EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that registration for this year’s Be Together: The Bentley User Conference is now open to all architects, engineers, constructors, geospatial professionals, and CAD managers. The conference takes place May 23-26, 2011, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa., and carries the theme “Sharpen Your Edge.” This highly interactive conference gives Bentley users the opportunity to advance their skills, increase their knowledge, network with their peers, and gain competitive advantage in the marketplace as they attend multidisciplinary sessions from nine conference tracks, including: Roads and Bridges, Building, Structural, Water, Geospatial, Utilities and Communications, Plant, AssetWise, and MicroStation and ProjectWise. By attending these information-packed sessions, they’ll earn Bentley Institute Learning Units to establish their growing value to their respective organizations and advance their careers. Among the enhancements to this year’s Be Together conference are a wider selection of hands-on workshops and extra time between sessions for networking. Users who register before April 1, 2011, receive an early bird rate. To register and download the complete Be Together conference agenda, visit www.bentley.com/betogether.

In inviting the users of Bentley software to the conference, Bentley COO Malcolm Walter said, “As passionate advocates for the global community of infrastructure professionals, we at Bentley always strive to provide you, our users, with the software skills and knowledge you need to be productive and innovative in your important work, and successful in your careers. That’s why we’ve designed our Be Together conference to be a hands-on learning experience. Registration is now open and sessions fill up fast, so be sure to secure your spot in the ones you need to keep your professional development credentials in information modeling and collaboration software up to date.”

The information-packed, multidisciplinary Be Together conference features hundreds of 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,
• roundtable and panel discussions on today’s hottest technology issues.

Peter Huftalen, vice president, Bentley Institute, said, “The Be Together conference packs a lot of highly focused learning into a few days so attendees can quickly get up to speed on the latest innovations in our V8i SELECTseries software. Adding these new capabilities to practitioners’ skill sets helps them advance their careers while enabling the organizations they work for to leverage information modeling through integrated projects for high-performing intelligent infrastructure.”

The LIVE Zone exhibit and demonstration area provides an interactive experience that brings people and technology together in a series of dynamic zones. 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 channel partner, Bentley technology partner, and third-party developer offerings for modeling and analysis, visualization, intelligent deliverables, operations, CAD management, technology futures, knowledge resources, and collaboration.

The current list of Be Together conference sponsors exhibiting in the LIVE Zone includes:

• Premier Level: HP and Microsoft
• Conference Level: Stagnito Media
• Associate Level: AMD Graphic Technologies, Axiom, Bluebeam, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, Motion Computing, and Z Corporation
• Technology Level: Luxology and Pointools Ltd.

For additional information about sponsorship opportunities at the Be Together conference, contact Christine Byrne at christine.byrne@bentley.com or call +1 203 805 0432.

To register for the Be Together conference and download the agenda, visit www.bentley.com/betogether.

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.

Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, MicroStation, ProjectWise, and SELECT are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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