AU isn’t a popularity contest—far from it. Every speaker offers something unique and plays an important part in our learning community. (Every attendee, too.)
That said, we do ask attendees to rate every session they attend on their class surveys. That feedback helps the AU program and AU speakers improve. It also helps highlight the fan favorites. That’s to say, when we do the math, there are always speakers who stand out. It may be their presentation abilities. It may be the strength of their instructional content. It may be their inspirational story, compelling AU learners on the path to BIM adoption, Fusion fundamentals, or new visualization workflows. So let’s give a little credit where credit is due.
Without further ado, congrats to the following top-rated sessions and speakers of AU Las Vegas 2017.
Category: Industry Talk
Winner
Thomas Kemp and Sarah Cause
Navisworks: It’s Not Just for Contractors
Honorable Mentions
Donnie Gladfelter and Jason Kunkel
Overcoming the 7 Deadly Sins of Corporate Training ProgramsRobert Green
Boost Your Career with CAD Management SavingsBrian Hunter and Keri Bender
The King’s Approval: How to Use Fusion Lifecycle (PLM) to Manage Your HierarchyTop-Rated Autodesk Speaker
Allessandra McGinnis
Future of Additive Manufacturing
Category: Instructional Demo
Winner
Deepak Maini
Advance Steel for BIM: Seamless Workflow from Design to Fabrication
Honorable Mentions
Deepak Maini, Mark Abrahams, and Aaron Coats
Collaboration for Revit: Opening the Doors for Real Collaborative Project ExecutionPaul Aubin
Global Parameters, Global Control: Revit Global Parameters in PracticeJesper Wallaert, Sylvester Knudsen
Applying Generative AEC Dynamics to a Parking Garage
Brian Hailey
Residential Subdivision Grading—Grading Beyond the RoadsTop-Rated Autodesk Speaker
Tiffany Bachmeier and Robert Stein
AutoCAD Electrical: 60 Tips in 60 Minutes
Category: Hands-On Lab
Winner
Marcello Sgambelluri
Dynamo for Structure
Honorable Mentions
Paul Aubin
Revit Family Creation: A Step-by-Step Introduction (Just for Beginners)Gui Talarico
Untangling Python: A Crash Course on Dynamo’s Python NodeHåvard Vasshaug
Creating Transparency in France with DynamoRick Ellis
A Practical Guide to GIS in AutoCAD Civil 3D (Part 1)Top-Rated Autodesk Speaker
Aaron Vorwerk
Integrating Structural Design and Analysis: The Basics of a Revit-Robot Structural Analysis Professional Workflow
Category: Panel
Winner
Facilitator: Rick Ellis
Panelists: Robert Green, RK McSwain, Curt Moreno, Kate Morrical
Drawing from Experience: 4 CAD Managers with More Than 100 Years of Combined Experience Tell All
Honorable Mentions
Facilitator: Jeff Mottle
Panelists: O’Brien Chalmers, Alex Coulombe, Scott DeWoody, Martin Enthed, David Scott
A Vision for the Future of Virtual Reality in Design Viz: Advice from the ExpertsFacilitator: Curt Moreno
Panelists: Rick Ellis, Ryan Salvador
So You Want to Be an Autodesk SpeakerTop-Rated Autodesk Speaker
Facilitator: Irvin Hayes
Panelists: Senthil Kumar, Younes Yammouri
Data Management Avengers—Guardians of the Data Galaxy
Category: Roundtable
Winner
Steven Shell
Switching from AutoCAD to Revit: A Discussion About Various Approaches, Training, and How It Impacts a Firm
Honorable Mentions
Ryan Cameron, Cesar Escalante, and Kyle Martin
Form a Superhero Team: How to Connect People to Do Great ThingsRich Conyers and Megan Eli
Visualization Deliverables: A Discussion of the Many Degrees of Visual CommunicationTop-Rated Autodesk Speaker
Steve Dennis and Michael Schmidt
Ask the Inventor Developer
Best New Speaker Award
Many of our top-rated speakers return to AU year after year, which is great. But that can make it hard for new speakers to get on the medal stand, if you follow our meaning. So we carved out a special award for a first-time speaker at AU. This year, the award goes to Gui Talarico—congrats, and keep coming back!
Winner
Gui Talarico
Untangling Python: A Crash Course on Dynamo’s Python Node
Speakers’ Choice Award
The awards above are based on class surveys from all those who attend a given session. In addition, this year we’re pleased to honor the speaker who most impressed their peers in the speaker community—only the class surveys of other speakers and co-speakers were tallied. And this year’s Speakers’ Choice Award goes to:
Winner
Mark Lancaster
Boosting Inventor Performance
Congratulations, all!