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Product category: Simulation, modelling and validation software
News Release from: ESI Group
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 08 September 2005

Virtual engineering conference set to
draw 400

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ESI Group has announced the keynote speakers for its EuroPAM 2005 Virtual Engineering European Conference and Exhibition, from 5th to 7th October in Potsdam, Germany.

ESI Group has announced the keynote speakers for its EuroPAM 2005 Virtual Engineering European Conference and Exhibition, to be held from 5th to 7th October at the Seminaris Hotel in Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany EuroPAM's keynote speakers will include Professor Dr-Ing Axel S Hermann, Head of the Composite Technology Centre (CTC), Airbus, and Pat Hearn, Director, Advanced Fuel Cell Products, Ballard Power Systems

Axel Hermann, a graduate of the Clausthal University of Technology, obtained his PhD from the Institute of Applied Mechanics, TU-Clausthal.

He is General Manager of the Composite Technology Centre (CTC), a subsidiary of Airbus, as well as the head of 'predevelopment' at the Centre of Excellence in Vertical Tailplanes, Airbus.

He is Professor of Production Technology at the University of Bremen.

In 2004, he founded the research and supplier network CFK-Valley Stade.

Pat Hearn is Director of Advanced Fuel Cell Products at Ballard Power Systems, and is responsible for co-ordinating and advancing new fuel-cell technologies and products that enable Ballard to maintain its leading position in the automotive, power generation and home automation sectors.

Prior to this, he was Ford's Platform Director for Automotive Fuel Cell Stacks and Director of R and D at Maxtor Management Corporation.

Other speakers include: Thomas Schnorf, Aluminium Casting and Polymer Forming Simulation, Alcan Technology and Management; Dr Hariaokto Hooputra, Department of Crashworthiness Simulation, BMW; Professor DrIr Johan Steelant, Division of Propulsion and Aerothermodynamics, ESA-Estec; and Dr-Ing.

Philipp Hein, Automotive Research Centre, Arcelor Flat Steel Europe.

EuroPAM, first held in 1990, is a unique event where the latest developments in digital simulation are presented and demonstrated by, and to, global industry leaders.

EuroPAM 2005 is expected to draw more than 400 delegates representing a wide cross-section of industries, including aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, defence, electronics, energy and manufacturing.

Over three days delegates will have the opportunity to participate in five conferences dedicated to crash and occupant safety, stamping, casting, vibroacoustics and CFD.

A workshop on predictive welding and heat treatment is scheduled for 5th October, and workshops on open virtual try-out space and the simulation of low-cost material for the aerospace sector will be held on 7th October.

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