Day 2 at Autodesk University brought a momentous announcement for the AEC industry, a raucous crowd at the AU Design Slam, more to share on the informative and inspiring exhibits, and fun at the AU Block Party. Let’s start with industry news. What better time than National GIS Day for Autodesk and Esri to announce a strategic alliance committing to product interoperability to share BIM and GIS data. Our customers have been asking for this capability for years. With the signing of this historic agreement our customers will soon be able to move data seamlessly across the lifecycle of an asset, solving the long-time challenge of data handover between planning, design, build, and operation of assets. The opening message at AU was that we must build more, better and with less impact to the environment and strained budgets. On Day 2, at the AEC Technology Keynote, Amy Bunszel, Autodesk SVP of Design and Creation Products, expand on this theme by presenting the importance of…