"When I give, I give myself." -- Walt Whitman
Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:03 PM
Every year about this time I increase the drumbeat on behalf of COFES (the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software). I've been to every conference and I wouldn't want to miss it. I don't make a dime off my slavish devotion to this conference, but every year I find it is one of the highlights of my professional life.

As of March 4, in alphabetical order by first name, here are the attendees who either come from an AEC-related firm or represent a general interest to all possible attendees:

  • Alexandra Pratt, Publisher, Alexandra Pratt Publishing
  • Allan Behrens, Director, Cambashi Limited
  • Amy Coronato, Associate Publisher, Cadalyst Magazine, Questex Media Group
  • Amy Rowell, Analyst, Cyon Research
  • Amy Stankiewicz, Editor-in-Chief, Cadalyst Magazine, Questex Media Group
  • Andreas Vlahinos, Principal, Advanced Engineering Solutions
  • Andrew Stein, President, AJSC
  • Ari Kohonen, CEO, Tekla
  • Bahman Dara, Senior Marketing Manager, Intelligent Documents, Adobe Systems
  • Bob Courtland, President, Robert D. Courtland, Chtd.
  • Bob Cox, Director of Engineering & Technical Services, Department of Defense
  • Bob Mayer, COO, IMSI/Design
  • Bob McNeel, President, Robert McNeel & Associates
  • Brad Holtz, President & CEO, Cyon Research
  • Brian Seitz, Senior Consultant, Cyon Research
  • Bruce Bartolf, Vice-President & CTO, Gensler & Associates Architects
  • Bruce Jenkins, Managing Partner, Spar Point Research
  • Bruce Sterling, Columnist, WIRED magazine
  • Carolyn Castillo, Business Operations Specialist, Boeing
  • Charles Fodor, Director of Development, Europe, Cyon Research
  • Chris Kay, CEO, IntegWare
  • Chuck Eastman, Professor & Director, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Dana Fisher, Group Publisher, Questex Media Group
  • Danny Dean, Vice-President of Research and Development, SpaceClaim
  • Dave Burdick, President, Collaborative Visions
  • Dave Cohn, Contributing Editor, CADCAMNet
  • Dave Jordani, President, Jordani Consulting Group
  • Dave Weisberg, Chief Industry Strategist, Cyon Research
  • David Heller, President, IBSystems
  • David Little, Principal Technical Strategist, COADE
  • Deke Smith, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
  • Dick Morley, Senior Consultant, Cyon Research
  • Evan Yares, President, Purecor
  • Geoff Butlin, Chief Executive Officer, TranscenData Europe
  • Grant Williard, Group Product Manager, Enterprise Business Unit, Adobe Systems
  • Greg Weir, Senior Manager, Precision Product Planning, Dell
  • Hal Burstein, CPA, Burstein & Associates
  • Hans Ehrnrooth, President, Tekla
  • Hari Pulakkat, Senior Editor, Businessworld
  • Iain Michel, Vice-President, Business Development and Strategic Planning, PTC
  • Jack Ring, Catalyst, Innovation Management
  • Jay Vleeschhouwer, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
  • Jerry Laiserin, Editor/Analyst, The LaiserinLetter
  • Jesse Devitte, Managing Director, Borealis Ventures
  • Jim Brown, Vice-President, Product Innovation & Engineering Research, Aberdeen Group
  • Joanne Provencher,  Joanne Provencher Event Services
  • Joe Morray, President, Trinity Technologies
  • Joe Walsh, Vice-President Business Development, Simmetrix
  • Joel Gerdeen, Senior IT Project Manager, BAE Systems
  • Joel Koppelman, President, Primavera Systems
  • Joel Orr, Vice-President & Chief Visionary, Cyon Research
  • John Alpine, Vice-President of Research and Development, Spatial
  • John Cristofano, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Adobe Systems
