A Who's-Who of the engineering software community (CAD/CAE/CAM/PDM/PLM/BIM/GIS) particpated in COFES 2006: 

• Abir Qamhiyah, President & CEO, Founder, iSEEK
• Akira Kobayashi, Director of Engineering, SolidWorks Japan
• Al Dean, Technology Editor, MCAD Magazine & Prototype Magazine
• Alan Cooper, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Cooper
• Alexandra Pratt, Editor, Connect Press
• Allan Behrens, Director, Cambashi
• Allen Razdow, CTO, Mathsoft
• Amy Rowell, Analyst, Cyon Research
• Anand Krishnan, Windows Server Product Management, Microsoft
• Andreas Vlahinos, Principal, Advanced Engineering Solutions
• Andrew Stein, Vice-President Product Management, Geomagic
• Art Carlucci, President, Deligo Technologies
• Bahman Dara, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems
• Betsy Burroughs, President, FutureCatalyst
• Bill Barnes, Director of Business Development, Lattice Technology
• Bill Gerould, Industry Director, WW Discrete Mfg, Microsoft
• Bill Wallace, Senior Product Manager, Software, Leica Geosystems
• Bob Bean, COO, Kubotek USA
• Bob Carlsen, Project Director for BIM Implementation, Woolpert
• Bob Courtland, Board of Directors, Cyon Research
• Bob Mayer, Executive Vice-President, IMSI
• Bob McNeel, President, Robert McNeel & Associates
• Bob Steingart, President & COO, SensAble Technologies
• Brad Holtz, President & CEO, Cyon Research
• Brad Schell, Google
• Brent Edmonds, Director, Business Development, Mathsoft
• Brian Seitz, Senior Consultant, Cyon Research
• Brian Sheehy, Principal Engineer, Boeing
• Brian Shepherd, Senior Vice-President, Product Management, PTC
• Bruce Bartolf, Principal and CTO, Gensler
• Bruce Boes, Vice-President Velocity Marketing, UGS
• Bruce Jenkins, Principal & Senior Analyst, Spar Point Research
• Buzz Kross, Vice-President, Manufacturing Solutions Division, Autodesk
• Carolyn Castillo, Business Operations Specialist, Boeing
• Chad Sanderson, Director of Marketing, Spatial
• Charles Fodor, Director of Business Development, Europe, Cyon Research
• Cheryl Salatino, Vice-President, Marketing, Kubotek USA
• Chris Groves, President & CEO, Centric Software
• Chris Kelley, Vice-President, Partner & Platform Marketing, UGS
• Clem Meas, President, quickSTART Consulting
• Craig Salyers, Product Line Manager, Autoweb
• Cynthia Schmidt, President, Infinite Z
• Dan Raker, President, Connect Press
• Dave Burdick, President, Collaborative Visions
• Dave Cohn, Editor-in-Chief, CADCAMNet & EAReport, Cyon Research
• Dave Harris, President, National Institute of Building Sciences
• Dave Jordani, President, Jordani Consulting
• Dave Primrose, Vice-President, Enterprise Portfolio Marketing, UGS
• Dave Ullman, President, Robust Decisions
• Dave Weisberg, Chief Industry Strategist, Cyon Research
• David Heller, President, IBSystems
• David Little, Principal Technical Strategist, COADE
• David Prawel, President, Longview Advisors
• David Scribner, General Manager, Quantm
• Deke Smith, Chief Architect, Installations & Environment, DoD Business Transformation Agency
• Dick Morley, Senior Consultant, Cyon Research
• Dick Sowar, CEO, FreeDesign
• Dirk Johnson, Applications Lead, Mortenson
• Don Brown, Chairman, CPDA
• Don Meaghar, CEO, Octree Software
• Donghoon Yang, Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Tech
• Ed Lick, Lead CAD Analyst, STV
• Ed Miller, President, CIMdata
• Eileen Clegg, Visual Journalist, Visual Insight
• Eric Jue, Professional Desktop Product Managaer, Apple Computer
• Erin Reilly, Investor Relations Manager, PTC
• Evan Caille, President, PTC/USER
• Evan Yares, President, Open Design Alliance
• Francis Allias, CEO, TTF
• Frank Wang, Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Tech
• Gabe Batstone, Vice-President, Business Development, NGRAIN
• Geoff Butlin, CEO, TranscenData
