KPA Engineering Technicians, Fabian T. Gomez and I. Sean Iliff attended a 5 day Autodesk University Conference (AU) held in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is an international conference with more than 650 classes for designers, engineers, and industry professionals. The general session keynote speakers were Lynn Allen Technical Evangelist, Autodesk, Carl Bass President and CEO, Autodesk, and CTO Jeff Kowalski, Autodesk. The keynote speakers encouraged innovation and designs that are more efficient and sustainable.
Fabian and Sean attended over 40 classes and discussion forums, ranging in topics from preliminary design using Infrastructure Design Suite (a modeling, design and exhibit program), using GIS data for AutoCAD, using scan data and GIS for storm, river and flood analysis, to complex assembly, corridors for formal design and the future of Autodesk design. They were also able to meet and network with other industry professionals from around the world, which will provide opportunities for future discussions on trends in design and sustainability.
