What was going on in San Francisco

Today was the official launch of AutoCAD 2010. The webcast was broadcast live from Autodesk Gallery at One Market where I and several other guests of Autodesk, watched the event live.

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The other guests included:

Members of Autodesk in attendance included:

  • Heidi Hewett, Technical Marketing Manager, AutoCAD and Platform Products
  • Shaan Hurley, Platform Technology Evangelist, AutoCAD and Platform Products
  • Mark Davis, Director of Product Design
  • Amar Hanspal, Senior Vice President, Platform Solutions and Emerging Business
  • Guillermo Melantoni, Autodesk Product Manager
  • Abhijit Oak, Senior Engineering Director, AutoCAD and Platform Products
  • Lynn Allen, Autodesk Technical Evangelist
  • Guir Stark, Vice President, AutoCAD and Platform Products
  • Eric Stover, Product Line Manager, AutoCAD and Platform Products

Here is Eric Stover giving a presentation prior to the webcast.

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We all got to meet members of the Autodesk design team. Standing from left to right are Yan Schober, Melissa Dawe, Shekhar Khedekar, Matt Stein, and Jon Page.

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I want to publicly thank Autodesk for the invitation and opportunity to participate and provide feedback.

Today’s activities were preceded by a small gathering last night at Gordon Biersch Brewery.

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Here is Heidi Hewett and Steve Johnson.

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Heidi, Lynn Allen, and Shaan Hurley.

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Ellen Finkelstein and Heidi, comparing height.

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Heidi, David Cohn, and Lynn

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…and finally Heidi, myself, and Lynn.

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I’ll leave you with some more images from the Autodesk Gallery

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