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COE Spring 2003 Conference & TechniFair Wrap Up
Take the Lead…Deliver with PLM
March 30-April 2
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nearly 1,100 users, Dassault Systemes and IBM-PLM representatives, and third-party vendor representatives gathered in New Orleans for the COE Spring 2003 Conference & TechniFair-the largest international event dedicated to the CATIA®, ENOVIATM, DELMIATM, and SMARTEAMTM user community. The focus of the event was to help users "take the lead" and attendees divided their time between the many professional enrichment opportunities to do just that, including networking events, exciting keynotes, nearly 200 technical and training sessions, and the wall-to-wall solutions of the TechniFair. See attendees and speakers in action by visiting the full event photo gallery.
Featured Speakers Kick Things Off
It was standing room only in the Monday morning general session as attendees gathered to hear Francois Castaing, former Executive Vice President, DaimlerChrysler, explain how Dassault Systemes and IBM technologies were key to Chrysler's 1990s turnaround. Then Bernard Charles, Dassault Systemes President, took the stage to address recent and future developments in PLM technology and how PLM will help customers "take the lead". IBM's Ed Petrozelli shared case studies of companies successfully implementing PLM into their organizations. Finally, Bruce Van Nus of Dassault Systemes discussed successful PLM implementation strategies and processes.
In Tuesday morning's general session, Dave Burdick of Collaborative Visions moderated a CATIA V5 Roundtable. The panelists addressed critical deployment issues and recommended strategies for migration from V4 to V5. Tuesday afternoon offered an opportunity for user to ask questions of Dassault Systemes and IBM representatives on the Open Forum Panel.
On Wednesday, Jeff Scheisser outlined Cessna Aircraft's strategies in developing a new personal jet, the "Citation Mustang". And Peter Hart, Georgia Tech, discussed PLM integration at NASA Langley and the Georgia Tech PLM Competency Center.
Breakout Sessions
The conference schedule featured nearly 200 user-focused, educational breakout sessions delivered by speakers in every industry, from both small and large enterprises worldwide, and covering everything you need on product process, functionality, systems, support, and implementation. The speaker line-up featured more than 40 companies, including Boeing, Purdue University, BMW, Raytheon, Cessna, Johnson Controls, and more!
Executive Forum
The COE Executive Forum thread provided an opportunity for managers and executives to learn how best to deploy PLM as part of the competitiveness of product development. Speakers included IBM and Dassault Systemes executives, such as Tom Kilkenny and Joel Lemke, as well as industry leaders from Purdue University, Boeing, Lionheart Solutions, United Airlines, and Cessna Aircraft.
COE Education and Training
The COE training session line-up provided in-depth and guided hands-on access to specific aspects of the generally available Dassault Systemes suite or complementary software. Attendees gained valuable skills to take back to their jobs through the detailed product information, best practices and operational process methods, and live demonstrations.
TechniFair
In addition to the unique educational opportunities available at the conference, attendees were able to visit and chat with more than 40 vendors in the COE TechniFair. TechniFair visitors participated in everything from hands-on demos and product test-driving, to the TechniFair Tournament, where fabulous prizes were awarded, including a Palm Theater Portable DVD, and X-Box, a portable TV, and an American Express Gift Certificate, just to name a few. Visit the photo gallery to see all the footage.
Networking
And no COE conference experience would be complete without the many planned and informal networking opportunities, where attendees mingled with their peers in relaxed social settings, like conference lunches and refreshment breaks, the Sunday Conference Orientation and Welcome Reception, sponsored by Microsoft and Intel, the TechniFair Grand Opening, and the activities and festivities of the TechniBash!
Award Winners
Former Executive Vice President of DaimlerChrysler, Francois Castaing, was inducted into COE's College of Fellows. COE's Fellow award is awarded to individuals who have contributed greatly to the CAx/PDM industry.
