The Autodesk Imagine Tour Speaker Biographies

The Autodesk Imagine Tour Agenda
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration/Breakfast/Expo
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Morning Industry Sessions: Go Beyond 3D to Digital Prototyping with Autodesk Inventor 2011 Need Description Take Control with AutoCAD Electrical 2011 Need Description BIM for Buildings Renovation & Retrofits Architects, engineers, contractors and building owners have seen increasing momentum around sustainable design and the need to reduce environmental impacts from new and existing buildings. This 30-minute session gives an overview of the power of building information modeling (BIM) on renovation and retrofit projects. You'll learn about the building renovation workflow, see why renovation and retrofits are such a big opportunity and get answers to some common concerns about renovating for energy efficiency. We'll demonstrate how Autodesk BIM solutions, with Revit at the core, allow AEC professionals to make better informed – and more sustainable – decisions early in the process, resulting in cost savings, improved energy-efficiency and code compliance on building renovation and retrofit projects.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Autodesk Expo & Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Morning Industry Sessions continued
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Reseller Lunch and Learn
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Afternoon Industry Sessions: See the Difference: Lynn Allen's AutoCAD 2011 Tips & Techniques Isn't it nice to have a "friend on the inside"? Well now you do! Cadalyst columnist and Autodesk Technical Evangelist Lynn Allen will walk you through an insider's look at the exciting new things you can do with AutoCAD 2011 software. You'll learn some great tips and techniques for using the new AutoCAD capabilities to cut down your design and drafting time. And as always, you'll expand your AutoCAD skills with a great set of new tips and tricks regardless of the release of AutoCAD you are currently using.