ESTECO is proud to announce the full agenda for the 8th International Users’ Meeting (UM18). The rich two-day agenda includes 37 international speakers, two technical trainings, ESTECO Technology workshops and the announcement of the 3rd ESTECO Academy Design Competition. PSA Group, VOLVO Cars, Air Force Research Laboratory are only some of the big names that will present at the UM18 on 23-24 May in Trieste, Italy.
In the light of this year’s focus on Effective Efficiency, keynote speakers from some of the world’s most innovative companies will showcase how big players stay ahead of the game with the aid of ESTECO technology.
A rich agenda of presentations from industry and academic experts includes Fabien Figueres, Data Engineer for Numerical Computation at the PSA Group, who will explain how ESTECO technology - and in particular, a VOLTA-based platform - can help accelerate vehicle development during the numerical design phase.
On behalf of VOLVO Cars, Mikael Tormanen, Technical Expert MDO & P/T Attributes Balancing will join the UM18 lineup with a keynote Effective Optimization in Early Development Phases.
Bob Tickel, Director of Structural & Dynamic Analysis at Cummins, will address the UM18 participants with a keynote The Future of Modeling, Simulation and Optimization at Cummins.
As for the aerospace industry - another key area of application of the ESTECO technology - Richard Snyder, Senior Research Aerospace Engineer, MSTC Center of the Aerospace Systems Directorate, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, will talk about the ongoing challenge to meet stringent performance requirements along with the necessity to advance the current aerospace tools and processes.
Other confirmed speakers include Fabio Pedroso de Lima, NVH CAE Engineer at Ford Motors Company, Osamu Ito, assistant Chief Engineer at HONDA R&D Co., Nukul Sugandhi, EMEA Regional Coordinator at Whirpool Corporation and many more.
The academic world is represented by speakers like Kyong-Yun Kim, Professor and Site Director at the NSF Center for e-Design of the Wayne State University, Massimiliano Vasile, Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, and others.
Finally, the third edition of the ESTECO Academy Design Competition aimed at engineering students and organized in collaboration with Cummins will be announced from the UM18 stage.
The UM18 also provides a unique opportunity for a hands-on experience of the ESTECO’s best-in-class process integration and multiobjective optimization platform. Following the main event, on May 24th, two technical focus training courses will be held on May 24th at the same venue.