Leo Van Broeck and Adrian McGregor to Keynote Vectorworks Design Summit in Philadelphia

Designers who dream of transforming the world are invited to join a community of visionaries at the 2015 Vectorworks Design Summit on April 27 - 29 at the Sofitel Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event features breakout sessions by leaders in the architecture, landscape, and entertainment industries, as well as opportunities to network with Vectorworks software engineers, power users, third-party partners, and other professionals during educational sessions, meals, and evening events. Registration is now open at www.vectorworks.net/design-summit.

"Every day, designers choose Vectorworks because it's a tool that allows great design to materialize from inspiration, exploration, and discovery," says Nemetschek Vectorworks' chief marketing officer Stewart Rom. 'The Design Summit will provide a gathering point for our community of users to generate new energy for upcoming projects, sharpen their vision, and share pioneering designs. I hope attendees leave the event feeling moved to continue creating unexpected and exciting design solutions."

The Vectorworks Design Summit begins Monday, April 27 with optional, pre-conference training in Vectorworks software and a welcome dinner. Tuesday's schedule opens with a presentation by CEO Sean Flaherty, who will discuss how Nemetschek Vectorworks supports the creative process and helps designers in their journey toward working smarter and more efficiently.

Flaherty's presentation will be followed by an inspirational keynote message from design visionary Leo Van Broeck, a founding partner of BOGDAN & VAN BROECK in Belgium. Van Broeck will share his theory that the design of attractive, dense, and high-quality urban areas is a catalyst for changing how much space people think they need to lead enjoyable and meaningful lives, and how that belief has led to his active participation in the promotion of spatial quality and awareness, the domain of urban density and optimal land use.

Nemetschek Vectorworks' chief technology officer Dr. Biplab Sarkar will open Wednesday's sessions with a keynote address, providing unprecedented development insight into the Vectorworks line of CAD and BIM design solutions, including features that will be in Vectorworks 2016.

Adrian McGregor, FAILA, RLA, MAIH, MPIA, managing director of Australian landscape architecture and urban design firm McGregor Coxall, is Wednesday's closing speaker. McGregor transforms public spaces across the world into living, breathing works. His firm has completed work in six nations, focusing on sustainable design in the public domain and urban settings, going beyond the reduction of environmental damage, and using regenerative approaches to actively advance each site's ecology. McGregor has been recognized for his work in sustainable design, as well as in mediation, helping communities, authorities, and developers to work together to create better-informed designs.

Confirmed breakout session speakers at the Design Summit represent firms and industry partners including ROJO Architects, MORRIS, Holcombe Norton Partners, Inc., Exhibit Logic, LEVENBETTS, The Small Group, Bluebeam Software, Architecture Is Fun, and more. Sessions will examine a wide range of topics from communicating design ideas, moving from 2D to 3D and using smart CAD tools for sustainable site design to utilizing Vectorworks as a BIM tool and rendering for success. Vectorworks engineers and product experts, as well as third party partners like MAXON Computer, Asite, and Synchro Software, will also provide product training and answer attendee questions in the Design Summit's Expo Hall.

For the academic community, a student track offers tips on what design firms look for when hiring and University of Pennsylvania graduate student Diego Bermudez shares how he turned a school project into $10,000 as the winner of the 2014 Richard Diehl Award and Vectorworks Design Scholarship. There will also be speakers representing Columbia University, Parsons The New School for Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Philadelphia University.

The early-bird registration fee is $399 and expires March 31. Beginning April 1, registration is $499. There is an academic rate for students and instructors of $99 and credentialed press can attend for free. Attendees can also enjoy a discounted room rate at the Sofitel Hotel, the location of all conference activities except the evening events, situated only minutes from Philadelphia's historic attractions. Visit www.vectorworks.net/design-summit to view the growing list of speakers, sessions and events, and to register online.