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Designers are always looking for ways to design engaging experiences for potential and existing customers. But how do you design engaging experiences, especially if they’re new, subtle, or emotionally layered? David Freeman is an authority in the field of evoking emotional engagement in a wide variety of products and media. He shows how having the right volcabulary and creative tools opens up the possibility for great design and meaningful customer experiences.

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Listen as Arnab Ganguly, Autodesk Senior Technical Marketing Manager, discusses this year’s Transportation PowerTrack. Arnab explains how the economic downturn is offering opportunities for upgrading a country’s infrastructure, and how this has influenced the direction and approach of this year’s Transportation PowerTrack curriculum.

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Jim Balding, veteran AU speaker, and the driving force behind the first AU PowerTracks , provides an overview of the Building PowerTrack, which is designed this year to look at Revit as a whole, showing how to use Revit across all the disciplines (e.g. interiors, structure, mechanical, and plumbing) and through most of a project’s phases, plus how all of this relates to Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).

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Listen as Garin Gardiner, Technical Marketing Manager for the Autodesk® Inventor® product line, discusses the four main themes of this year’s Inventor PowerTrack, each designed to address very specific user and design issues, and to maximize efficiency during the economic downturn.

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Join AutoCAD Powertrack lead, J.C. Malitzke and AU PowerTrack Manager, Matt Murphy as they discuss this year’s innovative strategy for the AutoCAD PowerTrack—from 3D solids, surfaces, and mesh modeling techniques to intelligent drawing, documentation, and annotation to managing content standards. Find out why a mature software product like AutoCAD still offers many interesting challenges and learning opportunities, even for veteran AutoCAD users.

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AU PowerTracks offer tightly focused, in-depth training through classes that build upon each other, providing advanced learning that surpasses what can be gained from taking individual classes. Listen as Matt Murphy, AU PowerTrack Manager interviews Robert Green about this year’s newest addition to the PowerTrack family, the CAD Management PowerTrack. This PowerTrack offers some special bonuses designed specifically for CAD managers. Find out what’s planned.

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Find out how Design West Engineering incorporates sustainable design strategies into their practice and the role that Revit MEP played in the construction of the SEA LIFE™ Aquarium at LEGOLAND® California Resort in Carlsbad, CA. In 2008, Design West received the Revit BIM Experience Award from Autodesk.

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Find out how Design West Engineering incorporates sustainable design strategies into their practice and the role that Revit MEP played in the construction of the SEA LIFE™ Aquarium at LEGOLAND® California Resort in Carlsbad, CA. In 2008, Design West received the Revit BIM Experience Award from Autodesk.

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Ralph Bond of Autodesk interviews McKinstry principals David Allen and Tony Stewart about what they look for when hiring college graduates.  Find out what it take to become part of this Seattle company, renowned for its focus on sustainability and green building technologies.

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Ralph Bond of Autodesk interviews Chris Milford of Milltechnology Ltd, a London-based, building services coordination company.  MillTechnology works with the building services contractors that provide the HVAC ductwork, pipework, fire systems and electrical installations, providing clients with a single, fully coordinated, 3D building model for the complete project. Chris discusses how they incorporate sustainable design strategies into their practice, their most interesting projects using Revit® MEP, and what he sees as the biggest trends in his industry right now.

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