ACUE 2004 : Programme

Thursday 9th September

Afternoon

1400-1700: ArchiCAD Arrivals: Arrivals at Nightingale Hall, Nottingham University, in the afternoon any time between 2pm and 5pm. Refreshments will be available. It's a great chance to meet old and new ACUE friends in the common room and gardens, explore the campus, try the nearby fitness centre or swimming pool.
Workfair: Delegates are invited to bring examples of work to be pinned up on nearby screens.

1700-1900: Welcome to ArchiCAD University, followed by ArchiCAD Encounter

ArchiCAD Encounter: Groups, then Plenary: 6 Discussion groups in the gardens and common room. Delegates, in groups of approx 20, introduce themselves and discuss how they are using ArchiCAD, Plotmaker, Artlantis etc in their work.
Facilitators help to steer and record the discussion, and report back before the evening meal. This is always a wonderful way to discover what other people do, and to introduce yourself to others.
Facilitators likely to be: James Murray, Ben Wallbank, Herbert Peter, Link Ellis, Matthew Lohden and Chris Phillips.

1900-2000: Evening meal

Evening

2000-2015: Workshop Previews: Plenary: Some images giving a flavour of what the Workshops are likely to include.
It will help if you look at the descriptions and try to suggest choices at the time you make your booking. You are not bound by the choice, although your choice may decide which ones are given larger space, or which get dropped.
See list of Workshop topics

2015-2200: Keynote presentations/ Case Studies: Plenary: Leading users of ArchiCAD talk about their experience, in short presentations. We offer you:

• Hurley Robertson, one of the largest ArchiCAD users in the UK show their committment to the Virtual Building and present examples of links between Design, presentation and documentation, presented by Ben Wallbank, an ACUE regular. 2015-2045
• View-by-View: Mitch Boryslawski of View by View is an electrifying speaker and one of the most persuasive advocates of the Virtual Building model as the central database for building design, project management and facility management. He is currently project manager for the construction of the billion dollar Letterman Digital Arts Center complex in Northern California for Lucas Studios. Mitch has used ArchiCAD and Navisworks to model and predict every part of the construction from architectural, structural and service drawings. This integrated model is a shared real time 3D database which facilitates managed change, but avoids the unexpected design change problems that normally afflict fast track US construction projects. Mitch's committment to ArchiCAD is linked to his belief in the power of GDL and its easy link to Navisworks. 2045-2200.

Friday 10th September

Graphisoft Morning: launching ArchiCAD Nine!

0900-1100: Graphisoft Morning: Plenary: Graphisoft: presentation from GS worldwide, the progress of the Virtual Building/ BIM concept, company news - leading with the launch of ArchiCAD NINE! This is a top team from GS, 6 from Budapest, and 2 from Swindon.

Mark Sawyer, Simon Gilbert, Simon Horton, Bence Kovacs, Akos Bezegh, Gyorgy Nyitrai and Dominic Turnbull will be available to meet and talk with ACUe delegates. See the Resumés in your delegates folder to know more about them.

1130-1300: Practical Workshops: Small Groups: Get your laptop opened (or just listen), and sit in a small group with a tutor and find out more about a special topic. Up to 14 groups may be operating simultaneously depending on preferences and space.
The tables below give the proposed outline. It's important that you sent in an email vote for the 8 most interesting topics, enabling us to allocate space efficiently. In addition to the main spaces allocated for workshops, there are 4 floors of accommodation above with landings for informal meeting spaces. See list of Workshop topics

1300-1400: Lunch

Afternoon
1400-1600:Alternative half plenaries:

The Professional view: Construction layout + documentation – Half Plenary: Part 1, Fundamentals: Establishment of standard practices is essential to the efficient and effective practice of Architecture. This session will cover principles and particulars of how to set up the virtual building for efficient and effective presentation and documentation. Including: File organization and management; Setting attributes such as layers, pens, etc.; Document set up, organization and publishing in ArchiCAD & PlotMaker. Presented by Matthew Lohden of Lohden Steele, New York.

Visualisation – Half Plenary: Rendering with ArchiCAD 9's new Lightworks renderer, Sketch Rendering, Artlantis, Piranesi, Cinema 4D. Getting Lights and Textures right, Transparency, Bump mapping, getting work into Photoshop. Some of these components will be 20 min glimpses of the rendering topics that you can spend 90 mins looking at in more concentrated workshops. Facilitated by Adrian Harms of Bite, Nottingham with help from workshop tutors.

1600-1630: Tea and Biscuits

1630-1800: Practical Workshops: Small Groups: See the topics page for more detail. Some of the less popular workshop topics may be dropped (depending on numbers), so please get your votes in for the 8 most interesting topics. The choice may be agonising... but you can circulate if you wish. See list of Workshop topics

During the booking period, delegates will be asked to suggest topics that they would like to hear. Delegates may also offer topics for a 90 min workshop and enjoy a discount in their conference fee if this topic is adopted.

1830-1930: Evening meal

Evening

2000-2130: Practical Workshops: Small Groups: See the topics page for more detail. Some of the less popular workshop topics may be dropped (depending on numbers), so please get your votes in for the 8 most interesting topics. The choice may be agonising... but you can circulate if you wish. See list of Workshop topics

2130-0000: ArchiPUB : Retire thirsty to the Bar for the rest of the evening.

