Overview: BE Conference 2008: Best Practices for Sustaining Infrastructure

New Conference Theme l New Format l Why Attend l Learn More l Questions

Every society depends upon infrastructure. But as our communities grow, we are confronted more than ever with the finite quantity of resources. The ever increasing demands placed on our natural resources, the pressing need for basic services to support a healthy planet, and the resulting by-products of the world’s population present an urgent call to action.

Who better to answer this call than the world’s infrastructure professionals? We invite you to join us May 28-30 in Baltimore, Maryland for what promises to be a groundbreaking event as industry colleagues network around best practices for sustaining infrastructure!

New Conference Theme - "BEst Practices in Sustaining Infrastructure"
BE Conference 2008 - BEst Practices for Sustaining Infrastructure - reflects Bentley’s mission to provide software for the lifecycle of the world’s
infrastructure, as well as infrastructure’s impact on:

Society: Infrastructure underlies all efforts to create, protect, and
improve the quality of life for people around the world. It is essential
to all human activity and progress. In human terms, it enables
commerce, communications, education, health, safety, shelter, and transportation – a higher quality of life for everyone.
Environment: Improved infrastructure must play a major role in
reducing the unhealthy impact of human activity on the environment,
as well as in mitigating the effects of severe events, both natural and
man-made.
Profession: Responding to these imperatives for the world’s
infrastructure requires a growing workforce of well-educated, motivated, and globally connected infrastructure professionals.

The two-and-half day agenda is specifically designed to empower today’s globally connected infrastructure professionals to develop and implement their own best practices by learning about the proven best practices of their peers.

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Exciting New Format
BE Conference 2008 will feature a two-and-a-half-day agenda highlighted by user-led content and programs focused on essential infrastructure categories and related Bentley solutions. It will provide the ideal environment for decision makers and senior practitioners in the infrastructure community to network and exchange innovative ideas with their peers as they explore ways to increase productivity, improve project quality, and reduce the costs associated with sustaining infrastructure. More on the 2008 agenda tracks.

This year’s BE Conference will substitute lecture-based Learning Path sessions from Bentley Institute in place of the hands-on training that has traditionally been provided at this event. These unique sessions, many of which are geared specifically to the needs of decision makers and senior practitioners, demonstrate how to maximize the return on any learning investment and increase competitiveness by using Learning Paths to focus efforts on the right learning resources that best match an organization’s workflow requirements.

Beginning in 2008, to minimize users’ travel and consequent "carbon footprints," Bentley is embracing a new commitment to offering training alternatives that increase our users’ access to specialized learning content, regardless of their geographic location. Learn more.

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Why Attend BE Conference 2008?
BE Conference 2008 is for decision makers and senior practitioners who want to advance their organization’s ability to compete and respond to the imperatives of the world’s infrastructure. Bentley users will share their knowledge and experiences in meeting the challenges facing organizations engaged in sustaining infrastructure.

For the first time, sessions will be organized within “solutions communities” and will consist of projects and technology in the following areas:

Presentations from Noted Industry Experts:
This distinguised panel of presenters will deliver vision, emerging trends, and analysis of what they mean for your industry and the technologies they employ. Click here for details on this year's featured speaker panel.

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Learn More
We invite you to learn more about this year's conference by exploring the links below. We recommend you bookmark these BE Conferences pages and periodically revisit them to stay up to date on program additions and new conference announcements.

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Questions?
Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page or contact us at beconference@bentley.com or call +1 800-949-0498 or + 1 610-458-6261.

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