NAFEMS 2020 - Vendor Forum

October 31st, 2008

What is the Vendor Forum?

NAFEMS exists because a group of far-sighted users of CAE anticipated their increasing dependence on commercial software, and wanted to ensure that those systems would be of highest quality and would address their needs. The CAE software industry, small then, is now substantial and robust, and enjoys healthy growth. This is because it delivers tools that address important engineering problems. Yet in spite of the tremendous growth in software functionality and in the computational resources that are now available for running simulations, most users still face frustrating limitations in their ability to deploy CAE with confidence in their design work. In this forum we will invite the vendor-sponsors of the meeting to give their views on which will be the greatest drivers of their industry between now and 2020, and how they expect the industry will evolve in response. Audience participation together with moderation by NAFEMS’ North American Steering Committee should ensure the session delivers lasting value.

Who will participate in the Vendor Forum?

We have a number of key individuals from the following companies participating in the Vendor Forum, including:

• MSC.Software
• • TBA
• SIMULIA
• • Dr. Ken Short, VP of Strategy and Marketing
• ANSYS
• • Mr. Dave Conover, Chief Technologist and Corporate Fellow
• SIEMENS
• • Mr. Ken Blakely, VP of CAE Business Development
• ProSTEP, Inc . 
• • Dr. Andreas Schreiber, President and CEO
• Engineous Software
• • Dr. Siu Tong, Founder
• CD-adapco
• • Dr. Dennis Nagy, VP Marketing and Business Development
• LMS
• • Mr. Tom Curry, Executive Vice-President, CMO
• Altair Engineering
• • Mr. Brett Chouinard, VP - Americas
• Comet Solutions
• • Mr. Malcolm Panthaki, Founder, Chairman & CTO
• ESI Group
• • TBA
• FunctionSIM  
• • Mr. Karl Bangert, President
• IBM
• • Mr. Greg Clifford, Deep Computing Auto/Aero Lead