Technical Session Track Descriptions

Product Definition

The Product Definition track covers the software and processes for product and tooling development from conceptual design to release. Sessions will address optimizing your design practices to maximize the performance of CATIA and the CAA partner products. Topics include a product development view of optimizing engineering information for a PDM, V5 Deployment, and meeting the needs of the extended enterprise.

Engineering Analysis and Simulation

Breakout sessions included in the EAS track are focused on the processes, methods, and tools for the analysis and simulation of products. Typical sessions describe end-user scenarios of how realistic simulations are developed to depict a product's physical behavior including static, dynamic, mechanical, and thermal operating-load environments, as well as the performance of ergonomic studies for a product's assembly, operation, and maintenance. Techniques that are covered include finite element analysis of structural components, fluid dynamics, kinematics, multi-body dynamics, multi-disciplined optimization of a product's shape, performance, cost, and knowledge-based engineering as related to the functional performance of a product. Best practices are shared for virtually simulating and optimizing products by accommodating multiple concurrent, and generally conflicting, operational requirements of a product.

Manufacturing

The Manufacturing track will follow your entire manufacturing processes from concurrent product definition to complete machine tool path generation. Our topics focus on solving your challenges, whether it's an implementation on a large scale or generating, simulating, and optimizing tool paths from various domain experts. We will explore these experiences and technologies using Dassault Systèmes manufacturing products.

Information Management

The Information Management Track relates to how any type of data (and related information) is stored and utilized in any system. It all begins with "Information & Data Management (IDM)", which covers data storage and sharing methods such as vaults and PLM systems. Then it carries into real-time "Collaboration (COL)" utilizing that data by working with others from within the same office area to across the world. At the same time, Data Exchange & Migration (DEM) addresses moving data to different locations and migrating data between different CAD and other software systems. Once the data is released, customers need access to pertinent parts of your information, which will then drive a "shelf life" requirement. Enhancing customer satisfaction by providing the right data at the right time, and utilizing the most efficient method, is the goal of "Service After Sale (SAS)". The retention of that data could last for many years; and the issues or options regarding maintaining the data and the required systems to access that data, or migrating the data falls under the heading of "Legacy Data (LD)". Lastly, "Catalogs & Standards (CS)" addresses how standard parts (or information) in CAD systems is managed, organized, and made accessible to all users across the product lifecycle.

Infrastructure

In Infrastructure, you will learn techniques for deploying and maintaining a CATIA V5 environment and learn how to set up high availability licensing to reduce exposure to license server problems. You will also have the opportunity to learn about advanced techniques for training the users in the effective use of the Dassault Systèmes products, along with advances in Knowledge Based Engineering to capture and reuse corporate expertise.

Industry Solutions

This track will consist of Roundtables and Breakout sessions focused on Shipbuilding & Plant Design (SPD), Automotive (AUTO), Aerospace (AERO), Small & Medium Enterprises (SME), Academic (AC).

Develop & Deploy

Designed specifically for IT Department members, this track addresses the installation, configuration, and distribution of Dassault Systèmes Applications and the development of applications and tools for the automation tasks within these applications.

Education & Training

The Education & Training track includes topics referring to education methods and practices. We welcome both educational institutions and those who perform training within their company. Distance learning, training material preparation and web based platforms are all of interest besides the traditional classroom environment.