yes, the insect that hops and flies around during the summer. It was the latter that I tried something that I had not eaten before - a grasshopper. We ate food from just about a different country every day - Austria one, Hungary another (since that is the next country to the east of Austria), Germany another, and even Australia. We saw where the famous Lipizzans stay (and even saw some of the horses). We spent time visiting some churches and museums - a few of the former being some of the more ornate inside I have ever seen. It was pretty amazing place.Īfter the event was over, we took advantage of how close we were to the city and took the very clean and efficient light-rail into the center of Vienna (to a place called Opera, where the Opera House is) and walked pretty much all over the place. I mean it was HUGE! 260 shops, 70 restaurants and bars, nine cinemas, and much more stretch out over a number of kilometers (that is KILOmeters). Although it did not look like much from the exterior, once you entered the complex, you realized how big the place was. more accurately, across the highway, was SCS, claimed to be Europe's largest shopping center. Right across the street from the event venue, well. Although the attendees were from all over Europe, Middle East, and Africa, there were plenty of discussions going on. One of the great benefits of these sorts of events is the networking that takes place - this event was no different. We even provided a bottle of white and red wine (respectively, Traminer and Pinot Noir) to everyone as a memento of the event. experiencing wine tastings, great food (local to Austria), and a lot of interaction among attendees. What makes this different is that the "house" (and even its vineyard) is within city limits. Like the word suggests, it is literally a house that provides wine - usually grown in vineyards owned by the proprietor and bottled onsite. A lot of information was presented, focusing quite a bit on Bentley Solutions and the "Athens" project.Īt these sorts of gatherings, we usually have a social event. The latter was referred to as DevCon 2008 Europe. The event then "split" into two different tracks - one specifically for Bentley Channel Partners and one specifically for Bentley Technology Partners.
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Shaun Sewall, VP Software Development, then presented some of what is new in MicroStation and ProjectWise "Athens". Malcolm Walter, Bentley's COO, started the main event with a corporate overview and insight into the direction Bentley is going in. A wide range of things were communicated during the event, like selling opportunities, upcoming launch plans, program overviews, sales and technology roadmaps, what is new and improved with our business processes and software, etc. third-party developers) to get and exchange various information to help with their business. This event was an opportunity for our Channel Partners (i.e.
The event officially lasted a little over a day and a half, although there were other "sub-events" that took place the day before the Summit started.
On September 11-12, we hosted the 2008 Bentley International Partner Summit in the Austria Trend Eventhotel Pyramide, which is just outside Vienna city limits in a town called Vösendorf. Well, as chance would have it, that opportunity presented itself recently. Ultravox released a song about the capital of Austria in the 80s, and since then, I have always wanted to travel to it.
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