Keynotes Announced for 2009 SIMULIA Customer Conference

By DE Editors

Dassault Systèmes (DS; Paris, France) announced that keynote addresses from Jaguar Land Rover and Abbott Vascular will highlight the SIMULIA Customer Conference (SCC; SIMULIA; Providence, RI) being held May 19-21, 2009, in London, England.

Mark Stanton of Jaguar Land Rover and Kelly Pike of Abbott Vascular will provide insight into how realistic simulation is being used by their respective companies to drive research and innovation, provide performance insight and help build better products in less time.

SIMULIA, Dassault Systèmes' brand for realistic simulation, is expanding its traditional Abaqus Users' Conference audience to include users of other SIMULIA products including Isight, Fiper, and SLM.

The 2009 conference will also feature presentations by engineers from more than 70 manufacturing and research organizations, including The Boeing Company, The Coca-Cola Company, General Motors, Halliburton, Honda R&D, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Rolls-Royce plc, Samsung Electronics, and others.

Microsoft is the premiere sponsor of SCC 2009. Early-bird registration for the SCC is now open — visit SCC at SIMULIA.

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