Cofes stands for “Conference on the Future of Engineering Software”. A tank where great minds come together to discuss best practices and to share ideas for the future of software.
Important Note: COFES is an invitation-only event
Theme for COFES 2004
- Create a Vision
- Explore trends & technologies of engineering software
COFES brings
- Exclusive access to a wide-range of high-level invitation-only experts, decision-makers, vendors, editors, and analysts
- An intense, focused schedule that ties together the current issues and future concerns that bother engineering executives, CIOs, and CTOs
- Private meetings between vendor participants and interested parties
- Analyst briefings covering a spectrum of issues
- Intense business and industry keynotes that introduce innovative technologies in the context of the business decisions you need to make now
Program Highlights
- Congress Sessions
- Genetic Programming
- Leading Keynotes
- Business Issues
- Analyst Briefings
- Cyon Research’s Annual Report
Key Participants
- Vassilis Agouridas, Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Leeds
- David Albert, Consultant, Albert-Battaglin Consulting Group
- John Alpine, CTO, CoCreate Software
- Kurt Ameringer, Architectural Consultant, Graphisoft
- Andrew Anagnost, Senior Director, Product Solutions Management, Autodesk
- Ken Anderson, Director, Acrobat Product Management, Adobe Systems
- Jamie Baker, Program Manager, Intel Corporation
- Scott Baker, Manager, Engineering Process Development, DaimlerChrysler
- Chris Barron, President, C. L. Barron Consulting
- Carl Bass, COO, Autodesk
- Allan Behrens, Director, Cambashi
- Rick Benoit, Program Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation
- Steve Benson, COO, 4DataLink
- Allen Bierbaum, President, Infiscape
- Michael Bierman, SVG Engineer, Open Design Alliance
- Graham Birch, Director, Product Management, PTC
- Mike Bloor, Business Unit Manager, ESI Group
- Rob Bou, President, Ashlar-Vellum
- Gavin Bridgeman, Director of Consulting Engineering, Tech Soft America
- Robert Broad, Director of Product Engineering, Pulte Home Sciences
- Jim Brown, President, Tech-Clarity
- Dave Burdick, President, Collaborative Visions
- Richard Bush, Product Marketing Manager, UGS PLM Solutions
- Geoff Butlin, CEO, TranscendData Europe
- Ron Butterman, Director, Océ-USA
- Evan Caille, Director, PTC/USER
- John Callen, Vice-President, Gibbs and Associates
- Bill Carrelli, President, Business Strategy, UGS PLM Solutions
- Carolyn Castillo, Business Operations, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
- David Chang, Chief Scientist, General Motors
- Ted Chumas, Partner, Henniker River Group
- Ed Clark, President, Axiom
- Eileen Clegg, Visual Journalist, Global Learning Resources
- David Cohn, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering Automation Report
- Dave Colby, Publisher, Desktop Engineering
- Louis Columbus, Senior Analyst, Core Technologies, AMR Research
- Scott Cox, MCAD/AEC Marketing Manager, Hewlett-Packard
- John Cristofano, Senior PR Manager, Adobe Systems
- Jim Culberson, Managing Director, Matrix Applied Computing
- Jesse Devitte, Managing Director, Borealis Ventures
- Sean Dotson, Senior Mechanical Engineer, PGT Industries
- Rick Dove, Chairman, Paradigm Shift International
- Richard Doyle, Director, SolidWorks User Group Network
- Ed Eaton, Senior Industrial Designer, DiMonte Group
- Doug Eberhard, CTO, Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Todd Evans, Director, Corporate Communications, MSC.Software
- Kristine Fallon, President, Kristine Fallon Associates
- Sara Ferris, Executive Editor, Cadalyst
- Martin Fischer, Director, CIFE
- Dana Fisher, Group Publisher, Advanstar Communications
- Karen Fitt, Vice-President, Advertising and PR, Océ-USA
- Yanick Fluhmann, Co-Founder, Tech Soft America
- Mike Folkers, Senior Product Manager, Acrobat, Adobe Systems
- Antonio Franceschi, Writer, Tecnologie Meccaniche
- Julie Fraser, Principal, Industry Directions
- Ron Fritz, Managing Partner, Tech Soft America
- Ping Fu, President and CEO, Raindrop Geomagic
- Jason Fucik, Optical Engineer, Raytheon
- Alexander Garcia-Tobar, President & CEO, Lattice3D
- Raymond Gaynor, Vice-President, Asia-Pacific Operations, MSC.Software
- Hong Gao, Vice-President of Development, KollabNet
- Alex Garcia-Tobar, President & CEO, Lattice3D
- John Gibson, Director of Engineering, Design Products, Alias
- Tom Gill, Director, CAE Technology & Support, Freudenberg-NOK
- Ralph Grabowski, Publisher, upFronteZine
- Joe Greco, Owner, Greco Consulting
- David Greenbaum, CEO, Axiom
- Ken Hall, Manager, Architectural Information Systems, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
- Marc Halpern, Research Director, Design and Manufacturing, Gartner
- Dustin Hanson, Manufacturing Solutions Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation
- Mike Harkins, Director, Architectural Technologies, Pulte Home Corporation
- Casper Harnung, CEO, FableFlow
- Warren Harris, President, INCAT
- Jeff Harrow, Principal, The Harrow Group
- Stephen Hartley, Director, Technology Services, TKDA
- David Heller, President, IBSystems
- Jim Heppelmann, Executive Vice-President Software Products & CPO, PTC
- Jon Hirschtick, Group Executive, Dassault Systemes
- Ralph Hodgson, CEO, TopQuadrant
- Brad Holtz, President & CEO, Cyon Research Corporation
- Bruce Jenkins, Principal and Senior Analyst, Spar Point Research
- Richard Jones, Vice-President, Product Development, Autodesk
- Michael Kaplan, Director, Emerging Business Atmospheres, Web 3D, Adobe Systems
- Igal Kaptsan, Vice-President & CTO, Kollabnet
- Dave Kasik, Technical Fellow, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- Chris Kelley, Vice-President, Marketing Communications, UGS PLM Solutions
Among Others
Sponsors
- HP invent (Title Sponsor)
- Mircosoft (Reception Sponsor)
- UGS (Lunch Sponsor)
- PLM Solutions (Lunch Sponsor)
- Fortune (Breakfast Sponsors)
- Oce (Breakfast Sponsors)
- TheCADsociety
- OpenDesign Allicance
- CADwire.net
- Golf Sponsor
- Strategic Reach