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event icon awards, smartplant 3d, smartgrids and more intergraph annual international users conference 2009 intergraph 2009, intergraph s annual international users conference, attracted approximately 2,000 professionals to the gaylord national resort and convention center in washington, d.c. from june 15-18. with more than 100 conference sessions on the latest best practices and customer case studies complemented by hands-on training and certification workshops, intergraph 2009 provided attendees with extensive informational content and networking opportunities including a private evening reception at the smithsonian institution's national air and space museum. guest keynote speaker, broadcast anchor and author tom brokaw, spoke of the challenges of the greatest generation and motivated the audience to act in today s trying times. by the editors n his executive keynote address, intergraph chairman, president and ceo halsey wise recapped notable intergraph innovations during its first 40 years: computer-aided dispatch: first to integrate mapping and dispatch, first multi-agency interoperability, first call taking, dispatch, mobile and records management security: first to integrate multiple sensors into a common operational picture (cop) smart grid: first to provide outage and field response with centralized distribution control i geomedia: first truly open gis, enabling organizations to combine datasets from multiple sources for spatial access and analysis video & imagery management: first to market with video stabilization/dewarping, leadership in video analysis/video mosaicking, image search and management smartplant 3d: first intelligent, comprehensive, multidisciplinary plant design and modeling system with concurrent global execution ( worksharing ) more than $400 mm invested in r&d and 150 patent applications in 25 countries over the last 5 years. september 2009 38