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24 February 2005
Company News
New Speakers and Sponsors Added to AGILITY Europe Agenda
Agile Software Corporation announced additional speakers for AGILITY Europe, its European PLM symposium. IBM has joined AGILITY Europe as a platinum sponsor. AGILITY Europe takes place March 1-2, 2005 at the Marriott hotel in Heidelberg, Germany.
At AGILITY Europe, manufacturers from the automotive, consumer packaged goods, electronics and high tech, industrial products, medical device and pharmaceutical industries will offer insight into how their businesses have benefited from PLM technologies while technology partners and PLM analysts will discuss how PLM addresses many of the issues that present the greatest challenges to manufacturers in the 21st Century. Providing the keynote address at AGILITY Europe is Prof. Dr. h.c. Lothar Spath, chairman of the supervisory board, Jenoptik AG and former prime minister of Baden-Wurttemberg. A thought leader in areas of technology, politics and government Prof. Spath will share his views on innovation and its importance to today's businesses.
A number of new speakers have been added to the AGILITY Europe agenda. These speakers will cover key topics such as driving product innovation and faster time-to-market to improve top line revenue, driving cost reduction and improving product margins, complying with environmental and safety regulations, (FDA, WEEE, RoHS), and managing product development across global outsourced and offshore design and supply chains. A partial list of confirmed speakers includes:
• Laurent Veau, PLM program manager, Cellon
• Professor Markus Meier, professor, ETH
• Rolf Kappler, EMEA business solutions leader, IBM
• Claudio Meisser, CTO, Komax Group
• Klaus D. Jung, configuration manager, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH
• Rudolf Wedenig, Magna Steyr
• Karin Jordan, senior corporate quality manager and systems compliance, Playtex
• Karl-Heinz Walsdorf, project manager, Siemens A&D
• Heinz-Simon Keil, Siemens AG
• Gerhard Kramer, project manager, Siemens PTD
• Dr. Arno Michelis, managing director, Simus Systems
• Oliver Abel, deputy general manager, design, SMS-Demag
• Jori Nikander, PLM system manager, Thermo Electron
• Holger Pertermann, systems developer, usb Management Consulting & System Development GmbH
• Bernd Ehrich, director, product data management, ZF Friedrichshafen AG
• Georg Ruehrnschopf, manager R&D ZF Friedrichshafen AG
• Dr. Reinhard Schmitt, consultant, AGILeVIA GmbH
• Allan Behrens, director, Cambashi
• Bruce Richardson, senior vice president, research, AMR Research
• Jurgen Buser, director, PLM ETA
• David Rooke, industry consultant, ProTEM Services, Ltd.
• Bryan Stolle, CEO, Agile Software
IBM has joined AGILITY Europe as a platinum level sponsor. The expanded list of sponsors for AGILITY Europe includes some of Europe's leading PLM technology and solution vendors:
• Aspectis
• Cimmetry Systems
• Communication & Systemes
• CSS Maier GmbH
• Espedia
• i2
• Magna Steyr
• Pisa Repository Systems
• ots Unternehmensberatung GmbH
• Satyam Computer Services
• Simus Systems
• Sinteg AG
• Spicer Corporation
• Sun Microsystems
• usb Management Consulting
AGILITY Europe attendees will also be able to participate in sessions and demonstrations of the latest Agile PLM solutions and technology.
"We are extremely grateful to our partners who have committed to supporting Agile at our European symposium," said Bryan Stolle, CEO of Agile. "The mix of presentations, case studies and workshops offers attendees an unrivalled opportunity to discover, first hand, how PLM technologies can make a difference to manufacturers in a wide variety of industries across the globe."
The AGILITY Europe website ( http://www.agilityeurope.com ) contains the most up-to-date information on each day's agenda and seminar topics, as well as detailed biographies of the key speakers. Booking details including accommodation information can also be found on this site.
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