July SCRUG Meeting

Welcome Back!

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, July 25th, at the offices of LPA in Irvine.

Agenda

The focus of our meeting is the venue - the new "CoLab" at LPA. As described by our colleague Ann Laughlin:

"We are opening a new meeting space at LPA. It is a large collaboration venue with lots of cool, high tech options. It is called “CoLab” and is an experimental space for collaborating using the latest technologies. There are areas to gather, play and touch devices. The space includes iPads that communicate with a large touch screen TV, an Apple TV projection, Windows 8 flat large screen mark-up table, MAC computer, tablets. There are dozens of laptop connections all over the space. Plug and go. The lab is all about exploring better ways to collaborate and Revit is at the heart of our collaboration tools."

In addition, SCRUG charter members Jim Balding and Stsve Stafford will be on hand to recap their experiences at the recently concluded Revit Technology Conference in Vancouver.

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