ESI Announces Keynote Speakers for ESI Global Forum 2010, 2 in a Series

By DE Editors

ESI Group has announced its keynote speakers for ESI Global Forum 2010. ESI Global Forum 2010 provides an opportunity to share best practices, challenges, and successes in virtual prototyping. 

ESI Global Forum 2010 will take place on May 19-20, 2010 in Munich, Germany. Attendees include designers, engineers, analysts, and managers of customer and partner companies in many industries as well as European academic institutions.  

  “The line-up of keynote speakers and customer contributions for ESI’s first global users’  conference promises to be strong,” said Vincent Chaillou, product operations president and chief operating officer, ESI Group. “The combination of technical expertise, academic knowledge, and industry experience will give attendees at the forum access to proven best practices in simulation-based design and allow them to learn from each other’s experiences.

Keynote speakers in ESI Global Forum 2010’s plenary session will address the following topics:

1. Roger Herdy, program manager, Qualis Corporation on ‘Vdot: A Software Tool to Optimize Aerospace Applications’
2. Stephane Baril, head of Composite Product Engineering, MU Equipment and Services, EADS Astrium on ‘Satellite Antenna Reflector Design and Optimization using Rayon Software’
3. Dr. Bernd Mlekusch, head of Functional Body Design and Technikmodell, AUDI AG on ‘CAE Aided Car Body Design’
 

The plenary session at ESI Global Forum 2010 will be followed by parallel sessions covering eight themes: casting, composite , crash,  impact and safety, electromagnetism, fluid dynamics, sheet metal forming, vibro-acoustic,  and welding.

For more information, visit ESI’s Global Forum 2010 site.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.