One City. One Problem. — A Bentley Webinar Series for Local Government

The premise

Don't find a customer. Find a problem.

Customer-led webinars depend on one agency being willing and able to present. Approvals, confidentiality, data restrictions and legal review decide whether the event happens at all.

Cities do not lack problems. Every municipality faces the same recognizable decisions around water loss, grid load, corridors, bridges, aging facilities, capital delivery, coordination and data. Those problems become the content calendar.

Bentley enters the conversation as the expert on how the decision gets made — not as the vendor with a deck.

Traditional webinar

Customer
Project
Product
Results

One City. One Problem.

Problem
Expert perspectives
Tradeoffs
Workflow
Practical solution

How each session works

90 Minutes. One Decision.

Not three presentations stitched together. A moderated, timed problem-solving session built for public-sector staff who have to defend the outcome.

0110 minutes

The Problem

The moderator introduces the city, the asset, the existing data, the constraints, the budget and the decision that has to be made this year.

0215 minutes

The First Response

Each specialist gives their opening approach. One clearly defined question per expert. No corporate overviews.

0310 minutes

The Complication

New information lands mid-conversation. The grant deadline moves. The corridor can't close. The as-builts are wrong.

0425 minutes

Build the Solution

The panel resolves sequence, method, accuracy, cost, risk and downstream use — where Bentley's engineering expertise becomes directly relevant.

0515 minutes

The Room Decides

Live polls and audience questions. Public-sector attendees say how they would handle the same decision.

0615 minutes

The Path Forward

If this were our city, here is what we would do — with three practical next actions an agency can start on Monday.

The series

Eight Problems Local Government Already Has.

Public works, facilities, smart cities, transportation, roads and bridges — one theme per episode, one decision per session.

Episode 01Public Works · Water· 90 min

The Water System We Can't See

How do you prioritize a buried network when the records are a generation old?

A mid-size city loses a measurable share of treated water every year. Mains fail without warning, valve records disagree with the field, and the capital plan is built on age rather than risk. Council wants a defensible five-year replacement program.

network modeling
leakage & non-revenue water
condition vs. criticality
hydraulic scenarios
capital prioritization

Public Works · Water Utility · Engineering · Finance

Episode 02Public Works · Energy· 90 min

Keeping the Lights On

What does grid resilience look like when the load and the weather both change?

A municipal utility faces rising peak demand, electrified fleets, new solar interconnections and a substation that floods once every few years. Every department has an opinion; nobody has one shared model.

distribution modeling
load growth & electrification
outage & flood risk
interconnection queue
resilience investment

Municipal Utility · Sustainability · Emergency Management

Episode 03Transportation· 90 min

The Corridor That Can't Close

How do you rebuild a working corridor without shutting the city down?

A primary arterial carries transit, freight, bikes and 30,000 vehicles a day. It needs pavement, drainage, signals and ADA work in one construction window — and the businesses along it cannot lose access.

corridor planning
traffic & transit modeling
staging and detours
multimodal design
public communication

Transportation · Transit · Public Works · Planning

Episode 04Roads & Bridges· 90 min

The Bridge on the Deferred List

When inspection says 'fair', how do you decide between repair and replacement?

A 60-year-old structure carries the only direct route to the hospital. Ratings are borderline, load posting would reroute freight through a neighborhood, and replacement is four times the repair budget.

bridge load rating
inspection data
structural analysis
lifecycle cost
funding & grant readiness

Bridge Engineering · Public Works · Capital Programs

Episode 05Facilities · Design· 90 min

The Building We Keep Renovating

How do you plan work on a civic building nobody has accurately documented?

City hall has been altered six times in forty years. Mechanical drawings are missing, energy costs are climbing, and a phased renovation must happen while staff and the public stay in the building.

existing conditions & BIM
building performance
phased occupied renovation
space & asset registers
handover to operations

Facilities · Architecture · Energy Management · Operations

Episode 06Facilities · Construction· 90 min

Did the Capital Project Deliver?

How does a public owner keep control of cost, schedule and quality on site?

