To kick off Autodesk University 2016, I am attending the Autodesk Leadership forum. As its name suggests, Autodesk gathers key customers and employees working with the latest trends to talk about leadership in the industries we serve. The topics for the day are the future of making things and the future of work. There are 4 disruptions that affect these futures:
- Design leveraging the cloud (machine intelligence, generative design)
- Production via additive manufacturing, new materials, and construction processes that start to look more like traditional manufacturing
- Demand where customers put a premium on bespoke creations
- Products that will are smart and connected via the internet of things
The agenda for today includes:
- Humans Are Underrated, Geoff Colvin, Senior Editor at Large for Fortune Magazine
- Machines Are Underrated
- Jon Pittman, Autodesk VP of Corporate Strategy (my boss)
- Mike Haley, Autodesk Senior Director for Machine Intelligence
- Brian Pene,…
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