First the current upcoming Autodesk University is only 49 days away!
Cannot attend AU this year, how about attending virtually? Details on how to access AU Virtual and vote are available via the contest page: http://www.autodesk.com/yt2010
Voting now open for this year's AU YouTube Contest. Learn more and vote today: http://bit.ly/bBi3rq #AU2010
Unofficial Autodesk University history
- 1993 San Francisco California – Marin County near Autodesk HQ. First Autodesk University
- 1994 Atlanta, Georgia
- 1995 San Francisco California Moscone Center
"More than 230 classes, including courses on extensions to AutoCAD, systems design and data management, and 80 hands-on working lab sessions, will make this year's Autodesk
University Conference and Exhibition bigger and more comprehensive than ever. Running from October 29 to November 2, 1995 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco,
the third Annual Autodesk University features a detailed program for professional users of AutoCAD, the world's most popular design software for engineers and architects,
and an entirely new Multimedia Conference-Within-A- Conference to address the state-of-the-art in rendering and animation applications." - 1996 Chicago Illinois
- 1997 Los Angeles California
- 1998 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
- 1999 there were 4 AUs
- Boston Massachusetts
- Dallas Texas
- Chicago Illinois
- San Francisco California
- 2000 Las Vegas Nevada first Vegas AU MGM Grand
- 2001 Las Vegas Nevada MGM Grand
- 2002 Las Vegas Nevada MGM Grand
- 2003 Las Vegas Nevada MGM Grand
- 2004 Las Vegas Nevada MGM Grand
- 2005 Orlando Florida -Walt Disney World
- 2006 Las Vegas Nevada Venetian
- 2007 Las Vegas Nevada Venetian
- 2008 Las Vegas Nevada Venetian
- 2008 Shanghai China
- 2008 Tokyo Japan
- 2009 Las Vegas Nevada Venetian
- 2009 Shanghai China
- 2009 Tokyo Japan
- 2010 Las Vegas Nevada Mandalay Bay
- 2010 Shanghai China
- 2010 Tokyo Japan
I hope to see you at AU #22!
That is thousands of classes, tens perhaps hundreds of thousands of attendees and a infinite knowledge and fun over the years.
For some fun reflections back on Autodesk University in photos please see my AU Flickr gallery and the AUGI AU page which even has a photo of Lynn Allen from 1997. 
AUGI AU History in photos
http://www.augi.com/autodeskuniversity/default.asp?page=498 
My AU Photo Gallery filled with hundreds of moments captured:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/collections/72157600140938098/
AU 2010 will be my 18th Autodesk University if I count AU China and AU Japan in 2008.
Cheers,
Shaan
In DC for meetings t then San Francisco by tonight making for a 21 hour work day.
Hi Shaan,
Your list went from 1993, and then to 1996. For the record, in 1994 AU was in Atlanta, and 1995 it was back in San Francisco. 1994 was my first one…this year makes it 17. See you in Las Vegas!
-Adam
Thanks Adam, nothing like a fast post from a hotel to make for a silly mistake. I have updated and look forward to seeing you again at AU this year.
Cheers,
Shaan