The ninth annual
COFES—the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software—starts April 10 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The
invitation-only event is popular among senior-level management from software companies, researchers, analysts and end users.
AEC (including plant) and manufacturing firms are represented.
Every year COFES releases a list before the event of confirmed attendees. This year’s roster of AEC-related attendees reveals a broad cross-section of industry thought leaders.
Confirmed attendees include:
· Bill Kemper, CEO, Magister Operis
· Bob Mayer, COO, IMSI/Design
· Bob McNeel, President, Robert McNeel & Associates
· Bruce Bartolf, Vice-President & CTO, Gensler
· Bruce Jenkins, President of Research, Spar Point Research
· Carl Bass, President & CEO, Autodesk
· Chuck Eastman, Professor & Director, Georgia Institute of Technology
· Dallas Beddingfield, Research Analyst, Evolution Computing
· David Jordani, President, Jordani Consulting Group
· Deke Smith, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
· Dirk Johnson, IS Manager, Mortenson Construction
· Evan Yares, President, Purecor
· Gary D'Arcy, CEO, DRCauto
· Grant Rochelle, Industry & Competitive Intellegence, Autodesk
· Hans Ehrnrooth, President, Tekla
· Ian Howell, CEO, Newforma
· Jerry Laiserin, Editor/Analyst, The LaiserinLetter
· Jesse Devitte, Managing Director, Borealis Ventures
· Joe Morray, President, Trinity Technologies
· Ken Hall, Manager of Sustainable Design Systems, Gensler
· Khaled Moussa, Business Development Manager, Adobe Systems
· Lowell Walmsley, Vice-President, Robert McNeel & Associates
· Lynn Allen, Technical Evangelist, Autodesk
· Malcolm Davies, CEO, GDM
· Mark Andersen, Vice-President, Environmental Systems Design
· Mark Butler, Senior Systems Analyst, HDR Architecture
· Mark Kalin, President, Kalin Associates
· Martin Fischer, Director, CIFE
· Mauritz Botha, CTO, IMSI/Design
· Mike Riddle, Chief Software Architect, Evolution Computing
· Nail Sudin, President & CTO, ShareVis
· Paul Kellenberger, President & CEO, Infinite Z
· Peter Lawrence, Product Manager, Océ North America
· Ragnar Wessman, CTO, Tekla
· Rainer Gawlick, Vice-President Worldwide Marketing, SolidWorks
· Rob Glasier, Executive Vice-President, Americas, AVEVA
· Robert Anderson, Vice-President, Integrated Products, Nemetschek North America
· Scott Green, Engineering Site Director, Google
· Scott Vollmar, Director of Business Development, Autodesk
· Scott Harris, Vice-President, New Product Concepts, SolidWorks
· Scott Simmons, Vice-President of Research and Development, TechniGraphics
· Stacy Doyle, PR Manager, Autodesk
Stacy Scopano, Business and Product Development Manager, Tekla
AECnews will, as always, be attending COFES. I’ve been to all nine; I look forward to this event every year.
--RSN