RTCUSA 2011 - Speaker Ranking

RTC just released a newsletter, arrived via email tonight. Here's the top 10 speakers with a tie for first!

Congratulations to the following speakers who provided the top 10 presentations at the conference according to our respondents:

1. Paul Aubin (Still Not Sharing Your Coordinates?)
2. Brian Mackey (LAB: Nesting Families)
3. Thomas Weir (LAB: BIM for Wood Structures)
4. Robert Manna (Panelize This! Techniques for Designing and Documenting Panelized Wall Systems in Revit)
5. Paul Aubin (Detailing in Autodesk Revit Architecture)
6. Marcello Sgambelluri (LAB: A Special Application of the Adaptive Component Family: Changing Family Parameter Values Using Only Mouse Drag or the Arrow Keys )
7. Solomon Smith (Revit for Residential Design)
8. David Haynes (Revit + Ecotect - A Green Relationship)
9. Scott Davis (Whats New in Revit 2012)
10. Steven Shell (Revit Graphic Tips, Tricks and Techniques to Help Make Your Drawings Look and Communicate Better)

Congratulations to Paul Aubin and Brian Mackey who took out equal first position. 100% of respondents in their classes rated their sessions as 'Excellent'.

Still no final say on the next location - still hunting for the right place that also has the available dates we need. - Stay tuned...

Mastering and Essentials - Revit Books at RTC

Wiley/Sybex provided six copies for RTC to give away to attendees today (Saturday). The books were so excited this morning that I found them lined up at the door waiting to head to the conference area at the hotel!

Thanks to Willem and Wiley/Sybex for the books...oh the authors too, for writing them!! Eddy Krygiel, Phil Read, James Vandezande (also their special chapter contributors).

Revit Technology Conference - USA 2011

A bit more than two hundred and eighty people are about to begin their third day at the conference. I've neglected posting because I'm a slacker blogger lately! Fortunately others are not so slack. So this post is a listing of those who aren't (slack), to which I add...ditto! and Thanks!

First, David Light (Mr. Reliable) has done a nice job of writing about his experience so far. He's also be a mad Twittererer and I'm sure those that couldn't attend and follow the hashtag #RTCUSA appreciate his "madness".

Jason Grant also wrote about his experiences so far.

Steve Bennett mentioned it on his blog.

Chris Price (aka Mr. Spot) also wrote about the conference.

Chris Heinerata (works for DIALOG) wrote about RTC too!

Jay Zallan too! Post, Another Post

Craig Barbieri has joined the RTC blogging adventure with his contributions. He took pictures of Jim Baldings collection of Revit distribution discs,

A few from before the first public release.

The folks who contribute to AUGI's blog, BLAUGI posted something too. AUGI has been very supportive of RTC and the conference is very grateful. RTC has always been supportive of AUGI too, a "mutual admiration society".

It's no secret that I've been working to help bring RTC to the North America. The committee that I've been part of has worked very hard to make it real, and it is very gratifying to walk around and see that it IS real...a bit melancholy on the morning of Day Three that it is nearly over.

There are conference photos at the Facebook page for RTC if you are interested. Jim Balding installed Revit 1.0 on the demo lounge computers. Quite cool to see that. It's an interesting "paradox" with that version running on a couple computers that have Wacom Cintiq's attached to them!

The time here goes by so quickly! All for now, must prepare for our last day together here.

Dept. of Off Topic - Signage

At a school nearby I saw the following sign regarding "Revitalization".

Their choice for the "swirl" logo reminds me of the original RTC (Revit Technology Corporation) logo.

It's also what the Revit Technology Conference logo is based on too.

Speaking of which, the conference opens in slightly over a week! Still some time to register if you haven't yet. Online registration remains open until Monday the 20th at the standard rate. Afterward it will be possible to register on-site at 4pm on Wednesday at the higher on-site rate.

RTC USA 2011 Early Bird Window Closing Fast

Phil posted this at Arch|Tech and I couldn't say it all any better so here it is again...echoed:

FYI! Having quickly reached the "early bird" limit for attendees of Revit Technology Conference this year in Huntington Beach, CA early bird registration will close as of this Monday, 4 April (midnight PST). So far registrations have been received from 17 States across the USA as well as several other countries.

Interestingly, over 80% of registrations received have been from outside of California (including international registrations). So mark your calendars, book your flights early and let's get together to teach, share and support:

• Carl Bass, President and CEO of Autodesk, is providing the Keynote Address.
• Paul Doherty, Senior Vice President of Screampoint, is providing the Closing Address.
• Top Speakers from around the world including 7 authors on Revit and BIM related books
• The Conference Program can be viewed here along with other information of interest.

For all of you that have already registered, thank you for your support! For the rest of you, keep in mind these three important points:

RTC is keenly focused. We're deliberately concentrating on BIM and related AEC technologies!

BIM isn't just one technology. It takes an ecosystem of customers, developers and exhibitors to make it all work!

Time is money! RTC is incredibly complimentary to Autodesk University. And because Autodesk historically releases new software in the spring of each year, RTC is strategically timed to help you get up to speed quickly as possible - then share your success with others this December in Las Vegas!

Early bird registration ends Monday (and what you'll save could cover your airfare!). So sign up today and we'll see you in Huntington Beach this June!
__________________________________
I'll add this bit: As a testimony to the resilience of the people of Japan, the conference already has six registered attendees who hail from their stricken country! We wish them and their countrymen/women all the best and a speedy recovery effort!! We look forward to letting them take their minds off deeper issues for a bit by entertaining them with Revit during the conference in June.