ESI
Group, pioneer and world-leading solution provider in virtual
prototyping
for manufacturing industries, announces the list
of keynotes and confirmed speakers to date for the second ESI
Global Forum 2012, that will take place at the Sheraton Hotel
& Marina in San Diego, CA, on 18 &19 October, 2012.
ESI Global Forum Keynotes
ESI
will have the honor to welcome Governor
John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable (BRT),
former Governor of Michigan and former CEO of the National Association
of Manufacturers. As BRT president, Engler will bring CEO
expertise and insights to bear on major challenges facing the United
States, including global competitiveness and innovation.
American engineer and former astronaut Fred
Haise, who flew as the lunar module pilot on the aborted Apollo
13 lunar mission in 1970, will then deliver a keynote underlining
the importance of innovation & technology deployment in industry.
A third keynote will be delivered by French physicist Dr
Franck
Delplace, Head of the Energy Savings Department at the French
Electricity Board EDF
Group. He will touch on the current challenges in the energy sector.
ESI Global Forum confirmed speakers to date
The forum covers a wide range of topics, addressing all aspects of
engineering simulation with a special focus on applications in Aerospace
& Defense, Ground Transportation and Energy & Electronics.
Confirmed speakers to date include:
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Dave Furrer, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft (USA)
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Eric Landel, Renault (France)
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Hashik Shin, Renault Samsung Motors (Korea)
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Annegret Mallach, Volkswagen AG (Germany)
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Yasushi Hamada, MAZDA Motors (Japan)
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Eric DeHoff & Sanjaya Fonseka, HONDA (USA)
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Fuchun Zhu & Chirag S. Shah, Humanetics Innovative Solutions (USA)
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Matt Sidlinger & James Ho-Jin Hwang, Genesis Systems Group (USA)
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Michael Yang & Paul Blelloch, ATA Engineering (USA)
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A. Stankus, T-Services on behalf of V. Stepannov, CIAM, Central
Institute of Aviation Motors (Russia)
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Per Josefsson, AP&T (Sweden)
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Remy Besnard, CEA Valduc, Commission for Atomic Energy (France)
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Andrew George, Brigham Young University (USA)
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William Chen, Vanguard Space Technologies (USA)
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Sebastian Bohn, Illumina (USA)
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Franz Obermair, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (Austria)
An exhibition will run in parallel throughout the whole event, providing
an opportunity for software and hardware partners to showcase their
latest solutions and to demonstrate how they provide gains in
productivity and performance. Event sponsors Cray
Inc. and Silicon
Graphics International Corp. will be present at the exhibition.
A gala dinner will be held on October 18, bringing together all
attendees in an informal setting for private discussion and networking.
Who should attend? ESI
Global Forum 2012 will cater to all willing to discover and share
ideas and experiences related to Virtual
Product Engineering. Participants registered so far include
designers, engineers, analysts and decision-makers from customer and
partner companies.
Registrations for the event are now open. To register, please click here.
Keep up to date with the latest information about this event on our
regularly updated web section www.esi-group.com/EGF2012
For more ESI news, visit: www.esi-group.com/newsroom
About ESI Group
ESI
is a pioneer and world-leading solution provider in virtual prototyping
for manufacturing industries that takes into account the physics of
materials. ESI
has developed an extensive suite of coherent, industry-oriented
applications to realistically simulate a product’s behavior during
testing, to fine-tune manufacturing processes in accordance with desired
product performance, and to evaluate the environment’s impact on
performance. ESI’s
solutions fit into a single collaborative and open environment for
End-to-End Virtual Prototyping, thus eliminating the need for physical
prototypes during product development. The company employs about 900
high-level specialists worldwide covering more than 30 countries. ESI
Group is listed in compartment C of NYSE Euronext Paris. For further
information, visit www.esi-group.com.
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