CONNECTION Event Manchester
Keynote
Monday, June 29, 2015
Introducing the CONNECT Edition: Advancing Project Delivery
9:30
10:30
This presentation will highlight the business and technology drivers that are fundamental to Bentley’s next infrastructure advancement ‐ The CONNECT Edition’s Common Environment for Comprehensive Project Delivery. Presented by one of Bentley’s senior executives, this informative keynote presentation will introduce the CONNECT Edition, a new paradigm for project delivery that will redefine the way teams design, build, and collaborate on infrastructure projects of all sizes. You will hear how to increase productivity and collaboration for infrastructure projects of all sizes.
Malcolm Walter, COO, Bentley Systems
Microsoft Azure Secure Cloud Environment
10:45
11:00
Collaborate in ways you never thought possible. Imagine instant access to project information with secure cloud services for users, projects, and enterprises. Learn more about Microsoft Azure and how to offer a best‐in‐class cloud strategy that encompasses private and public clouds and on‐premise deployments.
Ed Baker, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
The CONNECT Edition: The Common Environment for Comprehensive Project Delivery
11:00
12:30
Hear about the CONNECT Edition innovations for MicroStation, ProjectWise, and Bentley Navigator. Learn how these innovations leverage the latest technology enablers, including cloud services, touch, mobile, and more.
No matter what your role is on a design or engineering project, and no matter how large or small your project is, discover how to connect your project teams in innovative ways. Hear first‐hand how to increase your individual productivity and simplify project‐wide collaboration for all project participants. Improved project execution will help increase your ability to deliver the best performing buildings, bridges, roads, power plants, utility networks, mines, and other infrastructure projects on time, on budget, and with less risk.
Chris Bober, Director, Product Management, Bentley Systems
Huw Roberts, VP, Platform Marketing, Bentley Systems
Transportation Industry Forum
Monday, June 29, 2015
13:30
14:15
Transportation Industry Vision
Bentley has been a trusted partner in transportation for road and rail projects for over 25 years. Though industry has changed, Bentley has stood shoulder to shoulder with owner‐operators and other in the industry professionals as they have tackled some of the world’s most demanding projects. Bentley solutions encompass data acquisition, project delivery, enabling BIM beyond design and construction, into operations and maintenance of transportation infrastructure. This session will deliver Bentley’s vision for the future of our industry, expose some of the myths about BIM, and look at the journey toward its adoption around the world through real‐life projects and success stories. The session will also outline how Bentley will help existing and future users achieve even greater successes.
Mo Harmon, Solutions Executive, Road and Bridge, Bentley Systems
User Success Story ‐ Local Keynote
Hear from industry experts and practitioners on their successful implementations of Bentley solutions in real‐world projects.
Mike Clarke, Technical Director, Technology & Data Solutions Group, EMEAI, AECOM
14:15
15:00
Integrated Project Delivery for Design and Construction
15:15
16:00
Bentley’s technology ‐ from data acquisition to detailed engineering analysis to construction deliverables ‐ has been the standard in transportation for over 25 years delivering projects of all sizes and complexity on time and under budget. Bentley excels in federating project information, integrating project teams and enabling collaboration between offices around the world. Bentley playbooks and products combine with Bentley’s Project Delivery solution to control and distribute engineering design information and construction deliverables, to achieve 3D collaborative BIM.
Ian Joyce, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
Asset Information and Performance Management with AssetWise
16:00
16:45
Bentley’s long‐standing position as a leading provider of transportation engineering solutions evolved naturally over the years into a parallel focus on transportation asset management including industry leading products such as InspectTech, Exor, Optram, SUPERLOAD and AssetWise APM.
Ron Gant, Industry Marketing Director, Road, Bentley Systems
17:00
17:30
Discussion, Q & A, and Closing Comments
This session offers attendees the opportunity ask questions of Bentley presenters relative to topics covered above and as time permits to engage in an open discussion of current challenges and best practices.
