In its 18th year, Autodesk University has brought together a record number of attendees, with nearly 30,000 designers, engineers, architects and digital artists, as well as members of the news media, industry analyst and investment communities, from more than 72 countries gathering at the live conferences in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Beijing and through AU Virtual.
During the three-day Las Vegas conference, attendees were exposed to innovations in 3D design technologies and witnessed the positive impact of design and technology through industry keynotes, customer exhibits and presentations.
"Great design has always had an impact, but, today, the need for that impact is greater than ever. We are facing urgent and complex global challenges that demand our most creative work and innovative solutions," said Carl Bass, CEO & President of Autodesk, opening Autodesk University keynote.
Also during the opening keynote, Autodesk Chief Technology Officer Jeff Kowalski talked about how a change in toolset - due to a transformative technology - can inspire a change in the mindset. Today's transformative technology is Infinite Computing which uses the virtually unlimited computing power available through the cloud. Kowalski challenged attendees to change the way they are thinking about technology and to adopt a new paradigm to solve their greatest design problems.
"Infinite computing is changing the nature and potential impact of design in important ways," said Kowalski. "Now, we can create amazingly robust design explorations, brilliant visualizations and precise simulations more efficiently and easily than ever before."
