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posted 04/05/07 by Dave Simeone Looking for AU 2007 speakers

Howdy – We're starting to build our class schedule for Autodesk University 2007 and the website is open for people to submit class proposals.

Autodesk University 2007:

When: November 27–30, 2007
Where: The Venetian Resort Hotel

Important: The deadline for proposal submissions is April 30, 2007.

Go to the AU 2007 website for guidelines and resources to assist you in preparing your submission.

Am I a potential instructor?

Those of you who’ve taught classes in the past should have already received a note requesting class proposals. Those of you have not taught before but have thought about teaching should submit a class proposal.

Here’s what we’re looking for in the presenters…

1. People who are comfortable in front of a LOT of people. Depending on schedule and numbers of class registrants, you may have 400-500 people in the room.
2. People who are energetic – the shortest lectures are 90 minutes and we frown on snoring in the audience.
3. People who can (and will) share real-world best practices and guidance that will help others successfully adopt Civil 3D in production. Heck – that’s what AU is all about!

What classes are we looking for?

The focus for classes for AU2007 (Civil/Survey track) include…

- Migrating to Civil 3D from other products (including Land Desktop)
- Surveying (including survey, point, COGO and DTM operations)
- Site Development
- Subdivision Design
- Road and Highway Design (new roads, intersections, rehab/reconstruction, urban roads and highways)
- Pipe and utility layout
- Environmental projects
- Production Drafting
- CAD Management (styles, standards, data interoperability between AEC and GIS solutions)
- Project/Data Management (Vault, Shortcuts, best practices for production)
- Visualization and Project Communication

Note that there are classes (lectures) and Labs (hands-on) sessions. You should define what you want the proposal to be, but we may need to change it as we juggle the agenda. Those of you who are new may also want to consider being a lab assistant.

Finally – those of you who have never been to AU, start making the case to your boss now to join us. One place to learn more about AU you is at the AU Online website. This site include recordings of a number of classes from last year. Very Cool! It really is an amazing event for learning how technology like AutoCAD Civil 3D can be used to solve real-world production problems. The people who are teaching classes have incredible experience and knowledge to share.

And Philbrick teaches as well…



Cheers
DAS

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