodesk (despite being a SolidWorks user himself). Anyway, I eventually boarded the first leg to Chicago. My first movie choice for this trip was The Salt Road, which had…
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On Sunday I'll be heading to the US for a pretty full-on week, split between Autodesk University 2025 in Nashville, from Monday to Wednesday, and the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) 2025 conference in San Diego, from Thursday to Saturday. I asked AI to create an image morphing Nashville with San Diego and it came up with this. I know neither city well enough to recognize whether it succeeded, to be honest. There weren't any direct flights available between the various legs, so this is what I ended up with. It could always be worse, I suppose. On Monday…
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At the beginning of this week I recorded my class for Autodesk University 2025. It's largely a repeat from my session at DevCon 2025 in Amsterdam, so if you attended that class then this one won't be especially exciting (unless you're like me and a second watch of something is actually really helpful, these days!). Do you know my favourite thing so far about this year's conference? My "class ID" is 1980. For some reason this fills me with a great deal of satisfaction. Go figure. The in-person class will be held during the last session of Day 1 of…
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If you're planning on attending AU 2025 in Nashville - and have an interest in software development, whether via code, low-code or no-code - then be sure to plan on being there for the pre-conference day on September 15th. There will be something for you. The Autodesk Platform Services team have organized their first Platform Leadership Forum, which will be held during the afternoon of the Monday before AU. You can find out specific details - including how to buy your ticket - in this blog post. If you're more interested in rolling up your sleeves and building something -…