Bentley Plant User Group Meeting - October 2006

[Data Wrangler]

Got an e-mail this afternoon:

http://www.be.org/en-US/BE+User+Group/Find+a+Community/Bentley+Plant+User+Group.htm

[dave]

wow short notice. Here is the agenda: I am suspect of the real learning potential when the conference is held at a casino...


Bentley Plant Users Conference
(ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BECon2007/BPUG_Agenda.pdf)October 18 - 20, 2006Tunica, Mississippi
Grand Casino Hotel & Resort


http://www.be.org/NR/rdonlyres/7FF4802D-2254-4E83-B84D-27AAB8C590D6/9021/Register_now_button.gif (ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BECon2007/BPUG_Reg_2006.pdf)

Dates

Agenda Highlights
Oct. 18, Wed.
All day technical workshops: Choose from AutoPLANT Piping - SpecGen or PlantSpace / AutoPLANT - Data Manager and Datasheets, breakfast and an evening reception. Oct. 19, Thurs.
Product updates, user presentations and work group breakout sessions, breakfast, lunch, and dinner*.
Oct. 20, Fri.
Breakfast, BPUG business meeting and rounding out the event on Friday afternoon is the annual Golf Tournament being held at Cottonwoods Golf Course (http://www.harrahs.com/casinos/sheraton-tunica/casino-misc/golf-detail.html).
*Additional guests are welcome to attend the dinner for an additional charge. Detailed agenda (ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BECon2007/BPUG_Agenda.pdf) in PDF format.
Event Registration
To register for this event, please follow these simple steps.

Print the registration form (ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BECon2007/BPUG_Reg_2006.pdf).
Return the form and all fees to Larry Turner as instructed on the registration form.There is an addition charge for any registrations and checks received after October 8, 2006.
Book Now and Take Advantage of the Early Bird Special
A block of rooms has been reserved for our users at the Veranda Resort. Attendees will get the special discount rate of $79 per night, during the conference by mentioning "Bentley Plant Users Group" when making a reservation. This rate is only available if reservations are made before September 18, 2006. If you wish to extend your stay beyond the conference dates the rate will increase to $119 per night. We recommend you take advantage of these savings.

Grand Casino Tunica
13615 Old Highway 61 North
Robinsonville, MS 38664

For reservations call:
1-800-394-7263

[Aplant Monkey]

Just tried an no luck here. spent my load at the BE conference. Strange place to hold a conference during Hurricane season even if it is inland.

[Data Wrangler]

Strange place to hold a conference during Hurricane season even if it is inland.

That was my thought when I saw "Mississippi", but 20 minutes from Memphis isn't exactly hurricane country...

One of the things on the agenda is a working group for creating a 'wish list'. Maybe we should be like AUGI and come up with a top 10 list on this board.

Derek

[HybridAWD]

My email has been sent... hopefully they will send me. I love a road trip.

[Packin31]

I have attended this groups meeting for the last 5 years. It is a fun group of people and you can't beat the price for the training class on Wednesday. That is what sold it to our managers to letting us go. We do have authorization to go this year but one of us may have to opt out when the time comes nearer because of work load. Hopefully we can put faces to virtual world.

[Packin31]

2 week count down anyone else going?

[HybridAWD]

i doubt it, bossman is being a procrastinator

[dave]

Not I, I have my kids that weekend. Give us a good word while you're there Tom!!

[Packin31]

Dave,

I sure will mention this forum to them.

[dave]

Next year Tom, I will go. I also am planning to attend the 2007 conference. I will set something up to coordinate with everyone and maybe we can all meet there.

[Data Wrangler]

I was so close to going.... unfortunately, deadlines are approaching and all hands are needed on deck...

Derek

[dave]

Hey Tom, how was it? Did you get 18 in?

[Packin31]

Hi Dave,

No golf for us. We had a 10:30 am flight. :(

The meeting went very well. It is nice to meet others face to face. See demos of how others have used the programs etc.

One amazing thing was the High Definition Survey. You had to be there to see this thing work. They scanned the room and then open it up in AutoCAD and what you see is bunch of intelligent dots. It outlined the people in the room. Just pure amazing.

I am waiting for the email list from the President of the Group so I can send everyone that attended a link to this site.

I heard you had contacted Jim from Monsanto (? Spelling).

Hopefully we all can meet up next year. :)

P.S. Pictures might be posted on the Bentley User Group Web Site. If not I will email the president for them.

[dave]

Great Tom, thanks for the update! Was there anyone from Bentley there that we might know?
It is nice to meet others face to face. See demos of how others have used the programs etc. Did you see anything groundbreaking (Autoplant) or was it pretty standard?

I emailed Jim a while back but never heard back from him. I am glad to know he remembered the site. Also, I am looking forward to those pictures! Thank you very much for plugging our little effort over here. I appreciate it. I hope to see everyone next year at the conference.

[Packin31]

Dave,

We missed out Friday’s demo of the supposedly new and improved Navigator.

Heard the XM version has a feature like the old 2.0 version.

Bentley Personnel: Rick Scotty, Jeff Mumford, Clark McDonald, Tony De Rosa and a few others. Umm and the new big wig was there also.

One down side I didn't hit any slots this time :(

[dave]

did they mention a release date for XM?

[Packin31]

Sometime in 2007, Feb, March?

[dave]

Ah ok, last I heard it was going to be this year. Thanks for the update. :)