Altair have announced the line-up of this year’s HyperWorks Technology Conference. The event takes place on the 16th & 17th of September at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan. Top speakers include:
- Nand K. Kochhar, Executive Technical Leader, Global CAE, Ford Motor Company
- Terry Swack, Co-founder & CEO, Sustainable Minds
- Giovanni Greco, Director, Engineering, Sea Ray
- Chad Jackson, Aberdeen Group
- Kenneth Amann, Director of Research, CIMdata, Inc.
The two day conference has become one of the leading PLM technology events and attracts over 400 indutry professionals from a diverse cross-section of industry verticals. Industry professionals can attend the event free of charge.
2008 Sponsors include:
Gold Sponsors:
- Intel
- nCode International
- Sun Microsystems
Event Sponsors:
- CEI
- Magna Powertrain, ECS
- EM Software & Systems (USA)
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM
- Metacomp Technologies
- Moldflow (Autodesk, Inc.)
- Penguin Computing
- Safe Technology
- Software Cradle
For more information, visit the event website.
About HyperWorks
Built upon a foundation of design optimization, performance data management and process automation, HyperWorks is an enterprise simulation platform for rapid design-exploration and decision-making. As the most comprehensive, open-architecture CAE solution in the industry, HyperWorks includes best-in-class modeling, analysis, visualization and data management solutions for linear, nonlinear, structural optimization, fluid-structure interaction and multi-body dynamics applications. For more information, please visit http://www.altairhyperworks.com .
About Altair
Altair Engineering, Inc. empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held with
more than 1,400 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 20-year-plus track record for enterprise analytics, product development and advanced computing, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more, please visit http://www.altair.com .
This years PLM Summit USA takes place at The World Golf Village, St Augustine, Florida on October 13th & 14th.
Highlights include:
- Doug Tracy, the Global CTO at Rolls Royce who is speaking on ‘Building the Business Case for PLM’, including the case for investing in PLM technology and a look at the value to the business.
- A case study from Sue McCusker, Project Manager, Global IT at Coca-Cola, who is looking at what lessons they have learned from their PLM implementation.
- A look at how General Motors have made their PLM platform a global implementation, from Terry Kline, their Global Product Development Process Information Officer.
- Paul M. Bevilaqua, Chief Engineer, Advanced Development Projects, Lockheed Martin, who is discussing ‘Advanced Simulation Secrets of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter – Lessening the Risk of Product Failure By Managing Designs From The Conceptual Phase’.
Other speakers include:
- Michael Burkett, Vice President, AMR Research
- Eamon O’Kelly , Director, Global Customer Support & Services , Schneider Electric
- Kurt Kuhn, Structural Analysis Tools Manager , The Boeing Company
- Konrad Schütte , Program Manager, Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH
- Huw Evans, R&D Information Director, HPC, Unilever
- Dr. Michael W. Grieves, International PLM Expert & Author
As always, the PLM Summit attracts a high level audience and an impressive collection of PLM vendor companies. Some of this years sponsors include:
SAP
Adobe
INCAT
Sopheon
Satyam
Razorleaf
Oracle
To book your place, go to their registration page, or alternatively give them a call on +1 416-214-1144.

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