{"id":2176,"date":"2017-04-14T14:10:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2017-04-19T13:33:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T20:33:29","slug":"au-las-vegas-cfp-how-to-impress-the-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/au-las-vegas-cfp-how-to-impress-the-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"AU Las Vegas CFP: How to Impress the Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/6-The-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-design-it.-Heather-Kerrick-Design-Engineer-gets-us-excited-about-AUHIVE-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2182\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2182\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/6-The-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-design-it.-Heather-Kerrick-Design-Engineer-gets-us-excited-about-AUHIVE-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/6-The-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-design-it.-Heather-Kerrick-Design-Engineer-gets-us-excited-about-AUHIVE-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/6-The-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-design-it.-Heather-Kerrick-Design-Engineer-gets-us-excited-about-AUHIVE-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/6-The-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-design-it.-Heather-Kerrick-Design-Engineer-gets-us-excited-about-AUHIVE-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each year we receive thousands of class proposals for AU Las Vegas. Needless to say, the competition is fierce. Whether or not your proposal gets selected can come down to the smallest details. To help you prepare, here are some tips on what we\u2019re looking for this year. For starters, be sure to review the <a href=\"http:\/\/damassets.autodesk.net\/content\/dam\/au\/centers\/speakers\/docs\/pdf\/au2017-cfp-guide.pdf\">CFP Guide<\/a> carefully.<\/p>\n<p>Dot all your i\u2019s and cross your t\u2019s. Sweat the little things. Craft a proposal that reflects your professionalism, your practice, and your critical thinking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What we&#8217;re interested in this year<\/strong><br \/>\nKeep in mind that AU is built on the idea that getting better at our jobs demands support, collaboration, and knowledge sharing at every turn. Most AU classes are designed and led <em>by<\/em> industry professionals <em>for<\/em> industry professionals. With that said, read on for more about what we\u2019re interested in this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Process and workflow <\/strong><br \/>\nCollaboration across design and engineering domains is increasingly important. We\u2019re especially interested in classes that demonstrate how diverse professionals use a range of skills and tools to foster efficiency, innovation, and disruption\u2014from digital design to construction, to end-to-end manufacturing, simulation and design analysis, animation and visualization across industries, and so much more. We\u2019re always looking for new and disruptive workflows and innovative uses of Autodesk tools and technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Business management solutions<\/strong><br \/>\nIn addition to sharing innovative design and engineering solutions, members of AU\u2019s community of experts also offer management and leadership perspectives that can inform and improve business practices. Popular topics explore the adoption and implementation of new technologies, concept-to-completion cycles, and information management in today\u2019s cloud computing and additive manufacturing environments.<br \/>\n<u><br \/>\n<\/u><strong>In-depth courses for beginners to advanced users<\/strong><br \/>\nMany members of the AU community have extensive experience with Autodesk products and are looking for in-depth classes that teach new and efficient ways to use those products. Others are just starting out or adopting new Autodesk products into their design and engineering workflows. AU supports people at every stage, so you\u2019ll have an audience wherever your expertise lies. Be sure to specify the skill level your session is aimed at in your proposal.<\/p>\n<p>We know you\u2019ve got the stuff. <a href=\"http:\/\/au.autodesk.com\/speaker-resource-center\/call-for-proposals\">Call for Proposals<\/a> is open through May 17, 2017. We can&#8217;t wait to hear from you. <a href=\"http:\/\/au.autodesk.com\/speaker-resource-center\/call-for-proposals\">Submit now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-14-at-1.21.49-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2180\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-14-at-1.21.49-PM-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-14-at-1.21.49-PM-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-14-at-1.21.49-PM-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-14-at-1.21.49-PM-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-14-at-1.21.49-PM.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have questions or need more information? Read our <a href=\"http:\/\/au.autodesk.com\/content\/dam\/au\/centers\/speakers\/docs\/pdf\/au2017-cfp-guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">AU 2017 CFP Guide<\/a>.\u00a0You can also use the <a href=\"http:\/\/au.autodesk.com\/content\/dam\/au\/centers\/speakers\/docs\/docx\/au2017-proposal-worksheet.docx\">AU 2017 Class Proposal Worksheet<\/a> to help you prepare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/04\/6-The-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-design-it.-Heather-Kerrick-Design-Engineer-gets-us-excited-about-AUHIVE-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2182\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each year we receive thousands of class proposals for AU Las Vegas. Needless to say, the competition is fierce. Whether or not your proposal gets selected can come down to the smallest details. To help you prepare, here are some tips on what we\u2019re looking for this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4774,"featured_media":2184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-au2017","category-au-speakers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4774"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}