Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that registration is now open for SmartGeometry 2008, an eight-day, four-event program on the latest developments in computational and parametric design for infrastructure. These much-anticipated events, sponsored by Bentley and hosted by the SmartGeometry Group, run Feb. 27 through March 5 in Munich, Germany. The premier event – the Conference and Reception on March 5 – will feature a full day of sessions, open to all attendees, led by renowned experts on advanced 3D design. The other events include the GenerativeComponents Pre-Workshop Training Class, the SmartGeometry Workshops, and the SmartGeometry Alumni Summit. “SmartGeometry 2008 will focus on innovative design tools, technologies, and methodologies that allow and encourage new forms of architectural and structural expression – forms that are radically changing the world of the built environment,” said J Parrish, director, SmartGeometry Group, who is also a director at ArupSport.

The speakers at SmartGeometry 2008 will include some of the world’s preeminent authorities on the theory and practice of advanced 3D design applications such as generative design. Among them will be the SmartGeometry directors and their teams from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Foster + Partners, and Arup; Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects; Brett Steele from the Architectural Association School of Architecture; Professor Helmut Pottmann from Vienna University of Technology; Professor Grossman from Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure; as well as representatives from Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Herzog & de Meuron, Grimshaw Architects, SHoP Architects PC, Gramazio & Kohler, and others.