March 11, 2015 @ 8:00 am to March 13, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
Green Valley Ranch Resort – 2300 Paseo Verde Pkwy, Henderson, NV 89052 United States
Graphisoft North America is having another User Conference. In 2013 we were in San Diego. In 2015 we are going to be in Las Vegas (or Henderson, but is there a difference?). I’m not a big Las Vegas** fan-I had a pretty crazy time the last time I was in Las Vegas-but I do love convenient, cheap direct flights. And Las Vegas sure has those! Also, when we were in San Diego I was too busy focusing on ArchiCAD to get out and about in the city. Which was partially my fault for not giving myself an extra day or night in the city. Maybe this time I’ll come in a little early or stay over Friday night and hit the strip with friends (more on that in a moment).
Okay so before we get to the details, a few other things. Here is a list of all the reasons why I thought you should go to the previous event in 2013. All those reasons more or less still apply. The details of some probably need tweaking (I’m not sure if I’m speaking in Las Vegas, that’s still in the works) and I have altered opinions about one of those points-though a forthcoming guest post will make a good argument about why that point is still valid (and thus I am probably wrong). Regardless, I want to add one more reason:
11. New Friends. I’ve been to two great Graphisoft events in the past year. First in San Diego and then at the mothership in Budapest (if you haven’t read my recap of the KCC, go do that after signing up for this event). The greatest parts of both events were talking with other users and Graphisoft employees. Imagine being in a place where everyone wants to talk about ArchiCAD. It is so freaking cool. So I’m excited to return to the GSNA User Conference to hang out with old friends and meet some new ones (and finally meet some old ones, too). Perhaps some of us should meet up the night before or the night after to explore the Vegas Strip and talk ArchiCAD. Or both before and after. What do you say? Are you going for the first time? Are you coming back? Let me know!
Finally the Details! (from the GSNA website)
User Conference Agenda
Meet. Learn. Earn. (Up to 10 AIA CEUs)
Please join us in Las Vegas, for two days of education, innovation and fun! It’s your chance to learn from industry visionaries, GRAPHISOFT product experts and your peers.
- Register before December 15th, you’ll save $100 per person!
- Attend and strengthen your BIM skills — and your business.
- Your registration fee includes access to all education sessions, parties, and meals.
Location & Lodging Information
This event is taking place at the 5-star Green Valley Ranch Resort. Hotel rooms are not covered in the conference fee, so please make your room reservations at GRAPHISOFT’s discounted rate of $160/night + tax.
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**okay, I’ll come clean. In the process of writing this post, I started thinking about Las Vegas and my ambivalence towards it. The last time I was there I was in a much different place in my life, technically an adult but still in my mid-20s (which combined with being there with high school friends means I was acting and living like a college student). I’m ready to give the city another try. I think it’s going to be so much more fun to explore and experience now. I’m actually kind of excited to have a great excuse to return. Who’s with me?
21 thoughts on “GRAPHISOFT BIM 2015 North America User Conference”
I’m sure it will be a great event.
GSNA have a good reputation so i’m sure it will be very informative and these type of events are great for getting the best minds together and progressing innovation.
Its a shame i’m too far away to attend… maybe next time.
It’d be great to finally meet! I’d love it if this grows enough that GSNA can afford to fly in some outside experts. I imagine you could give one heck of a GDL talk! 🙂
Looks like I cannot back out now.
Arriving wednesday and leaving sunday looks like an option.
!!! Awesome. I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing I’ll fly in Wednesday (take an am fly from Seattle) and leave early Saturday. Really looking forward to hanging out. Fortunately the time change should work to my advantage, not so much for you! 🙁
Checking the flights, cheap but the return layover is murder (4:00 hrs+)
well, don’t be a stranger, since I live there now. I’ll try to make it…but really if you had extra time you should go check out Red Rock or better yet Valley of Fire….well and of course the dam… Vegas was a tourist trap before the casinos…. I’ll see if I can get finagle my company to pay for this bad boy…
Duh! Of course. For all our conversations recently I didn’t put 2 and 2 together. You should definitely go. Without the cost of hotel or airfare, it’s a steal! And yes either way we’ll meet up. Also skipping Vegas to go see the dam or red rock or valley of fire (I’m off to google that one) sounds like a great idea.
Okay. Definitely both red rock and valley of fire look amazing.
Save me a seat…
deal!
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I’m definitely going! Will even be presenting on the Power of a Template with Chris (hopefully it will be a little more revolutionary than most template presentations). Looking forward to it – see you there!
I was counting on you being there! 🙂 Can’t wait to see the presentation. I’m actually meeting some other local users tonight to talk templates. Seems to be on everybody’s mind these days.
I think I’ll go this year. I need to step up my game and invest in more training. That, and it sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.
If it’s anything like the previous event, it’ll be a blast.
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I’m going this year… But can’t go to red rock… I haven’t been climbing in years and would want to bring my gear if I went to a climbing destination.
Really looking forward to finally meeting you (and several other AC users) in person!
yes! I’m excited you’ll be there. It’ll be great to hang out.
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I really enjoyed this event, and of course, meeting the Shoegnome himself. Looking forward to some blog posts… especially about the infamous ArchiCAD-Revit competition (check-mate in 4 moves)!
I’m working on a recap post right now. Or in like 15 minutes once I finish up some other things. It was great to finally meet as well. I would have liked more time to chat. 2017, deal? And as for that ArchiCAD-Revit comparison, I hope someone else shares it-either a description or a video. But I don’t have time to deal with all the exasperated Revit users trying to explain why what we saw wasn’t real. How it must have been trickery. How it wasn’t fair. How it was apples to super slow oranges…how back in their office, when no one is looking, it’s way faster. Or how no one needs to do those tasks so it’s a false comparison. So unfair.