Mo Harmon, Solutions Executive, Road and Bridge, Bentley Systems
Ian Joyce, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
Ron Gant, Industry Marketing Director, Road, Bentley Systems
CONNECTION Event Manchester
Utilities Industry Forum
Monday, June 29, 2015
13:30
14:15
Better Performing Utilities Assets from Plant to Point of Service
From plant to point of service, productivity is essential for the utilities who plan, design, construct, and operate the world’s utilities infrastructure for power, gas, water, and wastewater. What do utilities want, need, and expect to ensure efficiency across their organizations? What technologies are available today and what can we expect in the future? The Utilities Connections introduction session will address topics of relevance to all types of utilities, including the positive impact on ROI of intelligent engineering applications, the value of BIM and its role in utilities, the impact of cloud technology on utilities workflows, new developments in meeting the challenges of subsurface utilities, best practices in engineering collaboration, and how to achieve operational excellence through better‐performing assets.
Frederik Boersma, Solutions Director, Bentley Systems
Mission Critical Geospatial Technology in Utilities
14:15
15:00
The role geospatial technology plays in utilities has evolved over past decades from simple mapping of network locations to enabling virtually every aspect of utilities operations – from the office to the field, and in communications with the public. The technology is fully integrated with mainstream enterprise and operational systems in utilities and is absolutely mission critical. This session will present innovative solutions for utilities GIS, network planning, distribution network design, modeling and analysis, transmission corridor mapping and analysis, and geospatial mobile apps. Learn about the role reality modeling, 3D visualization, subsurface utilities engineering, and spatially enabled views of engineering records play in bringing efficiency to utilities operations.
Gijsbert Noordam, Product Manager, Bentley Systems
Achieving Operational Excellence through Better Performing Utilities Assets
15:15
16:00
Better performing assets are the result of a sustainable process supported by the right tools, methodology, training, measurement, and leadership. Learn how Bentley provides a cohesive and integrated approach to develop, implement, and manage a living program to manage the performance, safety, integrity, and reliability of utility assets to mitigate risk and the consequences of failure, as well as significantly lower costs.
Attendees will learn how AssetWise APM enables utilities to efficiently and effectively collect, analyze, and act on asset condition data to make timely and informed maintenance decisions. See how AssetWise Amulet enables real‐time operational predictive and prescriptive analytics facilitate mission critical operational decision‐making. Attendees will also learn how Bentley users are enabling a risk‐centric approach to asset performance management using the latest in information modeling and asset performance modeling.
Mark Biagi, Solutions Executive, Process and Power, Bentley Systems
User Success: BIM adoption within the Water Industry
16:00
16:45
As the new AMP6 gets under way, Southern Water has taken a new approach to bring the Front End Engineering Design process in house and have chosen the Bentley suite of tools to help them do so. In addition to this Southern Water are endeavoring to adopt a BIM style approach to the execution of more than 500 individual projects over the next five years and hope to apply some of the techniques learned from the collaboration with external 3rd parties to bring efficiencies to the asset management activities too. Adopting BIM within the process industry is a daunting task requiring co‐operation across the industry, between water companies, delivery partners, suppliers and manufacturers.
Colin Hewertson, Workstream Lead for Engineering Tools & BIM, Southern Water
Utilities Q&A
Engage our industry and product experts in discussion.
Frederik Boersma, Solutions Director, Bentley Systems
Gijsbert Noordam, Product Manager, Bentley Systems
Mark Biagi, Solutions Executive, Process and Power, Bentley Systems
17:00
17:30
CONNECTION Event Manchester
AECOsim Building Designer Application Seminar
Monday, June 29, 2015
13:30
14:15
Multi‐discipline Building Information Modeling with AECOsim Building Designer
Learn about the new and enhanced capabilities in the latest release of AECOsim Building Designer that enable building teams to be more efficient and productive in their daily work. From better documentation to enhanced interfaces, this session will provide an overview of the features and functionalities that increase productivity, extend interoperability, and enhance the user experience.
Bogdan Wasylkiw, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
Advancing BIM with Computational Design
14:15
15:00
Discover why AECOsim Building Designer is advancing BIM through greater integration with GenerativeComponents, Bentley’s computational design software. Users can now generate parametric designs and explore various scenarios quickly in GenerativeComponents and maintain information in the models with fully attributed BIM elements. Additionally, this session will uncover how users can collaborate on models simultaneously with integrated BIM workflows and leverage existing parametric design data with file referencing capability.
Brenden Roche, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
Workgroup Productivity: Accelerating Workflow and Managing Work Spaces
15:15
16:00
A well‐designed building does not occur by chance. It is made possible through software that promotes collaboration through streamlined workflows and the ability to manage work spaces. This session will cover how AECOsim Building Designer provides benefits for engineers and architects within a common workflow to increase productivity and collaboration across teams, especially when coupled with Bentley’s ProjectWise collaboration servers.
