Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that registration is now open for this year’s Be Together: The Bentley User Conference at www.bentley.com/betogether. The conference is being held May 15-17, 2012, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., and all architects, engineers, constructors, geospatial and operations professionals, and CAD managers are invited to attend. Those registering by March 31, 2012, receive a reduced early bird rate. Carrying the theme “Working Smarter, Together,” this highly interactive learning event gives Bentley users the opportunity to enhance their skills; increase their knowledge of the latest technology; network with their peers, Bentley executives, and conference sponsors and exhibitors; and gain competitive advantage in the marketplace as they attend multidisciplinary sessions from 12 conference tracks: Bentley Civil, Bridge, Building, Communications, Plant, Structural, Geospatial, Geotechnical, Utilities, Water, MicroStation, and Engineering Information Management (including ProjectWise and AssetWise). It also features the 2012 Bentley Developer Network conference-within-a-conference – a must event for all those who currently develop or plan to develop with MicroStation, Geospatial Desktop, Geo Web Publisher, or other Bentley software development kits.
Bentley COO Malcolm Walter said, “The key to being successful in today’s highly competitive AECO market is ‘Working Smarter, Together’ – by leveraging information modeling through integrated projects for intelligent infrastructure. And that’s what our user conference is all about. It provides infrastructure professionals from all disciplines with a dynamic, hands-on, in-depth learning experience that starts them on the road to working smarter, together – with their project team members, their clients, and the Bentley team. I encourage all members of the global infrastructure community to register for our upcoming Be Together conference today. Attending requires a small investment in time that provides a huge payback!”
Peter Huftalen, vice president, Bentley Institute, said, “Through Be Together, we provide our users, in just a few days, with the product knowledge and innovative best practices they need to help them meet the growing challenges of sustaining infrastructure. By attending these information-packed sessions, our users earn Bentley Institute Learning Units to establish their growing value to their respective organizations and advance their careers.”
The Conference
The information-packed Be Together conference features hundreds of learning sessions, including:
interactive product tours and overviews of Bentley’s product roadmaps,
insider software tips, tricks, and techniques,
hands-on workshops and product test drives,
peer presentations of case studies featuring innovations in software use,
keynotes by CEO Greg Bentley, SVP Bhupinder Singh, and other members of the Bentley Software team on available advances in Bentley’s V8i SELECTseries software for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure.
It also provides attendees with great opportunities to network with their peers, Bentley product experts, and conference sponsors and exhibitors.
To register for the Be Together conference or obtain additional information, visit www.bentley.com/betogether.
The LIVE Zone
The LIVE Zone exhibit and demonstration area provides an interactive experience that brings people and technology together in a series of dynamic zones. New for 2012 is the Information Mobility zone, focused on the use of Bentley software, i-models, and iWare and iPad apps to advance information mobility with integrity across multidisciplinary design, engineering, construction, and operational workflows. Project information that is mobile and secure can inform project participants in all roles and deliver value throughout the infrastructure lifecycle.
In the LIVE Zone, hardware and software experts from Bentley partner organizations will be co-located with teams of Bentley product and professional services specialists to demonstrate – in hands-on sessions – the combined value of Bentley, Bentley partner, and third-party developer offerings. The zones include : Information Modeling, Integrated Projects, Intelligent Infrastructure, Visualization, Intelligent Deliverables, CAD Management, Knowledge Resources, and Information Mobility.
For additional information about sponsorship/exhibitor opportunities at the Be Together conference, contact Christine Byrne at [email protected] or call +1 203 805 0432.
The 2012 Bentley Developer Network Conference
In commenting on the 2012 Bentley Developer Network conference-within-a-conference, Carey Mann, Bentley vice president of Solutions, said, “This is a must event for third-party developers and programming professionals within our user organizations. At the conference, we will reveal significant BDN program improvements being introduced and discuss tremendous new opportunities for software developers, including point-cloud-oriented solutions as well as mobile workflows leveraging tablets and mobile devices. Equally important, the 2012 Bentley Developer Network conference gives these technical professionals a unique chance to engage with key Bentley Software executives and technical visionaries.”
For additional information about the 2012 Bentley Developer Network conference, visit www.bentley.com/Bentley+Developer+Network+Conference.htm.
About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Bentley’s mission is to empower its users to leverage information modeling through integrated projects for high-performing intelligent infrastructure. Its solutions encompass the MicroStation platform for infrastructure design and modeling, the ProjectWise platform for infrastructure project team collaboration and work sharing, and the AssetWise platform for infrastructure asset operations – all supporting a broad portfolio of interoperable applications and complemented by worldwide professional services. Founded in 1984, Bentley has grown to nearly 3,000 colleagues in more than 45 countries and $500 million in annual revenues. Since 2001, the company has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com and in Bentley’s annual report. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure publications. To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit Be Communities.
To download the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure investments, visit www.bentley.com/500.
