08:30 -
09:00

Registration and Coffee

09:15

Welcome and Chairman’s opening remarks
 

09:30

Sustaining Infrastructure – ROI Cubed

Malcolm Walter, Chief Operating Officer, Bentley Systems, Inc.

Today, infrastructure professionals are faced with mounting backlogs and scarce resources and more than ever need a new approach to get work done. Malcolm Walter, COO, will introduce Bentley’s vision of sustainability highlighting the vital role that infrastructure plays in creating a sustainable world. Building on this theme, Walter will present a series of real-world infrastructure case studies which illustrate “ROI3” Return on Investment, Return on Interoperability, and Return on Innovation.

10:30

Keynote Speaker

Coffee break

V8i Overview

Andy Smith, Solutions Executive, Bentley Systems , Inc.

• An introduction to Bentley’s V8i portfolio, highlighting the key themes, scope, innovations and solutions of V8i.
• MicroStation and ProjectWise V8i
  A review of the key features of V8i and highlighting new capabilities for intuitive design modeling, intrinsic geo-coordination, interactive dynamic views and incredible project performance.

Lunch

 Track I                                  Track II                                 Track III
Oil and Gas                        Advancing GIS                     Transportation 
                                         for Infrastructure                       and Local
                                                                                           Infrastructure

Track I: Oil & Gas Solutions
Ossama Tawfick, Industry Sales Director Plant, Bentley Systems Middle East

The backbone of the Oil & Gas Solutions Set is the data.  As Owner/Operators capital projects timelines are ever shortening, manpower resources are harder to find for design and construction and margins for operations and maintenance are being squeezed razor-thin. Therefore, reducing costs and increasing productivity is the key to business sustainability.  By employing a solution set specifically addressing the Oil & Gas business, data is properly managed throughout the engineering work process, eliminating data re-entry and data misuse and improving engineering data quality.  This way, timelines can be shortened, handover can be streamlined and operations and maintenance can be improved. Bentley, drawing from its strong backbone of software portfolio design and implementation, is here to partner you through your quest for sustainable growth.

Working together to maximize Sustainability

Omar Saleh, Microsoft's Oil & Gas Manager, Microsoft Middle East & Africa
In times of economic uncertainty, and volatile crude prices, Oil and Gas companies strive to empower insightful decision making and develop sustainable business strategies. People stand at the heart of these endeavors as the most valuable asset companies should capitalize on, when equipped with the proper tools. Through this session, we intend to share Microsoft’s Point of View in the Oil & Gas Trends, Outlooks. We will also share How Microsoft and Bentley stand aligned to help the industry drive exceptional performance, gain business insights, and capitalize on their People power.

Building Sessions – BIM and Beyond!

Coffee break

               Santanu Das, Vice President, Bentley Systems, Inc.

In today’s new world, bottom line profits are as precious as natural commodities like oil and natural gas. Billions are wasted every year by large EPC companies and their subs on software that lacks integration. Through this disjointed workflow, data integrity is compromised leading to inefficiencies such as maintaining multiple physical and analytical models throughout the design chain, inexact extraction of 2D drawings and manual calculation of critical structural components like connections, footings and loads. This presentation will address how an integrated structural workflow using Bentley’s ISM technology can eliminate the inefficiencies between data transfer amongst structural engineers, piping designers and owner/operators. Products that will be highlighted included STAAD.Pro, AutoPIPE and ProSteel.

Track II: Putting Intelligence into your workplace!

Oscar Custers, Industry Sales Director Central Government, Bentley Systems Europe

This presentation will focus on the vertical geospatial technologies for governmental organizations. With the use of these technologies the business can be made more effective, efficient, while lowering the liability risks. Precision, intelligent data, sharing the information with the appropriate people providing the ability to make the right decision based on the proper information are all ingredients in “Putting intelligence to your workplace!”

Track III: Transportation & Local Infrastructure

Steve Cockerell, Marketing Director EMEA & Asia, Bentley Systems UK

This presentation provides an overview of the latest civil solutions from Bentley in the areas of Road and Rail, and includes V8i product updates for the following products; Bentley MX, Bentley Rail Track and PowerCivil. It also introduces “Bridge Information Modelling” or BrIM, a key initiative from Bentley that aims to connect our Bridge portfolio of products including; RM Bridge (formerly RM2006) and LEAP Bridge for the design and analysis of all types and size of bridge around the world, through the exchange and reuse of an unlimited array of bridge data across related disciplines in this sector.

Break (optional)

Track I: Asset Information Management Systems: Emergence, applications and benefits.

Mark Biagi, Solutions Executive – Power Generation, Bentley Systems Europe  

The most innovative firms in Oil & Gas infrastructure today, not necessarily the largest, are those demanding the greatest integration of design, engineering and operational systems.  Beyond the use of conventional CAD and Document Management applications, it is often the smaller and more agile firms operating in highly competitive markets that are driving technology developments through their own ingenuity.  Bentley is proud to work with many of these industry leaders.  Through several case studies this presentation studies why these firms are replacing conventional applications with future-proofed and standards-based Integrated Asset Information Management Systems, and how the benefits are driving their competitiveness.  In the process Bentley is accelerating the development of innovative technologies that will have far reaching effects for firms throughout the process industry.

Track II: Sustaining Urban Water Infrastructure 

Dr. Slavco Velickov, Water Industry Sales Director EMEA, Bentley Systems Europe                
Municipalities, utilities, and civil engineering firms around the world trust Bentley's Water and Wastewater Solutions to map, plan, optimize, design, and operate water distribution, wastewater conveyance, and stormwater drainage infrastructure. Bentley’s water software products, which include the Haestad Methods product line, equip water professionals with easy-to-use, multi-platform, and advanced engineering tools for lifecycle management of the urban water infrastructure.

Track III: Transportation & Local Infrastructure continued...

Steve Cockerell, Marketing Director EMEA & Asia, Bentley Systems UK

This presentation provides an overview of the latest civil solutions from Bentley in the areas of Road and Rail, and includes V8i product updates for the following products; Bentley MX, Bentley Rail Track and PowerCivil. It also introduces “Bridge Information Modelling” or BrIM, a key initiative from Bentley that aims to connect our Bridge portfolio of products including; RM Bridge (formerly RM2006) and LEAP Bridge for the design and analysis of all types and size of bridge around the world, through the exchange and reuse of an unlimited array of bridge data across related disciplines in this sector. 

Close of day one and Networking Reception for raffle draw