Brenden Roche, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
User Success: Merchant Square ‐ Maximizing the Power of the Bentley Suite
Merchant Square is a large, mixed‐use development consisting of four new buildings designed by Robin Partington & Partners.
16:00
16:45
The four buildings share a common basement and a new landscaped public Garden Square. The tallest building, 1 Merchant Square, is a 42‐story mixed‐
use tower, and is situated on the only site in Westminster’s Unitary Development Policy (UDP) designated for a tall building. Through the integration of GenerativeComponents, AECOsim, and Navigator, Robin Partington& Partners will demonstrate how Bentley software was instrumental in developing the project from concept to construction, paying particular attention to the tower building.
John Ball, Design Systems Leader, Robin Partington & Partners
Matthew Scammels, Design Systems Developer, Robin Partington & Partners
AECOsim Building Designer Q&A Session
Bogdan Wasylkiw, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
Brenden Roche, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
CONNECT Edition LEARNing
CONNECT Edition LEARNing
In this session, you will learn how to gain efficiencies in your project workflows using MicroStation and Navigator.
17:00
17:30
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
9:30
12:30
The session will begin with an explanation of the new ribbon interface in MicroStation CONNECT to help you become comfortable navigating through the software and easily locate the tools you use every day. You will also learn how MicroStation’s Property Driven Display, Annotation, Reports, and Sheets (part of the Documentation Center) can save you time and money when labeling, reporting, or changing the display of the elements or objects.
You will also learn how reporting extracts and presents data from property‐based drawings ensuring coordinated and consistent tables, exports to Excel, Bill of Materials, and more based on your project conditions. Learn how Display Rules enable a set‐and‐forget environment where the geometry is always up to date.
Does your project have a need for design review and model collaboration across offices, sites, and the field? You will learn how the next generation of our popular Bentley Navigator application and Navigator Mobile app fulfil these project needs.
Mieke Pol, Senior Technical Training Materials Specialist, Bentley Systems
Hans Koorneef, Technical Manager, Bentley Systems
CONNECTION Event Manchester
APM Application Seminar
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
9:30
10:15
Vision 20/20: Bentley’s Asset Management Strategic Direction: Beyond ISO 55001
Asset performance management has rapidly become a recognized business process for sustaining assets and maximizing return on investment. In fact, it can serve as a strategic competitive advantage. This session reveals Bentley’s forward‐thinking strategy on the future of asset performance. See how advancements in immersive APM, predictive operational analytics and reality modeling can be advantageous for sustaining infrastructure cost effectively.
In addition, extending the life of aging assets can be achieved safely and reliably with AssetWise. Providing a step by step implementation path for the new international asset management standard, ISO 55001, see how AssetWise can support and drive a sustainable business strategy for operational excellence and safety.
Mark Biagi, Solutions Executive, Process and Power, Bentley Systems
AssetWise APM: The Single Platform for Asset Reliability, Integrity, Safety and Data Management ‐ Turning Operational Data into 10:15
11:00
Actionable Intelligence for Smarter Decisions
This session will provide an overview of AssetWise APM and its capabilities as a single platform for reliability, integrity, and safety analysis as well as data management for smarter decisions.
Samantha Parsons, Account Executive, Bentley Systems
AssetWise Amulet: Predictive Analytics for Improved Operational Performance and Smarter Decision Making
11:15
12:00
The convergence of information technology and operational technology is a major source of big data, with massive volumes, disparate sources, and variable latency. If captured and analyzed in real‐time, this data can become a valuable source of information helping you to make smarter business decisions; from optimizing business processes and forecasting demand to reducing energy costs and overall operating costs. Learn how operational analytics, provided by Bentley’s AssetWise Amulet, can optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of your operation, giving you context, clarity, and confidence in your decision making. Operational analytics bring data to life to transform your operation and improve business performance.
Mark Biagi, Solutions Executive, Process and Power, Bentley Systems
APM Q&A
Mark Biagi, Solutions Executive, Process and Power, Bentley Systems
Samantha Parsons, Account Executive, Bentley Systems
12:00
12:30
CONNECTION Event Manchester
OpenRoads Application Seminar
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
13:30
14:15
Design, Modeling, and Information Mobility: A Look at the Impact on the Bottom Line
Design, modeling, and information mobility go hand in hand to help increase design quality, project efficiency, and overall collaboration. Intelligent 3D models are key to accelerated project delivery, and information mobility is more than simply accessing files in multiple locations. It is the ability to share information across project teams and disciplines, and through project lifecycle phases, in a controlled, secure manner. This presentation will provide real‐
world examples of successful implementations of Bentley civil design and collaboration tools as well as the resulting ROI.