  • John Haymaker, Assistant Profesor, Stanford University
  • John McEleney, CEO, SolidWorks
  • Jon Hirschtick, Chairman, SolidWorks
  • Jon Peddie, President, Jon Peddie Research
  • Julie Bou, Vice-President, Ashlar-Vellum
  • Kathleen Maher, Editor-in-Chief, Jon Peddie Research
  • Keith Mountain, CEO, Spatial
  • Ken Anderson, Senior Director, Adobe Systems
  • Ken Hall, Manager of Sustainable Design Systems, Gensler
  • Kristine Fallon, President, Kristine Fallon Associates
  • Lester Craft, Editor-in-Chief, Innovate Forum, Questex Media Group
  • Lynn Allen, Technical Evangelist, Autodesk
  • Manu Parpia, Founder & Vice-Chairman, Geometric Software Services
  • Marc Halpern, Resesarch Director, Gartner
  • Mark Kiker, Director of Technology, HMC Architects
  • Mark Klusza, Manager of Engineering, Trimble Navigation
  • Mark Winnie, Vice-President, Technical Services, I-Cubed
  • Martyn Day, Publishing Director, MCAD Magazine, EDA, Ltd
  • Marv Muston, CAD Manager, The Evans Group
  • Michael Kaplan, Director of Engineering, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems
  • Michael Tardif, Contributing Editor, AIArchitect
  • Mike Arroyo, Vice-President for Learning, Axiom
  • Mike Crum, Senior ISV Relationship Manager, Dell Precision Product Group, Dell
  • Mike Payne, CEO, SpaceClaim
  • Mike Richardson, Chief Technologist and Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, Delphi Steering
  • Mike Riddle, Chief Software Architect, Purecor
  • Mike Tanner, Managing Director, Adexta
  • Patrick Aragon, Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems
  • Patrick Suermann, Rinker Scholar, PhD Student, The University of Florida
  • Paul Murphy, Director of Platform Engineering, Varian Semiconductor Equipment
  • Pete Marks, Managing Director, Design Insight
  • Philip Lunn, CEO/Founder, Bunkspeed
  • Pierre Tager, Product Manager, Acrobat 3D, Adobe Systems
  • Ping Fu, President & CEO, Geomagic
  • Rachael Taggart, Director of Marketing, Cyon Research
  • Ragnar Wessman, Director, Product Development, Tekla
  • Rainer Gawlick, Vice-President Worldwide Marketing, SolidWorks
  • Rajesh Bhartiya, President and Founder, ProtoTech Solutions and Services
  • Randall Newton, Editor-in-Chief, CADCAMNet & AECnews, Ash Bridge Media
  • Ray Bagley, Director, Product Planning and Management, Spatial
  • Richard Doyle, Design, Drafting & CAD Implementation, Principal, SolidWorks
  • Richard Jones, Vice-President, Alias Design, Autodesk
  • Rick Chin, Director of Product Innovation, SolidWorks
  • Rick Holdren, Angel Investor, ADT
  • Rick Stavanja, President, Tangra Solutions (CADwire.net)
  • Rob Bou, President, Ashlar-Vellum
  • Robert Green, Contributing Editor, Cadalyst Magazine
  • Rolf Herken, CEO & CTO, Mental Images
  • Ron Fritz, Managing Partner, Tech Soft 3D
  • Rustum Broacha, Business Development, Knowledge Worker Solutions, Adobe Systems
  • Sandro Sozzi, President, Cyon Research
  • Sandy Joung, Director, MCAD Product Marketing, PTC
  • Simon Floyd, Technology Strategist, PLM, Microsoft
  • Steve Wolfe, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
  • Susan Koenigs, Information Systems Manager- CADD, Callison Architecture
  • Ted Chumas, Partner, Henniker River
  • Ted Woodrow, Field Operations Consultant, HDR Architecture
  • Todd Reade, President, TransMagic
  • Tom Pennino, President, TPTECH
  • Yannick Fluhmann, Director of Business Development, Tech Soft 3D

  • There is still room for a few more attendees. For an invitation, visit http://apply.cofes.com/.

      --RSN

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