The morning of this not to be missed event will focus on key strategic issues facing Australian industries at a time of global political, economic and environmental change. The design, engineering, and manufacturing industries in Australia are all impacted by these issues and by the response of business and government.

Keynote speakers from Federal and State Governments, Engineers Australia and Autodesk will address topics including innovation, skills training, design productivity, sustainability and competitiveness in the current economic environment.

See how to gain the competitive edge

The Telecom, Utilities, Government and Civil industry afternoon stream will focus on how you gain comprehensive utility design and management productivity tools with Autodesk 2010 software that will help you visualise, simulate, and analyse a range of best-case scenarios for your electric, gas, and water networks.

See the big picture and make better decisions by integrating design, geographic information system (GIS), and customer information to quickly understand the location and status of your assets. Improve efficiency and data quality by leveraging detailed

design information throughout your organisation, reducing manual input and conversion processes that decrease accuracy. Improve maintenance response time and customer satisfaction by providing your field force with the information that they need to visualise and resolve service requests quickly.

MidCoast Water's Brendan Soustal will demonstrate how companies can find design solutions to get greater productivity and reduce costs in a tough environment. View demonstrations on intelligent, interoperable solutions such as AutoCAD® Map 3D®, Autodesk Topobase™, Autodesk Civil 3D 2010 and Autodesk MapGuide® Enterprise 2010.

Register now for Autodesk Solution Day 2009.