Conference Agenda

MONDAY 4/20: Pre-conference
  4:00 p.m. -
  7:00 p.m.
Partner Solutions Expo & Welcome Reception
- Early Registration Open
  7:00 p.m. -
10:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception - Different Pointe of View

TUESDAY 4/21: Presentations
  7:00 a.m. -
  8:00 a.m.
Registration & Technology Expo
  8:00 a.m. -
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ted Pawela, VP of Global Marketing, MSC.Software
MSC Product Roadmap
Dr. Reza Sadeghi, Senior VP & Chief Technical Officer, MSC.Software
Keynote Presentation: Dr. Matthew Melis, NASA Glenn Research Center
"The Columbia Accident Investigation and Returning NASA's Space Shuttle to Flight"
10:00 a.m. -
10:30 a.m.
Break & Partner Solutions Expo
10:30 a.m. -
12:10 p.m.

Structures
& Multi-Discipline I

  • Hill-Rom & MSC
  • Datapoint Labs
  • Diagnostic Simulations, Haskins Labs, Univ of MD
    & MSC
  • Baker Oil Tools
  • Simufact

Systems
& Controls I

  • Gulfstream Aerospace
  • Newman Haas Lanigan Racing
  • Jilin University
  • TREMEC
  • ACH LLC

University
& Education I

  • MSC
  • California Polytechnic State University
  • Lamar University
  • University of Texas-El Paso
12:10 p.m. -
  1:30 p.m.
Lunch
  1:30 p.m. -
  3:20 p.m.

Structures
& Multi-Discipline II

  • Boeing Phantom Works
  • Spirit Aerosystems
  • Boeing Commercial Airline Group
  • TATA Consultancy Services
  • MSC.Software
  • Agency for Defense Development

Automation
& Process Management I

  • GE
  • Simmetrix
  • Red Cedar & TATA Motors
  • AVD-SFE
  • IBM
  • PROSTEP

University
& Education II

  • Arizona State University
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Northern Arizona University
  • California State University-Sacramento
  • University of California-Davis
  3:20 p.m. -
  3:50 p.m.
Break & Partner Solutions Expo
  3:50 p.m. -
  5:50 p.m.

Structures
& Multi-Discipline III

  • Toyota
  • TREMEC & Ford
  • MSC.Software
  • Univ of California-Berkley
  • MSC.Software
  • Ciespace

Automation
& Process Management II

  • Phoenix Integration
  • Acusim Software
  • Pratt & Miller Engineering
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Vistagy
  • Microsoft

University
& Education III

  • Brigham Young University
  • MSC
  5:30 p.m. -
  7:00 p.m.
Cocktails & Partner Solutions Expo
  7:00 p.m. -
10:30 p.m.
Networking Reception Dinner Buffet - Western BBQ at Hidden Valley

WEDNESDAY 4/22: Workshops
  7:30 a.m. -
  8:30 a.m.
Coffee & Partner Solutions Expo
  8:30 a.m. -
  5:00 p.m.
Mechanical Systems Simulation with SimXpert
Structural & Thermal Analysis with SimXpert
Virtual Build & Test Management with SimManager
Multidiscipline Trade Studies with PHX ModelCenter®
Metal Forming & Joining Simulation with Simufact, powered by MD

Preliminary agenda subject to change.