This year’s BE Conference agenda has been highly focused for key decision makers and senior practitioners who, just like you, want to advance their organization’s ability to compete in response to the imperatives of the world’s infrastructure.
This year's BE Conference includes the following "don't-miss" sessions topics to help keep you and your organization competitive. (session descriptions below)
- The future of Bentley's platform technology, MicroStation and ProjectWise
- Ways to find qualified entrants to the profession
- Approaches to training that maximizes learning investments
- Leveraging project management to increase productivity
Be sure to include these great sessions on your schedules when registering for BE Conference 2008.
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008
MicroStation Directions Roundtable
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Presenters: Harry Vitelli, Chris Bober and Joe Croser, Bentley
This pre-conference session will enable our users and product experts to discuss the future of MicroStation in an open forum. Bentley’s MicroStation thought leaders will provide a framework for the future in order to engage in lively conversation and debate.
ProjectWise Directions Roundtable
4:15pm - 5:45pm
Presenters: Harry Vitelli, John Schown, John Simmons, Chris Bober, Joe Croser, and Al, Gray, Bentley
This pre-conference session will enable our users and product experts to discuss the future of ProjectWise in an open forum. Bentley’s ProjectWise thought leaders will provide a framework for the future in order to engage in lively conversation and debate.
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008
Innovations by MicroStation for Modeling and Design
8:30am - 9:30am
Presenter: Chris Bober, Bentley
Attendees will hear and see an in-depth discussion and demonstration of future MicroStation innovations across a range of key topic areas. Bentley’s Director of MicroStation Product Management will take users through new engineering productivity enhancements for modeling and design work.
Developing a Competitive Workforce Through Paths to Anytime, Anyplace Learning
8:30am – 9:30am and 9:30am – 10:30am
The right professional development is critical to maximizing workforce productivity and keeping an organization ahead of the competition. Bentley Institute’s new learning paths provide visual representations that help users, managers, and executives identify gaps in workforce capabilities and quickly find the right learning tools for individuals and organizations. Learning paths will increase productivity and maximize investment in learning by matching the right courses to solution objectives and software applications.
Learning paths provide the fastest way to find right courses and access anytime, anyplace learning from Bentley Institute. Each learning path provides well designed curricula that follows a structured path of incremental learning that satisfy the requirements of a user's role in the workplace. Through any learning path, you will find the applicable learning resources, including classroom learning, instructor-led distance learning via the Internet, and self-service OnDemand eLearning.
In this session, you will learn how to use Bentley Institute learning paths to identify knowledge gaps and determine which learning resources best apply to user roles within an organization’s workflow requirements. The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate how you can maximize your learning investment and increase competitiveness by focusing efforts on the right learning resources. Session Includes:
- Overview of learning paths
- Identifying knowledge gaps
- Matching learning resources to workflow requirements
- Increasing organizational efficiency through learning paths
- Optimizing organizational development through the right learning program
- Automatic search tools for classroom learning
Overview of instructor-led distance learning
- Bentley LEARN – Demonstration of self-service OnDemand eLearning
Closing the Gap Between Academic and Industry in Order to Find the Most Qualified Graduate To Hire
8:30am – 9:30am
Situation: Industry continues to struggle finding ways to find the “right” graduate to hire. The ecosystem has changing – more demand for graduates than supply ; those that are hired, how can industry can find the right person and sharing industry requirements.
Advances in Engineering Design Review for Visual Collaboration
9:30am - 10:30am
Presenter: Chris Bober, Bentley
Attendees will hear and see an in-depth discussion and demonstration of future advances across a range of key topic areas. Bentley’s Director of MicroStation Product Management will take users through new engineering design review processes and will demonstrate our latest advancements in visual design collaboration.
Integrating Project Management Skills to Increase Workflow Productivity
9:30am – 10:30am
Every successful organization has learned that the secret to increasing workflow productivity is not just in having great technology and tools, but by having employees who understand that PEOPLE are behind any increase in workflow productivity. Organizations that have consistently integrated their technology training with interpersonal and project management skills training such as communication skills, decision making, project planning, managing change, problem solving, risk management, team building, etc. have enjoyed continuous improvements in the efficiencies, effectiveness and profitability of their workflows.
This 1-hour session will explore how integrating critical project management knowledge and skills into your employees learning paths can create significant increases in their abilities to achieve the quality results you and your clients demand. We’ll explore our research-based 14 competencies of successful project managers and how you can incorporate them into your employees’ development plans and ultimately, your organization’s development plan.
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008
Advances in Engineering Content Management for Distributed Teams
8:30am - 9:30am
Presenters: John Shown & Manoj Dharwadkar, Bentley
Attendees will hear and see an in-depth discussion and demonstration of future ProjectWise innovations across a range of topics. Bentley’s Directors of ProjectWise Product Management will take attendees through major new advancements for managing engineering content across distributed teams.
Developing a competitive workforce through paths to anytime, anyplace learning
8:30am – 9:30am and 9:30am – 10:30am
The right professional development is critical to maximizing workforce productivity and keeping an organization ahead of the competition. Bentley Institute’s new learning paths provide visual representations that help users, managers, and executives identify gaps in workforce capabilities and quickly find the right learning tools for individuals and organizations. Learning paths will increase productivity and maximize investment in learning by matching the right courses to solution objectives and software applications.
Learning paths provide the fastest way to find right courses and access anytime, anyplace learning from Bentley Institute. Each learning path provides well designed curricula that follows a structured path of incremental learning that satisfy the requirements of a user's role in the workplace. Through any learning path, you will find the applicable learning resources, including classroom learning, instructor-led distance learning via the Internet, and self-service OnDemand eLearning.
In this session, you will learn how to use Bentley Institute learning paths to identify knowledge gaps and determine which learning resources best apply to user roles within an organization’s workflow requirements. The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate how you can maximize your learning investment and increase competitiveness by focusing efforts on the right learning resources. Session Includes:
- Overview of learning paths
- Identifying knowledge gaps
- Matching learning resources to workflow requirements
- Increasing organizational efficiency through learning paths
- Optimizing organizational development through the right learning program
- Automatic search tools for classroom learning
Overview of instructor-led distance learning
- Bentley LEARN – Demonstration of self-service OnDemand eLearning
Attendees will hear and see an in-depth discussion and demonstration of future ProjectWise innovations across a range of topics. Bentley’s Directors of ProjectWise Product Management will take attendees through major new advancements for publishing accurate, intelligent project deliverables.