Dassault Systèmes opens SOLIDWORKS World 2016, its 18th annual conference dedicated to the 3D design and engineering community, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texasdassault logo medium

This year’s four-day conference agenda will feature keynote presentations from the greatest of designers, innovators and visionaries, whose dynamism has pushed technological, business and sustainability boundaries far beyond what many thought possible.  Speakers include:

  • Yves Béhar, CEO, fuseproject, and Time Magazine’s 2015 Designer of the Year;
  • Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT’s Center for Bits & Atoms, and one of Scientific American’s 50 leaders in science and technology, and the chairman of the Fab Foundation;
  • David Pogue, founder of Yahoo Tech and former technology columnist for the New York Times; and
  • Peter Diamandis, international pioneer in innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. He was named one of Fortune’s 2014 “World’s Greatest Leaders.”

SOLIDWORKS World 2016 will also feature tutorials and events dedicated to the SOLIDWORKS user community that address best practices for 3D CAD, as well as innovations in mechanical design and engineering.  Highlights include:

  • More than 200 breakout and hands-on training sessions from SOLIDWORKS users, themselves. Sessions range from Modeling Essentials and Productivity Tools, to Simulation and Collaboration;
  • Over 130 exhibitors displaying new technologies and products in the SOLIDWORKS World 2016 Partner Pavilion;
  • Presentations from Bernard Charlès, CEO, Dassault Systèmes, Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO, SOLIDWORKS, and Monica Menghini, CSO, Dassault Systèmes;
  • Unveiling of the user community-generated top ten list of enhancements to future versions of SOLIDWORKS;
  • Access to exclusive pre-conference sessions, including CAD Manager’s Boot Camp, SOLIDWORKS Educators’ Program Meeting and SOLIDWORKS User Group Meeting;
  • Opportunity to confirm CAD skills with free SOLIDWORKS Certification Exams;
  • Over 40 hours of networking opportunities with peers; and as always
  • Demonstrations of SOLIDWORKS 2016 portfolio enhancements;
  • Preview of upcoming technology features of SOLIDWORKS 2017.

“In an age of unparalleled innovation, collaboration and design, all three need to start somewhere, sometime, somehow,” said Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes.  “That place is SOLIDWORKS World.  That time is now.  And the how is with the SOLIDWORKS innovation portfolio. We provide our customers the flexibility, the choice, the simplicity of the greatest design technologies to make great design happen.”

 For more information about SOLIDWORKS World 2016, visit http://www.solidworks.com/sww.