James Barkelew, Lockheed Martin, and Mark Chitjian, IBM, co-chairs of the Numerical Control Development Planning Council, were awarded the COE Award of Merit for their years of work in helping to prepare the COE conference.
The Top Gun competition, sponsored by MSC, Rand, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and COE allowed users to compete for prizes and to test their skills at developing the most accurate and correctly-structured three dimensional model, in the least amount of time.
In third place were Donald Vetter of Black and Decker (in the V5 category) and Bill Marceau of Shaw Aero Devices (in the V4 category). In second place were Ivan Harris of Amcor (in the V5 category) and DJ Ninagawa of INCS, Inc. (in the V4 category).
The grand prize, first place winners were Janelle Beczak of Cessna (in the V5 category) and Changsoo Suh of Hyundai Motors (in the V4 category).
See You in Seattle!
Mark your calendar now for the COE Fall 2003 Conference & TechniFair, September 28-October 1 in Seattle, Washington. Bookmark www.coe.org to stay updated on detailed information as it becomes available regarding sessions, speakers, exhibits, and registration, airfare, and hotel discounts.
COE Conference Proceedings Now Available Online
Attention all COE Members- Conference Proceedings from the Spring 2003 COE Conference & TechniFair in New Orleans are available online on the COE website, www.coe.org by pulling down the menu "COE Member Center" and clicking on the link "Proceedings". Please note- access is required to view this area- if you don't have access, you may apply through the COE homepage by clicking on the link "Online Access Application". Proceedings provided by speakers to COE Headquarters are being posted as they are received.
COE Conference CD-ROMs of proceedings will be mailed to all full-conference attendees approximately five weeks post-conference.
COE Fall 2003 Conference & TechniFair
The COE 2003 Spring Conference & TechniFair is over…now it's time to make plans for the fall. This year's fall conference will take place September 28 - October 1, 2003 in Seattle, Washington. Besides for the opportunity to meet and network with peers from around the U.S. and the world, the conference offers you a chance to sharpen your skills and increase your value to your organization. Stay tuned to www.coe.org for the most updated information.
COE Fall 2003 Call for Papers Deadline May 16
COE is currently accepting abstracts for consideration for the Fall 2003 COE Conference & TechniFair. Please submit your presentation for consideration through the COE website, www.coe.org. Deadline for submission is May 16; all presenters will be notified of their presentation schedule at the end of June. Please contact COE Headquarters at info@coe.org with any questions.
IIUG to Host Sessions at COE Fall 2003 Conference & TechniFair
The ICAD International User Group (IIUG) will be hosting several sessions at the COE at the Seattle COE in October. ICAD is recognized as the leading Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) solution for the capture and automation of proprietary customer design and manufacturing processes, particularly in the aerospace and automotive industries. The goal of the IIUG is to promote the use and best practices of KBE throughout all Industries.
Engineers and designers have been using ICAD to design products since 1985 and regularly report process time reductions in excess of 90%. ICAD users automate their product designs and manufacturing processes by storing and accessing all the required knowledge and best practices relating to their design intent, functionality, engineering and manufacturing rules, standards, safety codes, legislative compliance and many more criteria from within their ICAD product model and ICAD defined knowledge base. ICAD is a highly proven technology employed by such renowned knowledge-based organizations as: Airbus Industrie, Boeing, BMW, Corus, Ford, Jaguar and General Motors.
ICAD is developed and maintained by Knowledge Technologies International, Inc. KTI, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systemes as of November 2002. KTI, Inc. and Dassault Systemes have been working together to streamline the best Knowledge Based Engineering processes into the Dassault Family line of products. This would provide Dassault Systemes Products with unrivaled functionality and integrated KBE capabilities.
The IIUG has been instrumental to the growth and success of ICAD and KBE within industry today. Because KTI, Inc. customers have always been willing to get involved with ICAD product development, the ICAD system has made great strides in its depth and breath of functionality over the past 15 years. The COE forum will provide both IIUG and COE members the opportunity to get involved with discussions between KTI, Inc and Dassault Systemes about product strategy, requirements, and future directions. Only through these discussions, can the KBE technology continue to grow in usage, functionality, and availability.
