For 2009, Bentley Delivers the Be Conference to Your Desktop
The Be Conference is now the Be Connected online seminar series – and the Be Awards is bigger and better as the Be Inspired Awards!
For many years, Bentley has brought together its users from around the world to hear the latest about Bentley solutions, products, thought-leadership initiatives and to share best practices. Now, many of our users are telling us that their 2009 travel budgets are tightly restricted, yet they still value the unique content that Be Conference provides. Faced with an unprecedented economic environment, Bentley’s response is immediate and twofold.
Instead of a face-to-face gathering for the annual Be Conference this May, the event has moved online via the Be Connected online seminar series. All the content you expect from Be Conference—which in previous years has been presented at a single time—now comes to you directly in series of solution and product seminars streamed online. Infrastructure best practices and Bentley product updates are now delivered to desktops worldwide, leveraging technology for a more sustainable experience.
This series runs June through November of 2009, offering solution best practices and product updates, including presentations from Bentley users and other infrastructure thought leaders.
The Be Awards of Excellence will continue in 2009, but the format of the awards ceremony is changing. We have renamed the Be Awards program the Be Inspired Awards to celebrate the inspiration demonstrated in our users’ projects. This October, in Charlotte, North Carolina, we are holding a one-day Be Inspired Awards event to recognize the 2009 Be Inspired Awards finalists and present the winners with their awards. (Due to the later date of the awards ceremony the deadline for Be Inspired Awards nominations is being extended to May 15, 2009.)
Get more information on the Be Inspired Awards.