After skipping last year’s event in Las Vegas, I returned to Autodesk University. This year, the event was in San Diego, my first time in the city. I enjoyed the pleasant weather, walked along the port, visited the gorgeous Balboa Park, and experienced the Comic-Con museum.
Here are my highlights and lessons learned from the event, in no particular order.
Note: eventually, Autodesk will open on-demand videos for all the sessions. That should be available on the session link provided for each session below.
1- General Keynote: AI and Olympics
Andrew Anagnost took the stage to share Autodesk’s vision. The general session felt similar to last year: AI, AI, AI.
For the AEC industry, Autodesk announced that you’ll be able to use an AI chatbot inside Autodesk Construction Cloud and query data inside all your projects. We haven’t got many details, though.
We’ve also heard about Autodesk’s involvement as a sponsor of the LA 2028 Olympics.
Some moments in these keynotes reminded me of