Conferences

  • I was expecting yesterday's TEDx event at CERN to be good, but it was way beyond that. The overall theme of the event was "Forward: Charting the Future with Science." It comprised 17 separate sessions grouped into 3 sections – Adapt, Change & Create – with Brian Cox as host. The event was planned and […]

  • I last went to CERN back in 1996 (although it may have been late 1995) for an ADGE conference. I think that ADGE stood for "Autodesk Developer Group Europe", but the A might also have been for AUGI. Any old-timers out there who can confirm? (I'm sure Jeremy Tammik remembers. 🙂 Anyway, the ADGE conference […]

  • Last week I spent a morning at SINDEX 2014, which is apparently Switzerland's largest technology exhibition. Its main focus is on industrial electronics and automation: not exactly fields I know a lot about, but ones that I do find to be extremely interesting. There were 400 or so exhibitors, many focused on providing sensors and […]

  • Now that registration is open for Autodesk University 2014, people are busy signing up for classes. For those of you who are curious about the classes I'm delivering/hosting/attending at this year's event, here they are. I'll break things down day-by-day, in case you're interested in finding an opportunity to meet up but can't attend one […]

  • After initially holding DevCamps annually in 2007 and 2008, we've now settled down to the more regular rhythm of every other year (the last set was in 2010). Which means, of course, it's time to do them again. 🙂 As already reported by Geoff, Heidi, Jeremy and Shaan, here is some information regarding this year's […]

  • As those of you following me on Twitter may know, I spent Monday morning at Milan Design Week. I had a couple of reasons for being in Milan at this time. Firstly, my grandmother now lives there, so I spent Sunday evening (the evening of her birthday) with her and my Milan-resident family. The second […]