QUAKERTOWN, Pa., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ --

    EVENT:   Synergis Engineering Design Solutions Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
             Autodesk Authorized Training Center (ATC) Grand Opening Event &
             Open House. The event includes educational sessions, networking
             opportunities, meals, raffle prizes and giveaways.

    WHERE:   Synergis Engineering Design Solutions, 140 Maffet Street,
             Wilkes-Barre, PA

    HOW:     Register online at www.synergis.com or over the telephone at
             800-836-5440

    WHEN:    Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 8:30am - 4:30pm.  Complimentary
             breakfast and lunch served. Attendees can stay for an hour or all
             day.

    COST:    Free to all Autodesk software users.

    DETAILS:

-- Throughout the day of the Open House, Synergis Engineering Design Solutions will host complimentary educational sessions delivered by key Synergis Engineering Design Solutions and Autodesk experts to honor the grand opening of the new Authorized Training Center location in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The center meets the increased demand for training from the active community of design professionals in the Northern Pennsylvania region to ensure they achieve maximum productivity, a competitive business advantage and high return on investment from their Autodesk software.

-- Divided by two industry tracks, manufacturing and AEC, sessions will emphasize Synergis Engineering Design Solutions' support of the local design community and highlight and compare the functionality and feature sets of the latest Autodesk software solutions, in an effort to lead participants to higher productivity.

    -- A full line up of Grand Opening sessions can be viewed below:



                       AEC                       Manufacturing

                                           Introducing the Synergis
                                           Manufacturing Team -- CAD
                                           Geeks at Your Service
                                           (Jennifer Zavacky,
                                           Synergis Sales & Marketing
                                           Director, Manufacturing
    8:30 -                                 Solutions)
    9:00am                                 Training Room
                 AutoCAD for
                 Architecture vs. Revit
                 (Jim Law & Bill           Digital Prototyping Demo --
                 Knittle, Synergis         How Can Your Organization be
                 Building Solutions        "Best-in-Class"(Walt
                 Engineers)Conference      Bednarz, Synergis
                 Room                      Manufacturing Solutions
    9:00 -                                 Engineer)
    10:00am                                Training Room

                                           AutoCAD for Manufacturing --
                                           New Features and Hidden Gems
                                           in AutoCAD and AutoCAD
                                           Mechanical
                                           (Jim Swain, Synergis Manufacturing
    10:30 -                                Solutions Engineer)
    11:30am                                Training Room

    11:30am -
    1:30pm                                 Lunch

                                           Introducing the Synergis
                                             Manufacturing  Team  --  CAD
                                                                                      Geeks  at  Your
                                                                                      Service(Jennifer  Zavacky,
                                                                                      Synergis  Sales  &  Marketing
        1:30  -              AutoCAD  Land  Desktop            Director,  Manufacturing
        2:00pm              vs.  AutoCAD  Civil  3D            Solutions)  Conference  Room
                                  (Bill  Frederick,
                                  Synergis  Director  of            Define  the  Function  Before
                                  Infrastructure                        the  Form.    Leveraging  the
                                  Solutions,  &  Jason                Autodesk  Inventor  Design
                                  Slocum,  Synergis                    Accelerator(Bob  Reid,
                                  Infrastructure                        Synergis  Manufacturing
        2:00  -              Solutions  Engineer)              Solutions  Engineer)
        3:00pm              Training  Room                          Conference  Room

                                                                                      It's  Alive  in  the  Lab!    An
                                                                                      Overview  of  New  Technology
                                                                                      for  Manufacturers,  available
                                                                                      now  on  Autodesk  Labs(Walt
                                                                                      Bednarz,  Synergis
                                                                                      Manufacturing  Solutions
        3:30  -                                                                  Engineer)
        4:30pm                                                                  Conference  Room