RTC 2011 Wrapup

A huge few days up at the Gold Coast for the 2011 RTC conference is over

Each year this event seems to get bigger and better, with a reported 450 delegates attending the conference, which is 50% up on last years conference. A huge increase in numbers

The days blurred into nights, with classes throughout the day, and functions into the night. Being at the Gold Coast I had ideas of afternoons in the sun but in reality I actually never left the conference venue while the sun was still up.

Luckily the Jupiters complex had everything we needed;

View from my hotel room

The conference itself went smoothly from start to finish, with RTC putting on a well organised event once again

This year the trend seemed to be "Coordination" & "Communication" with a number of the talks resulting in these themes. The bottom line seemed to be that Consultants, Contractors & Clients need to do more of both to take Revit & BIM to the next level over the next twelve months

I presented just one class this year, which happened to be first day this year, which was a relief following last years two sessions including a class in the final session on the final day. The class was well attended, with close to a full room. Unfortunately I started off with a few technical hitches with the display monitor dieing leaving me to present directly from the projector screen, Certainly not ideal!

Once again the RTC has proven to be a must attend event, I look forward to seeing the results and feedback of the RTC North America event in less than 4 weeks time and whether RTC can stamp its dominance on AU's doorstep!

Now to get some sleep!

RTC Australasia 2011 - Gold Coast - Registration open

RTC (Revit Technology Conference) 2011 is now open for registration, it will run from Thursday the 26th of May until Saturday the 28th of May. This year it will be at none other than Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast

The quality of sessions looks to be another level again this year, with notably longer LAB sessions

To ensure you get a spot in a LAB session, it would be a good idea to sign-up ASAP

Once again there are way too many good classes to choose from, but a couple that jumped out at me straight away are:

GenerativeComponents: "Capturing the Concept" -Lars Moth-Poulsen
A two hour LABS session!


Revit's Top Model - Conceptual Massing World -Stephen Taskin
Stephen in my opinion is one of the masters of complex forms, and I loved his class last year

Construction Families for Structures -Adam Sheather
Defiantly looking forward to seeing what Adam can do with families


Advanced Geometry -Phil Read
Not even a description yet, but this class should be good!

 And a little self promotion, I have a session on day one titled "Structural Families Overview'
This session will be targeted at all levels, and will go through every imaginable setting for structural specific families, and how they can change your documentation and model.

So don't wait, get on the website and book your seats now!

See you there..

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