CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
August 2008
Events News
Registration is Open for the 17th Annual PDT Europe -The Major European Event within Product Data Technology
PDT Europe is the major European event within the Product Data Technology area, neutral and open for industry, vendors and academia. PDT Europe started in 1992 as a project sponsored by the European Commission, as a communication place for like-minded specialists in the then emerging field of product data technologies. Eurostep has organized the event since 2004.
PDT Europe 2008 is expected to attract 150 delegates from major engineering business sectors of Aerospace, Automotive, Building and Construction, Defence, Telecom, Ship Building, Power Generation, Pharmaceutical, Process & Plant Engineering and Manufacturing as well as from Research and Academia.
Theme 2008: Product Data Standards – Positioned for Success
Speakers include:
- Kari Penttinen, Senior Technology Adviser, Tekes (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation).
- James O Colson, Chief, Logistics Engineering Division, US Army LOGSA
Tekes in Finland in 2008 initiated a programme for the Digital Product Process looking to boost the competitiveness of companies by improving the utilization of information technology in their product process. The goal of the programme is to improve the customer oriented business and increase the productivity of company networks designing and delivering products, systems and services to global markets. The programme is large in scope and involves PLM and Enterprise Interoperability as well as the utilization of standards in the digital product process.
Kari Penttinen is working in the area of Products, Production Systems and Manufacturing Technologies mainly for Mechanical Engineering Industry. He is the programme manager of theDigital Product Process programme, initiated by Tekes in 2008.The goal of the programme is to develop furtherthe customer oriented product based business and increase the productivity of company networks designing and delivering products, systems and services to global markets by means of using advanced IT-systems and practices.Hehasindustrial backgroundfrom Metso Corporation, where he has worked asR&D managerandhas beenin charge of implementation of the first global CADand PDM solutions in Metso Automation business area.
James O Colson, US Army will present at PDT Europe 2008: “Using the DEX concept of PLCS to integrate between other standards in use at US Department of Defense”.
The US Army has a large need for standardized product data but at the same time its operation and size present a huge challenge to set the long term vision, the strategy and above all to implement what is best short and long term. This presentation will describe the current situation as well as the road ahead.
During his 20 year federal career, James Colson, Chief, Logistics Engineering Division, US Army LOGSA has worked on the MIL-STD-1388-2B Software Validation Team, was the Lead Technical Engineer on LOGSA’s Post Fielding Support Analysis Team, was on the GCSS-Army ERP blueprint team, and was the team lead for Life Cycle Logistics related Standards and Policy, including Gov co-chair of GEIA-927, GEIA-STD-0007 & MIL-PRF-49506 groups.
Jim chaired the Army’s Product Data & Engineering Working Group Standards group. Jim holds a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Texas A & M, he also holds Bachelors Degrees in General Engineering (EE) and in French Language & Literature from Idaho State. Jim holds DoD level 3 certification in Life Cycle Logistics.
Registration has opened.
Business delegate |
995 EUR |
Early Bird registration (before Aug 25th) |
840 EUR |
Academic delegate |
620 EUR |
Volvo visit |
free of charge |
Welcome reception on Monday evening |
free of charge |
PDT dinner on Monday evening |
45 EUR |
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