Morning

0900-1100: Alternative Half Plenaries

Professional Practice Standards; Part 2, Advancing the Process – Half Plenary: Once established, it is essential to maintain and improve standards in order to preserve and advance their value and relevance. This session will expand on the subjects covered in part 1 and introduce procedures for documenting, maintaining and improving the standards over time. Including: More detailed review of attribute settings; Creating, adapting and organizing template files and other resources; Formats and templates for documenting and maintaining the standards. Presented by Matthew Lohden of Lohden Steele, New York.

Better 3D modelling with ArchiCAD – Half Plenary: Tips on better 3D Modelling with ArchiCAD 8.1 and 9.0, including Solid Element ops, Mesh tricks, Object Making with AC tools and Add-ons, using Photo-objects, tweaking Autoscripted objects.Some of these components will be 10 min glimpses of the modelling topics that you can spend 90 mins looking at, at other times. Presented by Howard Gill of Bite, Nottingham.

1130-1300: Practical Workshops: Small Groups: See the topics page for more detail. Some of the less popular workshop topics may be dropped (depending on numbers), so please get your votes in for the 8 most interesting topics. The choice may be agonising... but you can circulate if you wish. See list of Workshop topics

1300-1400: Lunch

Afternoon

1400-1600: Tips and Tricks and Short Case Studies:
Delegates and Tutors present examples of work, or of special techniques they are using - 10-15 min presentations. Tutors can take questions. This is a great way to round off ACUE, always discovering unexpected jewels.

Ideas for this session will be added to this list gradually (please submit ideas): Delegates will be canvassed during the event to offer something. Please offer! Topics will be suggested in advance, gradually:

• Launch of new book "ArchiCAD Practice" english edition. Herbert Peter
• Launch of IOMWAC Book and progress on GDL Cookbook 4. David Nicholson-Cole
• ArchiCAD University Winter School in Salzburg Jan 2005. David Nicholson-Cole
• ArchiCAD University Spring School in Las Vegas March 2005. David Nicholson-Cole
• GDL teaching projects in Denmark and Nottingham: collaboration with industry. Marie Sofie Larsen
• ArchiShock 3D . Pavol Elias
• ArchiPhysik - building physics analysis plug in. Gerald Faustenhammer
• A smart trick with ArchiTerra / ArchiForma. Fabrizio Diodati

Tips and Tricks session has evolved over the years from a 'Question time' style event to a sequence of Short Presentations (10-15mins) by delegates on interesting things that they are doing. Please bring work that you could show on CD or Zip cartridge. We cannot be sure of direct Internet access, so it's safest to ensure that your presentation is also on CD (whether as ArchiCAD files, or HTML) is self contained and will work on the average machine equipped with ArchiCAD 8, Navisworks, Artlantis, Explorer, Movie player and Flash player - we are likely to have a PC and projector set up for the purpose. If you have your own laptop with you, you can run a demo direct to the projector.
   The Tips and Tricks session has often been a good way to identify future tutors or speakers at ArchiCAD University, so don't be shy!

1600 : Tea and Close

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Saturday Evening: dinner and sleepover

Dinner in Nottingham City Centre for those staying overnight. Overseas or long distance delegates are welcome to stay over till Sunday morning for a very reasonable increment on the conference fee - much cheaper than a hotel.

Links: Rock nightlife; Knowhere Guide; Info.co.uk_Nottingham; BBC Guide to Nottingham Pubs; Stone Lion; Nottingham 360degree panoramas; Nottingham Webcams;Antibo's in Nottingham, Nottingham map :

If the evening is warm, you will be amazed at how vibrant Nottingham City centre is, it's busier than Barcelona on a Saturday night - and very safe until midnight! Nottingham has a greater density of bars, clubs and eateries than anywhere in England so we are eating early, to enable you to explore later in the evening. Taxis home are from Wheeler Gate. Do not stay in the City Centre after 1-2am (too many drunks). Saturday Stayover delegates will be given City Maps. Because of the Danish ancestry of Nottingham, 'GATE' means street, not gate.

Notes

• Workshop subjects may be reordered and more exactly defined as the time gets closer. But these headings give a fair indication of the range of topics.
• It helps us with space and tutor allocation to hear from you a vote on your 8 most interesting topics.
• Long distance travellers are welcome to arrive on the Wednesday, (to get over jetlag) or leave on the Sunday (catch your flight) or even on the Monday, but you must make sure that the organiser has booked you in!
• Please notify organiser if you are arriving on a time significantly different from the published time, or if you are leaving early, or leaving sometime after the end of the conference. We can make a saving or an adjusted booking for you.
• There will be an Internet Cafe at Nightingale Hall, allowing you to keep in touch with home if you have Webmail type access.
• Bring a memory stick, for easy file exchange. Bring examples of your work, if you wish to show it on fully burnt CD's. Blank CDs will be available at the vendor stand - does your laptop have a CD writer?
• Graphisoft personnel: Mark Sawyer is VicePresident for Worldwide Sales, GS_HU. Simon Horton is Channel Manager for GS_UK. Simon Gilbert is ArchiCAD Product Manager for GS_UK. Bence Kovacs is Vice Pres of ArchiCAD Product Management, GS_HU. Akos Bezegh is ArchiCAD Development Manager, GS_HU. We also have Georgy Nyitrai from the development team and Dominic Turnbull GS's Press officer from Budapest. <back to Graphisoft>
• Statistics: Of the 128 booked in at date 22nd August, we have 26 who are tutors or presenters - nearly 20%. We have 54 from outside the UK - a staggering 42%.