CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
28 July 2004
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Intergraph Process, Power & Marine APEX Summit 2004 Offers Officials Opportunity to Shape Emerging Lifecycle Business Model at Executive Forum
The Executive Forum at the APEX Summit conference offers industry leaders a singular opportunity to shape the future of the emerging Total Lifecycle Availability business model, the Process, Power & Marine division of Intergraph Corporation announced. Collectively, the Executive Forum speakers, special events and facilitated discussion illuminate the industry's emerging business prototype which encompasses both capital and operational expenditures in a single, lifecycle optimization model. The Executive Forum is an opportunity to join peers and industry visionaries in an immersive environment featuring a depth and diversity of ideas, viewpoints and practical expertise. Delegates can gain the benefits of enlightening perspectives from a variety of industry interests and take away a distillation of ideas to guide further analysis and action. Ultimately, attendees and presenters alike have the distinction of actively shaping -by addressing issues, advancing ideas and charting actions- the future of an advanced business model for global competitive advantage.
Click to http://www.apexsummit.com for details on the Executive Forum and to register for APEX Summit, Sept. 12-15, at The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.
For CEOs, COOs, CIOs and other top officials seeking insight on tomorrow's high level process, power and marine industry issues, the Executive Forum presents exclusive opportunities such as private luncheons with work force expert Roger Herman and business journalist Neil Cavuto. The balanced, in-depth program brings participants together with industry experts and analysts, engineering and plant owner firm leaders, Intergraph executives and major suppliers such as AspenTech, Emerson Process Management, Invensys, MRO Software Inc. and others. Additional value is offered through special briefings with industry and financial analysts along with unique networking opportunities.
The Executive Forum's industry viewpoint lineup includes Trond Bynes, VP operations process & facilities, ABB Offshore Systems; Dr. K. C. Choi, principal VP and CIO, Bechtel; Bob Donaho, director design engineering/design technology, The Dow Chemical Company; Dr. Ronald Klein, senior manager IT, BASF; Bjorn Henrik Magnus, plant information management/IT manager, Statoil; Frode Strand, VP, application & technical architecture, Aker Kvaerner; Anders Thostrup, IT strategy & innovation manager, Shell E & P; and others. Vendor representatives include Johan Arts, VP industry marketing, MRO Software; Stuart Harris, VP, marketing-asset optimization, Emerson Process Management; Dr. Manolis Kotzabasakis, senior VP of engineering, AspenTech; and Jim Sommers, senior consultant, Invensys.
Herman, an expert on work force and work place trends including work force stability, is the special guest speaker at the Sept. 13 private luncheon from noon until 2 p.m. Herman addresses workforce recruitment and retention. Cavuto is the special guest speaker at the Sept. 14 luncheon. Managing editor of business news for the Fox News Channel, Cavuto covers world economic conditions and trends affecting strategic business planning. Interactive sessions follow the private luncheon presentations.
Ernesto Zedillo -director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University professor, Forbes magazine contributor and former president of Mexico- rounds out the insights provided by Cavuto and Herman. In his keynote address Sept. 13, Zedillo discusses the impact of globalization on business with emphasis on the crucial relationships among developed and developing nations.
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