Jonathan Smith, Senior Product Engineer, Bentley Systems
OpenRoads: Design and Modeling
14:15
15:00
Discover how OpenRoads combines traditional engineering workflows of plan, profile, and cross‐sections with innovative 3D modeling technology enhanced by parametric design features. This presentation will highlight how OpenRoads improves the model’s behavior and ability to react to design changes. See how OpenRoads anticipates the engineer’s design intent with automated decisions based on parametrics, relationships, and constraints resulting in increased productivity and higher‐quality designs.
Robert Nice, Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems
The Future of Subsurface Modeling, Design, and Analysis ‐ Bentley Subsurface Utility Engineering and OpenRoads Subsurface 15:15
16:00
Design and Analysis Applications
Bentley‘s latest subsurface utility engineering application extends the power of OpenRoads technology by including a robust toolset for building intelligent 3D feature‐based models of the buried construction zone. These 3D models ensure better coordination during design and construction. Using the software’s visualization and clash detection capabilities, you can readily identify conflicts during the design phase to help mitigate risk during construction, lowering your construction costs and enhancing asset performance. In addition, the new SUDA application includes advanced 2D/3D modeling capabilities, integrating the best of OpenRoads with Bentley’s industry‐leading hydraulics and hydrology design tools.
Jonathan Smith, Senior Product Engineer, Bentley Systems
Collaboration for Design and Construction ‐ Using OpenRoads, ProjectWise, and Trimble for Success
16:00
16:45
Ensuring information mobility and integration from design to construction has long been a challenge for the transportation industry. With an increased emphasis on virtual design and construction (VDC), integrated project delivery (IPD), intelligent 3D modeling and lifecycle management of assets, information mobility has never been more important.
Attendees will learn how Bentley and Trimble are working together to improve the integrated workflow for design to construction to maintenance. This session will highlight these latest developments in Bentley’s OpenRoads and Trimble’s Business Center and the benefits they bring to the transportation industry.
Robert Nice, Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems
OpenRoads Q&A
Jonathan Smith, Senior Product Engineer, Bentley Systems
Robert Nice, Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems
17:00
17:30
CONNECTION Event Manchester
Structural Design and Analysis Application Seminar
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
13:30
14:15
Structural Market Drivers
Explore the changing drivers and opportunities in the global and local structural market landscape. Learn how owner expectations and new technology are shaping the structural engineer’s responsibilities and opportunities for the future.
Carlos Aguera, Senior Product Manager, Bentley Systems
Structural Product Line Update
14:15
15:00
Discover how Bentley’s structural solutions address the demanding industry drivers and global opportunities. Learn about product capabilities, localization, and the new cloud‐based engineering simulation service for investigating multiple design scenarios. See how you can deliver a project faster and with greater accuracy thanks to Bentley’s software interoperability. Learn about Structural Enterprise, a special suite that makes structural products more accessible and enables greater interoperability.
Phil Senior, Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems
Productivity Enabled Through Information Mobility
15:15
16:00
Learn how Bentley’s product interoperability and information mobility can enable design team members to collaborate effectively, both internally and externally. Delve into the interoperability of structural information among different specialized applications: analysis, design, modeling, detailing, and collaboration, realizing the benefits of dynamic collaboration and increased data reuse among structural engineers, detailers, and fabricators.
Carlos Aguera, Senior Product Manager, Bentley Systems
Multi‐discipline Building Information Modeling with AECOsim Building Designer
16:00
16:45
Learn about the new and enhanced capabilities in the latest release of AECOsim Building Designer that enable building teams to be more efficient and productive in their daily work.
From better documentation to enhanced interfaces, this session will provide an overview of the features and functionalities that increase productivity, extend interoperability, and enhance the user experience.
Bogdan Wasylkiw, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
Brenden Roche, Application Engineeer, Bentley Systems
Structural Design and Analysis Q&A
Engage our industry and product experts in discussion.
Carlos Aguera, Senior Product Manager, Bentley Systems
Phil Senior, Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems
17:00
17:30