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Day 2 of the virtual conference, PLM Road Map & PDT Fall 2021, was held today, November 17, 2021, under the title “DISRUPTION—the PLM Professionals’ Exploration of Emerging Technologies that Will Reshape the PLM Value Equation.” Mr. Peter Bilello, President and CEO of CIMdata and Mr. Håkan Kårdén, Director of Marketing, Eurostep, again welcomed the attendees. Mr. Håkan Kårdén introduced Mr. Ken Webster, Director, IS4CE (International Society for the Circular Economy) who’s keynote presentation was titled, “In the future, you will own nothing, and you will be happy.” As a circular economy pioneer, Mr. Webster spoke of the Biosphere, where products are manufactured by companies and bought by users and then ultimately discarded. He then linked it with the Technosphere, where companies manufacture products but users subscribe to their use. He noted that climate change requires a focus on materials, not just emissions. Mr. Webster made an interesting point that a

Day 1 of the virtual conference, PLM Road Map & PDT Fall 2021, was held today, November 16, 2021, under the title “DISRUPTION—the PLM Professionals’ Exploration of Emerging Technologies that Will Reshape the PLM Value Equation.” Mr. Peter Bilello, President and CEO of CIMdata and Mr. Håkan Kårdén, Director of Marketing, Eurostep, welcomed over 150 attendees. After a brief introduction, they passed the baton to Dr. Ken Versprille, Executive Consultant, CIMdata, who moderated the speaker sessions. Mr. Peter Bilello gave the keynote address, “The Critical Dozen: 12 familiar evolving trends and enablers of digital transformation that you cannot or should not live without.” Mr. Bilello spoke of the speed-up of change that CIMdata has seen in industry to digitalize and automate their processes. He noted the interrelated factors forcing change, including the extraction of data, disruption in the supply chain, the growth of electronics in product development, new manufacturing techniques, and