Register Onsite for the COE Fall 2003 Conference & TechniFair to Take the Lead...

Registration will be available onsite starting September 28, 2003 for the COE Fall 2003 Conference & TechniFair at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, in Seattle, Washington. The COE Fall 2003 Conference & TechniFair will be held on September 28 – October 1, 2003.

Stay tuned to www.coe.org for the latest conference information. No other conference offers such a wide variety of speakers and educational events in the PLM area. You also won’t want to miss out on the fun at this fall's TechniFair. The COE TechniFair will feature hardware and software vendors and service providers, displaying the latest products and services. Visit the TechniFair to see the wealth of third-party products (including Dassault Systemes CAA V5 SCP partners) that widen the scope of CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, and SMARTEAM.

Do you think you are the best CATIA Modeler in the world? Come prove it at Top Gun XVI. Top Gun XVI is a free CATIA modeling competition judged on accuracy, modeling time, and modeling style. Prizes will be awarded to the winners and there is no cost to enter.

You also won’t want to miss the big announcement that will change they way you look at COE forever.

Insta-Poll: Results and Next Topic

We want your feedback. Every month we will be asking you a different question on topics concerning your Dassault Systemes software installation, your experiences, or to help us improve COE member benefits. Next month we'll provide the results to our September question and introduce a new question.

Results of the August online poll:

How is the length of COE's electronic newsletter, COE NewsNet?:

Be sure to answer our September question:

COE has recently launched a series of interactive media exchanges, "Ask the Expert." What topics would you like to see covered in future "Ask the Expert" teleconferences/Web seminars?

57.1%
Just Right (16 votes)

32.1%
Too Long (9 votes)

10.7%
Too Short (3 votes)

COE Announces Best Presenters from Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 Conferences

After the Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 COE Conferences, in Tampa and New Orleans respectively, individual session evaluations were tallied, and for each PIC Division a presentation was recognized for being superior to the rest. The winners will be recognized at the Fall 2003 COE Conference September 28-October 1 in Seattle. COE would like to congratulate all of the Best Presenters. For a complete list of winners, visit http://www.coe.org/events/best_presenters.cfm.

'Ask the Expert' eLearning Opportunities

COE recognizes that your need for timely information regarding the use of Dassault Systemes family of products is ongoing. To supplement your face-to-face learning at COE events, we will offer a series of “Ask the Expert” interactive media exchanges. This will be your chance to conveniently and inexpensively access the latest and greatest information from some of the world’s foremost Dassault Systemes product experts. See below for a tentative upcoming schedule of events. Bookmark www.coe.org for an up-to-date listing of teleconferences, Web casts, speakers, dates, and to register; and stay tuned after each “Ask the Expert” exchange for online collaboration with the speaker and other participants.

Tentative schedule (stay tuned for confirmed schedule and to register):

CATIA V4/V5 Interoperability
Frederic Beaudin, Dassault Systemes
November 13, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time

CATBench Hardware Evaluation
Phil Harrison, LionHeart Solutions
January 22, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time

Enterprise-Class CATIA V5 Deployment on the Windows Platform
Brad Bossio, Microsoft
March 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time