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BE CONFERENCE IN REVIEW Lights, Camera, Action! Los Angeles and London shine as hosts of this year’s more than 1,100 information-rich BE Conference sessions T he more than 3,000 attendees at BE Conference 2007—April 29–May 3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California—and BE Conference Europe— June 10–14 in the Hilton London Metropole—were the true celebrities of this year’s user conferences, which featured 175 best practices sessions, 170 new technology sessions, and 30,000 learning units of professional training in more than 470 courses. Both events put the spotlight on the critically important work creating and improving airports, bridges, buildings, communications networks, power and process plants, roads, utility systems, and all the other infrastructure that supports human activities around the globe. In addition to participating in numerous learning opportunities, Bentley users networked and socialized with colleagues and friends at glamorous events such as the “Dreamgirls”inspired BE Awards of Excellence ceremony and Moroccan-themed BE Awards of Excellence winners’ party in Los Angeles. For Bentley Institute ﬁve-star learning achievers, this year’s activities included a starstudded Hollywood tour in Los Angeles and a picturesque cruise on the River Thames in London. Said Cambashi principal consultant Edwin Ecob, who served as a 2007 BE Awards of Excellence juror, “The two key themes of the event were ‘learning’ and ‘innovation.’ Learning ranged from formal training classes to peer-to-peer sharing of project and process innovations among Bentley users. Innovation was captured in technology sessions and user projects. These two themes were also covered in the large number of projects that were submitted for BE Awards. As always, the winners received enthusiastic support at the awards dinner.” The annual BE Awards of Excellence, which honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure, was again a high point of BE Conference 2007. More than 230 nominations were recognized and 31 winners were honored in the professional portion of the program, and 44 nominees were recognized and four winners were honored in the academic portion. In addition, a BE Award was presented to the Educator of the Year. Selected by an independent panel of BE Awards jurors, which included accomplished Bentley users and distinguished industry experts, the winners were announced during a dinner and ceremony hosted by Peter Sagal of the National Public Radio program “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!” and sponsored by McGrawHill Construction, publisher of Engineering News-Record. “As a CAD journalist, it’s great to see so many large-scale projects completed in 3D with all the beneﬁts documented as well as how problems that arose were solved,” said Martyn Day of AEC Magazine and MCAD Magazine and also a 2007 BE Awards juror. “We take infrastructure for granted every day. Few think about the freeways, railways, buildings, and factories and how they were designed. These are all mammoth tasks, requiring coordinated and dedicated teams of engineers. The awards are about recognizing their amazing efforts that literally enable us to go about our daily lives.” The BE Executive Symposium was a new addition to the BE Conference lineup of special programs. This invitationonly event connected industry executives with researchers to discuss and address key challenges to improving the world’s infrastructure. The symposium focused on sustaining infrastructure in the face of today’s critical shortage of engineering resources. 16 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 4, Issue 3

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Contents Rising to the Challenge News BE Newsletter Highlights More ITS Sightings Racing Concrete Canoes Lights, Camera, Action! Making the Cut People’s Choice Awards 2007 Executive Keynotes Building Clear Vision of a Dream Concrete Results Reaching New Heights Building News From Bentley Golden KIWI Awards 2007 Civil A Coordination of National Highway Proportions Training Troops Beautifying Highways, One Sign at a Time Civil News From Bentley Geospatial Facility Facelift Planning for Uncertainty Geospatial News From Bentley MicroStation at the Heart of LiDAR Surveying Solutions Plant Making the Grade Data Deja Vu Data Clouds Provide Clear Visual of Underground Saving Precious-Metal Mining Time Plant News From Bentley Advertisers Index Special/Academic The Art of Visualization Training Is Key To Delivering State-of-the-Art Solutions Bridging the Information/Infrastructure Gap

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3

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