Virtual Prototyping Dinner & Speakers Event August 6, 2008

Virtual Prototyping Dinner & Speakers Event

This event will include a panel of experts and solution providers in fields such as,

* Cutting edge Finite Element Analysis (FEA) including product dynamics analysis.
* Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations used in liquids, gases, airflow for cooling or heating.
* Thermal Analysis, Acoustic Simulations, Multi-Physics Analyses.

Keynote Address:
"Why Do Virtual Prototyping Anyway?"
Keynote Speaker: Vince Adams, Virtual Prototyping Expert

About Vince Adams,
Over the past 20 years, Vince's career in product development includes multiple successes as a Product Design Engineer and Project Manager, accumulating several US & international patents. In key roles in both the analysis software and consulting field, Vince established several unprecedented training and support programs & has been recognized by his peer group of engineering professionals both locally and internationally.

Vince is co-Author of "Building Better Products with Finite Element Analysis" from Thomson Learning, two books on using and managing FEA in the design process for NAFEMS, the international organization for FEA quality and education along with numerous articles on simulation. As an invited speaker at conferences on FEA and product design around the world, Vince brings a fresh perspective to both the use and management of the technology in a product design environment. Vince is currently a Product Manager for Simulation Products at SolidWorks Corporation charged with growing the technology and the entire user experience.

Panel of Virtual Prototyping experts and solution providers to also present.

$45 members, $55 non-members, $40 students.

Official Website: http://www.pdmala.org