• Geoff Wakeley, Manufacturing Technology Engineer, QMI Solutions
• George Kamian, Senior Staff Engineer, Novellus Systems
• George Wong, Senior Principal Engineer, Boeing
• Graham Ross, Director of R&D, Hardware Engineering, Cardinal Health
• Grant Williard, Group Product Manager, Enterprise Business Unit, Adobe Systems
• Greg Milliken, President & CEO, Alibre
• Greg Riccardi, Teamcenter Marketing Director, UGS
• Greg Smith, CEO, Immersive Design
• Heather Kadar, Photographer, Heather Kadar Photography
• Henry Tyler, Chief Information Officer, Dewberry
• Hetha Chelin, Deputy President, Axiom International
• Iain Michel, Vice-President of Business Development, PTC
• Jack Ring, Sole Proprietor, Innovation Management
• Jay Vleeschhouwer, First Vice-President, Merrill Lynch
• Jeff Harrow, Futurist, The Harrow Group
• Jeff Rowe, President, The CAD Society
• Jerry Laiserin, Editor/Analyst, The LaiserinLetter
• Jesse Devitte, Managing Director, Borealis Ventures
• Jim Doxey, Senior EIS Manager, Novellus Systems
• Jim Johnson, Vice-President, Worldwide Sales, Geomagic
• JJ Grimaud, Vice-President of Business Development, Seemage
• Joanna Rosenberg, , MathSoft
• Joe Morray, President, Trinity Technologies
• Joe Walsh, Vice-President Business Development, Simmetrix
• Joel Orr, Chief Visionary, Cyon Research
• John Alpine, Chief Technology Officer, Proficiency
• John Andrews, Director, Manufacturing Industry Solutions, Endeca
• John Biver, CEO, Eagle Point
• John Callen, Vice-President, Marketing, Gibbs & Associates
• John Cristofano, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Adobe Systems
• John D'Amours, Visualization Engineer, Intel
• John Macrino, PLM/CAD Practice Manager, Northrop Grumman
• John Manderfield, Chairman, PLM World
• John McEleney, CEO, SolidWorks
• John Moore, Director, Industry & Market Intelligence, Dassault Systemes
• Jon Heidorn, Vice-President, Business Strategy, UGS
• Jon Hirschtick, Founder and Board Member, SolidWorks
• Jon Peddie, President, Jon Peddie Research
• Jonathan Widney, President, NavisWorks
• Judy Schriener, Managing Online Editor, McGraw-Hill Construction
• Julie Bou, Vice-President, Business Development, Ashlar-Vellum
• Karen Fitt, Vice-President of Advertising and Public Relations, Océ North America
• Karl Schulmeisters, Technical Strategist, Engineering/PLM, Microsoft
• Kathleen Liston, President, Liston Consulting
• Kathleen Maher, Editor-in-Chief, TechWatch
• Keith Mountain, CEO, Spatial
• Ken Anderson, Director of Acrobat Product Management, Adobe Systems
• Ken Royall, Director, European Business, Tech Soft America
• Ken Tashiro, COO, Elysium
• Kenny Lee, Market Manager, Apple Computer
• Kevin Wandryk, Senior Director, Marketing, Collaboration Services, Autodesk
• Korhan Sevenler, Director of Xerox PLM, Xerox
• Kristine Fallon, President, Kristine Fallon Associates
• Len Bettess, Manager, Business Development & Engineerin, Quantm
• Les Stewart, IT Program Integration Manager, Raytheon
• Lester Craft, Editor-in-Chief, Innovate Magazine, Questex Media Group
• Lynn Allen, Technical Evangelist, Autodesk
• Mak Nalgirkar, President, Sungrace Software
• Malcolm Davies, CEO, Gehry Technologies
• Marc Halpern, Research Director, Gartner
• Mark Kiker, Director of Technology, HMC Architects
• Mark Sawyer, COO, SketchUp, Google
• Mark Thomas, President & CTO, Right Hemisphere
• Martin Fischer, Director, CIFE
• Marty Chader, Business Unit Manager, 3D Digital, Konica Minolta
• Martyn Day, Publishing Director, EDA
• Marv Muston, CAD Manager, WCI Communities
• Mauritz Botha, Vice-President of Product Development, IMSI
• Michael Folkers, Acrobat Senior Product Manager, Adobe Systems
• Michael Kaplan, Director of Engineering, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems
• Michael Lynch, CEO, Right Hemisphere
