December 5, 2022

Best of AU 2022 Awards: Top-Rated Classes and Speakers

AU is about ideas. It’s about innovation. It’s about finding better ways—and different ways—to design and make. And that starts with our speakers—the industry professionals who share their insight and expertise with their peers in AU learning sessions. From bold predictions to hard lessons learned, unique insights to frank conversations, classes are the core of the AU learning experience.

The Best of AU 2022 Speaker Awards celebrate top presenters in each class format, with multiple winners in each category based on industry and a category specifically for Autodesk-led classes. In addition to the winners in our First-Time Speaker category, five first-time speakers took top honors in the other categories this year. Winners were selected based on class survey data and attendee comments. To be eligible, speakers had to submit all required class materials and meet a minimum survey response rate.

A huge thanks to everyone who took the time to prepare their class and share their knowledge at AU 2022 in New Orleans. Put your hands together for the Best of AU 2022!

Top-Rated First-Time Speakers
Top-Rated Industry Talks
Top-Rated Case Studies
Top-Rated Technical Instructions
Top-Rated Product Demos
Top-Rated Panels
Top-Rated Roundtable Discussions
Top-Rated Autodesk-led Classes

Top-Rated First-Time Speakers

Top-Rated Industry Talks

Construction

From Drawings to Data
Håvard Vasshaug - Reope
Harsh Kedia (co-speaker) - Reope

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

The Return of the Superb Guide to Easy Revit
Rina Sahay - Fishbeck
Nauman Mysorewala (co-speaker) - PC Troubleshooters, Jenkins/Gales & Martinez, Inc.

Product Design & Manufacturing

The ETO to CTO Journey
Mischa Van Brandwijk - Cadac Group
Dennis Vriese (co-speaker) - Cadac Group
Marcel de Goey (co-speaker) - Cadac Group

Education

Leading Effective Change
Josh Nelson - Purdue University

Top-Rated Case Studies

Construction

All the Rumors Are True: How AR Transforms Construction Delivering 9x ROI
Coral Butler - PM Group
Waleed Zafar (co-speaker) - XYZ Realty

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Automating the New Government Quarter in Norway
Morten M. Ræder - Nordic Office of Architecture / Team Urbis
Håvard Vasshaug (co-speaker) - Reope

Product Design & Manufacturing

A Case Study: Marvin Windows-From Marvin Docs to Autodesk Vault, and Back
Kimberley Hendrix - D3 Technologies, LLC
Caleb Heppner (co-speaker) - Marvin
Chancellor Kurre (co-speaker) - D3 Technologies, LLC

Media & Entertainment

From Maya and Unreal to Virtual Presence: The Epic Games Lab Case Study
Nimrod Friedmann - Theia Interactive
Heiko Wenczel (co-speaker) - Epic Games

Top-Rated Technical Instructions

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Taming Parametric Curved Geometry in Revit Family Editor
Paul Aubin - Paul F. Aubin Consulting Services, Inc

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

I Shipped My Scripts: Awesome Strategies for Sharing Dynamo Graphs
John Pierson - Parallax Team

Product Design & Manufacturing

Hybrid PDM, PLM and ERP: Sync Data Between Cloud and On-Premises Systems
Christian Gessner - COOLORANGE

Top-Rated Product Demos

Construction

Digitize Key Construction Processes with Autodesk Build
Carolina Fong Guzzy – Accienta

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Grading Optimization: Making Choices That Benefit Automatic Grading
Russ Nicloy - MACER Technologies, Inc.

Product Design & Manufacturing

Design, Develop, Deploy: Create Revit Content from Inventor Designs
Mark Flayler - IMAGINiT Technologies

Top-Rated Panels

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Latin@s in Design Technology
Argelia Barcena – Gensler
Mercedes Carriquiry (panelist) - Slantis
Thesla Collier (panelist) – Gensler
Cesar Escalante (panelist) - Autodesk
Nash Reyes (panelist) - HMC Architects

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Beyond One Gender-The Power of Diversity and Inclusion
Shir Erlich – Microdesk
Tenille Bettenhausen (panelist) – Microdesk
Mackenzie McCulloch (panelist) - Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Shivani Soni (panelist) - Symetri
Mallary White (panelist) - Microdesk
Luc Wing (panelist) – Microdesk

Top-Rated Roundtable Discussions

Construction

How to Write a Business or Strategy Plan as a New BIM/VDC Manager?
Mirra Maheden - MLC Digital Solutions

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Women Leadership in BIM Standardization and Implementation
Vijaya Venkata - Khatib & Alami Engineering Consultants

Education

How to Train Your Drafter: Develop Your User Engagement Plan
Beth Evanoo - Hord Coplan Macht

Top-Rated Autodesk-led Classes

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Investigating the Geotechnical Modeler in Civil 3D
Samuel Lucido

Product Design & Manufacturing

How Can We Design Sustainability into Additive Manufacturing?
Kieran Mak
Ryan Abel (co-speaker)

Education

Hacking the Industry-Academic Partnership: A Hands-On Workshop
Fabiola Clayton
Nhut Ho (co-speaker) – California State University, Northridge

While the sessions above took top honors, many other speakers also received high ratings while meeting the criteria for eligibility, and we want to recognize their achievement:

Congratulations to all our winners! On top of these amazing sessions, explore hundreds of additional AU 2022 sessions online for free.