A new public safety facility is nine months in. RFIs are stacking up, the schedule has slipped twice, and the owner's team is reconciling progress from photos, spreadsheets and a monthly meeting.

construction coordination
4D schedule & progress
change and claim exposure
quality and commissioning
digital handover

Capital Projects · Construction Management · Procurement

Episode 07Smart Cities · Planning· 90 min

The Plan Nobody Can Coordinate

Whose model is right when planning, utilities and engineering all have one?

A downtown growth district triggers utility upgrades, street redesign, stormwater capacity and three private developments — coordinated today through PDFs, email and a monthly interdepartmental meeting.

city design & massing
interdepartmental coordination
utility capacity checks
scenario comparison
public engagement visuals

Planning · GIS · Engineering · Economic Development

Episode 08Smart Cities · Digital Twins· 90 min

The Digital Twin That Has to Earn Its Budget

What does a city actually get for connecting its infrastructure data?

Grant funding built a 3D city model. Two years later it is used for presentations and nothing else. The manager wants to know what would make it an operational asset instead of a demonstration.

connected data environment
asset intelligence & analytics
data governance & ownership
operations integration
measuring return

IT/CIO · GIS · Asset Management · City Management

The cadence

One Problem Every Six Weeks.

Week 0

Event 01

The Water System We Can't See

Week 6

Event 02

Keeping the Lights On

Week 12

Event 03

The Corridor That Can't Close

Week 18

Event 04

The Bridge on the Deferred List

Week 24

Event 05

The Building We Keep Renovating

Week 30

Event 06

Did the Capital Project Deliver?

Week 36

Event 07

The Plan Nobody Can Coordinate

Week 42

Event 08

The Digital Twin That Has to Earn Its Budget

Better speakers

Time to recruit the right expert instead of whoever is available.

Better promotion

Each program gets a genuine marketing window into agencies.

Better content

The last event produces content while the next one is promoted.

Sustainable

Year-round visibility without a monthly webinar build.

Who attends

Built for local government.

Every scenario is written from the perspective of a city, county or municipal utility team that owns the asset and answers to a council.

City & County Engineers
Public Works Directors
Water & Wastewater Utilities
Municipal Energy Utilities
Transportation & Transit
Bridge & Structures Teams
Facilities & Capital Projects
Planning & GIS
Asset Management
City Managers & CIOs

Who is on stage

A much bigger speaker pool.

We recruit expertise around the problem — not logos around a webinar.

Bentley Technical Expert
Municipal Engineer
Water Utility Manager
Transportation Planner
Bridge Engineer
Facilities Director
GIS Professional
Infrastructure Consultant
BIM/VDC Specialist
Academic / Researcher
Agency user — when appropriate

Agency stories don't disappear — they stop being a requirement. When a public-sector user fits the topic, we ask for a 15-minute moderated conversation or a recorded cameo instead of a formal case-study presentation. The event happens either way.

The working model

Bentley Doesn't Build Another Webinar.

ConnectMii / AssetMapping handles

topic development
scenario writing
speaker recruitment
moderator
speaker briefing
preparation calls
event microsite
registration
promotion
audience recruitment
production
live polling
moderation & Q&A
post-event content
on-demand archive

Bentley provides

one subject-matter expert per episode
a ~45-minute preparation briefing
1–2 useful technical visuals
relevant workflow expertise
optional demonstration or data example
optional agency introduction if one fits

No customer required. No 30-slide deck. No product pitch.

More than a webinar

One Problem Creates a Campaign.

Before

problem teaser
“What would you do?” poll
speaker perspectives
registration campaign
problem brief

Live

90-minute session
audience polls
expert discussion
Q&A
workflow examples

After

on-demand video
executive summary
short clips
infographic
technical checklist
poll results

Start the series

Episode 01 is ready to shape.

From problem selection to panel recruitment and microsite launch, the first session can be live within one promotion cycle.

01

Pick the problem

Water, energy, corridor, bridge, facilities, construction, planning or twins.

02

Confirm the panel

Bentley experts plus one city practitioner to keep the discussion grounded.

03

Go live

90 minutes, one decision, and a campaign of content built around it.

Production details: info@connectmiievents.com

Let’s talk about the series.

Mark Barounos

Anne Feldmann

One City.
One Problem.

Don't find a customer. Find a problem.