A Who's-Who of the CAD industry participated in COFES2003, including:

• Professor Doug Acheson, Director of Computer Graphics technology, Purdue University (Indianapolis)
• Maria Alvarez, US Research & Development Director, CoCreate
• Bruce Bartolf, Vice-President & CTO, Gensler
• Bob Bean, President & CEO, CADKEY
• Peter Bilello, Senior Consultant, CIMdata
• Rick Benoit, Techology Marketing Manager, Intel
• Gian Paolo Bassi, Vice-President & CTO, ImpactXoft
• Andrea Braverman, Executive Editor, ConnectPress
• Gavin Bridgemen, Director of Consulting Engineering, Tech Soft America
• Steve Brown, Vice-President of US Operations, CoCreate
• Dave Burdick, President, Collaborative Visions
• Geoff Butlin, CEO, TranscendData
• Tom Butta, Executive Vice-President & CMO, PTC
• Joe Caferro, Senior Systems Engineer, Parker Hannifin
• John Callen, Vice-President Marketing, Gibbs and Associates
• Bill Carrelli, President, Business Strategy & Marketing, EDS PLM Solutions
• Carolyn Castillo, Project Manager, Boeing
• Nadine Choppin, CEO and Publisher, ConnectPress
• Lars Christensen, Vice-President, Future Technology, Selvaag Homes AS
• David Cohn, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering Automation Report
• Louis Columbus, Director, AMR Research
• Jack Cook, Chief Scientist, Haestad Methods
• Scott Cox, MCAD/AEC Marketing Manager, HP
• Lee Cureton, CEO, ICEM
• Tom Curry, Executive Vice-President, LMS International
• Eric Darst, President, GroupWest
• Rick Dove, President, Prometal Division of Extrude Hone
• Paul Dvorak, Senior Editor, Machine Design
• Charles Eastman, Director, PhD Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Mike Evans, Senior Partner, Cambashi
• Kristine Fallon, President, Kristine Fallon Associates
• Ronnie Fenwick, Purdue University (Indianapolis)
• Karen Fit, Vice-President of Marketing, Océ-USA
• Martin Fischer, Director, CIFE
• Ping Fu, President and CEO, Raindrop Geomagic
• Connell Gallagher, President, ParallelGraphics
• Shane Gardner, Vice-President, Eagle Point
• John Gibson, Director of Engineering, Design Products, Alias|Wavefront 
• Andy Gomer, President, TLA Associates
• Paul Grayson, President & CEO, Alibre
• Joe Greco, Owner, Greco Consulting
• Ken Hall, Director, Information and Communications Technology, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
• Tamas Hajas, CTO, Graphisoft R&D
• Marc Halpern, Research Director, Design & Manufacturing, Gartner
• Mike Harkins, National Director of Architectural Services, Pulte Home Corporation
• Jeff Harrow, Principal, The Harrow Group
• David Heller, President & CEO, IBSystems, Inc.
• Jon Hirschtick, Group Executive, Dassault Systemes
• Brad Holtz, President & CEO, Cyon Research Corporation
• Carl Howk, Chairman, PlantSuccess
• Dave Kasik, Technical Fellow, Boeing
• Alan Kay, Senior Fellow, HP Labs
• Buzz Kross, Vice-President, Manufacturing Division, Autodesk
• Dave Jordani, President, Jordani Consulting Group
• Alan Kay, Senior Fellow, HP Labs
• John Kelly, Director, IT, ICE Consultants
• Tom Kelly, President, Iced*CAD
• Susan Koenigs, IT Director, Callison Architecture
• John Krouse, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering Process Journal
• Ray Kurland, President, TechniCom
• Jerry Laiserin, Industry Analyst, LaiserinLetter
• Harvey Levine, Principal, The Project Knowledge Group
• Tony Lockwood, Publisher, Desktop Engineering
• Michael Lynch, CEO, Right Hemisphere
• Richard Malm, Consultant, Malm Associates
• Peter Marks, Managing Director, Design Insight
• Ron McCuskey, President, PTC/USER
• Bob McNeel, President, Robert McNeel & Associates
• Clem Meas, President, quickSTART Consulting
• Bill Mitchel, Director, ISV Ecosystems, Microsoft
• Al Moulton, President, Graphisoft US
• Chris Morin, Vice-President, Syncroness
• Dick Morley, President, R.Morley Inc.
• Joe Morray, President, Trinity Technologies
• Marv Muston, Jr. Vice-President, AUGI
• Dennis Nagy, Principal, Technology Business Consulting
• Nitan Nayak, PLM Global Strategy, IBM
• Randall Newton, Editor-in-Chief, A-E-C Automation Newsletter
• Joel Orr, Vice-President & Chief Visionary, Cyon Research Corporation
• Mark Palmer, Project Manger, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Lou Pascarella, CTO, Dassault Systemes PDM, Dassault Systemes/ENOVIA
• Rodger Poole, Vice-President, HLM Design
• Greg Premetz, Technical Project Manager, Vought Aircraft Industries
• Don Richardson, Director, Manufacturing Industry Solutions, Microsoft
• Mike Riddle, CEO, Evolution Computing
• Jack Ring, Chairman, INTENT Alliance
• Jim Rothwell, Principal, Callison Architecture
• Jeff Rowe, Principal, Cairowest Group
• Amy Rowell, Editor, MCADcafe.com
• Harry Schaeffer, President, Schaeffer Automated Simulation LLC
• Karl Schulmeisters, Technical Strategist, Engineering, Microsoft
• Brian Seitz, President and Principal Consultant, Intellectual Arbitrage Group 
• Rick Stavanja, Editor-in-Chief, CADwire.net
• Andrew Stein, Principal, AJSC
• Clinton Taylor, Technology Manager, Intel Corporation
• Paul Teague, National Editor, Design News
• LeAnne Thurmond, Project Automation Specialist, Fluor
• Dave Ullman, President, Robust Decisions
• Ken Versprille, Research Director, D.H. Brown Associates
• Jay Vleeschhouwer, Senior Vice-President, Merrill Lynch 
• David Weisberg, Chief Industry Strategist, Cyon Research Corporation
• Terry Wohlers, President, Wohlers Associates
• Evan Yares, Vice-President & CTO, Cyon Research Corporation
• Chris Yessios, CEO, Auto-des-sys