COE Announces PLM Enterprise of the Year for 2003
To acknowledge customers that have achieved significant business results through their organizations' adoption of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, CATIA Operator's Exchange (COE) user group in partnership with IBM and Dassault Systemes have announced the PLM Enterprise of the Year award. The award, which will be selected by a committee comprised of vendors, IT analysts and press, will be announced at the Fall 2003 COE conference in Seattle on September 29th.
The PLM Enterprise of the Year award will not only recognize success, but will also serve as a model for fellow IBM and Dassault Systemes customers looking to increase shareholder value by expanding their markets centered on new, innovative products, while reducing development, manufacturing and warranty costs. The award will be presented to the COE member that demonstrates the best use of PLM technologies to:
- Synchronize and manage multiple business processes, including data and process integration with other enterprise applications such as ERP, SCM, or CRM.
- Collaborate with suppliers and customers.
- Show tangible and intangible benefits, such as increased innovation, reduced development or manufacturing costs, improved product quality and increased sales.
The winner will be allowed to present on its PLM implementation at the Fall 2003 COE conference. In addition, START magazine and Desktop Engineering will offer free subscriptions. The COE organization will provide the winner with a trophy and a free 1 year membership. Finally, IBM's PLM Integrated Industry Solutions team will perform a complimentary two-day Virtual Product Innovation assessment on the winner's PLM environment and provide feedback on how this company can be even more successful in the future.
"PLM is not an overnight implementation, but that shouldn't scare companies into thinking that its benefits are not obtainable," comments Thomas Kilkenny, vice president sales, IBM Product Lifecycle Management. "Most manufacturers have CAD or PDM already; now it's just a matter of linking those systems to the rest of their IT environment and supply chain. And that's where IBM can help out with software, hardware and services."
The committee that will review the nominees includes:
Dave Burdick, president, Collaborative Visions (CONFIRMED)
Tony Lockwood, editor in chief, Desktop Engineering (CONFIRMED)
Marc Halpern, research director, Gartner Group (TENTATIVE)
Phil Harrison, COE (CONFIRMED)
Michael Jarosik, editor in chief, START Magazine (CONFIRMED)
Thomas Kilkenny, vice president, sales, IBM Product Lifecycle Management (TBD)
Marcelo Lemos, president, Dassault Systemes Americas (TBD)
To submit an entry, please complete the entry form in PDF or Word format and e-mail to info@coe.org or fax 312-527-6636.
COE Membership Updates
COE's key goals for 2003 include:
- COE member discounts for CATIA Certification Testing
- Holding two fantastic user conferences: New Orleans-March 30-April 2 and Seattle-September 28-October 1
- Expanding online member services; assisting local/regional user groups
- Reaching out to smaller CATIA installations to expand the COE community of users
- An online data exchange repository through the members-only page of the COE Web site
- Providing information to ease member company's successful migration to Version 5
By renewing your COE membership, you'll not only retain access to all of COE's benefits; you'll also enjoy new benefits that will be launched in 2003. By renewing your membership, you'll strengthen the user groups' ranks, thereby assuring that COE has even more influence with your vendor, Dassault Systemes.
And as our strength lies in our extensive network of users, we are always looking for new members to become involved and share their skills. This is your chance to help, and be sweetly rewarded in the process with a sporty COE watch. You'll be the envy of all your CATIA peers because the only way to score this watch is HERE!
This new membership program COE has implemented involves existing members getting involved to make COE grow and it's as easy as 1, 2, 3!
- Encourage a potential member to submit the online membership application and list your name where it asks "How did you learn about COE?"
- Application approved by COE HQ and annual dues paid by new member for current year.
- New member attends the next conference and we send you the ALL-NEW COE WATCH!
Please contact COE Headquarters at info@coe.org for more information about membership renewal.
