AU INDIA & SAARC 2016 held at CIDCO Exhibition Centre, Navi Mumbai on 1st Sept. 16 was a mega technology event that attracted nearly 3,800 people in one day from various segments of the industry. The event conducted by the AU University and co-hosted by the Govt. of Maharashtra, comprised a 1-day Conference with the tag-line, Insight l Innovation l Inspiration, and discussed as many as 36 papers in plenary sessions. The presentations covered the following topics, just to list a few:
- Future of Making Things by Steve Blum, Sr. Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services, Autodesk Inc.
- Future of Making Movies by James Erskine & Tom Wujec, Directors
- Future of Making Things – AEC by Bimal Patwari, CEO, Pinnacle Info Solutions
- Future of Architecture & BIM by Reza Kabul, Director, Reza Kabul Architects
- LA Airport Extension Project by May Kemp, BIM Lead, GKK Works Inc.
- Beyond Place Making – The Bigger Impact of Design by Mohd. Amin Nayyar, CEO, ANA Design
- BIM for Asset Management by Ankit Revo, Head BIM & Delivery, Atkins
- Accelerating Design to Fabrication Process using Advance Steel Moti Lal, Director-Technical, Structures Online
- Making Rajasthan Heritage Digital, by Rajshree Sankhla, Dy. Director, DOITC, Govt. of Rajasthan
- Impact on Infrastructure Decision Making Mechanism using Advanced Visualization Skills by Rishi Ahuja, Founder & MD, Sunovatech Group
- Making Design more Awesom with Z Workstation by Vivek Jaiswal, Strategic Alliance Managerm, HP India
- Reality Capture through Modern Technologies by Partha Sarkar, Technicla Discipline Leader, BIM, ARCADIS
- Autodesk Enterprise Web GIS by Sreedhar Lingareddy, Director, Regency, InfoTech Pvt. Ltd.
- 3D as Service in SAAS Environment by Vijayendra Mattam, Sr. Manager, Content Service Operations
- The Gaming Industry: Growth and Career Opportunities by Anando Banerjee, Head of Production, Lakshya Digital
- Product Innovation Platform – Fusion 360 by Srinath Jonnalagadda, Director-Fusion 360, Autodesk US
- Inventor Large Assembly Management by Raju Dasari, Sr. Manager, SMS Concast (I) P. Ltd.
- Design of Turbine Blades Using Inventor by Prakash Naragund, Manager, B Fouress (P) Ltd.
- Analyse the temperature and heat patterns generated from electrical components of a vibration monitoring equipment using Autodesk Simulation CFD by Narayana Teja A.,
- Engineer, BHEL
- Innovation Towards Accuracy and Time by Tushar Patil & Shakti Chavan, Sr. Project Engineer & Project Leader, Atlas Copco
- Case Study – Design & Development of Passenger Vehicle by Yashwant Suthar, Transportation Designer, Volvo Eicher
- Digital Design Process to address the speed required for NPI in Industries by Nitin Pai, Sr. VP-Marketing & Strategy, Tata Elxsi, and
- Case Study – Sunshine School Bus by G. Sathiyaseelan, General Manager Design-Styling, Ashok Leyland
Concurrently an exhibition was also held at the venue wherein end-users showcased and demonstrated Autodesk products. The event helped the participants to keep abreast of the latest trends in technology, connect with like-minded professionals and explore new concepts and workflows using the latest Autodesk Software. The event was inaugurated by the Autodesk officials.
Autodesk Inc. is an American multinational software corporation founded in 1982, making software for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, and entertainment. Headquartered in San Rafael, California, Autodesk features a gallery of its customers’ work in its San Francisco building.
Today Autodesk University is the premier learning destination for Autodesk software users where design and engineering professionals converge from around the world and attend classes, forums, and keynotes with product experts and thought leaders. The attendees learn tips and tricks for working better, and explore how technology is changing the way we create. During the current fiscal, the company is conducting such conferences in 15 countries including India.
It was in May 2016 that the Maharashtra Govt. signed an agreement with Autodesk to provide advanced design technology to local MSMEs from the manufacturing sector. At the launch ceremony at Hotel Trident in Mumbai on 5th May, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said: “This would enable our MSMEs to uniquely design and manufacture their products as per international standards. This partnership of the Govt. of Maharashtra and Autodesk will create a potential for Maharashtra MSMEs to become globally competitive and locally productive.”
