WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
8:00 A.M.	REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
	PLENARY SESSION
9:00 A.M.	Lean Transformation for Integration and Collaboration across the Product Lifecycle
	Hosted by Donald H. Brown, CPDA Dr. Durward K. Sobek II, Montana State University - What Should be Lean about Lean Product Development? Detlef Bielohlawek, General Motors Corporation - Globalization Challenges: Supporting Global Engineering with Global Information Technology Mark Dunlop, HP Consulting & Integration (C&I) - Driving Agility for Business Value Dave Mitchell, Siemens PLM Software - The Future of PLM Donald H. Brown, CPDA - 2007 Conference Overview
12:00 P.M.	LUNCH
	BREAKOUT SESSION			BREAKOUT SESSION
1:15 P.M.	Leveraging Design Models and Reuse Downstream			Integrating and Linking PLM Silos across all Disciplines
	Hosted by Dr. Ken Versprille, CPDA Dr. Jorg Pochert, Hamilton Bonaduz AG - PLM-integrated Sales Engineering: Competitive Advantages from Reusing CAD and CRM Data in Technical Sales Daniel Domagalski, Chrysler LLC - Developing Standard Operating Procedures within an Organization Gordon Benson, NACCO Materials Handling Group - Retooling Visualization for Global Product Development Steven Thomas, Boeing - The Future of Engineering Software Panel Discussion A Shift in the CAD Modeling Pendulum - Robert W. Bean, P.E., Kubotek USA - Richard Bush, Siemens PLM Software - Aaron Kelly, Solidworks Corporation - Michael Payne, SpaceClaim Corporation William Briggs, General Purpose Vehicles - Physical Component Reuse: The Integration of Common Components at GPV			Hosted by Donald H. Brown, CPDA , Vasco Drecun, CPDA & Michel Vrinat, CPDA Tom Judd, Motorola, Inc. - A Systems Approach to Tracking Critical Design Parameters Panel Discussion Critical Parameters: Integration Across Design, Analysis & Systems Requirements - Michael Cronin, Cognition Corportion - Sanford Friedenthal, Lockheed Martin - Tom Judd, Motorola, Inc. - Dr. Chris Paredis, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Henson Graves, Lockheed Martin - Requirements for Interoperability in Product Development Karsten Lies, Aras Corporation - Microsoft Open Source PLM, - Delivering New Options for PLM Craig Salyers, Autoweb - Extending PLM Beyond Your Enterprise, Making the Complex Simple Paul W. Downing and Andreas Schreiber, PROSTEP, INC. - Standards-based Integration & Interoperability Buddy Raines, IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions - An Open, Modular Middleware Platform for Global Integration
5:30 P.M.	ADJOURN FOR DAY
5:30 P.M.	EYE ON TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION/WELCOME RECEPTION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
7:30 A.M.	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
	BREAKOUT SESSION		BREAKOUT SESSION		BREAKOUT SESSION
8:00 A.M.	Driving Value with Intelligent Product Structures and a Mechatronics Framework		Simulation Framework: Capitalizing on Knowledge to Drive Design		Manufacturing Simulation to Improve Product Engineering and Delivery
	Hosted by Vasco Drecun, CPDA Vasco Drecun, CPDA - Embedded Software Development - Challenges and Priorities William C. Goodwin, General Motors, Powertrain - Mechatronic Simulation at General Motors Powertrain Panel Discussion Resolving the Puzzle of Mechatronics - Steve Trythall, Mentor Graphics - Steve Nykerk, IBM Global Services - Jim Patton, Synopsys - Gerald (Gerry) J. Deren, Siemens PLM Software Carlos A. Moreno, Pentair Water - PLM Rapid Deployment Framework for a Global Application Panel Discussion Reconciling the Rising Complexity of Product Structure - Richard Bieszki, Chrysler Corporation - Wayne Collier, Siemens PLM Software - David J. Stenson, General Motors Corporation		Hosted by Donald H. Brown, CPDA & Michel Vrinat, CPDA Steven Fricke, Cliff Hutton, and Kenneth Rasche, Whirlpool Corporation - Implementing Simulation-Based Design Dr. Keith Meintjes, General Motors Corporation - CAE (Simulation) Data Management Panel Discussion Common and Unique User Requirements Vendors Need to Target for SDPM, Simulation Data and Process Management - John Bloomberg, GE Infrastructure - Roger Burkhart, John Deere - Dipankar Ghosh, International Truck and Engine Corporation (Navistar International) - Dr. Keith Meintjes, General Motors Corporation - Michel Vrinat, CPDA James W. Hollenbach, Simulation Strategies, Inc. - Exploiting M&S for Complex System Development Mark P. Zebrowski, Retired - Ford Motor Company - A Balanced Scorecard for CAE/VPD Initiatives Panel Discussion Process Management and Optimization for Simulation - Ted Pawela, MSC.Software - Scott Prey, Procelerate Technologies - Alex van der Velden, Engineous Software - Scott Woyak, Phoenix Integration		Hosted by Dr. Ken Versprille, CPDA Dr. David Sly, Iowa State University - A Product to Manufacturing Simulation Spectrum Dr. Chuantao Wang, General Motors Corporation - Simulation-based Virtual Manufacturing Engineering in Die and Stamping Panel Discussion A "Call to Arms" in Die and Stamping - Corey Chamberlain, 3-D Solutions Design Service, LLC - Dr. Jay Liu, Tower Automotive - Dr. Boris Shulkin, Christy Industries Inc - Dr. Chuantao Wang, General Motors Corporation Panel Discussion Driving Simulation into Manufacturing Process - Michael Bloor, ESI North America - Thomas Hoffman, Siemens PLM Software - Dr. Peter Schmitt, DELMIA - Chris Weber, Siemens PLM Software Annette Januszczak, Ford Motor Company - Discrete Event Simulation Applied in the Context of a Six Sigma Black Belt Project Joseph Hugan, V-Sim, Inc. - Streamlining the Controls Validation Process Chow Ashby, Value Creation Modeling, Inc. - Using Computer Simulation to Evaluate Alternate Lean Solutions to Improve a Manufacturing System
12:00 P.M.	LUNCH
	PLENARY SESSIONS
1:30 P.M.	The PLM Challenge to Enable the Lean Enterprise
	Hosted by Donald H. Brown, CPDA Chad Hawkinson, PTC - Optimizing Mechatronic Product Development, Present and Future Dr. Thomas P. Gielda, Whirlpool Corporation - Driving Simulation-Based Design in the Home Appliance Industry Michael Kennedy, Targeted Convergence Corporation - Redefining Lean through Set-based Knowledge
3:15 PM	CONFERENCE ADJOURNS