• Michael Tardif, Principal, Design Perspectives
• Michael Topolovac, CEO, Arena Solutions
• Michael Vesely, CEO & CTO, Infinite Z
• Mike Flaxman, Industry Solutions Manager for A/E/C, ESRI
• Mike Harkins, Director of Architectural Technologies, Pulte Home
• Mike Lazear, CEO, Archway Systems
• Mike McDonnell, President, Configure One
• Mike Riddle, CEO, Evolution Computing
• Mike Rosen, President & CEO, CubicEye
• Mike Tanner, Managing Director, Adexta
• Mitch Free, Chief Executive Officer, Mfg.com
• Nancy Clemens, Vice-President and Co-Founder, Infinite Z
• Naotake Kakishita, President & CEO, Kubotek USA
• Nick Bettis, A/E Industry Director, DELTEK Systems
• Patrick Aragon, Acrobat Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems
• Paul Brown, Marketing Director, UGS
• Paul Silver, Solutions Manager, PLM Automotive, IBM
• Paul Sunderland, Vice-President Strategic Accounts, Software Innovation
• Pete Marks, Managing Director, Design Insight
• Pete Wells, President, Smart2Market
• Phil Kreiker, Vice-President, Looking Glass Microproducts
• Phil Raymond, Analyst, AMD
• Pierre Tager, Product Manager, Acrobat 3D, Adobe Systems
• Ping Fu, President & CEO, Geomagic
• Rachael Dalton-Taggart, President, Strategic Reach PR
• Ragnar Wessman, Director, Product Development, Tekla
• Rainer Gawlick, Vice-President Marketing, SolidWorks
• Randall Newton, Analyst, Cyon Research
• Randy Ambrosy, Vice-President of Business Development, Eagle Point
• Randy Frank, Contributing Editor, Design News
• Ray Bagley, 3D Modeling Product Manager, Spatial
• Ray Freeman, Director of Software Development, CubicEye
• Ray Kurland, President, TechniCom
• Ray Simonson, CTO, Software Innovation
• Rich Bonis, Director, Engineering Methods and Integration, Honeywell Aerospace
• Rich Nitzsche, CIO & Principal, Perkins & Will
• Richard Bush, Director of Marketing, NX Digital Simulation, UGS
• Richard Davis, Managing Director, Equity Research, Needham & Company
• Richard Doyle, User Community Coordinator, SolidWorks User Groups
• Rick Chin, Consultant, Cadapult3D
• Rick Llewellyn, Vice-President & Director of Systems, HDR
• Rick Stavanja, Vice-President & Editor-in-Chief, CADwire.net, Cyon Research
• Rob Bou, President, Ashlar-Vellum
• Roman Ormandy, President, Caligari
• Ron Fritz, Managing Partner, Tech Soft America
• Russ Henke, Business Consultant, Henke Associates
• Salil Godika, Director of Marketing, ENOVIA
• Sam Miller, Electrical Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
• Sameer Al-Sakran, Researcher, Genetic Programming
• Sandro Sozzi, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• Sandy Joung, Senior Business Development Manager, Mathsoft
• Sanjay Deshmukh, Business Development Manager - U3D, Intel
• Scott Carlin, Director, CoCreate Software
• Scott O'Neill, Director of Marketing, Software Innovation
• Sean Dotson, President, RND Automation & Engineering
• Seb Dewhurst, President and CEO, EASA
• Shuh Liou, Senior Technical Leader, Virtual Product Creation, Ford Motor Company
• Shyamal Roy, CEO, Geomate
• Simon Floyd, Technology Strategist for PLM, Microsoft
• Steve Luby, President and CEO, Vistagy
• Steve Thomas, Principal Engineer, Boeing
• Steve Wolfe, Senior Editor, Cyon Research
• Sue Cooper, President & CEO, Cooper
• Terry Wohlers, President, Wohlers Associates
• Tim O'Malley, IBM Communications, IBM
• Timo Hartmann, PhD Student, Stanford University
• Tod Woolf, President, IPIFINI
• Tom Clemons, Vice-President, Quantm
• Tom Kurke, Vice-President, Business Development, Bentley Systems
• Tom Pennino, President, TP Technologies
• Tom Reyburn, Senior Partnership Manager, Apple Computer
• Travis Brown, Technology Manager, Apple Computer
• Ville Rousu, Product Manager, Tekla Oy
• Yannick Wittner, Director, PLM Marketing, Dassault Systemes