Industry Experts from FMI and McGraw Hill Construction to Speak at 2008 Meridian Systems User Conference
Technology demonstrations and customer panels round out keynotes moderated by Scott Shuster, McGraw-Hill Construction/ENR consulting editor
FOLSOM, Calif. (March 31, 2008) -- Meridian Systems, a software solutions leader for improving capital program and construction project performance announced today the keynote speaker lineup for its 2008 User Conference General Session program. Meridian’s annual customer gathering will be held April 29 – May 1, 2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. Complete conference details are available at: http://www.meridiansystems.com/newsevents/uc2008/index.asp.
Back by popular demand, the conference keynotes will be chaired by McGraw-Hill Construction and ENR consulting editor Scott Shuster. Shuster is a longtime correspondent of ABC News and a former producer of NPR's All Things Considered. Leader of dozens of CIO-only and IT industry events for BusinessWeek, Shuster will return to bring exciting and interesting discussions to the following conference morning general sessions:
Tuesday, April 29, 8:30am – 12:00pm
- Meridian Strategy Past, Present, and Future – an interview with John Bodrozic, President and Cofounder, Meridian Systems
- FMI Presents: Market Dynamics impacting Construction Project Management- Marisé Mikulis, Senior Consultant, FMI Management Consulting
- What’s New in Prolog – Technology Demonstration
- Technology Trends Across the Plan Build Operate Lifecycle - Meridian Customer Panel - Hear private owners, public agencies, program managers, and GCs discuss their top business problems and best practices on construction project management. Featuring Steve Goodman, Director of Global Project Controls from J. Ray McDermott; John Cannito, Director of Corporate Services from Penta; Kevin Frankland, Vice President of Construction Administration & CAD Technologies from Simon Property Group; Andy Hough, Director of Systems and Controls from Skanska; and Dave W. King, Senior Principal from Stantec.
- Budget and Cost Data in 3D – Powerful Interactive Analysis of Your Budget and Cost Data Over Time
- Meridian’s Vision of How BIM Will Integrate with Project Management Applications – featuring Horizontal Consulting and Meridian Systems
Wednesday, April 30, 8:30am – 10:30am
- McGraw Hill Industry Outlook Report - Stephen Jones, Senior Director, McGraw-Hill Construction
- Prolog and Web Services - Introducing a New Platform Strategy – Technology Demonstration
- Partner Panel: Extending Meridian Solutions Through Value-Added Technology and Services – featuring Ron Perkins, Director of Business Development from Adenium Systems; Wesley Smith, Principal from The Cram Group; John Jackson, President from PCI Group; Lance Tressler, Executive Vice President from Project Team Solutions; and Tim Curran, CEO from Vela Systems.
- Leveraging Microsoft Office as Your User Interface into Your Project Management System - Technology demonstrations of Meridian’s Extendibility Platform and Role-based Composite Applications
Thursday, May 1, 8:30am – 9:30am
- Construction Project Management Customer Case Study – Presented by PSS Consulting Group
- A Demonstration of Prolog's New Web Services Platform – Technology Demonstration
In its 11th year, the Meridian Systems User Conference features the support and participation of several premiere sponsors:
- Gold Sponsor: PSS Consulting Group
- Technology Sponsor: The Project Document Manager (PDM) Suite, brought to you by Adenium Systems, Inc., McGraw Hill, and Repromax
- Silver Sponsors: PCI Group; Project Team Solutions; The Cram Group; and Vela Systems
- Exhibitor Sponsors: Construction Imaging Systems; Event 1 Software; Intuitive Systems; and Morpheus Technology Group
About Meridian Systems
Meridian Systems, a Trimble Company, provides software solutions that improve capital program, project and facility performance. Meridian product and service offerings enable building owners, construction firms, and public agencies to streamline the plan-build–operate project lifecycle, reducing construction costs, schedules, and project risk. Meridian has been ranked the market share leader for project management and collaboration software among general contractors larger than $101 million in revenue by the CFMA.1 For more information, call Meridian Systems at (800) 850 2660, or visit: www.meridiansystems.com.
1CFMA’s 2008 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry,seventh edition with the permission of the Construction Financial Management Association, Princeton, NJ, (609) 452 8000.
Meridian Contact
Tamara Kaestner, Marketing Programs Manager
(916) 294 2375,
tkaestner@meridiansystems.com
