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ESTECO has announced the addition of new high-profile speakers to its 8th International Users’ Meeting (UM18) agenda, including the representatives of the PSA Group, VOLVO Cars, Cummins and Air Force Research Laboratory. The event will take place on 23rd-24th May, 2018 at the Stazione Marittima in Trieste, Italy. The leading engineering technology forum, first run in 2004 and held biennially ever since, will draw hundreds of optimization experts from all over the world looking to network, exchange knowledge and get the latest industry updates.

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. With the increasing amount of data generated throughout the product development process, effective data management is now crucial to get the best out of numerical efficiency, especially when dealing with complex products, like those in the automotive and aerospace industries - key fields of application of the 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.

Other two high-profile keynotes from the automotive industry have been announced. 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, an American corporation that designs engines, filtration, and power generation products, 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.

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 sessions will be held on May 24th at the same venue of the ESTECO International Users’ Meeting 2018.

With over 200 attendees, 47 speakers, 3 parallel rooms, and a roundtable focusing on multidisciplinary optimization, the 2016 edition of the ESTECO International Users’ Meeting confirmed its reputation as a leading forum for sharing innovative optimization applications and techniques.

Past editions of the conference bear witness to the global scope of the initiative with more than 600 users from over 50 countries and more than 180 speakers from leading multinational companies and research centers, including ABB, Bombardier, Embraer, Ford, Petrobras, Volvo and Whirlpool.

For more information: um18.esteco.com

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