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

COFES brings

  1. Exclusive access to a wide-range of high-level invitation-only experts, decision-makers, vendors, editors, and analysts
  2. An intense, focused schedule that ties together the current issues and future concerns that bother engineering executives, CIOs, and CTOs
  3. Private meetings between vendor participants and interested parties
  4. Analyst briefings covering a spectrum of issues
  5. 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

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