Any way you slice it, the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort is one big place. Total number of rooms? More than 2,000. Massive swimming pool? How about two of the biggest ones you’ve ever seen? Fine dining and refreshments? Take your choice of two terrific steakhouses (one American, one Japanese), classic Italian, a cafe, a sports bar, and a food court. The ballrooms are palatial. All in all, this was an appropriate backdrop for Hexagon’s 2011 International Conference held June 6–9.

It was an impressively large gathering. Thousands of users, from hundreds of companies representing dozens of nations, had the opportunity to meet and learn, not only from companies’ top executives and leading technicians, but also from each other.

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