Autodesk University is the conference for Autodesk software users, bringing together design and engineering professionals from around the world. Autodesk University – India & SAARC 2015, was held on 7th August 2015 at the Dome in NSCI, Mumbai and saw a gathering of over 3000 professionals.
The event comprised of a complete palette of classes, forums, and keynotes with product experts, thought leaders and demos. Laqshya Live Experiences transformed the Dome at NSCI into a designers’ enclave for the event in the design ecosystem and set new records globally at this event.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri. Devendra Fadnavis attended the event along with renowned automobile designer Dilip Chabbria and members of the top management of Autodesk Worldwide.
The event saw over 60 speakers, the biggest projection system used globally for the Autodesk University, showcase of the first Indian designed sports car Avanti designed by DC, spectacular speaker entries, an education focused segment, selfies with the Oscar (Academy Award), the Digicon6 Asia Awards, the Makers Movement corner, technologies like 3D printing, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality Demos, etc. and the first ever Autodesk Design Gallery in the world making it the biggest convention ever done at the Dome in NSCI.. The design gallery showcased a “Future of Making Things” experience for all attendees with a mix of Autodesk and customer design technology innovation stories and exhibits.
Commenting on the event, Mr. Navneeth Mohan, CEO – Laqshya Live Experiences, said, “This has been a landmark event for us and it is a moment of great pride with the event being compared to the AU flagship event that happens in Las Vegas every year. For me, it brings alive the #MakeInIndia spirit that goes on to create success stories here that are acknowledged and applauded globally and to have an agency as young as ours, achieve this within a year and a half of it’s existence makes this achievement unparalleled for us. The planning and execution in an event of this stature are critical and the entire team at #LLE came together to ensure a flawless experience that raised the bar in conferencing and events.”