CADEE 2002 Image Contest Winners Announced
Seven of the world's top CATIA designers accepted the prestigious CADEE award at the COE Spring 2003 Conference & Technifair in New Orleans, LA. The CATIA Award for Design and Engineering Excellence (CADEE) is jointly sponsored by Dassault Systemes, CATIA Solutions Magazine, COE and IBM, and represents the cutting edge of product design innovation assisted by Dassault Systemes' CATIA solutions.
Juhani Matilainen of Valtra Inc. in Finland won the Grand Prize Digital Dream Pack. The award included a big screen Plasma television, free registration to a future COE conference or the European CATIA Forum (ECF), a one-year subscription to CATIA Solutions Magazine from ConnectPress, one-hour free consultancy by Cambashi and three CATIA certification vouchers.
The other winners included:
- 2nd place: Darren Cokin, Boeing/United States
- 3rd place: Muharrem Cakmak, Goetz Engineering/Germany
- 4th place: Yimo Piirainen, Pertti Lepisto and Miko Rautamies, Elomatic/Finland
- 5th place: Rainer Meier, Grundig/Germany
COE provided free COE access to Cokin and Cakmak. ECF will provide free access to Piirainen, Lepisto, Rautamies and Meier. ConnectPress offered free one-year subscriptions to all winners. DS offered CATIA certification vouchers to the top three winners.
Entries were judged in three categories including design excellence, technical expertise and presentation aesthetics.
For information about the CADEE 2003 image contest, contact Jean-Cristophe Heymonet at IBM PLM, cadee2003@coe.org or stay tuned to the COE Web site for more details to come next month.
Francios Castaing Awarded COE Fellowship
When you think about vehicles such as Viper or Prowler, you should also think about the name Francios Castaing. It was Francios' leadership, at DaimlerChrysler Corporation, that led to the development of these and many more amazing vehicles.
As Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, Francios is generally credited with bringing CATIA to then Chrysler Corporations. Through subsequent requirements to deliver design information to Chrysler in CATIA from suppliers, CATIA was then spread throughout the American automotive supply chain. By developing platform teams where Engineering, Finance, Purchasing, and Manufacturing developed a vehicle jointly, Castaing laid the foundation for what were would consider PLM today.
Upon leaving DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Francois is still advocating student participation in Math and Science. He is credited with the revitalization of the Detroit Science Center. Also, he on the Advisory Board of Focus: Hope, a Detroit area human and civil rights organization.
In one the highest forms of praise, a former Chrysler Executive, Robert Lutz recently said Francios, "has a bias toward action."
COE 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 Febuary question, and introduce a new question.
Results of the February online poll:
Is 2003 the year you will convert to V5?
27.8%
Yes
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28.5%
No
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23.1%
Maybe
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20.6%
We have already converted to V5
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Take a moment to weigh in on our April question:
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COE 2003 Board of Directors
At the COE Fall 2002 Conference & TechniFair, held in Tampa, Florida September 29-October 2, the COE Voting Representative members elected Jeff Schiesser of Cessna Aircraft to the COE Board of Directors. Schiesser is an addition to the robust line-up of volunteers who serve on the COE Board of Directors. Included below is a complete listing of the board, their positions, and their company affiliations. COE Board members can be contacted for more information about their areas of responsibility. Visit http://www.coe.org/about/govern/directors.cfm for more information.
President
Phil Harrison, LionHeart Solutions
Vice President - Conference Planning, Process Interest Committees
William (BJ) Fries, Lockheed Martin
Vice President - Strategy, Executive Forum
Scott Baker, DaimlerChrysler
Treasurer/Vice President - Development Planning Councils
Steve Lynn, IBM
Vice President - Marketing & Communications, Membership
Rich Perlman, Northrop Grumman Newport News
Vice President - Education & Training
David Ballard, BorgWarner Automotive
Secretary/Vice President - Governance
Jeff Schiesser, Cessna Aircraft
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