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Act Fast! The COE 2001 Spring Conference & TechniFair is Almost Here!
We're packing up and heading to Anaheim for COE 2001 Spring very soon! The last day for early registration discounts is March 23rd. But, that doesn't mean that you will be excluded. You still have the opportunity to register onsite. So, make your travel arrangements today and we'll see you in Anaheim!
Every year, COE events bring together thousands of users from the CATIA®, ENOVIA™, and DELMIA™ community for four days packed with advanced product demonstrations, hands-on training, and networking with peers from around the world.
Get to Anaheim from April 1-4 for this spring's "Making the Leap" event, which will feature all this plus a tailored mix of seminars, workshops, and breakout sessions dedicated to the hottest industry trends including, CATIA V4 and V5 coexistence, effectively migrating to CATIA V5, optimizing CATIA use in both small and large enterprises, DELMIA solutions and the manufacturing industry, and using ENOVIA and SmarTeam to manage your information. In addition to the unique education and networking opportunities, COE conference attendees will have the chance to view the products and services of nearly 50 exhibitors in the COE TechniFair.
Click here for detailed information regarding technical sessions, speakers, or to register online. The regular registration deadline is March 23rd so act now and save $250!
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Sure, Membership has its Rewards, but Ours Saves You CASH!
Conference Registration Special: Join or renew with COE now and you can save on both spring and fall conference registrations!
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For more than 17 years, COE has been the only international, professional organization uniting and supporting the users of Dassault Systemes™ software solutions including CATIA®, ENOVIA™, and DELMIA™. With more than 50,000 users in 400 member companies representing the aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, shipbuilding, industrial machinery, electronic, and plant design industries, there is no better support community available. COE helps users leverage their Dassault Systemes solutions to stay ahead of the competition in this dynamic space through information exchange, robust Web products, bi-annual user conferences, product enhancement committees, professional networking opportunities, and much more.
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Hands-on Solutions Available at COE 2001 Spring
COE has partnered with AES to bring you an excellent opportunity to work with CATIA hands-on and ask our application specialists questions in our "How Do I?" forum, located in the lobby outside of the TechniFair. Make sure to stop by and see us. We look forward to seeing you at COE 2001 Spring and in the "How Do I?" forum!
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Educational Opportunities at COE 2001 Spring!
By Judy Cisler, EADS Matra Datavision
We are excited and pleased to be offering three hands-on sessions that offers our attendees an unrivaled education at COE 2001 Spring.
Because You Asked - We Responded!
The three hands on sessions (PD-2, PD-3 and PD-6) have expanded in length to 1hr. 45 min., more time to truly provide an education opportunity based on unique methods. All sessions will be lead by Tom Cisler.
Customer Success Presentations
We have invited two COE members to share their CATIA successes via COE presentations. Matra Datavision provided services to deploy CATIA V5 technology at Delphi Automotive Systems and Canadian Die & Engineering. Come hear how you can apply these technological advances at your firm. KBE-2, KBE-3
Knowledgeware Experts
We will demonstrate why knowledgeware is important, how easy it is to apply, and manufacturing applications that will add profits to your bottom line. KBE-2, KBE-3
New CAT EXTRACT Utility
Programmers from Matra Datavision will present a new CATIA Import Utility for V5. This enabler extracts CATIA V4 models from a Catexport file on Windows NT or Windows 2000 platforms. Remember the Catimport utility on Unix? Matra Datavision have developed capabilities to work between CATIA V4 and V5 on Windows based. View a demonstration of this technology at VS-9.
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Education is Bliss?
By Dave Ballard, COE Board of Directors
The process of learning is different for adults than it is children. The reasons as to the how and why objectives are absorbed and retained are tempered by experience and a critical eye for logic as to what is considered important to them. Individual preferences also vary greatly as to the method use to receive the knowledge. Some prefer self-paced study, while others require directed learning. Similarly, the COE organization is also learning what works and does not in the process of nurturing the attendee interest level and knowledge capture.
Currently, the method employed is attempting to exploit the tremendous wealth and experience already existing in member companies. In some cases, this can be a painful for presenters, not because they don't have the knowledge or desire to share their thoughts, but because they don't have experience in organizing or have a fear of public speaking. It is our objective to add value and depth to content and help make the participation process a painless experience.
As a result of attendee input regarding existing conference structure and perceived confusion, a problem has been identified that there are times when an attendee has unknown expectations regarding the value that person will receive from attending a given event at the conference. The symptoms suggest interchanging or inconsistent use of terminology is a catalyst for this situation. Our solution for this is a simplification of the definitions, with the intent of providing a consistent approach to the learning process. Therefore, we will not only focus in on the content, but delivery methods and organization as well.
I am confident that many of you are shaking your head in agreement right now, and can relate to confusion and frustration over expectations of workshops and training sessions, and hands on room, and demonstrations, and academies, and more. As we evolve over the coming years, the new definitions will center on Briefings, Demonstrations, and Workshops. Briefings are intended to be lecture style formats, where a speaker will provide thought, insight and strategy. Demonstrations will be just that, for product capability, or for showing how a process works. Workshops will be actual hands on activities, to touch and feel a piece of equipment, or experience how that software behaves.
The 2001 Spring conference in Anaheim will be the start of the gentle transition to this simplification, as you will note the presence of Seminars and Product Workshops in addition to the traditional Breakout Sessions everyone has come to expect. By the 2001 Fall conference, it is expected the COE Board of Directors will provide additional and evolving content definitions in aid of this direction.
Our challenge to you is to experience the feel of participation rather than just looking. COE will respond to your needs and desires for value add, as we ride the wave together all while Making the Leap.
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Digital Manufacturing NC Survey
The Digital Manufacturing NC DPC is once again conducting an NC survey for COE Anaheim. Spending a few minutes filling out the survey enables Dassault and IBM to better understand and respond to the needs and trends of the CATIA manufacturing family. Jim Barkelew and Mark Chitjian will present the survey results at the DPC sessions in Anaheim.
For a copy of the survey, please e-mail Mark Chitjian at cool1@us.ibm.com, or pick one up at the COE NC-1 breakout session Monday afternoon at COE 2001 Spring.
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COE InstaPoll Monthly Survey
The COE InstaPoll is a non-scientific survey featured monthly on the COE Web site. Answer this month's COE InstaPoll question, "Which Track of sessions will you most likely attend at the upcoming Spring COE Conference?".
If you have a question you would like to see answered in the COE InstaPoll, send us your submission for consideration.
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